The tour starts with lunch in Arusha town at 1230hrs.
1400hrs, drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge or similar on Full board basis
Today you will descend 2000 feet (over 600 meters) to the floor of the crater for a half day crater tour.
Explore the forest areas that are inhabited by monkeys and elephants, the lake area, where you may see the flamingos and the open savannah where the lions hunt for food.
Lunch at the lodge.
Afternoon drive to Serengeti National Park via Olduvai Gorge.
Dinner and overnight at the lodge
The Olduvai Gorge, popularly referred to as “The Cradle of Humankind”, is the site where in 1959 Dr. Louis Leakey discovered the skull of Zinjanthropus or “Nutcracker Man” believed to have lived 1.75 million years ago. Later reclassifi ed as Australopithecus boisei, this creature had a massive skull though small brained (500 cc) with huge teeth. Several months later Dr. Leakey found another fossil hominid in the same layer of excavation, called Homo habilis or “handy man”, smaller than the “Nutcracker Man” but with a larger brain (600 cc) and capable of making simple stone tools.
Enjoy a morning game viewing in the endless plains of the Serengeti for a chance to see the great herds of wildebeest, zebras and gazelles or a pride of lions lounging in the shade. Return to your lodge for lunch, before departing to Lake Manyara. Dinner and overnight at the lodge
After an early breakfast, you will depart for a morning game drive in Lake Manyara National Park whose inhabitants include hippos, monkeys, tree climbing lions, flamingos and other varieties of birdlife. Mid-morning, drive back to Arusha. Lunch at a restaurant in Arusha town
