Day1 Full – Tarangire National Park

1. High Population of elephants

Tarangire’ s claim to fame is its large elephant population – the largest in Tanzania.  During the dry season, herds of up to 300 elephants can be seen digging in the apparently dry riverbed  of the Tarangire River looking for underground streams.

2. Baobab Tree

Tanzanians respect the baobab as a ‘tree of life.’ Its roots are extremely strong, retaining a phenomenal  amount of moisture. Tarangire’ s baobabs can reach up to 30m high, some trunks have an 11m diameter,  and some trees have reached the grand age of around 1000 years.

3. Python climbing tree

Especially during the Dry season, when the land is hot, getting refugees from large mammals with hooves  (Ungulate) buffalos, zebra etc. and other animals, the snake leaves the mashes when dry and take refuge  on the tree because the land becomes very hot.

4. Silale Plain

Animals use this area for refuge during rainy season (the soil of Tarangire is black cotton soil), hence  animals are afraid of hooves decay. The swamp covers an area of some 70 square kilometers and it acts like  a sponge. During the rainy season water is stored here and in the dry season the swamp slowly releases  water into the Tarangire River. There is a picnic sight at the swamp that looks out over the expanse of the  park

5. Variety of animals

Tarangire is outstanding seasonally for wildlife. In the Dry season, the Tarangire River is a magnet for  migratory animals such as wildebeest, zebra, common eland, hartebeest, gazelle, buffalo and elephant – of  which there are more than you can imagine. Lion are quite easily spotted at this time including  endangered species like wild dogs.

6. Tarangire River

The River is the primary source of fresh water for wild animals in the Tarangire Ecosystem during the  annual dry season. The Tarangire Ecosystem is defined by the long-distance migration  of wildebeest and zebras. During the dry season thousands of animals concentrate in Tarangire National  Park from the surrounding wet-season dispersal and calving areas It’s the only river in Tarangire that  provide water for wildlife throughout the year.

7. Home of high concentration of different species of birds

Tarangire is a great bird-watching site with more than 500 species recorded. The drier areas of the park  are occupied by the Stocking-thighed Ostrich, the world’s largest bird, the Kori Bustard, the heaviest  flying bird in the world, and smaller groups of hornbills, Vultures, Eagles, Lilac breasted roller etc…  The Tarangire National Park with its various habitats and food sources is a park every bird-watcher must  see.

D2 – Tarangire to Serengeti (Half day game drive at Tarangire then proceed to Serengeti) D3 Full – Full day game drive at Serengeti.  

1. Endless Plain with no horizon

Enjoy the Endless plain that you can’t see the horizon in Serengeti, is the breading and feeding ground for  about 2Millions animals during the rainy season.

2. Wilder Beast Migration (Based on Migration Calendar)

Is the trek or movement of animals from Serengeti to Masai Mara Kenya, occurring every year that  involves about 2M wildebeest, 800K zebras 500K gazelles. The travel distance is 800KM covering the  area of 36,000 SQM

3. Migration Calendar

Through this trekking, migration passes at Mara river where the will provide annual food to the crocs, it  an amazing scene to see this crossing activity.

4. The biggest concertation of Big Cats – Cheetah, Lion and Leopard.

Serengeti provides good shelters to cats (Plains, Kopjes and trees) also it ensures a plenty of preys  (wildebeest, zebra etc.)

5. Big crocodiles & Hippo.

Crocodiles and hippos are found in pools around the park, Retima hippo pool, Grumeti river and Mara  river. Those are the only key places to find biggest crocodiles about 5.5 meters long.  6. High concentration of bird species

Nearly 500 species of birds have been recorded in the Serengeti national park (migrants and native), some  of them are Eurasian migrants which are present from October to April such as storks, falcons, harriers,  etc. Also birds of prey such as vultures and eagles etc.

7. Beautiful landscapes

Explore beautiful landscapes with a variety of a distinctive habitat which are homes of wildlife. This Includes beautiful indigenous trees like flat-topped acacia, umbrella acacia, yellow backed acacia and  Kopjes.

D4 – Serengeti to Ngorongoro (Half day game drive at Serengeti, then proceed to  Ngorongoro)

D5 Full – Ngorongoro Conservation area then return to Arusha Town.

– The 8th wonder of the World Ngorongoro Crater (260 SQKM)

standing proudly in the Ngorongoro conservation area, is the Ngorongoro crater. This is highly visited Africa’s attraction, a result of a 2.4M year submerged volcano. It is very famous of its  high concentration of variety of animals and they are easily visible. The animal statistics at Ngorongoro  are total over 25,00 wildlife includes over 7,000 wildebeest, 6,000 black spotted hyenas, 4,000 zebras,  300 Elephants, over 55 Lions, 30 Black Rhinos etc.

– The Black Rhinos

Is the only place you can easily see the black Rhino at the close distance at their natural habitat as the area  has the largest number of population about (30) Rhinos. Black rhinos are very rare and one of the world’s  endangered species. They are protected heavily by the Authority that makes one to be able to see two horn  Rhinos at easy, making your dream of the African big five list achievable.