At a glance
Having covered all the other parks in this itinerary except Lake Manyara National Park we only have it cover in this brief. That Lake Manyara National Park has an area of 648.7 km2 (402 sq miles) of which 262.7 km2 (163 sq miles) is covered by lake and 386 km2 (240 sq miles) is dry land. The park delivered its name from a plant called Euphorbia tirucalli, known as Emanyara in Maasai language. The Maasai people use this plant to protect their bomas (hedge).
The diversity of Lake Manyara features make the lake a particularly memorable place to visit. Animals found in the area include zebra, elephant, hippo, monkey, wildebeest, waterbuck, warthog, gazelle, impala, buffalo, wildebeest, waterbuck, warthog, hyena, baboon and giraffe.
Detailed trip itinerary
Day 1: Arusha City, Arusha Serena Hotel & Spa (Fullboard)
Pick up from Kilimanjaro International Airport upon arrival and transfer to Arusha City, for leisure and overnight in Arusha Serena Hotel and Spa.
Discover the majestic beauty and rich culture of the Lake Duluti region with an array of activities designed to awaken your senses. From a variety of recreational activities to visits to landmarks and attractions to spa treatments and cooking or Swahili lessons, allow our staff to create an itinerary tailored specifically to your interests.
- Canoeing
- Mountain Biking
- Lake Duluti Walk
- Swahili Lessons
- Cooking Lessons
- Arusha City Tour
- Beauty & Massage Services
Arusha Serena Hotel, Resort & Spa is unlike any other hotel in Tanzania with authentic, bespoke experiences that stir the traveller’s soul while showcasing the breathtaking tranquillity of our surroundings. Set among the woodland slopes of Mount Meru at the edge of Lake Duluti, there’s no better destination for soaking in the beauty and magnificence of the Tanzanian “Northern Safari Circuit.”
The ambience of our Arusha hotel is warmly reminiscent of our origins as a colonial era coffee farm, beginning with the welcoming stone-built reception area and extending to cottage-style rooms neatly arranged among landscaped lawns and the colourful banks of Bougainvillea. Traces of our heritage present themselves in elegant, country-manor interiors featuring unique artefacts, leaded windows and French doors opening to extensive lake view gardens. Social areas within our Arusha hotel include a library, a lounge and a restaurant offering an enchanting wood fireplace and lake and garden views.
Share in tailor-made experiences thoughtfully designed to enrich your visit. Allow your hosts to arrange an English breakfast on the Lake Duluti shoreline. Hike to the summit of Mount Meru, Africa’s fifth highest mountain or explore the crater lakes of Arusha National Park. In the evening, relax in a safari chair and sip delicious sundowner cocktails by the lake as the sun sinks into the horizon.
Day 2: Lake Manyara National Park, Lake Manyara Serena Lodge (Fullboard)
After breakfast at 07:00, depart for Lake Manyara National Park to arrive time for lunch. In the afternoon from 15:30 game drive in the park until time for dinner at 18:30 and overnight Lake Manyara Serena Lodge.
- Central Dining + Bar Lounge
- Outside Dining Terrace
- Poolside Bar
- Game Drives
- Bush Dining
- Swimming Pool & Pool Deck
- Tented Conference Room
- Gift Shop, Business Center, Wi-Fi
- Extensive selection of sports & activities
- Cultural Dance & Music
Tanzania’s towering Mto wa Mbu escarpment provides a remarkable backdrop for a one-of-a-kind visit. Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge welcomes you with a peaceful location amidst the rich wildlife and unsurpassed tranquility of Lake Manyara National Park. The lake is home to over 300 migratory birds including flamingoes, long-crested eagles and grey-headed kingfisher; our lodge is designed to mimic this extraordinary birdlife, with an architectural motif featuring swooping avian curves and vibrantly coloured wall frescoes depicting the intricacy of bird migratory patterns.
Here, at our Lake Manyara lodge, you’ll find everything you need to relax, rejuvenate and discover the singular beauty of the region. Housed in circular two-storey “rondavels”, our accommodation pays homage to tradition, while also offering contemporary perks. Flamingo Restaurant, our central dining room, serves delicious cuisine and includes a veranda with picturesque views; we would be pleased to arrange a meal in the bush for you as well. Take part in an enchanting game drive or outdoor excursion, tour one of the neighbouring villages or simply lounge by the lodge’s “vanishing horizon” pool. Those hosting their wedding or group event with us can benefit from our modern facilities and gorgeous location, not to mention the careful attention of our planning staff. And with a range of family-friendly activities, our lodge is a delightful destination for visitors of all ages. The holiday of a lifetime awaits you at Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge.
Lake Manyara National Park is a small park at the base of the Rift Valley escarpment. Its groundwater forest offers a nice change of scenery from the more savannah-dominated parks. Although the park is known for tree-climbing lions, big cats aren't that easily seen. Elephant are prolific and are the main attraction. This park is known for its large elephant population. The big cats are present, but not seen that easily. The forest patch is home to habituated troops of olive baboon and blue monkey. Buffalo, giraffe and several antelope species are easily encountered on a drive.
