ADVENTURE SAFARI IN THE NORTHERN Tanzania (C)
ARUSHA
You will be met upon your arrival in JRO; and transfer to Hotel in Arusha.
Accommodation & Meals: B, in Arusha
ARUSHA - TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast, leave Arusha drive to Tarangire National Park with picnic lunch; the park is spectacular and it is well known for its large herds of Elephant population. Later in the late afternoon leave and drive to the camp for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation & Meals: B, L, D in Tarangire
TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast leave for more game drives in Tarangire, Spend the day exploring the park. Lunch at the lodge or as picnic in the park. Later, drive to the lodge for clients to relax and overnight.
Accommodation & Meals: B, L, D in Tarangire
LAKE MANYARA - LAKE EYASI
After breakfast, we leave with packed lunch and go for a game drive in Lake Manyara; The Park is famous for its tree-climbing lions, elephants, hippos and colorful birds, Alternative (instead of game drive safari in Manyara): After breakfast, we drive to nearby Mto wa Mbu area (4+ miles from Manyara Park’s gate) to do an approximately two hour cultural tour which will include visiting banana or rice plantations as well as a walking safari with traditional healers who will explain the medicinal values of the indigenous plants. We will leave in the afternoon and drive to Lake Eyasi for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation & Meal: B, L, D in Karatu
LAKE EYASI - NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA
Early in the morning after breakfast, we will leave with parked lunch and drive to day tour at Lake Eyasi, to meet the indigenous tribe known as the ‘Hadzabe’ (hunter-gatherer Bushmen). The tribe inhabits the shores of Lake Eyasi as do the Nilotic-speaking Datoga tribe. You will visit these tribes, which will include a visit to their homesteads, learn about their way of life, animal tracking, medicinal plants, and much more. The Bushmen rely on these techniques to survive, you will get an opportunity to go with them to hunt and they will demonstrate their use of locally made poisons in incapacitating the poor creatures on which they depend for survival. Later in the day leave and drive to Ngorongoro for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation & Meal: B, L, D in Ngorongoro
NGORONGORO AREA
After breakfast, leave with picnic lunch and descend into the Ngorongoro Crater exploring the short grass plains of the largest intact caldera in the world. The crater enjoys its enduring charm stems from the overwhelming physical beauty and the abundance of wildlife permanently resident on the crater floor. This extinct volcano embraces 100sq miles alive with lions, leopard, rhino, elephant, buffalo, and many games, then later in the late afternoon leave the crater and drive to the lodge on the crater rim for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation & Meal: B, L, D in Ngorongoro
NGORONGORO - SERENGETI
After breakfast, we leave Ngorongoro with picnic lunch for an en-route game drive to central Serengeti. Afternoon game drive in the Serengeti searching for large predators and the gentle herbivores on which they feed.
Accommodation & Meal: B, L, D in Central Serengeti
SERENGETI
After breakfast, we leave with picnic lunch for a full day game drive in central Serengeti searching for large predators and the gentle herbivores on which they feed in the rolling plains of Serengeti Savannah. The Park contains the largest remaining concentration of plains game in Africa, on a scale, which has no parallel anywhere in the world. There is abundance of herbivores. Serengeti is also famous for lions and contains a wide variety of bird life, believed to be in the region of 350 species, and with good chances also of seeing the predators at work. Lunch at the lodge/camp or as a picnic lunch while on game drive.
Accommodation & Meal: B, L, D in Central Serengeti
SERENGETI
After breakfast, we leave with picnic lunch for a full day game drive towards Northern Serengeti searching for large predators and the gentle herbivores on which they feed in the rolling plains of Serengeti Savannah. The Park contains the largest remaining concentration of plains game in Africa, on a scale, which has no parallel anywhere in the world. There is abundance of herbivores. Serengeti is also famous for lions and contains a wide variety of bird life, believed to be in the region of 350 species, and with good chances also of seeing the predators at work. Lunch at the lodge/camp or as a picnic lunch while on game drive.
Accommodation & Meal: B, L, D in Central Serengeti
SERENGETI NORTH
After breakfast, we leave with picnic towards northern Serengeti searching for large predators and the gentle herbivores on which they feed in the rolling plains of Serengeti Savannah. The Park contains the largest remaining concentration of plains game in Africa, on a scale, which has no parallel anywhere in the world. There is abundance of herbivores. Serengeti is also famous for lions and contains a wide variety of bird life, believed to be in the region of 350 species, and with good chances also of seeing the predators at work.
Accommodation & Meal: B, L, D at Northern Serengeti
SERENGETI - ARUSHA / DEPARTURE
After breakfast leave with picnic lunch for another game drive in Serengeti and then transfer to Kogatende Airstrip for your scheduled flight to Arusha, met upon arrival transfer to the lodge in town for lunch and day room, then later in the day pick you up and proceed to Kilimanjaro airport [JRO] for your 8:00pm flight back home.
Accommodation & Meals: B, L in Arusha
Price include:
- Private safari
- Arrival and departure Kilimanjaro airport transfers
- Accommodation as indicated (sharing a double/triple room/tent)
- Activities as indicated
- Meals as indicated (B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner)
- All park fees and government taxes
- Services of Professional English-speaking driver-guide
- Game drives in Land Rover or Land Cruiser with pop-up or flip-flop roof tops and guarantee of a window seat
- Bottled water while on safari
- Unlimited mileage on the safari