WTTZ 706: 5 Days - Anthropology
and Wildlife Tours
Day 1 Nairobi - Lake Manyara
Arrive at the Namanga border town at 10.00 hrs. After immigration
formalities, drive to Arusha for lunch. The afternoon is spent
game viewing at Lake Manyara National Park which is famous for
its tree climbing lions and large flocks of flamingoes. The park
contains five distinct vegetation zones and is of scenic beauty.
Dinner and overnight is at Lake Manyara Hotel which is sited on
top of the Rift valley with spectacular views over the lake.
Day 2 Lake Manyara - Ngorongoro
Crater
After breakfast, taking picnic lunch with you, descend 2000 ft
(670m) into the crater floor in four drive land rovers with pop-up
roofs. Full day crater tour with break for lunch at Ngoitoktok
springs picnic site. The main crater has a diameter of 165 km
and contains a constant animal population of varied species, including
Black manned lions, Rhinos, Buffaloes, Elephants and other Grazing
animals. An early evening ascent to Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge
or similar lodgings for dinner and overnight.
Day 3 Nogorongo - Serengeti
07:30 hrs: Leave Ngorongoro after breakfast for Olduvai Gorge.
Lunch is taken at the Olduvai Gorge Museum. After lunch, visit
various sites of the Gorge to see where the remains of prehistoric
man were discovered by the famous archeologist Dr. L.S.B. Leaky
and an old Masai home on the way. Proceed to Serengeti plains
past Seronera and on to Lobo, with afternoon game viewing. Dinner
and overnight at the lodge.
Day 4 Serengeti
Leave Lobo for Ndutu with game viewing in Serengeti and around
Ndutu woodlands to locate leopards and numerous plains games as
well as Cheetah and other species common here. Proceed for an
overnight stay at Ndutu Lodge or similar.
Day 5 Serengeti - Nairobi
After breakfast, with brief game viewing on your way out of Serengeti
drive to Arusha via Mto wa Mbu village for shopping of makonde
carving and - other souvenirs. Lunch at an Arusha hotel. Drive
to Nairobi via Namanga border town, arriving early evening.
WTZ 715: 6 Days -
Tanzania Wildlife Extravaganza
Day 1 Ngorongoro
Early morning departure from Nairobi for Tanzania, crossing the
border at Namanga where our Tanzanian guides will meet you. Drive
on to Arusha for lunch and continue to the Ngorongoro Crater.
We arrive in the later part of the afternoon at the Wildlife Lodge
that is built on the rim of the crater and offers some breathtaking
views of the crater. We partake of dinner and an overnight stay
at Ngorongoro Village Lodge or similar.
Day 2 Ngorongoro
Breakfast at the lodge and drive down to the Ngorongoro Crater
floor for a full day's game viewing. The Crater (covering at total
area of 100 square miles) is host to Rhino, Lion, Elephant, Zebra
and Wildebeest. Enjoy a picnic lunch before ascending the crater
wall back to the lodge. After dinner and an overnight stay is
at Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge or similar.
Day 3 Serengeti
Breakfast and continue to the vast Serengeti National Park. Stop
at Olduvai Gorge site of the famous archeological findings of
early man by the Leakey family. Lunch is at the Seronera Wildlife
Lodge and afternoon game viewing where the large herds of Wild
beast, Zebra, and Gazelle roam the plains. Dinner and overnight
at Seronera Wildlife Lodge or similar.
Day 4 Serengeti
Morning and afternoon game drives in the Serengeti with a lunch
and leisure break at the lodge or campsite in the mid afternoon.
It is possible to view all the big five. Animals here are seen
in very large herds, especially wildebeest, zebra gazelle and
other antelopes. The park is one of the largest in the world;
it's animal concentration and abundance is unequalled. The annual
migration of wildebeest and zebra occurs in this park in May/June.
In the parks central plains there are carnivores like Lion, Leopard,
hyenas and cheetah. The evening meal and an overnight are at a
lodge.
Day 5 Serengeti - Tarangire
After breakfast, depart Serengeti for Tarangire National Park,
lunch en-route The Park has an atmosphere of remoteness and has
fewer visitors than all the other parks in Tanzania's entire northern
circuit. Blue monkeys, hornbills, pelicans, herons can be seen
as well as elephants in large herds, cheetah, jackal, fish eagle,
marabou stork, and hippos. Dinner and an overnight are at a lodge.
Day 6 Tarangire/Nairobi
After breakfast proceed on a game drive then depart for Arusha
for lunch and your onward transfer to Nairobi via the Namanga
border town for immigration formalities, arriving in Nairobi in
the late evening.