BEST OF TANZANIA SAFARI

BEST OF TANZANIA SAFARI

SUMMARY

FULL ITINERARY

Jambo! Upon arrival at the Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will be met and transferred to Serena Mountain Village for overnight.

Located on a coffee plantation on the shores of Lake Duluti, the Serena Mountain Village is the perfect place to relax before embarking on your safari experience. Designed as an authentic African village, guests are housed in cottages thatched with banana fronds, surrounded by tropical shade trees and bougainvillea. All guest rooms have en suite bathrooms and many amenities. The lodge boasts magnificent views of the mighty snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro on one side and Lake Duluti and the rugged peaks of Mount Meru on the other.

Overnight: Lake Duluti Serena

Meal Plan: Bed & Breakfast

Meet your guide and depart for Tarangire National Park which Tanzania’s best-kept secret on the northern safari circuit. Named after a nearby river called Tarangire, it has the same attractions as the parks up-north- the only difference is that this place is not usually as crowded as the other ones.

Arrive in time for lunch at Maramboi tented camp a permanent safari camp and situated on the eastern shore of Lake Manyara within the migratory corridor of the Manyara and Tarangire National Parks.

Following lunch, depart for an afternoon game viewing drive in the park returning later as the sun sets. This is a year-round park with distinct seasons offering different experiences, from dusty, dry and baking with animals clustered around the rapidly reducing river, to the fecund green season full of new-born animals and chattering birds.

Overnight: Maramboi Tented Camp

Meal Plan: Full Board

Today you will have a full day game viewing drive in Tarangire with all meals and overnight at Maramboi.

A lot of migratory animals aim to reside here during the dry season. You can see groups and herds of animals like 600 elephants followed by zebras, buffalos and oryxes who ventured from the Maasai to the Tarangire in search for water. There are also a few lions prowling around and looking for unsuspecting preys around the jungle. Some of the other animals that you may see here are antelopes, warthogs, hippos, cheetahs, leopards, foxes, jackals and waterbucks.

Overnight: Maramboi Tented Camp

Meal Plan: Full Board

After breakfast, depart to beautiful Lake Manyara, a shallow alkaline lake that shimmers in a cleft in the Great Rift Valley. You will arrive for lunch at your lodge followed by afternoon game drive.

Tucked below the majesty of the Rift Valley wall, Lake Manyara National Park consists of a thin green band of forest, flanked by the sheer 600 m high red and brown cliffs of the escarpment on one side and by the white-hot shores of an ancient soda lake on the other. Acacia woodland shelters the park’s famous tree climbing lions, lying languidly among the branches in the heat of the day. Lake Manyara safaris offers many unique views including elephant, giraffe, buffalo and wildebeest can be found grazing in unexpected clearings or heading towards the water to drink or wash, and the rivers and riverbeds provide scenic vistas for possible animal spotting. Warthog seem to thrive here, growing notably fat and tuskered, and it is a natural playground for baboons and monkeys. Later on in the afternoon, you will be transferred to which stands on the edge of the escarpment, overlooking the lake.

Overnight: Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge

Meal Plan: Full Board

After breakfast, leave Lake Manyara and cross into Serengeti National Park, stopping en route at Ol Duvai Gorge. Known as the ‘Cradle of Mankind’, this is one of the most important prehistoric sites in the world. Pioneered by famous paleontologists Louis and Mary Leakey in the 1950s it offers a glimpse into life two million years ago. Arrive at either the Serengeti Serena Lodge in time to relax and enjoy a classic safari supper.

Overnight: Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge

Meal Plan: Full Board

After breakfast, enjoy a full day’s game driving (meals taken in true safari style ‘in the bush’) in the vast and sensational Serengeti, which covers 14,763 sq km of endlessly rolling savannah. Venue for ‘the greatest wildlife show on Earth’, the annual migration of over one million wildebeest, the park is

also renowned for its lions, cheetahs, zebras, giraffes and plains game. Overnight at the lodge.

Overnight: Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge

Meal Plan: Full Board

After breakfast, drive to the famous Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area (NCCA), which features rolling plains, lakes, craters, mountains and dormant volcanoes. Journey up the side of the vast Ngorongoro Crater, a World Heritage Site, which is one of the largest volcanic craters in the world (almost 20 kilometers wide, 610-760 metres deep and covering a total area of 264 sq km) and arrive at the Ngorongoro Serena Lodge in time for ‘sundowner’ cocktails and one of the finest views in the world.

Overnight: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge

Meal Plan: Full Board

After breakfast, descend into the ‘8th Wonder of the World’, a unique biosphere that has remained virtually unchanged since the dawn of time. Enclosed within its towering walls are grasslands, swamps, forests, saltpans, a fresh water lake and a glorious variety of birdlife. Here too are all the members of the ‘Big Five’ (lion, elephant, rhino, leopard and buffalo) as well as a large cast of plains game and one of Africa’s densest populations of predators.

Enjoy a picnic lunch on the crater floor before continuing with your expedition inside this land that time forgot. Climb up and drive back to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Overnight: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge

Meal Plan: Full Board

Drive to Arusha town for lunch at Arusha Coffee Lodge. A dayroom has been reserved for you until 1800hrs. Following lunch, you will be transferred to Kilimanjaro airport for your International flight back home.

Inclusions

• Accommodation & Meals as stipulated in the itinerary.
• Transportation on safari will be in a private chauffeur 4 x 4 land cruiser while on safari with a pop up roof for easy game viewing & photography.
• Services of a professional driver-guide. English or Spanish
• All transfers
• All park fees
• All Government taxes and levies.
• 24 hours stand-by contact number.
• Guaranteed window seat.

Exclusions

• All items of personal nature e.g. telephone call bills, fax/email bills etc.
• Gratuities and Tips to Hotels / Camps staff and Driver/Guide(s).
• International flight/s and departure taxes and other taxes.
• Laundry services.
• Drinks
• Visa fees. Visas are available on arrival at all Entry point/s