Overview

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This safari takes you through the renowned parks of northern Tanzania. The tour starts at Tarangire, famous for its dense wildlife population, then to Ngorongoro crater, which supports a year-round resident population of mammals. A visit to Serengeti follows a big game haven that hosts over 3 million large mammals. Finally, we head to Lake Manyara national park, an ornithologists’ paradise known for the elusive tree-climbing lions.
 

 

Itinerary

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Day 1 

 

• Arrival & Airport Pickup

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You will be picked up from the Kilimanjaro airport and taken to your hotel in Arusha for dinner and overnight stay at the public campsite or in the tented lodge depending on your budget.

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Day 2

 

• Arusha - Tarangire National Park

After breakfast, we will depart for the Tarangire national park and arrive in time for lunch at the lodge. In the afternoon, we will have a game drive where you can see giant baobab trees, rolling savannah and acacia parkland. This park is famous for its dense wildlife population, which is most spectacular in the dry season between June and September. It is during this period that thousands of animals- wildebeest, zebra, eland, hartebeest, buffalo, and onyx migrate from the dry Masai steppe to the Tarangire River in search of water while the predators such as lion and leopards follow close by. Dinner and overnight stay at the public campsite or in the tented lodge depending on your budget.

 

Day 3

 

• Tarangire National Park - Ngorongoro Conservation Area

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We depart for the Ngorongoro conservation area, which sits at the rim of the Ngorongoro crater. An afternoon tour of the crater follows. The game drive begins with a 600m descent to the crater floor, a magnificent natural amphitheatre. Covering 260 sq. km, the crater is one of the wonders of the natural world. The crater supports a year-round resident population of a variety of wildlife and you can easily spot lion, elephant, rhino, buffalo and other species of plain animals. Dinner and overnight stay at the public campsite or in the tented lodge depending on your budget.
 

Days 4, 5 & 6

 

• Ngorongoro Conservation Area - Serengeti National Park

We proceed to Serengeti National Park, passing via Olduvai Gorge. This is a prehistoric site where Dr Louis Leakey discovered remains of Homo habilis, regarded as mankind’s first path of human evolution. An afternoon game drive at Serengeti follows, home to more than 35 species of plain animals such as zebra, wildebeest, eland, giraffe, among many others.

 

The park is the staging zones for one of the most spectacular events in the world- the annual migration of wildebeest. This commences around June when over 1 million wildebeest, zebra and gazelle head for the Masai Mara in Kenya in search of greener pasture. They are followed closely by the predators of the savanna- lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena and vultures. The Serengeti also has over 500 species of birds. Dinner and overnight stay at the public campsite or in the tented lodge depending on your budget.

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OPTION ON THIS DAY: HOT AIR BALLOON : $546 PER PERSON (separate from the total price)

 

Day 7

 

• Serengeti National Park - Karatu

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After breakfast, we will have a morning game drive in Serengeti. Then, we will proceed to the Acacia lodge/ Camp to have our lunch. In the afternoon, we will depart to Karatu and check-in at the camp/lodge where we will have dinner and an overnight stay at the public campsite or in the tented lodge depending on your budget.

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Day 8 

 

• Lake Manyara National Park - Arusha

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Morning games drive at Lake Manyara National Park. The park covers 330 sq. km, 70% of which is occupied by the lake. The varied ecosystem consists of groundwater forests, acacia woodland and open grassland along the lakeshore and sustains a wealth of wildlife, including the big five -lion, elephant, leopard, rhino and buffalo. The park is famous for the elusive tree-climbing lions that inhabit the woodland between the lake and the rift valley. We head back to the lodge for lunch and return to Arusha afterwards. Dinner and overnight stay at the public campsite or in the tented lodge depending on your budget.
 

 

INCLUSIONS

- Park fees

- All activities (unless labelled as optional)

- All accommodation as stated in the itinerary

- A professional driver/guide

- All transportation (unless labelled as optional)

- All Taxes/VAT

- Round-trip airport transfer

- All Meals (as specified in the day-by-day section)

- Drinking water on all days

- Camping Equipment

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EXCLUSIONS

 - International flights (from/to home)

 - Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour

 - Tips (tipping guideline US$20.00 pp per day)

 - Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees

 - Alcoholic drinks

 - Services not mentioned in the program

 - Travel insurance, visa fees and medical repatriation

 - Items of a personal nature

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Please contact us to develop detailed pricing for your bespoke itinerary. Once your itinerary options are priced locally we can offer you the best value for each element and this will assist you to decide on your final itinerary. We are able to offer the most competitive and transparent pricing in this way.

All quotes and communications are without any obligations.

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For guidance only, example cost for this experience is US$4,378 per person for 2 clients on a Luxury Safari and US$3,570 per person for 2 clients on a Premium Safari