Full List of Mammals found in Lake Manyara National Park:
- African Buffalo
- African Civet
- African Dormouse
- African Elephant
- African Hare
- African Palm Civet
- Angola Free-tailed Bat
- Ant Bear
- Banana Bat or African
- Banded Mongoose
- Bat-eared Fox
- Black Rhinoceros
- Black-backed Jackal
- Black-faced Vervet Monkey
- Black-tipped Mongoose
- Bohor Reedbuck
- Bush Baby
- Bush Duiker
- Bush Squirrel
- Bushbuck
- Cane Rat
- Clawless Otter
- Coke’s Hartebeest
- Common Waterbuck
- Common Zebra
- Dwarf Mongoose
- Epauletted Fruit Bat
- False Vampire Bat
- Giant White-toothed Shrew
- Greater Galago
- Hippopotamus
- Hollow-faced Bat
- Impala
- Kirk’s Dik-dik
- Klipspringer
- Lander’s Horseshoe Bat
- Large-spotted Genet
- Leopard
- Lesser Leaf-nosed Bat
- Lion
- Marsh Mongoose
- Masai Giraffe
- Olive Baboon
- Pipistrelle
- Porcupine
- Ratel or Honey Badger
- Red Duiker
- Rock Hyrax
- Side-striped Jackal
- Small-spotted Genet
- Spectacled Elephant Shrew
- Spotted Hyaena
- Straw-coloured Fruit Bat
- Striped Ground Squirrel
- Suni
- Sykes’ Monkey
- Tree Hyrax
- Warthog
- White-bellied Free-tailed Bat
- White-bellied Tomb Bat
- Yellow-bellied Bat
- Yellow-winged Bat
- Zorilla
Manyara provides the perfect introduction to Tanzania's birdlife. More than 400 species have been recorded and you can reasonably expect to observe 100 of these in one day. A big array of water-associated birds, including pink-backed pelicans, are easily seen around the hippo pool. When the water level is right, the lake is also home to thousands of pink-hued flamingo. More than 50 birds-of-prey have been recorded including the crowned eagle. Migratory birds are present from November to April.
- Masai Ostrich
- Abdim’s Stork
- African black Duck
- African Black Kite
- African Crake
- African Cuckoo
- African Fish Eagle
- African Golden Oriole
- African Goshawk
- African Hobby
- African Hoopoe
- African Jacana
- African Marsh Harrier
- African Marsh Owl
- African Pied Wagtail
- African Pitta
- African Pochard
- African Rock Martin
- African Sand Martin
- African Skimmer
- African Snipe
- African Spoonbill
- Amethyst Sunbird
- Arrow-marked Babbler
- Ashy Flycatcher
- Augur Buzzard
- Avocet
- Ayres’ Hawk Eagle
- Banded Martin
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird
- Bateleur
- Bearded Woodpecker
- Beautiful Sunbird
- Black and White Cuckoo
- Black Bishop
- Black Coucal
- Black Crake
- Black Cuckoo
- Black Cuckoo Shrike
- Black Heron
- Black Rough-wing Swallow
- Black-backed Puff-back
- Black-bellied Bustard
- Black-breasted Apalis
- Blackcap Warbler
- Black-chested Harrier Eagle
- Black-headed Heron
- Black-headed Oriole
- Black-shouldered Kite
- Blacksmith Plover
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Black-winged Stilt
- Blue-eared Glossy Starling
- Blue-headed Wagtail
- Blue-naped Mousebird
- Broad-billed Roller
- Bronze-naped Pigeon
- Bronzy Sunbird
- Brown Parrot
- Brown-headed Tchagra
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher
- Buffalo Weaver
- Buff-backed Heron or
- Button Quail
- Cape Grass Owl
- Cape Quail
- Cape Wigeon
- Capped Wheatear
- Cardinal Quelea
- Cardinal Woodpecker
- Caspian Plover
- Cattle Egret
- Chestnut Weaver
- Chestnut-banded Sand Plover
- Chin-spot Flycatcher
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eate
- Cliff Chat
- Collared Sunbird
- Common Sandpiper
- Crested Francolin
- Crested Guinea-fowl
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill
- Croaking Cisticola
- Crowned Crane
- Crowned Hawk Eagle
- Crowned Hornbill
- Crowned Plover
- Cuckoo Falcon Rare
- Curlew
- Curlew Sandpiper
- D’Arnaud’s Barbet
- Didric Cuckoo
- Dove
- Drongo
- Dusky Flycatcher
- Dwarf Bittern
- Egyptian Goose
- Egyptian Vulture
- Emerald Cuckoo
- Emerald-spotted Wood
- European Bee-eater
- European Black Kite
- European Black Stork
- European Common Snipe
- European Common Wheatear
- European Cuckoo
- European Golden Oriole
- European Hobby
- European Kestrel
- European Marsh Harrier
- European Nightjar
- European Pintail
- European Rock Thrush
- European Roller
- European Shoveler
- European Spotted Flycatcher
- European Swallow
- Fan-tailed Widow-bird
- Fischer’s Greenbul
- Fischer’s Lovebird
- Fischer’s Sparrow Lark
- Fischer’s Straw-tailed Whydah
- Flappet Lark
- Gabar Goshawk
- Garganey Teal
- Giant Kingfisher
- Glossy Ibis
- Golden-backed Weaver
- Golden-winged Sunbird
- Goliath Heron
- Great Snipe
- Great Sparrow Hawk
- Great Spotted Cuckoo
- Great White Egret
- Great-crested Grebe
- Greater Flamingo
- Greater Honeyguide
- Green Pigeon
- Green Sandpiper
- Green Wood Hoopoe
- Green-backed Heron
- Greenshank
- Green-winged Pytilia
- Grey Heron
- Grey Hornbill
- Grey Tit Warbler
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher
- Grey Woodpecker
- Grey-backed Camaroptera
