Day 4: SERENGETI
After
breakfast, drive to Serengeti
National Park passing via Olduvai
Gorge. Olduvai Gorge is the
prehistoric site where Dr. Louis
Leakey discovered the remains of
Homo habilis (“Handy man”) regarded
as mankind’s first step on the path
of human evolution. You arrive in
time for lunch at your lodge. Later
in the day afternoon game drive in
the park. The Serengeti is probably
the most famous wildlife sanctuary
in the world. Within its 15,000 sq
km area it hosts 3 million large
mammals. More than 35 species of
plain animals- zebra, wildebeest,
eland, giraffe, and others are found
here. And so for the big five:
elephant, lion, buffalo, leopard and
rhino.
The park is the staging zone for one
the most spectacular events in the
natural world- the annual migration
of wildebeest. This commences around
June when over 1 million wildebeest,
zebra and gazelle head for the
Maasai Mara in Kenya in search of
pasture. They are followed closely
by the predators of the savanna-
lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal,
hyena and vultures. The Serengeti
also has over 500 species of birds.
Dinner and overnight at Serengeti
Sopa Lodge
Day 5 &
6: SERENGETI
0630 hrs- depart for an early
morning game drive. Return for
breakfast, collect lunch boxes and
proceed at 1000 hrs for a full day
of game viewing in the Serengeti.
You will have a picnic lunch in the
course of the day. Return to the
lodge at 1700 hrs. Dinner and
overnight at Serengeti Sopa Lodge
Day 7:
SERENGETI / LAKE MANYARA
0630 hrs- depart for an early
morning game drive in the Serengeti.
After breakfast, drive at 1000 hrs
to the Ngorongoro Highlands. You
will have lunch at Gibbs Farm,
formerly a working coffee farm. Then
proceed for an afternoon visit of
the waterfalls en-route to Lake
Manyara to arrive in time for dinner
at your lodge. You will spend the
night at Kirurumu Tented Lodge. The
lodge is perched on the edge of the
Mto Wa Mbu escarpment and has great
views of the Great Rift Valley and
Lake Manyara itself.
Dinner and overnight at Kirurumu
Tented Lodge
Day 8:
LAKE MANYARA PARK & DEPART
After breakfast, depart at 0830 hrs
for a morning game drive in Lake
Manyara National Park. The park
covers 330 sq. km, 70% of which is
occupied by the lake. The varied
ecosystem consists of ground water
forests, acacia woodland and open
grassland along the lakeshore and
sustains a wealth of wildlife,
including the Big Five -lion,
elephant, leopard, rhino and
buffalo. The park is famous for the
elusive tree-climbing lions that
inhabit the woodland between the
lake and the Rift Valley. It is also
an ornithologists’ paradise and is
host to over 400 species of birds.
