Serengeti Under Canvas - 9 days

Day 1 Arusha (Day 1) - Arrival day

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   Tanzania

   1 hour

   Nothing to do you just rest after your long flight.

Day 2 Lake Manyara National Park, Orphanage

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   Lake Manyara National Park

   7 hours

   After breakfast, you'll be driven to Lake Manyara National Park (journey time of approximately 2 hours), located beneath the cliffs of the Manyara Escarpment, on the edge of the Rift Valley. The alkaline soda of Lake Manyara, which covers 230 square kilometres, attracts pink flamingos and other birdlife. You’ll also see resident hippo pods at the lake. The park is known for its tree-climbing lions, large herds of elephant, wildebeest, buffalo, giraffe, zebra, warthog and impala, plus you may be lucky enough to spot leopards and hyenas. There’s also a huge primate population, including common monkey, vervet monkey and baboons. You can spot wildlife on a canoe safari on the lake. After game drive you will visit the Orphanage as well.

Day 3 Ndutu Serengeti National Park

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   Migration at Serengeti National Park

   7 hours Admission ticket included

   After breakfast you continue your journey on to the Serengeti. Enjoy your first game drives through the southern Serengeti and check in to your luxury safari camp by late afternoon.
   The park offers some of the best wildlife viewing in Africa and is home to the greatest wildlife spectacle on Earth, the Great Migration.
   Every year, over two million wildebeest and zebra migrate north from Serengeti National Park to the Masai Mara Reserve in Kenya. The herds must brave the perilous Mara River, which runs through the Masai Mara Game Reserve on the Kenyan side and Serengeti National Park on the Tanzanian side. They face treacherous water currents and dangerous predators as they cross the river in search of greener pastures. With crocodiles lurking in the muddy waters and lions, cheetahs, leopards and hyenas patrolling the river banks, this is a particularly dangerous time to be a wildebeest or a zebra.

Day 4 Ndutu Serengeti National Park

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   Migration at Serengeti National Park

   8 hours Admission ticket included

   Enjoy a full day on safari in the Serengeti. The park offers some of the best wildlife viewing in Africa and is home to the greatest wildlife spectacle on Earth, the Great Migration.
   Every year, over two million wildebeest and zebra migrate north from Serengeti National Park to the Masai Mara Reserve in Kenya. The herds must brave the perilous Mara River, which runs through the Masai Mara Game Reserve on the Kenyan side and Serengeti National Park on the Tanzanian side. They face treacherous water currents and dangerous predators as they cross the river in search of greener pastures. With crocodiles lurking in the muddy waters and lions, cheetahs, leopards and hyenas patrolling the river banks, this is a particularly dangerous time to be a wildebeest or a zebra.
   You can also enjoy bush walks in the Serengeti led by local Maasai warriors, providing an authentic walking safari experience.

Day 5 Central Serengeti National Park

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   Serengeti National Park

   8 hours

   After breakfast you continue your journey on to the Serengeti. Enjoy your first game drives through the Central Serengeti and check in to your luxury safari camp by late afternoon.
   The park offers some of the best wildlife viewing in Africa and is home to the greatest wildlife spectacle on Earth, the Great Migration.
   Every year, over two million wildebeest and zebra migrate north from Serengeti National Park to the Masai Mara Reserve in Kenya. The herds must brave the perilous Mara River, which runs through the Masai Mara Game Reserve on the Kenyan side and Serengeti National Park on the Tanzanian side. They face treacherous water currents and dangerous predators as they cross the river in search of greener pastures. With crocodiles lurking in the muddy waters and lions, cheetahs, leopards and hyenas patrolling the river banks, this is a particularly dangerous time to be a wildebeest or a zebra.

Day 6 Central Serengeti National Park

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   Serengeti National Park

   8 hours

   Enjoy a full day on safari in the Serengeti. The park offers some of the best wildlife viewing in Africa and is home to the greatest wildlife spectacle on Earth, the Great Migration.
   Every year, over two million wildebeest and zebra migrate north from Serengeti National Park to the Masai Mara Reserve in Kenya. The herds must brave the perilous Mara River, which runs through the Masai Mara Game Reserve on the Kenyan side and Serengeti National Park on the Tanzanian side. They face treacherous water currents and dangerous predators as they cross the river in search of greener pastures. With crocodiles lurking in the muddy waters and lions, cheetahs, leopards and hyenas patrolling the river banks, this is a particularly dangerous time to be a wildebeest or a zebra.
   You can also enjoy bush walks in the Serengeti led by local Maasai warriors, providing an authentic walking safari experience.

Day 7 Masai Tribe, Orphanage

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   Tanzania

   7 hours

   You'll set out from your lodge early this morning and journey to the Maasai Tribe in Ngorongoro Conservation Area. After few moments there, you head to the lodge for lunch. Be ready for another Orphanage afterwards.

Day 8 View of Kilimanjaro and Lunch at the Original Masai Lodge

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   Tanzania

   8 hours

   After breakfast, you'll be driven to The Original Maasai Lodge in Arusha Region for lunch and for a stunning view of Mount Kilimanjaro.
   You can also enjoy bush walks led by local Maasai warriors, providing an authentic walking safari experience.

Day 9 End of tour (No accommodation)

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   Tanzania

   1 hour

   Spend your final day with a breakfast before heading onto your next destination. Hop across the sea for some time relaxing by the beach on the paradise island of Zanzibar or head back to Arusha for your onward flight.