SERENGETI / NGORONGORO AND MORE – NORTHERN CIRCUIT – 6 DAYS SAFARI

Upon your arrival at Kilimanjaro airport, your Migration Venture Africa guide will pick you up and
transfer you to your hotel in Arusha. The rest of the day is at leisure, you can relax and enjoy the
African atmosphere – Tomorrow morning your safari will begin!

Depart after breakfast and drive across the Great Rift Valley to Lake Manyara National Park for a full
day game drive. Although only 205 sq. miles in size this enchanting park is noted for its beauty and
incredibly lush acacia forest of giant fig and mahogany trees, which are home to troops of baboons and
blue monkeys. The park is also home to a large numbers of buffalos, giraffes, elephants, impalas and
a Hippo lake, where large numbers of hippos usually gather.
Well known for its birds (over 400 different species), Lake Manyara is one of the few places where
you’ll be able to see the Ground Hornbill and the Crested Eagle. This park has become famous for the
the climbing lions and the flamingos in the lake shore. The landscapes of these park are absolutely
stunning, very different from the Serengeti for example. The game drives are done along the shore of
the lake, providing incredible views of giraffes and buffalos in the foreground with the lake, flamingos
and flat plains in the horizon. Great photo opportunities! Return to the Camp or Lodge for Dinner and
overnight stay.

Today you’re off to the famous Serengeti National Park, home of the Great Migration. Your drive
today is spectacular as you drive up the crater highlands, stopping at the rim for a birds-eye view of
the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater. Continuing on, as you crest the hillside, spread out before you, as
far as the eyes can see, is the vast Serengeti. Serengeti mean “endless plains” in Kiswahili and this
6,900 sq. mile (18,000 sq. km) park is inhabited by more than 2 million large animals including more
than a million wildebeest, hundreds of thousands of plains zebras, and Thomson’s gazelles. Large
predators including lions, cheetahs, and hyenas are drawn to the area by this abundance of prey which
migrate throughout the park. Many smaller animals like rock hyrax, bat eared foxes, mongoose, honey
badger, jackals, monkeys, baboons and African hares also inhabit the area along with nearly 500
species of birds. On the way into the Serengeti you will stop at the famous Oldupai Gorge, where Dr.
Louis and Mary Leakey made their discovery of the first man that walked the earth. After attending a
short lecture describing the archeological digs and geology of the gorge, you’ll have time to visit the
small museum. After enjoying lunch, you will depart on an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti.
Dinner & over night at the camp or Lodge

After breakfast full day in Serengeti National Park (morning and afternoon game drive). Overnight at
Seronera campsite or lodge. ( there is an option for early morning Ballon Safari for extra cost)

Today you will wake up very early to do an early morning safari before breakfast, to spot the animals
when they are more active and also to have a fantastic sun rise in front of you. The sunrise in the
African Savannah is one of the most beautiful experiences one can have. After the game drive, return
to the camp for brunch. In the afternoon, transfer to Ngorongoro, the 8th natural wonder of the world.
With walls 2,000 ft high and a crater floor that spreads for 102 sq. miles, the crater is a virtual Noah’s
Ark, inhabited by almost every species of wildlife indigenous to East Africa including the rare black
rhino. In fact, the crater has the greatest concentration of wild life in the planet. It contains a river,
several swamps, a soda lake that, from the top, looks like steam, full of flamingoes, a forest and open
plains. The large bull elephants that reside here have extremely large tusk, due to the rich mineral
content of the volcanic soil and its grasses. They are the most incredible elephants you’ll ever see in
your life. Dinner and overnight at the camp or Lodge

Very early in the morning, descend down to the crater floor for a day of wildlife viewing in one of the
most incredible places on Earth. After a stop for a picnic lunch near the hippo lake, and more wildlife
viewing in the afternoon, drive up the steep road out of the crater and return to Arusha or airport drop
off