7-Days Leopard Safari
With 7 days in which to explore and understand Tanzania’s renowned Northern Circuit, we have plenty of time to visit four fabulous locations – and to study the incredible wildlife that inhabits them, you will explore the four largest reserves in the country: the fabulous crater of the Ngorongoro and its incredible Noah’s arch bringing together all the species of African fauna, The great Serengeti plains of savannah. Lake Manyara and its famous lions perched in the trees, and the Tarangire park
Details
Arrival
Arrive at Kilimanjaro airport, transfer to Arusha town for overnight
Distance from airport: 45 Km, it takes 1 hour and 30 minutes
Meal plan: Bed and breakfast
Day 1: To Tarangire National parks
Depart from Arusha drive to Tarangire National park for a gamedrive. Tarangire National Park has high density of elephants, and during low season in June to November there is large herds of thousand of zebras, wildebeest and cape buffallo. Otheranimals include waterbuck, girraffe, dik dik, Impala, Eland, gtant’s gazelle, vervet monkey, banded mongoose and olive baboon. And Lake Manyara National Park has animals such as buffallo wildebeest, giraffes,mangoose, dik dik and zebras herds congregate on the grassyplains while the acacia woodland is home to the legendary tree climbing lion and tusked elephants.
Distance from Arusha: 120 KM, 2 hours drive
Meal plan: Lunch and dinner
Day 2: To Manyara National Parks
This day drive to Lake Manyara park. At Lake Manyara there is large population of pink flamingo, attract more than 400 spicies of birds, many of them water fowl or migrants, large herds of buffallo, cheetah, girraffe, an impala roam the lake shores and the forested valleyslopes.
Distance to Manyara National park: 5 KM, 10 minutes drive
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner
Day 3: To Serengeti via Ngorongoro
After your breakfast in the morning, you will be picked by your driver guide, drive direct to Serengeti National Park with the packed lunch about 3 hours to reach the entry gate of Ngorongoro, enter Ngorongoro 5KM later reach the crater view point, stop for some information, proceed to Serengeti with animals viewing on the way. Picnic lunch will be under nicest tree before proceed to exit point at Naab hill gate. You will exit Ngorongoro and enter Serengeti at the same gate. Entry to Serengeti, the gamedrive starts at the main gate, drive to Central Serengeti. Serengeti is undoubtedly that is one of the world’s most celebrated wilderness areas and it is an ongoing source of inspiration to writers, filmmakers and photographers.
Distance to Serengeti: 290 KM, almost 8 hours drive
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner
Day 4: To Serengeti (Serengeti north game drive)
After breakfast drive with packed lunch to Mara river focusing on migration animals, game drive on route before reaching the river, after arrive will find congregation of animals, waiting for them to cross the river, lunch at designed picnic area. Evening on route game drive back to the camp for dinner and overnight.
Distance to Mara river: 50 KM
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Day 5: North to Central Serengeti
After breakfast drive with packed lunch to Central Serengeti with game drive on route, arrive on time at Central Serengeti at lunch time, after lunch have an afternoon and evening game drive searching for the rest big 5 and other animals.
Distance to Central:70KM
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Day 6: Serengeti - Ngorongoro
Your breakfast will be early in the morning, go for gamedrive for about five hours. Serengeti well known as endless plain, the abundant of carnivores such as hyna, lion, leopard jackals, cheetah e.t.c. Afternoon back to the lodge for lunch. Thereafter drive with gamedrive or route to Ngorongoro, exit and enter to the same gate drive to Ngorongoro.
Distance to Ngorongoro: 150 KM, almost 3 hours drive
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Day 7: Ngorongoro crater - Arusha
Early in the morning have your breakfast, proceed directly to the crater flour, for a full day crater tour. After lunch have or route gamedrive ascend and drive direct to Arusha or airport. Ngorongoro conservation area is in nothern Tanzania. It is a home to the vast, volcanic Ngorongoro crater and big 5 game ( elephant, lion, leopard, buffallo, rhino). Huge herds of wildebeests and zebras traverse its plains during their annual migration.
Distance to Arusha: 150 KM, almost 3 hours drive
Meals plan: Breakfast and lunch