Birdwatching & Mammals Safari | 10 Days

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Wildlife safaris and game drives Adventure Guided and Escorted Customizable

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10 daysDuration

Private TourPrivate experience, no group joining

6 peopleMaximum group size

18 - 99 yearsAge range for participants

English, FrenchGuide language

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Arusha, Tanzania

Ends

Arusha, Tanzania

Highlights

Witness the Wildebeest Migration in season

Tanzania's Top 3 safari destinations

See the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater & Tarangire

Fully inclusive accommodation

Birdwatching & Mammals Safari | 10 Days

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Itinerary

Birdwatching & Mammals Safari is a dream come true for nature-loving seniors and experienced travelers eager to explore Tanzania’s northern treasures. This 10-day tour covers renowned parks such as Arusha, Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater, and the legendary Serengeti, all boasting remarkable biodiversity.

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day 1 - Arrival in Tanzania

You will arrive at Kilimanjaro airport in Arusha in late evening and undertake a 40-minute drive to our lodge, where we will stay for the first two nights. Our lodge has a stunning location, surrounded by a garden and the forest, it offers an impressive diversity of birds. The pathways that wind around the grounds make the most of the river and forest’s natural charm and you will enjoy gourmet country cuisine that the restaurant specializes in.

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Meals: {1D,1B}

Duration:1 hours

Accommodation: Eco lodge

Meals:Dinner

day 2 - Visit Arusha National Park

Our first full day in Tanzania will be spent exploring the Arusha National Park. Set between the towering peaks of Mount Meru (4,566 m) and Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895m), the park has a varied landscape ranging from the lush swamps and mixed woodlands of the Ngurdoto Crater, soda and fresh water of Momella Lakes, to open savanna. The park is especially noted for the large concentration of unusually tame Masai Giraffes, but the forested rim of the Ngurdoto Crater is a good vantage point to see other mammals grazing on the crater floor, including African Buffaloes, Thompson’s Gazelle, Common Zebra and African Elephants.

Accommodation: River Trees Inn Lodge

Meals: {1D,1B}

Duration:10 hours

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Meals:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

day 3 - Drive to Tarangire National Park

We will head towards Tarangire National Park, famed for its high concentration of African Elephants, congregating in herds of up to 600 animals. The landscape is primarily open savanna dotted with Acacia woodland and large Baobab trees, where large numbers of game can be seen. The park offers superb birding opportunities, with over 550 species of birds recorded, some of which are best seen here, including the African endemic Yellow-collared Lovebird, Red-throated Tit, Northern Pied-Babbler and Ashy Starling. We will encounter a good diversity of hornbills, woodpeckers, rollers, weavers and pigeons. The Wahlberg’s, Tawny and Martial Eagles, and Pigmy Falcon are most notable raptors here.

Accommodation: Tented Camp or Similar

Meals: {1B, 1L/BOX, 1D}

Duration:3 hours

Accommodation: Camping

Meals:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

day 4 - Tour at Lake Manyara National Park

Today, we will travel westwards towards the edge of the Rift Valley, stopping en route at various locations to view the birds and mammals.Our luxurious tented accommodation is located on the shores of Lake Manyara at the border of two national parks: the Manyara and Tarangire National Parks. We should reach the lodge with plenty of time to relax at the bar, have a swim in a pool or simply admire the surrounding and free roaming animals from private decking, before an al fresco dinner. Birdlife around the camp is rich and will not disappoint, with most likely species to be seen include Beautiful Sunbird, Southern Red Bishop, Brown-hooded Kingfisher, Rufous-tailed Weaver and Superb Starling.

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Meals: {1B, 1L/BOX, 1D}

Duration:10 hours

Accommodation: Eco lodge

Meals:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

day 5 - Ndutu Plains, Southern Serengeti

We will spend the day exploring the short-grass plains, open woodland and lakes around Ndutu in the early morning and afternoon, but return to the lodge in the middle of the day for lunch and a siesta.Every year, between January and March, some 1.3 million Blue Wildebeest and thousands of Plains Zebra and Thompson’s Gazelles congregate here to give birth, creating one of the greatest world’s wildlife spectacles. At this time of the year, the majority of the game animals will be tending their newly born youngsters and wandering between the short grass plains of the southern Serengeti and the neighboring Ngorongoro Conservation Area to graze in the best feeding conditions. We will, therefore, be visiting different parts of the region to track down the migratory herds, which slowly would start moving towards the Central Serengeti.

Accommodation: Ndutu Safari Lodge or Mobile Tented Camp

Meals: {1B, 1L/BOX, 1D}

Duration:10 hours

Accommodation:Tented Camp Other

Meals:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

day 6 - Transfer to Serengeti National Park

Serengeti We drive to the Serengeti National Park via Olduvai George, arriving in the afternoon. The game drive experience offers a timeless spectacle looking at the immense herds of herbivore, wildebeests, gazelles and Zebras followed by predators.

Accommodation: Tented Camp

Meals: {1B, 1L/BOX, 1D}

Duration:3 hours

Accommodation: Camping

Meals:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

day 7 - Full day in Serengeti Plain

Serengeti National Park birding, game viewing and bird-watching along the way. The landscape will gradually change from open grassland to more heavily wooded areas, offering a much greater diversity of birds. We will stop at the Naabi Gate, located at a granite kopje, with a spectacular view over the Serengeti National Park.

Camp is located on a small hillside in the middle of Serengeti, offering a great view of the African plain. A short walk will give you personal encounters with Masai Giraffes, Thompson Gazelles and Buffalos. There is no better way to explore the Serengeti as from this intimate location.

Accommodation: Tented Camp

Meals: {1B, 1L/BOX, 1D}

Duration:11 hours

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Meals:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

day 8 - Serengeti - Full Day Game Drive

A magnificent experience awaits as you venture into the park where thousands of zebra and wildebeest make trip from the Masai Mara every year.

Accommodation: Tented Camp

Meals: {1B, 1L/BOX, 1D}

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day 9 - Drive to Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast, we descend 600m into this magnificent Ngorongoro Crater for a full-day game drive. Supported by a year round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro National Park hosts a vast variety of mammals, including Blue Wildebeest, Burchell’s Zebra, Grant’s and Thomson’s Gazelles, Buffalo, Bat-eared Fox, and this is perhaps the best site in Africa to see the endangered Black Rhino

Birdlife abounds here too, with a good range of water birds, including waders, as well as Grey Crowned Crane, large flocks of Abdim’s Stork, Grosbeak Weaver, Red-collared Widowbird and thousands of Greater and Lesser Flamingos that line the saline shores of Lake Magadi. A visit to a Fever Tree forest might bring some new species, such as Grey-capped Warbler, Brown-crowned Tchagra, White-headed Barbet and Holub’s Golden Weaver.

Accommodation: Tloma Lodge

Meals: {1B, 1L/BOX, 1D}

Accommodation: Eco lodge

Meals:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

day 10 - Depart day

After breakfast and some bird watching on the lodge’s grounds, we will travel to the Kilimanjaro International Airport in Arusha to catch our plane home. We will continue birdwatching and mammal watching en route and will break our journey for lunch.

If your flight is not until late at night, we will visit a lodge just beyond Arusha, where you will have the opportunity to refresh, re-pack and have a last evening meal, before heading for the airport.

Meals: {1B, 1L/BOX}

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