- Grey-backed Fiscal
- Grey-headed Gull
- Grey-headed Kingfisher
- Grey-headed Sparrow
- Grosbeak Weaver
- Ground Hornbill
- Gull-billed Tern
- Hadada Ibis
- Hamerkop
- Harlequin Quail
- Harrier Hawk
- Hartlaub’s Bustard
- Helmeted Guinea-fowl
- Hildebrandt’s Francolin
- Hildebrandt’s Starling
- Hooded Vulture
- Hottentot Teal
- Indigo-bird
- Jameson’s Fire Finch
- Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird
- Kittlitz’s Plover
- Knob-billed Duck
- Lanner
- Laughing Dove
- Lemon Dove
- Lesser Black-headed Gull
- Lesser Flamingo
- Lesser Grey Shrike
- Lesser Honeyguide
- Lesser Kestrel
- Lesser Moorhen
- Lesser Swamp Warbler
- Levaillant’s Barbet
- Levaillant’s Cuckoo
- Lilac-breasted Roller
- Little Bee-eater
- Little Egret
- Little Grebe
- Little Ringed Plover
- Little Sparrow Hawk
- Little Stint
- Little Swift
- Lizard Buzzard
- Long-crested Eagle
- Long-tailed Cormorant
- Long-tailed Fiscal
- Long-toed Lapwing
- Maccoa Duck
- Madagascar Bee-eater
- Magpie Shrike
- Malachite Kingfisher
- Marabou Stork
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Martial Eagle
- Masked Weaver
- Montagu’s Harrier
- Moorhen
- Mosque Swallow
- Mountain Wagtail
- Mourning Dove
- Namaqua Dove
- Narina’s Trogon
- Night Heron
- Northern Pied Babbler
- Nubian or Lappet-faced Vulture
- Nubian Woodpecker
- Olive Pigeon
- Open-bill Stork
- Osprey
- Ovampo Sparrow Hawk
- Painted Snipe
- Pale Chanting Goshawk
- Pallid Harrier
- Palm Swift
- Palm-nut Vulture
- Pangani Longclaw
- Paradise Flycatcher
- Paradise Whydah
- Pearl-spotted Owlet
- Peters’ Twin-spot
- Pied Crow
- Pied Kingfisher
- Pied Wheatear
- Pink-backed Pelican
- Pin-tailed Whydah
- Plain Nightjar
- Pratincole
- Purple Gallinule
- Purple Heron
- Pygmy Falcon
- Pygmy Goose
- Pygmy Kingfisher
- Rattling Cisticola
- Red and Yellow Barbet
- Red Bishop
- Red-backed Scrub Robin
- Red-backed Shrike
- Red-billed Duck
- Red-billed Fire Finch
- Red-billed Hornbill
- Red-billed Oxpecker
- Red-billed Quelea
- Red-capped Lark
- Red-capped Robin Chat
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
- Red-chested Cuckoo
- Red-collared Widow-bird
- Red-eyed Dove
- Red-faced Crombec
- Red-fronted Barbet
- Red-fronted Tinkerbird
- Red-headed Weaver
- Red-knobbed Coot
- Red-necked Spurfowl
- Redshank
- Red-tailed Shrike
- Redwing Bush Lark
- Red-wing Starling
- Richard’s Pipit
- Ringed Plover
- Ring-necked Dove
- Rosy-breasted Longclaw
- Ruff
- Rufous-backed Mannikin
- Rufous-crowned Roller
- Rufous-tailed Weaver
- Ruppell’s Vulture
- Sacred Ibis
- Saddle-bill Stork
- Sanderling
- Sandy Plain-backed Pipit
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird
- Schalow’s Turaco
- Scimitar-bill
- Secretary Bird
- Shikra
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
- Slate-coloured Boubou
- Speckled Mousebird
- Speckled Pigeon
- Spectacled Weaver
- Spotted Eagle Owl
- Spotted Morning Warbler
- Spotted Redshank
- Spotted Stone Curlew
- Spotted-flanked Barbet
- Sprosser
- Spr-winged Goose
- Squacco Heron
- Steel-blue Whydah
- Steppe Buzzard
- Steppe Eagle
- Stork
- Straight-crested Helmet Shrike
- Streaky Seed-eater
- Striped Kingfisher
- Striped Swallow
- Sulphur-breasted Bush Shrike
- Superb Starling
- Tambourine Dove
- Tawny Eagle
- Tawny-flanked Prinia
- Temminck’s Courser
- Terek Sandpiper
- Three-banded Plover
- Two-banded Courser
- Variable Sunbird
- Verreaux’s Eagle Owl
- Violet-backed Starling
- Violet-crested Turaco
- Vitelline Masked Weaver
- Von der Decken’s Hrnbill
- Wahlberg’s Eagle
- Water Dikkop
- Wattled Starling
- Waxbill
- Well’s Wagtail
- Whimbrel
- Whiskered Tern
- White Pelican
- White Stork
- White-backed Duck
- White-backed Vulture
- White-breasted Tit
- White-browed Coucal
- White-browed Robin Chat
- White-crowned Shrike
- White-fronted Bee-eater
- White-fronted Sand Plover
- White-headed Barbet
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver
- White-headed Vulture
- White-naped Raven
- White-winged Black Tern
- White-winged Scrub Robin
- Winding Cisticola
- Wire-tailed Swallow
- Wood Ibis or Yellow-billed
- Wood Sandpiper
- Woodland Kingfisher
- Yellow White-eye
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul
- Yellow-bellied Oxpecker
- Yellow-billed Duck
- Yellow-billed Egret
- Yellow-collared Lovebird
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl
- Yellow-spotted Petronia
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
- Yellow-vented Bulbul
- Zambesi Honeyguide
Day 3: Serengeti National Park, Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge (Fullboard)
Breakfast and depart at 08:00 for Serengeti National Park en-route visit of Olduvai Gorge to arrive time for lunch. In the afternoon from 15:30 game drive in the park up to time for dinner at 18:30 and overnight Serengeti Serena Lodge.
