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Hadeda Ibis Guided Safari

This great-value safari, in a private 4WD with your own driver-guide, journeys through the stunning landscapes of northern Tanzania’s Great Rift Valley, focusing on its three top national parks.

Hadeda Ibis Guided Safari: Summary

Hadeda Ibis safari in a nutshell

Your safari guide will meet you at Kilimanjaro airport with a private 4WD vehicle, ready to set off through the busy town of Arusha. Perhaps pause here for a drink, or to explore a curio market if you wish: you will be travelling with your own private guide and 4WD on this safari, so you have the freedom to decide on the pace and where you stop.

Your first night will be spent at Tarangire Safari Lodge. How you explore from here is your choice: leave the lodge’s simple surroundings for a whole-day safari, or return between drives for lunch and a swim in the pool. Either way, expect great wildlife sightings around the river.

Continuing from Tarangire, climb over the spectacular Rift Valley escarpment into the Ngorongoro Highlands where, beyond the bustling town of Karatu, you’ll find the comfortable Farmhouse Lodge. The beans for morning coffee here are grown on a local farm and there are superb views across forested slopes of the extinct Oldeani Volcano.

Your guide will swiftly tune into your likes, helping you to get the most from a whole-day exploration of the Ngorongoro Crater, arguably Africa’s most famous game park. Big tuskers, black rhino and plenty of predators are frequent highlights here.

Leaving the highlands, you’ll descend onto the vast Serengeti Plains to the small, tented Kati Kati Camp in the heart of the Serengeti National Park’s wildlife-rich Seronera area. This rugged little safari camp has all the basics – good food, comfy beds and hot showers – and its no-frills approach lends real authenticity to sleeping under canvas.

With Kati Kati as your base, you have two full days to explore the Serengeti’s landscapes, rich wildlife and great migration in season, before flying directly out of the Serengeti, over the Great Rift Valley and back to Arusha.

At a glance

Starts: Kilimanjaro International Airport
2 nights Tarangire Safari - Tarangire National Park, Tanzania Full Board
2 nights Farmhouse Lodge - Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania Full Board
3 nights Kati Kati Camp - Serengeti Migration Area, Tanzania Full Board
Ends: Kilimanjaro International Airport

Tarangire Safari Lodge

Days 1-3

Tarangire Safari Lodge is a substantial family-owned and managed lodge set 10km inside the main gate of Tarangire National Park. Originally built in 1970, it is the oldest lodge in the park, and its position on the escarpment ridge gives it impressive views over the baobab and acacia woodlands down to the Tarangire River; it also places it in the heart of the park's busiest area.

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Ngorongoro Farmhouse Lodge

Days 3-5

Ngorongoro Farmhouse Lodge is a lovely lodge just outside of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Set in 750 acres of private farmland, it is comfortable, well laid out and has some excellent views over the farm and across to Oldeani Volcano. The lodge has continued to offer good-value accommodation since it opened in 2003, and is a good base for visiting both the Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara National Park.

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Kati Kati Camp

Days 5-8

Kati Kati Camp is a simple tented camp in the Tanzania's central Serengeti, near to Seronera. This area of the Serengeti has reliably good game viewing throughout the year, and is a great place to look for cheetah on the vast open plains.

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Tarangire Safari Lodge

Tarangire Safari

Tarangire National Park, Tanzania

Ngorongoro Farmhouse Lodge

Farmhouse Lodge

Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Kati Kati Camp

Kati Kati Camp

Serengeti Migration Area, Tanzania

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Highlights

Our thoughts on five of the top experiences of this Hadeda Ibis Guided Safari.

  • Enjoying our own great guide for the whole safari
  • Watching elephant herds move along Tarangire River
  • Stupendous game in the Ngorongoro Crater
  • Wildebeest mingling with cattle at Maasai homesteads
  • Revelling in the luxury of whole-day safaris

Activities

Some activities which can be included in the Hadeda Ibis Guided Safari: talk to us about those which interest you.

  • 4WD Safari

  • Birdwatching

  • Cultural excursion

  • Guided walking safari

  • Hot air ballooning

  • Mountain biking

  • Night drive

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Key species to see on the Hadeda Ibis Guided Safari

Based on our travellers' observations, we’ve estimated the likelihood of seeing these species during the Hadeda Ibis Guided Safari. Click on the animals and our wildlife surveys page for more info.


Lion

100% chance

Buffalo

100% chance

Elephant

100% chance

Giraffe

100% chance

Hippo

100% chance

Spotted Hyena

100% chance

Wildebeest

100% chance

Zebra

100% chance

Leopard

97% chance

Cheetah

93% chance

Eland

87% chance

Black Rhino

33% chance

Oryx

21% chance

Striped Hyena

17% chance

Roan antelope

11% chance

Wild dog

0% chance

Aardvark

0% chance

Pangolin

0% chance

Side-trips whilst on this safari

We may be able to build in some of these optional excursions from the Hadeda Ibis Guided Safari. Talk to us: they’re usually best arranged when you book.


Mto Wa Mbu Village Walk

Mto Wa Mbu Village Walk

Two to three hours

Discover the nuances of day-to-day life in the large Tanzanian village of Mto Wa Mbu with a knowledgeable local guide. This is not a village set up for tourists – Mto Wa Mbu is a real community and offers a chance to see a side of Tanzania that many visitors pass by.

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Balloon Safari over the Serengeti

Balloon Safari over the Serengeti

Three hours - approx. one hour flight

As the sun rises over the Serengeti National Park in Northern Tanzania, climb aboard for an extraordinary adventure. For an hour you’ll float in a hot air balloon over beautiful savannah and woodland and a diversity of plains wildlife.

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Empakaai Crater Hike

Empakaai Crater Hike

Half day, two - three hour walk

Spend a half day hiking through the Empakaai Crater, in the Highlands area of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), led by an experienced guide and accompanied by a ranger.

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Olmoti Crater walk

Olmoti Crater walk

Half day - two to three hour walk

Follow an ancient Maasai cattle trail on this private hike up the Olmoti Crater, led by an experienced guide and accompanied by an armed ranger. The crater may not compete in size with the neighbouring Ngorongoro Crater, but the birding is good, the mountain views wonderful, and the array of ferns is a botanist’s dream.

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90% (2 reviews)
Crater Rim Walk

Crater Rim Walk

Half day - two hour walk

For some fantastic views, and the chance to see flora and fauna up close, take a walk along the rim of the magnificent Ngorongoro Crater. Led by an experienced safari guide and accompanied by an armed ranger, you will be able to take in the scale and beauty of the landscape from a different perspective.

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100% (3 reviews)
Olduvai Gorge visit

Olduvai Gorge visit

One - two hours

See for yourself the renowned archaeological site of Olduvai (or Oldupai) Gorge, which lies en route between the Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti National Park. Famed for the discoveries of early hominin remains as well as the Laetoli Footprints, the site offers beautiful views, an engaging museum and potentially the opportunity to visit an active dig.

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93% (14 reviews)
Lake Manyara Treetop Walkway

Lake Manyara Treetop Walkway

Usually one hour

Experience the forest of Lake Manyara National Park from a whole new perspective – high up in the trees. The first suspended walkway in Tanzania, it stretches underneath the canopy for 370m between the mahogany and fig trees, giving intrepid visitors a unique view of the surrounding flora and fauna.

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75% (4 reviews)

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