6DAY 5Nights – TANZANIA LUXURY SAFARI

Safari Itinerary
Day 1: Kilimanjaro International Airport to Arusha
A staff member from Miiso Safaris will greet you at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) and
transfer you to Mount Meru Hotel. Upon arrival, you’ll receive a briefing on your upcoming safari.
Relax and unwind at the hotel, preparing for the exciting adventure that awaits you tomorrow!
Accommodation: Mount Meru Hotel – Arusha.

Day 2 Arusha – Tarangire National Park.
You’ll depart from Arusha after breakfast for the approximately two-hour journey to Tarangire
National Park. Along the way, your eyes will be opened to all the colors and character of Tanzania:
perhaps some Maasai herdsmen driving their flocks of goats to new pastures. You’ll get to know
your driver-guide, amazed at his depth of knowledge as he effortlessly answers all your questions.
Once you’ve entered Tarangire, you’ll begin your game drive across a rich vista of endless golden
savannah that surrounds the Tarangire River. Tarangire is huge. As you stand at the park gate and
look south, it stretches as far as the eye can see. Known as the ‘Elephant Playground,’ this
spectacular park contains largest population of these mighty mammals. But Tarangire is also home
to buffalo, lion, Wildbeest, zebra and gazelle and the park can rival Serengeti for sheer animal
densities. What might you see today? Perhaps a solitary male lion stretched out beneath a tree,
perhaps a trio of male cheetah enjoying some lazy bonding-time in the sun. Maybe some graceful
Grant’s gazelle or zebra bounding away from the road or a couple of giraffes munching happily from
the choicest acacia branches. For Tarangire specialties, look out for kudu and oryx.

Here as in other parks, it pays not to ignore the small animals. It is so easy to be mesmerized by the
power and majesty of an elephant or the elegance of the giraffe. Ask your guide to find you an
agama lizard, especially a male one who changes colour in front of you according to the
temperature! Or a hyrax, known as pimbi, an insignificant-looking creature of around 30 cm in length
who astonishingly is related to elephant!

Not many trees will pass you by without something of avian interest catching your eye. A memorable
flash of colour might be a lilac-breasted roller or superb starling. Ostrich are plentiful and it is hard
not to chuckle at the sighting of the well-named, studious-looking secretary bird as it awkwardly
pads across the grasslands.

The park is also famous for its noble baobab trees, rolling savannah and acacia woodland. It can be
dusty – wear a scarf over your mouth – but this is a minor inconvenience for sighting wildlife in such
abundance. After an extensive game drive and a picnic lunch, you will leave the park to make your
way to the cooler regions of the Ngorongoro highlands.

Accommodation: Kitela Lodge – Karatu

Meal Plan: Breakfast will be provided by the Mount Meru Hotel Arusha. Lunch will be a nutritious
and balanced meal, also provided by the hotel for you to take out on safari. Your evening meal will
be a full, cooked dinner created by the chef and his team at the Kitela Lodge at Karatu/ similar.

Day 3 Karatu To Serengeti National Park, By Way Of Ngorongoro Conservation Area
After breakfast, you will set off for your next destination, the stunning Serengeti National Park, a
distance of 166 km and a journey time of around 3 ½ hours. By late morning, you will reach
Serengeti, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the country’s oldest and most celebrated national park
and take a game drive. There are surely not many better places on earth to see such quantities and
variety of wildlife. You will absorb the breath-taking scenery, fantastic changing light and – of course
– spot the many animals choosing to make their home here. Your dedicated driver-guide will be
delighted to share with you his knowledge of this incredible place and its flora and fauna. With
thousands of predators – and their prey numbering in the hundreds of thousands – it is no surprise
that there is always something fascinating happening amongst the wildlife populations.

Your driverguide may find you lion, leopard, elephant, zebra, cheetah and antelope on today’s safari… just
some of the many species here. Snap off some memorable photos, but don’t forget to simply take a
deep breath and enjoy nature in its real-time, raw beauty. After the game drive, you will be taken to
your accommodation for some welcome rest, your evening meal and to spend the night.

Accommodation: Nyota Luxury Camp

Meal Plan: Breakfast is enjoyed at the Kitela Lodge. Lunch will be a nutritious and balanced meal,
also provided by the lodge for you to take out on safari. Your dinner will be a delicious meal at the
Nyota Luxury Camp.

Day 4 Serengeti National Park
Waking up in the Serengeti is something really special. Sights, sounds and smells of Africa are all
around you, and ahead is a full day of adventure in the world’s most famous national park. After
breakfast, you start today with the morning section of your game drive in Serengeti National Park,
marveling at the stunning scenery, ever changing light and always entertaining wildlife, all explained
to you by your expert driver-guide.