- Game Drives
- Room Service
- Gift Shop
- Bar Lounge
- Spa & Massage treatments
- Swimming Pool
- Bush Breakfast & Sundowners
- Visit to Ol Duvai Gorge Paleolithic site
- Cultural Visits
- Business Lounge
- Conference Services
- Walking Safaris
- Swahili Lessons
Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge is an award-winning gem of a hotel in one of the most beautiful settings in Tanzania. Seamlessly blended high into an acacia-lined ridge, our African-style lodge and infinity pool offer panoramic views across the Serengeti’s vast, endless grasslands, where lions and cheetahs stalk their prey and massive migrating wildebeest herds darken the landscape in a relentless search for fresh grazing grounds.
Here, you will savour the ancient stillness and serenity of one of the most magnificent destinations on earth. Discover the warmth and cosiness of stone-built, traditionally thatched “rondavel” lodging. Dine under an indigo blanket of stars and enjoy unforgettable adventures and experiences ranging from private safaris and day trips to the prehistoric Ngorongoro Crater to Swahili lessons, guided nature walks and massage treatments.
Take pleasure in a Serengeti safari destination where time seemingly stands still and your room remains at the threshold of undisturbed, untamed Africa.
The Serengeti is one of the most famous parks in Africa and is synonymous with wildlife and classic African scenery. It is Tanzania's oldest park and a Unesco World Heritage Site. It is home to the spectacular wildebeest migration and offers top-class wildlife viewing throughout the year. The Serengeti offers some of the best wildlife viewing in Africa. All the major safari animals occur in great numbers. Cheetah and four of the Big 5 are easily seen, but rhino sightings are rare, and only black rhino are present. Aside from the big cats, many other predators can be spotted including spotted hyena (especially in the morning), jackal and bat-eared fox.
The Wildebeest Migration
Every year, over 2 million wildebeest, zebra and gazelle migrate from the Serengeti to the Masai Mara Reserve in Kenya. If you're there at the right time, you can spot herds of wildebeest and zebra stretching to the horizon.
Full List of Mammals found in Serengeti National Park:
- Aard-wolf
- African Buffalo
- African Civet
- African Dormouse
- African Elephant
- African Hare
- African Palm Civet
- African Striped Weasel
- African Wild Cat
- Angola Free-tailed Bat
- Ant Bear
- Banana Bat
- Banded Mongoose
- Bat-eared Fox
- Black and White Colobus
- Black Rhinoceros
- Black-backed Jackal
- Black-faced Vervet Monkey
- Black-tipped Mongoose
- Blue Duiker
- Blue or Sykes’ Monkey
- Bohor Reedbuck
- Bush Baby
- Bush Duiker
- Bush Pig
- Bush Squirrel
- Bushbuck
- Cane Rat
- Caracal
- Chanler’s Reedbuck
- Cheetah
- Clawless Otter
- Coke’s Hartebeest or Kongoni
- Common Waterbuck
- Common Zebra
- Defassa Waterbuck
- Dwarf Mongoose
- East African Hedgehog
- Eland
- Epauletted Fruit Bat
- False Vampire Bat
- Fringe-eared Oryx
- Giant Rat
- Giant White-toothed Shrew
- Golden Jackal
- Grant’s Gazelle
- Greater Galago
- Hippopotamus
- Hollow-faced Bat
- Hunting Dog
- Impala
- Kenya Mole Rat
- Kirk’s Dik-dik
- Klipspringer
- Lander’s Horseshoe Bat
- Large Grey Mongoose
- Large-spotted Genet
- Leopard
- Lesser Kudu
- Lesser Leaf-nosed Bat
- Lion
- Marsh Mongoose
- Masai Giraffe
- Olive Baboon
- Oribi
- Pale-bellied Fruit Bat
- Patas Monkey
- Porcupine
- Ratel or Honey Badger
- Red Duiker
- Roan Antelope
- Rock Hyrax
- Rousette Fruit Bat
- Serval
- Side-striped Jackal
- Small-spotted Genet
- Spectacled Elephant Shrew
- Spotted Hyaena
- Spring Hare
- Steinbok
- Striped Hyaena
- Suni
- Thomson’s Gazelle
- Topi
- Tree Hyrax
- Warthog
- White-bearded Gnu or
- White-bellied Tomb Bat
- White-tailed Mongoose
- Wildebeest
- Yellow-bellied Bat
- Yellow-winged Bat
- Zorilla
The Serengeti has more than 500 bird species recorded, and the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem is one of Africa's Endemic Bird Areas (land important for habitat-based bird conservation containing restricted-range bird species), hosting five bird species found nowhere else.
These specials are easy to locate within their restricted range. The grey-breasted spurfowl is common in the Seronera area. In woodland areas, parties of Fischer's lovebird draw attention to themselves and the rufous-tailed weaver is a fascinating bird placed in its own genus. The other two endemics are the Usambiro barbet and the grey-crested helmet-shrike. Migratory birds are present from November to April.
