Tour Highlights
Serengeti National Park - After breakfast we will travel by road through the bustling safari capital of Arusha where you will board your scheduled flight to the Serengeti. The Serengeti holds the greatest and most diverse concentration of wildlife remaining in Africa today. This place is guaranteed to take your breath away! Serengeti Savannah Camp will be your home for the next five days, this is semi nomadic camp – it won’t move whilst you’re there – but it’s actually on a wide orbit, shadowing the Migration, so you, your own private Tanzanian guide and his 4WD vehicle are as close to a million wildebeest as possible. It’s the base for exciting game drives. You will be enjoying your private safari by discussing with your guide what you would want to see for that day. Whilst you can head off from dawn to dusk on your own wandering migration expeditions and other many residents animals.
Olduvai Gorge - Leave after breakfast with picnic lunch drive toward the Ngorongoro Crater en route we may visit Olduvai Gorge. Here in 1959 Mary Leakey discovered an early hominid fossil, nicknamed Zinj, dated to 1.8 million years old. This discovery, and later the uncovering of a set of hominid footprints dated to 3.6 million years old, changed the way scientists thought about human evolution. After a picnic lunch we continue to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Full day Ngorngoro Crater Tour - In the early morning, we can often watch banks of cloud lift off the Crater as the sun penetrates an already magical setting. We descend more than 2,000 feet on steep tracks cut into the crater wall to reach the open plains of the Crater floor taking picnic breakfast and lunch with us so that we can spend the maximum time viewing animals. The Ngorongoro Crater is undoubtedly the best place in Tanzania to view black rhino as well as large prides of lion that include magnificent black-manned males. It is also home to huge herds of wildebeest and zebra and many other plains game, such as Thomson's gazelle. An alkaline lake in the floor of the Crater provides a habitat for colorful flamingo and a variety of other water birds. Massive bull elephants feed in the swamps, some adorned with enormous tusks. In the mid-afternoon we ascend to the lodge, relax on our veranda and marvel at the view. We can soak in a hot bath, or walk around the lodge grounds. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Serena/Sopa Lodge.
Tarangire National Park - the third largest national park in Tanzania. There will be many opportunities for game viewing as we drive through the park. We have the option of taking picnic lunch or arrive at the lodge for lunch settling in and then afternoon at leisure or game drive. Tarangire contains a range of ecosystems from grassland and woodlands in the north, to scrub and wetlands further south. The Tarangire river cuts through the park and empties into Lake Burunge in the west. Tarangire boasts one of the largest and most conspicuous elephant populations in East Africa. There are large family groups with many calves being born each year as the population continues to recover from the devastating effects of poaching in the eighties. You will see herds of elephants and experience close contact with the matriarchs, the babies, teenagers, and bulls. Your close contact will help you in understanding these incredible animals. Spend several hours surrounded by the herds and you cannot help but feel their wisdom. Tarangire is also known for its abundant baobab trees, most of which are over 400 years, old and the beautiful landscape.
A full day by day itinerary will be provided by the tour operator when you make an enquiry about this holiday.
Includes
-Full board Accommodation and meals as specified in the itinerary
-All transfers involved in the entire trip
-Transportation on 4 x 4 throughout safari
-Services of professional safari guide
-All sightseeing and game viewing as shown in the Itinerary
-All Park Fees
-Crater service Fees
-Camping Fees
-Government taxes and hotel levies
-Olduvai Gorge
Excludes
-International flights
-Entry visa fees currently US$ 50 per person in each country/can be obtained on arrival
-Gratituities for the Safari guide and hotel/ Mobile camping staff
-Personal expenses such as beverages and laundry.
-Telephones, e-mail and fax bills
-Personal and travel insurance
Prices per person, based on 2 people traveling - please submit an enquiry to receive a personalized itinerary and costs.
| Arrive in Tanzania - Arusha | |
| Serengeti National Park | |
| Serengeti National Park | |
| Serengeti National Park | |
| Serengeti National Park | |
| Serengeti National Park | |
| Ngorongoro Serena Lodge/Sopa Lodge | |
| Full day Crater Tour | |
| Tarangire National Park | |
| Tarangire National Park | |
| Tarangire National Park | |