Tanzania Family Safari

On arrival in Tanzania, you are met by your Tanzania Overland Adventures guide and transferred to your. The drive from the airport to the is about 40 mins. The Ngare sero Lodge, set among tropical gardens on a former coffee plantation with Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru as a backdrop.

An early morning will immerses us in the African wild we always deamed about. The topography of this small park is amazingly varied including grassy plains, montane forest, volcanic craters, swamps, and saline lakes. On clear days we have excellent views of Mount Meru and of Mount Kilimanjaro. We can choose to game drive, to go on a game walk escorted by an armed ranger, or to do a canoe ride on one of the soda lakes. We hope to see giraffe, buffalo and black and white colobus monkeys, as well as some of the shy forest antelope – bushbuck, red duiker and maybe suni.

This morning we drive to Arusha, Tanzania's safari capital . We may do some shopping or stop for lunch before continuing to Lake Manyara . Much of the northern part of the park is fed by underground water from the Ngorongoro Highlands and as a result is covered in dense forest vegetation, giving the appearance of a tropical jungle. This forest is ideal habitat for elephant, bushbuck, blue monkey, and huge troops of olive baboon. Some parts are dry bushland attracting zebra, impala and giraffe, while the lakeshore provides another habitat, perfect for flamingos and other shore birds. Toatday we will stay at Lake Manyara Serena Lodge

A highlight of our trip to Africa is a chance to meet people from other cultures, broadening our understanding of the human spirit. We spend the day learning about traditional tribal life during an intimate visit to a local Masai  manyatta; as pastoralists, they know the natural world in a profound way, and we discover how they have lived harmoniously with the land for centuries. We overnight at peaceful Tloma Lodge, located on a working coffee plantation in the green hills of Karatu. Rise early for a hike through the lush highlands of the Oldeani mountains and visit local working farms with sweeping views of the Great Rift Valley and Lake Eyasi. We continue to a local school (if in session) and to meet our peers before continuing to the crater rim.

We will leave this morning on our way to Ngorongoro Crater for full day game drive (1½ hrs drive from the Tloma Logde). Our drive takes us up to the rim of the Crater, where the views back over Lake Manyara and the floor of the Crater are amazing. We will do a full day game drive before heading to Soap Lodge for Ddinner and overnight

The Serengeti is legendary. Here on Tanzania’s Great Plains, herds of wildebeest traverse the savannah in enormous numbers, while thousands of antelope and gazelle are ever-present. Giraffes lope among the acacia trees, while the big cats race after prey. Serengeti Savannah Camp

We fly back to Arusha from the Serengeti, where we’ll have the use of a dayroom at Kia Lodge  before connecting to flights home.