Arusha to Serengeti National Park

06h00 Collect lunch boxes then drive to Serengeti. Game drive en route in the park till late afternoon hours. Your dinner and overnight stay at Serengeti Campsite on Full Board Basis. Fauna of The Serengeti The Serengeti hosts a large range of animals. Some of the animals there include the Patas Monkey, African Hedgehog, Cape Hare, Large Spotted Genet, Banded Mongoose, Striped Hyena, African Wildcat, Serval, Caracal, Leopard, Lion, Cheetah, Bat-Eared Fox, Golden Jackal, Honey Badger, Rock Hyrax, Elephant, Plains Zebra, Hippopotamus, Warthog, Giraffe, Lesser Kudu, Grey Duiker, Thomson's Gazelle, White Bearded Wildebeest, Ostrich, Kori Bustard, Verreaux's Eagle Owl and The Nile Crocodile

Ngorongoro Crater to Arusha

09h00 Descend the crater rim for a full day tour. Picnic lunch .Tanzania's 'secret garden' which contains a hidden world of teeming wildlife. Encompassing three spectacular volcanic craters, the Olduvai Gorge, huge expanses of savannah, forest and bush land, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area is the flagship of Tanzania'stourism industry. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), measuring 8,300 square kilometres, is also the only place on earth where mankind and wild animals co-exist in harmony. The NCA became a Man and Biosphere Reserve in 1971 and was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979. Originally part of the Serengeti National Park when the latter was established by the British in 1951, in 1959 the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA) was formed, separating NCA from Serengeti. Land within the area is multi-use, providing protection status for wildlife while also permitting human habitation. Its uniqueness lays in the fact that the NCA is where man, livestock and wild animals live in peace: Maasai cattle can sometimes be seen grazing alongside zebras on Ngorongoro's grassland. Apart from conserving world heritage, Ngorongoro plays a major role in national development. "We pay 30 per cent corporate tax, 3 per cent tourism tax, and remit 10 per cent of our earnings to the treasury", explains Bernard Murunya, the NCAA's Chief Conservator. Later drive to Arusha Town and drop off at your Hotel or Hostel. Flora and Fauna: Wildlife The area contains over 25,000 large animals including 26 black rhinoceros. There are 7,000 wildebeests, 4,000 zebras, 3,000 eland and 3,000 Grant's and Thomson's gazelles. The crater also has the densest known population of lions, numbering 62. Higher up, in the rainforests of the crater rim, are leopards, about 30 large elephants, mountain reedbuck and more than 4,000 buffalos, spotted hyenas, jackals, rare wild dogs, cheetahs, and other felines. The legendary annual wildebeest and zebra migration also passes through Ngorongoro, when the 1.7 million ungulates move south into the area in December then move out heading north in June. The migrants passing through the plains of the reserve include 1.7 million wildebeest, 260,000 zebra, and 470,000 gazelles. The Lake Ndutu area to the west has significant cheetah and lion populations. Over 500 species of bird have been recorded within the NCA. These include ostrich, white pelican, and greater and lesser flamingo on Lake Magadi within the crater, Lake Ndutu, and in the Empakaai Crater Lake, where a vast bird population can be observed. End of Service