- Abdim’s Stork
- Abyssinian Scimitar-bill
- African Black Duck
- African Black Kite
- African Crake
- African Cuckoo
- African Darter
- African Fire Finch
- African Fish Eagle
- African Hawk Eagle
- African Hoopoe
- African Jacana
- African Kestrel
- African Marsh Owl
- African Moustached Warbler
- African Penduline Tit
- African Pied Wagtail
- African Pochard
- African Scops Owl
- African Skimmer
- African Snipe
- African Spoonbill
- African Wood Owl
- Angola Swallow
- Arrow-marked Babbler
- Ashy Flycatcher
- Ashy Starling
- Augur Buzzard
- Avocet
- Ayres’Hawk Eagle
- Banded Tit Warbler
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird
- Barn Owl
- Barred Owlet
- Bat Hawk
- Bateleur
- Bearded Woodpecker
- Beautiful Sunbird (black-bellied race)
- Black and White Cuckoo
- Black and White Mannikin
- Black and White-casqued
- Black Bishop
- Black Coucal
- Black Crake
- Black Cuckoo Shrike
- Black Rough-wing Swallow
- Black-backed Puff-back
- Black-bellied Bustard
- Black-breasted Apalis
- Blackcap Warbler
- Black-chested Harrier Eagle
- Black-faced Sandgrouse
- Black-headed Gonolek
- Black-headed Heron
- Black-headed Oriole
- Black-headed Tchagra
- Black-lored Babbler
- Black-necked Weaver
- Black-shouldered Kite
- Blacksmith Plover
- Black-winged Bishop
- Black-winged Plover
- Black-winged Stilt
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
- Blue-cheeked Waxbill
- Blue-eared Glossy Starling
- Blue-headed Wagtail and races
- Blue-naped Mousebird
- Brimstone Canary
- Broad-billed Roller
- Bronze Mannikin
- Bronze-winged Courser
- Bronzy Sunbird
- Brown Harrier Eagle
- Brown Parrot
- Brown-chested Wattled Plover
- Buffalo Weaver
- Buff-backed Heron or
- Buff-bellied Warbler
- Button Quail
- Cape Quail
- Cape Rook
- Cape Wigeon
- Capped Wheatear
- Cardinal Quelea
- Cardinal Woodpecker
- Caspian Plover
- Cattle Egret
- Chestnut Sparrow
- Chestnut-banded Sand Plover
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
- Chin-spot Flycatcher
- Cinnamon-breasted Rock Buntin
- Cliff Chat
- Collared Sunbird
- Common Sandpiper
- Coqui Francolin
- Crested Francolin
- Crested Guinea-fowl
- Croaking Cisticola
- Crowned Crane
- Crowned Hornbill
- Crowned Plover
- Curlew
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Cut-throat
- D’Arnaud’s Barbet
- Dark Chanting Goshawk
- Didric Cuckoo
- Double-toothed Barbet
- Drongo
- Dusky Flycatcher
- Dusky Nightjar
- Eastern Grey Plantain-eater
- Egyptian Goose
- Egyptian Vulture
- Emerald Cuckoo
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
- European Bee-eater
- European Black Kite
- European Black Stork
- European Common Snipe
- European Common Wheatear
- European Cuckoo
- European Hobby
- European Hoopoe
- European Kestrel
- European Marsh Harrier
- European Nightjar
- European Rock Thrush
- European Roller
- European Sedge Warbler
- European Spotted Flycatcher
- European Swallow
- European Willow Warbler
- Fan-tailed Warbler
- Fan-tailed Widow-bird
- Fawn-coloured Lark
- Fiscal Shrike
- Fischer’s Lovebird
- Fischer’s Sparrow Lark
- Fischer’s Straw-tailed Whydah
- Flappet Lark
- Fulvous Tree Duck
- Gabar Goshawk
- Garden Warbler
- Garganey Teal
- Giant Kingfisher
- Golden-breasted Bunting
- Golden-winged Sunbird
- Goliath Heron
- Great Reed Warbler
- Great Snipe
- Great White Egret
- Great-crested Grebe
- Greater Flamingo
- Greater Honeyguide
- Greater or White-eyed Kestrel
- Great-spotted Cuckoo
- Green Pigeon
- Green Sandpiper
- Green Wood Hoopoe
- Green-backed Heron
- Green-headed Sunbird
- Greenshank
- Green-winged Pytilia
- Grey Flycatcher
- Grey Hornbill
- Grey Woodpecker
- Grey-backed Camaroptera
- Grey-backed Fiscal
- Grey-breasted Spurfowl
- Grey-headed Bush Shrike
- Grey-headed Gull
- Grey-headed Kingfisher
- Grey-headed Negro Finch
- Grey-headed Silverbill
- Grey-headed Social Weaver
- Grosbeak Weaver
- Ground Hornbill
- Gull-billed Tern
- Hadada Ibis
- Hamerkop
- Harlequin Quail
- Harrier Hawk
- Hartlaub’s Bustard
- Hartlaub’s Turaco
- Helmeted Guinea-fowl
- Heuglin’s Courser
- Hildebrandt’s Starling
- Holub’s Golden Weaver
- Hooded Vulture
- Hornbill
- Horus Swift
- Hottentot Teal
- Indigo-bird
- Jackson’s Bustard
- Jameson’s Fire Finch
- Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird
- Kittlitz Plover
- Klaas’ Cuckoo
- Kori Bustard
- Lanner
- Laughing Dove
- Lesser FlamingoHarrier Hawk
- Lesser Grey Shrike
- Lesser Honeyguide
- Lesser Kestrel
- Levaillant’s Cuckoo
- Lilac-breasted Roller
- Little Bee-eater
- Little Bittern
- Little Egret
- Little Grebe
- Little Purple-banded Sunbird
- Little Sparrow Hawk
- Little Spotted Woodpecker
- Little Stint
- Little Swift
- Little Tawny Pipit
- Lizard Buzzard
- Long-crested Eagle
- Long-tailed Cormorant
- Long-tailed Nightjar
- Maccoa Duck
- Madagascar Bee-eater
- Magpie Shrike
- Malachite Kingfisher
- Malachite Sunbird
- Marabou Stork
- Mariqua Sunbird
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Martial Eagle
- Masai Ostrich
- Montagu’s Harrier
- Mosque Swallow
- Mottled Swift
- Mourning Dove
- Namaqua Dove
- Narina’s Trogon
- Northern Brubru
- Nubian or Lappet-faced Vulture
- Nubian Woodpecker
