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Serengeti Safari - Family Holiday

Trip type: 
Family & Wildlife
Adventure level: 
2. Gentle
Max group size: 
16
Avg user rating: 
5
Africa, Tanzania | 10 days
Trip code: 
FQRV
Family Holidays | Min age 7yrs
What's included: 

Transport - 4WD, minibus.

Accommodation - Lodges (5nts), tented camp (2nts).

Meals - 7 breakfasts, 6 lunches & 7 dinners.

Trip Highlights: 
Journey through the land of the famous Great Migration
Watch the predators and the prey in some dramatic scenery
Stay in comfortable lodges throughout
see full itinerary >>
Trip Highlights: 
Journey through the land of the famous Great Migration
Watch the predators and the prey in some dramatic scenery
Stay in comfortable lodges throughout
see full itinerary >>
What's included: 

Transport - 4WD, minibus.

Accommodation - Lodges (5nts), tented camp (2nts).

Meals - 7 breakfasts, 6 lunches & 7 dinners.

Trip Overview: 

A fantastic accommodated, safari in Tanzania that takes you through some of the best wildlife locations northern Tanzania has to offer where you have the chance to see the big 5 on this family holiday.

Itinerary: 
Day
1
Fly to Arusha

Fly to Arusha

Overnight flight to Tanzania.

Day
2

Arusha

After your flight, you transfer to your first night’s accommodation and check in. Set at an altitude of 1390m, Arusha is surrounded by fertile land. Arusha was once the headquarters of the East African community in the days when Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda were members of a communications and customs union and remains one of Tanzania’s most attractive and lively towns. Driving time approx. 1 hour.

Iboro Safari Lodge (AAA) - 1 night - Swimming pool (D)

 

Day
3
Lake Manyara NP

Lake Manyara NP

This morning you cross the Great Rift Valley, one of the most dramatic features on earth. Stretching from the Dead Sea in Jordan to Mozambique in the south, it is up to 100km wide in places and hosts an enormous diversity of wildlife. Your journey takes you through the lands of the Masai - probably the best known tribe in Africa - and on to Lake Manyara National Park. Once inside the park keep your eyes peeled in case you see its major attraction - the tree-climbing lions. There are plenty of other things to see - elephant, hippo, plain’s game as well as a huge variety of bird life, both resident and migratory. Driving time approx. 2 ½ - 3 hours. 

Country Lodge (AAA) - 1 night - Swimming Pool  (BLD)

 

Day
4
Serengeti NP

Serengeti NP

This morning you make your way to the Serengeti, along with the Masai Mara in Kenya, the most famous of Africa's national parks. Established in 1951, it is well known for the annual migration that takes place across the savannah plains (migration begins in the south from December to March and arrives at Ndutu from April to June); thousands and thousands of animals are on the move as far as the eye can see, a phenomenal experience that has to be seen to be believed.  En route you’ll stop at Olduvai Gorge; this famous archaeological site is where some of the oldest humanoid skeletons have been discovered - visit the small museum exhibiting many of the fossils and relics from the area. You continue towards the park gates. Even before reaching our lodgings for the night you are certain to make many sightings of large animals. Most of the next three days are spent exploring the sweeping grass plains, rocky outcrops (kopjes) and sparsely wooded river valleys of this incomparable park, where lion, cheetah, leopard, wildebeest, zebra, giraffe, gazelle and perhaps even wild dog can be seen. Driving time to Serengeti approx. 4 1/2 hours, plus game drive en route to night stop. 

Kongoni Mobile Tented Camp (CC+) - 2 nights (BLD)

This camp provide ensuite tented rooms with comfortable beddings, their own private bathrooms, shower, king size or twin beds, sink, and toilets. The tents are furnished with safari chairs on the patio for relaxing time outdoors. The lights and power outlets are turned on in the evening for your convenience. Nights in the heart of the bush are truly unforgettable.

Day
5
Serengeti

Serengeti

Full day Game drive in the Serengeti National Park. Not only will you be treated to a vast array of wildlife in its natural habitat, but sweeping panoramas of the African savannah, dotted with lush rocky outcrops (known as kopjes). You will stop for a picnic lunch in the Park and continue with an afternoon game drive. Stay over night in a comfortable Mobile tented camp within the Serengeti Central area. 

 

Day
6

Serengeti NP

The Ikoma Wildlife Area is home to many animals and, being allocated in the heart of the national park, you will get a stunning view on the prolific land. You will explore this area today on a safari vehicle through the national park. 

Lobo Wildlife Lodge (AAAA) - 1 night - Swimming Pool (BLD)

Located in the North of Serengeti National Park where wildlife abunds, the lodge is strategically built into an enormous volcanic rocky outcrop and it's elevated position means that the migration can be viewed from the comfort of a sun lounger. You can watch and witness the migration even from the pool.

Day
7
Ngorongoro Crater

Ngorongoro Crater

After a morning game drive you’ll depart for the onbroken volcanic caldera that forms theNgorongoro Crater (an early morning alternative would be to take an optional hot air balloon flight - ideal to appreciate the immense plains and hopefully spot herds of grazing antelope or wildebeest), spotting game en route as you leave the plains of Serengeti behind you. There may also be time for an optional stop at a local Masai village to witness something of their traditional way of life. You will arrive around mid-afternoon and spend the night on the rim of the crater, from where vantage points offer magnificent views over and down into the caldera. Nights here can be particularly cold. 

Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge (AAA) - 1 night - Swimming Pool (BLD)

Day
8

Ngorongoro Crater

Ngorongoro Crater is one of the most picturesque settings for observing wildlife and with about 30,000 resident animals, there is excellent game viewing here all year round. The photographic opportunities are unrivalled! You descend into the crater in 4WD vehicles, accompanied by a local driver/guide(s). Encounters with animals are frequent in this Garden of Eden and there is a wide variety of animal life to be seen, from African fish eagle to zebra and everything in between. Lake Magadi, the soda lake at the floor of the crater, is home to thousands of flamingos and nearby there is a pool where splashing hippo laze in the sunshine, watched by a profusion of water birds. This is also one of the best places to see the endangered black rhino. Leaving the crater you follow the road climbing steadily up its precipitous inner edge.

Bougainvillia Lodge (AAA) - 1 night - Swimming Pool (BLD)

Day
9
Arusha

Arusha

Today you cross the open plains and retrace your steps to Arusha. The trip ends here for Land Only clients. In the early afternoon clients travelling on our group flights transfer to airport and fly home. Driving time to Arusha approx. 2 ½ hours, Arusha – Airport approx. 1 hour (B)

Day
10

Arrive home

An early morning arrival

Lake Manyara

Start your family safari in Tanzania by crossing the Great Rift Valley, one of the most dramatic features on Earth. Discover Manyara where fresh and soda water lakes attract wildlife in large numbers. The highlights here are the tree-climbing lion and the large population of elephant.

Ngorongoro National Park

From the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater, one of the biggest calderas in the world, views are nothing short of spectacular on safaris in Tanzania. This vast amphitheatre contains a huge concentration of mammals and hopefully you will see buffalo, hippo, rhino and large numbers of antelope and zebra.

Serengeti

On your family safari in Tanzania head north for classic wildlife viewing on the Serengeti. One of Africa’s first game parks, well known for the animal migration that takes place across its savannah plains, the Serengeti offers a great chance to see giraffe, wildebeest, lion, cheetah and leopard.

Our Serengeti Safari trip is just one of our many Africa Family tours. To find out more visit our Africa holidays page.