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Tanzania
Ngorongoro National Park
Serengeti National Park
Heart of Africa
A shorter trip which captures the essence of a safari. Perfect for you who wants to do a shorter safari in order to have time to climb Kilimanjaro and visit Zanzibar as well.
Day 1
Flight from Stockholm to Kilimanjaro International Airport through Addis Abeba.Day 2
Arrival at Kilimanjaro Int. Airport where Edward (our guide) will welcome you to Tanzania. Edward will stuff your bags into the car and then you will be off to the safari area right away. The drive will be quite long but with the wonderful Tanzanian landscape around you it will only be a pleasure. When arriving at the safari area, there will be time for a walk in the outskirts of the Lake Manyara National Park. The hotel you will stay at this night is Kiboko Tented Lodge. This is hotel that offers you a lot of comfort for a very affordable price. (http://www.equatorialsafaris.com/kiboko/index.htm)
Day 3
On the third day of your safari adventure you will spend the entire day in the wonderful Lake Manyara National Park. Lake Manyara National Park is a small but scenic safari park, excellent for birdwatching and a good area to find elephant, as well as the potential excitement of spotting a legendary Lake Manyara tree-climbing lion. Manyara is a magical and scenic park with a horseshoe-shaped driving route through wooded pathways that wend between the banks of the alkaline soda water lake and the impressive rise of the Great Rift escarpment. Elephant, giraffe, buffalo and wildebeest can be found grazing in unexpected clearings in the woodlands or heading towards water sources to drink or wash. The rivers and riverbeds provide scenic vistas for wildlife watching.
Warthog seem to thrive here, and it is a natural playground for baboons and monkeys. The tree-climbing lion of Lake Manyara inspire extensive theorising as to the wonders of evolution. When this wonderful day is over you will return to the Kiboko Tented Lodge where you will stay yet another night.
Day 4
Today you will spend the entire day in the astonishing Ngorongoro crater, which is world heritage site since 1979 and is often referred to as the “Eight Wonder of the World”. The crater is the largest unbroken ancient caldera in the world. Nearly three million years old, the once-volcanic Ngorongoro is now considered “Africa’s Garden of Eden” – a haven for thousands of wild game, including lions, cheetahs, elephants, wildebeests, zebras, rhinos, Thomson’s gazelles and buffaloes. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is inhabited by 30 000 animals, all protected within the confines of the crater walls. Resident zebra, wildebeest, Grants and Thomson’s gazelle are a predator's dream. Tanzania’s few remaining black rhino are protected and regularly sighted in the crater, as are large herds of buffalo. Huge tusked elephants, black-maned lions, cheetah and spotted hyena are also found, as well as thousands of lesser and greater flamingoes in the soda lake. The sights and views you get when driving down in the crater and up from the crater are also absolutely amazing, This night you will stay at the Kudu Lodge http://www.kuducamp.com
Day 5
After getting some well deserved rest after 4 extraordinary days, Edward will take you to the Kilimanjaro Int. Airport from where you can continue with your adventures in Africa. On the way to the airport there will be some time for shopping souvenirs and other stuff.