5-Day Short & Sharp – Go on, It Will Be Worth It

Welcome to Tanzania!

Upon your arrival at Kilimanjaro (JRO), you will meet your driver guide for your transfer to the hotel in Arusha for a drive that will take less than one hour. Stay at Arusha Serena Hotel, a leisure accommodation in Arusha. Get enough time to rest up for the next day’s adventures, but this will depend on your arrival time. Our representative will assist you and you will have a short briefing about your safari.

If you will arrive early, you may opt to add any of the following activities (activity supplement applies).
– City tour
– Coffee tour
– Local village visit
– Lake Duluti canoeing
Or any other option activities around Arusha city.

Wake up for the leisure breakfast in your accommodation, then you will take your picnic lunch and start your safari heading to Tarangire National Park. Enjoy the game drive for the rest of the day. Tarangire is the sixth largest national park in Tanzania located in Manyara Region. The park’s name originates from the Tarangire River that crosses the park and is the primary source of fresh water for wild animals in the Tarangire Ecosystem during the annual dry season. The Tarangire Ecosystem is defined by the long-distance migration of wildebeests and zebras. During the dry season, thousands of animals concentrate in the park from the surrounding wet-season dispersal and calving areas. The park is famous for its high density of elephants and baobab trees. Visitors to the park in June to November dry season can expect to see large herds of thousands of zebra, wildebeest and Cape buffalo. Spend the evening at leisure, dinner and your overnight will be at your Lake Manyara Serena Lodge.

After breakfast, you will depart with packed lunch heading to Serengeti for a game drive through the agricultural and beautiful high-lying farmland of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Leaving the highlands behind, we’ll descend into the heart of wild Africa the Serengeti National Park—with its endless plains rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see. The Serengeti National Park is the largest park in Tanzania with diverse landscapes and habitats, such as grassy plains, swamps, lakes, savannahs, and mountains. Here the biggest wildebeest and zebra migration takes place and depending on the season, you may have the opportunity to witness thousands of animals in their search for food and water. Spend the time at the central park area, known as the Seronera area one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park, featuring the Seronera River.
After an extensive game drive, you will head to your accommodation for dinner and an overnight stay

This is a dedicated day for an early morning game drive (when the animals are more active) to see one of the best sunrises you’ll ever witness. After the game drive, we’ll return to the camp for a rewarding brunch and then we’ll proceed with the game heading to Ngorongoro Conservancy, the 8th Wonder of the Natural World. It’s one of the very rare locations in the whole continent where you can witness the black rhino. The crater has a river, several swamps, a soda lake with a great concentration of flamingos, a forest and open plains. It’s also famous for its elephants which, are the largest in the world and have huge tusks. Ngorongoro Crater is truly a Wonder of the Natural World.
Reaching Ngorongoro in time for a sundowner, you will get to your accommodation for your overnight stay.

Early risers are rewarded with breathtaking views of the rising sun over the crater’s edge and after a leisurely breakfast, you will drive down the adventurous track into the crater. This UNESCO World Heritage Site was formed millions of years ago and is 610 m deep and covers roughly 260sq km. Due to its dense animal population of approximately 25 000, the crater offers the best game viewing of all the parks in Tanzania. You will be able to see wildebeests, zebras, gazelles, elephants and some of the more than 500 bird species in the area in just a few minutes. With a little bit of luck, you might catch a glimpse of the endangered black rhino through the grass.

After lunch, you will ascend the steep walls of the crater and head to Arusha city. Then depending on your departure schedule, you will be transferred to the airport for your departure back home or extension to Zanzibar.
This will mark the end of the short and sharp tour with the Mazingira family.