Ngorongoro Week-end Special

Itinerary for 2 Days and 1 Night to Ngorongoro Crater.

Day 01: Nairobi to Arusha.

After an early breakfast in Nairobi leave with an early morning shuttle to Arusha.

Arrive in Arusha early afternoon, meet with the Driver-guide and transfer to the Hotel for lunch.

After Lunch, a short briefing about the trip with the tour director and the driver guides and then

drive to Ngorongoro Crater at the Ngorongoro Serena Lodge for dinner and Overnight. The Ngorongoro Serena lodge is located on the rim of the Ngorongoro crater with magnificent views of the crater floor.

Dinner and overnight at the Ngorongoro Serena hotel. Please find below more information about the Hotel Accommodation and activities.

Day 02: Ngorongoro Crater Tour.

After an early breakfast we leave for an early morning game drive inside the Ngorongoro crater.

The Ngorongoro offers the best chances of seeing all of the big five animals found in Africa.

In the afternoon drive out of the crater to the Ngorongoro crater Serena Hotel for hot lunch.

After lunch drive from the hotel to Arusha.

Arrive in Arusha and then proceed to the Airport for a flight back to Nairobi.

Arrive in Nairobi late evening for dinner and Overnight.

The price per person per trip is described below: Please contact us for other hotels and campsite options. The prices are inclusive of full board accommodation in Serena lodges properties.

The Price includes:

Transport during Safari, transfer to the Airport or shuttle bus stand, food and Accommodation on full board basis, service of experience driver guides, park fees, 1 night at Ngorongoro Serena lodge(Full Board).

The Price excludes:

Plane Tickets, personal beverages, tips, travel insurance, personal things of nature, shuttle fares,etc.

Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge (www.serenahotels.com).

Perched on the jagged rim of the crater, wreathed in morning mist, camouflaged in river-stone and cloaked in indigenous creepers, the Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge is a triumph of ecological and architectural fusion. Sensitively constructed so as to take nothing from its environment whilst affording endless vistas over the heat-shimmering reaches of the crater below, the clustered boulder-built buildings of the Lodge hug the crater rim, linked by rope-lashed timber walkways that skirt the buttressed roots of ancient, liana-hung trees.

The interior, radiating out from the primeval log fire glowing at the heart of the Lodge, blends the concentrated hush of a game-viewing hide with the ochre, rust and charcoal images of a prehistoric cavern. Lit by flaming wall-lanterns, clad in gigantic volcanic boulders and decorated by the iron spears, bright-beaded robes and intricately carven artifacts of the Maasai, the Lodge is a unique blend of world-class luxury, timeless volcanic splendor and ethnic style. As for the views, from lilac-streaked sunrise, to indigo star-studded night, the immeasurably ancient Ngorongoro Crater delivers a theatre of vistas, most unchanged since the dawn of time.

Ngorongoro conservation Area-Ngorongoro Crater

Ngorongoro Crater is a part of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area
which was created in 1959.

Wildlife the Ngorongoro Crater offers some of the best game viewing in all the National Parks of Tanzania. it has a rich variety of resident birds and animals that make the area their home. Its varied habitats support between 30.000-40.000 animals most of the year. In the crater the mandusi and gorogor swamps are areas of marshland, the lerai forest is dominated by yellow barked acacia trees, and in the centre is Lake Magadi, a soda lake, often visited by flocks of flamingo’s. The rainy season lasts from November through to May, with the dry season running from June through to October. June and July are the coldest months of the year. The rim of the crater is often shrouded in dense cloud.

Most of the animals are resident here. All the typical plains herbivores, including wildebeest, zebra, grants and thomsons gazelle, are well represented. All the most sought after animals, cape buffalo, waterbuck, eland, hartebeest, lions, elephant, black rhino, hippo, jackal(-silver-backed and golden), are well represented. Cheetah and leopard are present but sometimes difficult to see.