- Olive Sunbird
- Open-bill Stork
- Painted Snipe
- Pale Chanting Goshawk
- Pale Flycatcher
- Pallid Harrier
- Palm Swift
- Paradise Flycatcher
- Paradise Whydah
- Pearl-spotted Owlet
- Pectoral-patch Cisticola
- Pennant-wing Nightjar
- Pied Kingfisher
- Pink-backed Pelican
- Pin-tailed Whydah
- Purple Grenadier
- Pygmy Falcon
- Pygmy Kingfisher
- Quail Finch
- Rattling Cisticola
- Red Bishop
- Red-backed Scrub Robin
- Red-backed Shrike
- Red-billed Duck
- Red-billed Fire Finch
- Red-billed Hornbill
- Red-billed Quelea
- Red-capped Lark
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
- Red-chested Cuckoo
- Red-eyed Dove
- Red-faced Crombec
- Red-fronted Barbet
- Red-fronted Tinkerbird
- Red-headed Quelea
- Red-headed Weaver
- Red-necked Spurfowl
- Red-rumped Swallow
- Red-tailed Shrike
- Red-throated Pipit
- Red-throated Tit
- Richard’s Pipit
- Ringed Plover
- Ring-necked Dove
- Ross’s Turaco
- Rosy-breasted Longclaw
- Ruff
- Rufous Chatterer
- Rufous Sparrow
- Rufous-naped Lark
- Rufous-tailed Weaver
- Ruppell’s Long-tailed Starling
- Ruppell’s Vulture
- Sacred Ibis
- Saddle-bill Stork
- Sandy Plain-backed Pipit
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird
- Schalow’s Turaco
- Scimitar Bill
- Secretary Bird
- Senegal Plover
- Shelley’s Francolin
- Shikra
- Short-tailed Lark
- Silverbird
- Slate-coloured Boubou
- Sooty Chat
- South African Black Flycatcher
- Speckled Mousebird
- Speckled Pigeon
- Spectacled Weaver
- Spotted Eagle Owl
- Spotted Stone Curlew
- Spotted-flanked Barbet
- Spur-winged Goose
- Squacco Heron
- Steel-blue Whydah
- Steppe Buzzard
- Steppe Eagle
- Stork
- Straight-crested Helmet Shrike
- Streaky Seed-eater
- Striped Kingfisher
- Striped Pipit
- Striped Swallow
- Sulphur-breasted Bush Shrike
- Superb Starling
- Swahili Sparrow
- Tambourine Dove
- Tawny Eagle
- Tawny-flanked Prinia
- Temminck’s Courser
- Three-banded Plover
- Tiny Cisticola
- Tropical Boubou
- Two-banded Courser
- Variable Sunbird
- Verreaux’s Eagle
- Verreaux’s Eagle Owl
- Vieillot’s Black Weaver
- Violet Wood Hoopoe
- Violet-backed Starling
- Violet-backed Sunbird
- Von der Decken’s Hornbill
- Wahlberg’s Eagle
- Wahlberg’s Honeyguide
- Water Dikkop
- Wattled Plover
- Wattled Starling
- Wattle-eye
- Waxbill
- White Pelican
- White Stork
- White-backed Vulture
- White-bellied Bustard
- White-bellied Canary
- White-breasted Tit
- White-browed Coucal
- White-browed Robin Chat
- White-browed Sparrow Weaver
- White-crowned Shrike
- White-faced Tree Duck
- White-headed Barbet
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver
- White-headed Vulture
- White-naped Raven
- White-rumped Swift
- White-throated Bee-eater
- White-throated Robin
- White-winged Black Tern
- White-winged Widow-bird
- Winding Cisticola
- Wire-tailed Swallow
- Wood Ibis or Yellow-billed
- Wood Sandpiper
- Woodland Kingfisher
- Wooly-necked Stork
- Yellow Bishop
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela
- Yellow-billed Duck
- Yellow-billed Egret
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker
- Yellow-billed Waxbill
- Yellow-fronted Canary
- Yellow-mantled Widow-bird
- Yellow-throated Longclaw
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
- Yellow-vented Bulbul
Day 4: Serengeti National Park, Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge (Fullboard)
Full day game drive from 08:00 in Serengeti National Park going back to the lodge for lunch. In the afternoon game drive from 15:30 to the time for dinner and overnight at Serengeti Serena Lodge from 18:30.
Day 5: Serengeti National Park, Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge (Fullboard)
This day full day game drive from 08:00 in Serengeti National Park with packed lunch to be consumed in a designated place. Dinner and overnight at the Serengeti Serena Lodge from 18:30
Day 6: Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge (Fullboard)
Early morning at 06:30 depart for morning game drive after tea or coffee and a snack going back for breakfast at 08:00 in the lodge then a rest until lunch time. There after an afternoon drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area, en-route may visit a Maasai Village before dinner at 18:30 and overnight in Ngorongoro Serena Lodge.
- Game drives into the Crater daily
- Wedding planning and honeymoon venue
- Gift shop and business centre
- Wi-Fi
- Tented conference centre
- Extensive selection of sports and activities
- Cultural dance and music
- Rock built dining room and bar with central fire
- Extensive viewing terraces
- Visit Olduvai Gorge
- Crater Breakfast
- Crater Lunch
- Sundowners at the crater rim
- Guided nature walks around the crater rim
- Wildlife & cultural talks & film presentations
Tanzania’s prehistoric Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Eighth Wonder of the World, has yawned heavenward for millennia. Deep within its immense walls is a breath-taking blue-green landscape dotted with plains, lakes and forests; an eerie, otherworldly “land that time forgot” thick with massive bull elephants, rhinos, wildebeests and the highest concentration of lions in Africa.
