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Day 1:
Arusha – Lake Manyara |
0800hrs: Depart Arusha town for a 2 ½ hour drive to Lake
Manyara National Park for game drives.
Lake
Manyara National Park is a small but scenic safari park,
excellent for bird watching and a good area to find
elephant, as well as the potential excitement of
spotting a legendary Lake Manyara tree-climbing lion.
Lake Manyara is a good soft introduction to the safari
experience. It is a magical and pretty park that winds
its way around a mainly forested driving route between
the banks of Soda Water Lake and the impressive rise of
the Great Rift escarpment. 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. The tree-climbing
lion of Lake Manyara inspire extensive theorizing as to
the wonders of evolution, and are also notoriously
rarely seen.
Dinner and overnight at
Migunga Tented Camp.
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Day 2:
Serengeti National Park |
After breakfast, depart with picnic lunch for Serengeti
National Park with a game drive en route.
This land is justifiably famous for its huge
concentrations of wildlife, especially the big cats, as
well as being the stomping ground of the Great
Migration, a massive accumulation of 1.5 million
wildebeest, 200,000 zebras and 350,000 gazelles
stretching their legs over 1,200 miles in an annual race
to find enough water and green grass for their survival.
The National Park is broadly divided into three distinct
areas, the Seronera Valley and Seronera River, the
Western Corridor and the Northern Lobo area that extends
northwards through the Lamai Wedge to the Maasai Mara.
Most visitors enter the Serengeti through the southern
Naabi Hill Gate, which opens onto the Seronera Valley; a
vibrant wildlife area at the heart of the Serengeti.
Dinner and overnight at
Ikoma Tented Camp.
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Day 3:
Serengeti National Park |
Spend full day Serengeti park game drives {with option
of an early morning game drives at 0630hrs
On this day you will also take one night game drive.
Ikoma Tented camp is set in the midst of an incredible
vista of savannah and skies, sheltered in a grove of
acacia trees is Serengeti Tented Camp. Ideally situated
along the path of the migrating wildebeest between Kenya
and Tanzania, the camp is situated at the border of the
world-renowned Serengeti National Park. There you will
find yourself on probably one of the best game drives in
the area - along the western corridor of the park,
taking in Kirawira and the Grumeti river - home to the
infamous wildebeest-eating giant crocodiles. There is no
better place to take in one of the world's greatest
wildlife spectacles.
All
meals and overnight at
Ikoma Tented Camp.
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Day 4: Serengeti – Ngorongoro Conservancy area |
After breakfast, depart with a game drive to Ngorongoro.
En-route visit the Olduvai Gorge – the site of
archeological findings of early humans.
Ngorongoro is a fascinating and unusual Conservation
Area which includes the Ngorongoro Crater at its centre,
and then extends through the Crater Highlands, in which
local tribes are permitted to maintain their traditional
lifestyles in as natural environment as possible. This
extraordinary volcanic landscape is rich and fertile,
with stunning craters and lakes, and the high altitude
creates a malaria-free micro climate.
The crater is said to have the highest concentration of
wildlife in Africa. As such, Ngorongoro Crater has
achieved world renown, and attracts a growing number of
visitors each year. Even if time is limited this natural
but accessibly small caldera ensures a rewarding
safari.
Dinner and overnight at
Bougainvillea Safari Lodge.
After breakfast descent into the Crater with picnic
lunch boxes for full day crater tour with a game drive.
· The
Ngorongoro Crater is the world's largest intact caldera
in an exceptional geographical position, forming a
spectacular bowl of about 265 sq km with sides up to
600m deep. It is the stalking ground of 20 - 30,000 wild
animals at any one time.
· The
crater floor consists of a number of ecological
environments that include grassland, swamps, forests and
Lake Makat, a central soda lake filled by the Munge
River. All these various habitats attract various
wildlife to drink, wallow, graze, hide or climb.
· Although
animals are free to move in and out of this contained
environment, the rich volcanic soil, lush forests and
spring source lakes on the crater floor tend to incline
both grazers and predators to remain throughout the
year.
· Ngorongoro
Crater is also presently one of the most likely areas in
Tanzania to see the endangered Black Rhino, as a small
population is thriving in this idyllic and protected
environment one of the only areas where they continue to
breed in the wild.
· The
Crater rim, over 2,200 metres high, touches swathes of
clouds for most days of the year, with cool high
altitude vapors that seem to bring a clean lightness to
the air, and also a chill. These highlands wake up to a
misty fog in most months.
Later ascend for dinner
and overnight at
Bougainvillea Safari Lodge.
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Day 6:
Ngorongoro – Arusha |
0900hrs:
Depart Ngorongoro in the morning for a 4 hours drive to
Arusha arriving in time for lunch.
Rates
Based On Two People Sharing.
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Season |
Per Person Sharing |
Single Room Supplement |
Period |
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Low |
US$
1750 |
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01 Apr -
31 June |
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Peak |
US$
1990 |
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01 Jul -
31 Oct/16 Dec - 02 Jan |
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High |
US$
1830 |
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01Jan -
31 Mar / 01 Nov-20 Dec |
Cost Includes:
Full
Board accommodation while on safari
Morning and evening game drives during the safari
Park Entry fees and conservation fees
Government Taxes
Services of a professional English speaking guide
Transport in a 4X4 safari vehicle with pop up roof for
photography
Transfers to and from the airport on arrival and
departure.
Cost Excludes:
Drinks, laundry or items personal in nature,
Medical / Luggage or Personal Insurance,
Any other type of Personal Expenses and Tips to
Driver/Guide,
International Air fare
Airport taxes