The Seronera River weaves its way through this area, providing waters for all species of wildlife. You
will also see the distinctive rocky outcrops, the famous kopjes which characterize the Serengeti
landscape. Kopjes are very hard and often granite. They have been aged at maybe 600 million years
old and created even before the earth’s surface was pushed up from the ocean. Lions and other cats
frequent these stony places and they are also home to snakes and hyraxes. Slowly weathering in
wind and rain, they are peeling off in layers, which you may see on close inspection. Lunch will be an
unforgettable experience, enjoyed in the middle of the bush. After lunch, you set off again,
searching for wildlife in this awe-inspiring park. Serengeti’s wonders evolve subtly as the day
progresses. The myriad animals and birds are the ‘stars of the show’ and Nature’s dramas can unfold
at any time. Of course, the animals don’t work to a timetable, so you may find lion or leopard,
elephant and zebra, cheetah and antelope at any time on your drives. Look out for the magnificent
sight of the world’s heaviest bird capable of flight, the Kori Bustard. The avian equivalent of a
lumbering cargo plane, it can weigh up to 15kg and has a wingspan of nearly three metres! At the
end of the afternoon, you return to the accommodation for dinner and some much-needed rest.

Accommodation: Serengeti Sametu Camp

Meal Plan: Breakfast is enjoyed at the Nyota Luxury Camp. Lunch will be a nutritious and balanced
meal, also provided by the lodge for you to take out on safari. Your dinner will be a delicious meal at
the Serengeti Sametu Camp.

Note: For those who have booked a hot air balloon safari for today, you will be picked up from the
lodge at 05.00 hours for a 06.00 hours departure. After your 60 – 90-minute aerial adventure, bush
breakfast and champagne, your driver will pick you up for your full-day game drive.

Day 5: From Serengeti National Park To Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Following breakfast, you will have a morning game drive in amazing Serengeti, marveling at its
animal inhabitants. With its informative visitor centre, the Seronera area of Central Serengeti is the
national park’s most popular area. And it is very popular with the wildlife, too. The Seronera river
enjoys year-round waterflow, so there is always something of interest to observe. Several game
drives can be undertaken here and might reveal lions in sizeable prides, hippo or herds of elephants –
whose populations in the park have risen in recent times. Depending on other attractions, you may
choose to call in at the Serengeti Visitor Centre, where there is an excellent explanation of the park’s
eco-system and a chance to understand the history of conservation in this area. In particular, you
will find out about the work of Bernhard Grzimek and the Frankfurt Zoological Society who had the
foresighted vision of preserving the Serengeti’s eco-system. Even at the center, you may well find
wildlife: populations of hyrax and mongoose, as well as many small bird species. After lunch, you will
head south-east towards Ngorongoro Conservation Area. If it has not already struck you with its
vastness, Serengeti’s ‘endless plains’ will make a deep impression on you as you will take the long,
straight road which passes Simba Kopjes (famous from ‘The Lion King’) to reach Naabi Hill Gate,
close to the divide between Serengeti and Ngorongoro. Here you can gather information at the
gate’s visitor center, clamber up the hill for superb views back over the plains, or look out for a
colorful agama lizard among the rocks.

Accommodation: Ngorongoro Lion’s Paw Camp

Meal Plan: Breakfast is enjoyed at the Serengeti Sametu Camp. Lunch will be a nutritious and
balanced meal, also provided by the lodge for you to take out on safari. Your dinner will be a
delicious meal at the Ngorongoro Lion’s Paw Camp.

Day 6: Ngorongoro Crater – Arusha
From your accommodation, you will set off after breakfast, a 6am departure to reach the rim and
then descend into the vast crater itself. At one side there’s the Lerai Forest, classic mountain forest
landscape with almost tropical characteristics. This is good elephant country, so keep your eyes
peeled. By the side of the nearby swampland is what is sometimes called the ‘elephant graveyard’ as
the mighty male tuskers at the end of their lives come to chew on the soft, swampland grasses once
their teeth have failed them.

The crater has a population of around 120 lions, with well-defined territories; 15,000 Wildbeest,
9,000 zebra, 400 hyenas, and around 50 black rhino. Many Wildbeest and other herd animals are
resident, benefiting from the many sources of year-round waters and are boosted by some
migrators in season. Buffalo, Serval, Jackal, Thomson’s gazelle and eland are also present in
numbers. Hippos can be found in pools and swampland and highland birdlife is colourful and
plentiful around the waters. Flamingos can often be seen in Lake Magadi, which occupies part of the
crater floor. After your morning game drive in this stunning crater and then lunch, you will have a 3
½ hour journey, covering the 192 km back to Arusha.

Meal Plan: Breakfast is served at Ngorongoro Lion’s Paw Camp. Lunch will be a nutritious and
balanced meal, also provided by the camp for you to take out on safari and enjoyed after your
morning game-drive, before you return to Arusha. As today is the end of safari, please note that
dinner tonight is not included in the tour. We can meet at any hotel. At the end of the safari, we’ll
celebrate with your guide and the Miiso Safaris Manager, discussing the safari and any other tourism
concerns.

Note: Departure Instructions: Please note this 6 Days Tanzania Luxury Safari ends at Arusha at
17:00hrs, your departure can only take place tomorrow if you have booked a domestic flight which
departs from Kilimanjaro International Airport at 07:10hrs and onwards or an international flight
which departs at 06:40hrs and onwards. Thus, you will need to book an extra night’s
accommodation (not included in the tour price) and take a flight the following day.