Nestled high above the plains into the Crater’s jagged rim, cloaked in river stone and indigenous vines, Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge is barely visible to the naked eye. Framed by arched stone passages and timbered decks, its torch-lit walls are adorned with stylized cave paintings. At the stone heart of the lodge burns a glowing fire, which is kept constantly alight. Rooms are looped around the Crater rim. Each has its own rock-enclosed balcony, and all enjoy completely uninterrupted views of the volcanic amphitheatre far below. Our Ngorongoro hotel lodge is a place that feels as ancient as the Crater itself, yet no modern comfort has been spared in an effort to bring you the best safari adventure in Africa and one of the most unique travel experiences in the world.
A visit to the Ngorongoro Crater is an experience of a lifetime. There are few places that have wildlife densities and variety on this level. It is not unusual to see the Big Five in one day – and all this in the most amazing setting with a backdrop of the 600m/1,968ft-high crater wall. The Ngorongoro Crater offers some of the best wildlife viewing in Africa. All the major safari animals occur in great numbers. The resident population of black rhino is a real treat, as rhino are very difficult to spot elsewhere in Tanzania. The crater is also home to some very impressive elephant bulls with huge tusks. Lake Magadi often harbors large flocks of flamingo.
Full List of Mammals found in Ngorongoro Crater:
- African Buffalo
- African Civet
- African Elephant
- African Hare
- African Wild Cat
- Angola Free-tailed Bat
- Banded Mongoose
- Bat-eared Fox
- Black rhinoceros
- Black-backed Jackal
- Black-faced Vervet Monkey
- Bohor Reedbuck
- Bush Buck
- Bush Duiker
- Bush Squirrel
- Cheetah
- Coke’s Hartebeest
- Common Waterbuck
- Common Zebra
- Dwarf Mongoose
- Eland
- Epauletted Fruit Bat
- False Vampire Bat
- Giant Forest Hog
- Giant Rat
- Golden Jackal
- Grant’s Gazelle
- Hippopotamus
- Hollow-faced Bat
- Hunting Dog
- Impala
- Klipspringer
- Large-spotted Genet
- Leopard
- Lesser Leaf-nosed Bat
- Lion
- Maasai Giraffe
- Marsh Mongoose
- Olive Baboon
- Porcupine
- Ratel or Honey Badger
- Rock Hyrax
- Rousette Fruit Bat
- Serval
- Side-striped Jackal
- Small-spotted Genet
- Spotted Hyaena
- Thompson’s Gazelle
- Tree Hyrax
- Warthog
- White-bearded Gnu or Wildebeest
- Yellow-bellied Bat
Both the Ngorongoro highlands and the crater offer excellent birding, with over 500 species recorded. Birdlife in the highland forest is rich and interesting. Among the birds to be seen are white-eyed slaty flycatcher and Livingstone turaco. A number of specialized grassland birds are resident in the crater. Most noticeable are ostrich, kori bustard, crowned crane and the secretary bird. Migratory birds are present from November to April. Although birdlife is generally good throughout the year, from November to April migratory birds from Europe and northern Africa are present, and many resident birds are in breeding plumage. This makes it the best time for bird watching. The best time to watch wildlife is during the Dry season, which is June to October.
- Abdim’s Stork
- Abyssinian Nightjar
- African Black Duck
- African Black Kite
- African Cuckoo
- African Fish Eagle
- African Hoopoe
- African Marsh Harrier
- African Marsh Owl
- African Pied Wagtail
- African Pochard
- African Sand Martin
- African Snipe
- African Spoonbill
- Angola Swallow
- Anteater Chat
- Augur Buzzard
- Avocet
- Banded Martin
- Bateleur
- Black Cuckoo
- Black Cuckoo Shrike
- Black Rough-wing Swallow
- Black-breasted Apalis
- Black-chested Harrier Eagle
- Black-headed Heron
- Black-headed Oriole
- Black-headed Tchagra
- Black-shouldered Kite
- Blacksmith Plover
- Black-throated Wattle-eye
- Black-winged Stilt
- Blue-eared Glossy Starling
- Blue-headed Wagtail
- Brimstone Canary
- Bronze Mannikin
- Bronzy Sunbird
- Brown-backed Woodpecker
- Buff-backed Heron or Cattle Egret
- Bunting
- Cape Rock
- Cape Wigeon
- Capped Wheatear
- Cardinal Quelea
- Cardinal Woodpecker
- Caspian Plover
- Chestnut Weaver
- Chin-spot Flycatcher
- Cinnamon-breasted
- Cliff Chat
- Collared Sunbird
- Common Sandpiper
- Crowned Crane
- Crowned Hornbill
- Crowned Plover
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Cut-throat
- Didric Cuckoo
- Drongo
- Eastern Double-collared
- Egyptian Goose
- Egyptian Vulture
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
- European Bee-eater
- European Black Kite
- European Black Stork
- European Common Snipe
- European Common Wheatear
- European Cuckoo
- European Kestrel
- European Marsh Harrier
- European Nightjar
- European Pintail
- European Rock Thrush
- European Sand Martin
- European Shoveler
- European Spotted Flycatcher
- European Swallow
- European Teal
- European Whinchat
- European Willow Warbler
- Fan-tailed Widow-bird
- Fiscal Shrike
- Fischer’s Sparrow Lark
- Fulvous Tree Duck
- Gabar Goshawk
- Garganey Teal
- Golden-breasted Bunting
- Golden-winged Sunbird
- Goliath Heron
- Great Spotted Cuckoo
- Great White Egret
- Greater Flamingo
- Green Pigeon
- Green Sandpiper
- Green Wood Hoopoe
- Greenshank
- Green-winged Pytilia
- Grey Flycatcher
- Grey Heron
- Grey Hornbill
- Grey-backed Camaroptera
- Grey-backed Fiscal
- Grey-headed Kingfisher
- Grey-headed Social Weaver
- Grey-rumped Swallow
- Hadada Ibis
- Hamerkop
- Helmeted Guinea-fowl
- Hooded Vulture
- Hottentot Teal
- Indigo-bird
- Issabeline Wheatear
- Kittlitz’s Plover
- Knob-billed Duck
- Kori Bustard
- Lammergeyer
- Lanner
- Laughing Dove
- Lesser Flamingo
- Lesser Grey Shrike
- Lesser Kestrel
- Lilac-breasted Roller
- Little Bee-eater
- Little Egret
- Little Grebe
- Little Ringed Plover
- Little Rock Thrush
- Little Stint
- Long-crested Eagle
- Long-tailed Cormorant
- Long-tailed Fiscal
- Long-tailed Nightjar
- Magpie Shrike
- Malachite Kingfisher
- Marabou Stork
- Mariqua Sunbird
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Martial Eagle
- Masai Ostrich
- Masked Weaver
- Montagu’s Harrier
- Mottled Swift
- Namaqua Dove
- Northern Brubru
- Nubian or Lappet-faced Vulture
- Nubian Woodpecker
- Nyanza Swift
- Open-bill Stork
- Painted Snipe
- Pallid Harrier
- Paradise Flycatcher
- Paradise Whydah
- Pearl-spotted Owlet
- Peregrine
- Pied Crow
- Pied Kingfisher
- Pied Wheatear
- Pink-backed Pelican
- Pin-tailed Whydah
- Plain Nightjar
- Pratincole
- Purple Grenadier
- Pygmy Kingfisher
- Quail Finch
- Rattling Cisticola
- Red Bishop
- Red-backed Shrike
- Red-billed Duck
- Red-billed Fire Finch
- Red-billed Oxpecker
- Red-billed Quelea
- Red-capped Lark
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
- Red-chested Cuckoo
- Red-eyed Dove
- Red-rumped Swallow
- Red-tailed Shrike
- Red-wing Starling
- Richard’s Pipit
- Ring-necked Dove
- Robin Chat
- RobinChat
- Rosy-breasted Longclaw
- Ruff
- Rufous Sparrow
- Rufous-tailed Sparrow Weaver
- Ruppell’s Vulture
- Sacred Ibis
- Saddle-bill Stork
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird
- Schalow’s Wheatear
- Scimitar-bill
- Secretary Bird
- Senegal Plover
- Slate-coloured Boubou
- South African Black Flycatcher
- Speckled Mousebird
- Speckle-fronted Weaver
- Spotted Eagle Owl
- Spur-winged Goose
- Squacco Heron
- Steppe Buzzard
- Steppe Eagle
- Stonechat
- Stork
- Streaky Seed-eater
- Striped Kingfisher
- Striped Swallow
- Sulphur-breasted Bush Shrike
- Sunbird
- Superb Starling
- Tawny Eagle
- Tawny-flanked Prinia
- Temminck’s Courser
- Three-banded Plover
- Tropical Boubou
- Variable Sunbird
- Verreaux’s Eagle
- Verreaux’s Eagle Owl
- Wattled Starling
- Waxbill
- White Pelican
- White Stork
- White-backed Duck
- White-backed Vulture
- White-bellied Go-away-bird
- White-breasted Tit
- White-browed Coucal
- White-browed Sparrow Weaver
- White-crowned Shrike
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
- White-headed Vulture
- White-naped Raven
- White-winged Black Tern
- White-winged Widow-bird
- Winding Cisticola
- Wood Ibis or Yellow-billed
- Wood Sandpiper
- Yellow Bishop
- Yellow-billed Duck
- Yellow-billed Egret
- Yellow-breasted Seed-eater
- Yellow-fronted Canary
- Yellow-necked Spur-fowl
- Yellow-spotted Pretonia
- Yellow-throated Long-claw
- Yellow-vented Bulbul
Day 7: Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge (Fullboard)
After breakfast at 08:00 descend down to the crater floor for game drive, lunch at safe picnic site, ascend from the rim, and drive to lodge, dinner and overnight in Ngorongoro Serena Lodge from 18:30.
Day 8: Depart, Arusha (Lunch)
After breakfast drive to Arusha City for lunch then connect to your next destination.
End of the safari
Tour Inclusions
- Transport as per itinerary
- All park fees
- All game drives as per the itinerary in 4WD land cruiser
- All our transport has insurance
- 2 litres of mineral water per day per person
Tour Exclusions
- Drinks
- Tips for the service
- Yellow fever vaccination
- Visa
- Things of personal use
Easter & Christmas Surcharges
A surcharge would be charged per person per night on Good Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Easter Monday and on 24th 25th, 26th, 31st December and 1st January. The Surcharge would be confirmed at the time of booking for clarity purposes.
For optimal enjoyment of your safari, we urge you to carry the following:
All weather firm shoe pair, short and dress to use during the day, trouser for use in the evenings with long sleeved shirt, sweater or jacket, hat, swimming costume, sunglass, camera, binocular, sun protection cream and insect repellent spray or cream.