Tanzania
Luxury Camping Safari 11 days- with optional extension Zanzibar beach safari
holiday
On this classic Tanzania safari provides an unsurpassed African wildlife
experience. It is the ideal method of travel for people who enjoy close
proximity to the bush and wilderness and want to experience Africa at first
hand but still want the comforts of a large, comfortable camp being set
up for them. We operate these safaris just as they were done in colonial
times.
Highlights include Lake Manyara, the elephants of Tarangire, and the spectacle
of the migration in the Serengeti. Enjoy luxury camping deep in the bush
staying in large Selous Style walk-in tents with private verandahs, and
full en-suite facilities. Between mobile camps you will relax at a small
lodge on an old coffee plantation, and in an award winning lodge on the
edge of Ngorongoro Crater. Transportation is by modified 4WD Land Cruisers
and you will be escorted by outstanding Tanzanian safari guides.
Optional you can extend
your stay with a relaxing holiday on Zanzibar.
Day Location and Accommodation
Board
1 Arusha Mountain Village Lodge D
2 Tarangire Luxury Private Camp FB
3 Tarangire Luxury Private Camp FB
4 Lake Manyara Gibbs Farm FB
5 Ngorongoro Ngorongoro Serena Lodge FB
6 Ngorongoro Ngorongoro Serena Lodge FB
7 Serengeti, Olupai Luxury Private Camp FB
8 Serengeti Luxury Private Camp FB
9 Serengeti Luxury Private Camp FB
10 Serengeti Luxury Private Camp FB
11 Arusha Mountain Village Lodge FB
Extension Zanzibar
12 Zanzibar Chumbe Island FB
13 Zanzibar Chumbe Island FB
14 Zanzibar Chumbe Island FB
15 Zanzibar Serena Inn FB
16 Zanzibar - departure B
DAY 1
- ARRIVE TANZANIA
Arrive mid-day or evening into Kilimanjaro Airport or Arrive by Nairobi-Arusha
Shuttle bus where you will be met and transferred to Mt. Village Lodge.
The Mountain Village Lodge is situated on a working coffee plantation
with with views of Mt. Meru and Kilimanjaro. Your accommodation will be
in one of the charming stone cottages sit amidst beautiful gardens overlooking
Lake Duluti. Overnight - Mt. Village Lodge
DAYS 2/3 -
TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast, you will depart by road to your first private tented
camp, situated along the boundary of Tarangire National Park. Tarangire,
Tanzanias third largest national park is known for its majestic
baobab trees that dot the landscape, dwarfing the animals that feed beneath
them. The park supports a great diversity of wildlife, especially during
in the dry season of July to Novmeber, when the Tarangire River provides
the only permanent water supply in the area. During this season wildlife
, including up to 6.000 elephants concentrate along the river.
For a cultural experience, walking in the area and visits to some neighboring
tribes is offered. Maasai live in the area as well as the Datoga, another
tribe of semi-nomadic pastoralists who migrated into this area many decades
ago, looking for good grazing land. The Dataoga have resisted neighbouring
tribes' cultural infiltrations. The women, still wear fat treated goatskin
gowns and carve their faces and bodies to beautify themselves . Learning
about their history is as fascinating as the views are breathtaking from
the several hilltop peaks in the area. Overnight - Luxury Private Camp
(all meals & activities)
DAY 4 - TARANGIRE
- LAKE MANYARA- GIBB'S FARM
After breakfast youll drive across the floor of the Great Rift Valley
to Lake Manyara National Park. This beautiful park with its lush
vegetation and tropical forests of giant fig and mahogany trees, takes
its name from the Maasai word for "euphorbia tirucalli", a bush
which is used to make a thorny hedge to protect their cattle. Elephant,
giraffe, buffalo, zebra and a variety of antelope inhabit the park as
well as a variety of monkeys and a large population of hippos. .
If you are lucky you may see the Manyara lions, well known for their tree
climbing habits, lazily resting on the branches of an "Acacia tortilis"
tree. The birdlife is also abundant, with flamingoes, pelicans, hornbills
and plenty of forest species.
After a game drive and a picnic lunch in the park youll depart for
the Ngorongoro highlands and your overnight accommodation at Gibb's Farm.
This delightful farm is situated on the outer slopes of Ngorongoro Crater
and is renowned for their friendly service and excellent cuisine. In the
evening a hike is possible to the coffee plantation or to the water fall.
Overnight - Gibbs Farm (all meals & activities)
DAY 5 - NGORONGORO
CRATER
This morning your drive takes you the short distance to the "eighth
wonder of the world", the Ngorongoro Crater, the largest unbroken
caldera on earth. The floor of this collapsed volcano spreads for 102
sq. miles and the walls are 2000ft high, a truly awesome sight. The crater
floor is a virtual "Noah's Ark", inhabited by almost every species
of wildlife indigenous to East Africa including the black named lion and
the endangered black rhino. The crater contains a river, several swamps,
a soda lake - complete with flamingoes, a forest and open plains. With
a picnic lunch you will descend the crater walls and spend the afternoon
and early evening wildlife viewing on the crater floor. , returning to
your lodge in time for a sundowner on the verandah.
Your lodging for the next two nights will be at the Ngorongoro Serena
Lodge. Perched on the edge of the crater, this beautiful lodge affords
panoramic views of the crater floor. Overnight - Ngorongoro Serena Lodge
(B,L,D)
DAY 6 - NGORONGORO
CRATER
After and early breakfast you will depart for an entire day of wildlife
viewing on the crater floor. You'll have a picnic lunch in a seclueded
spot and return to the lodge in the early evening. Overnight - Ngorongoro
Serena Lodge (B,L,D)
DAYS 7/8/9/10
- SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast depart for Serengeti National Park with a stop enroute
at Oldupai Gorge. Oldupai is the famous archeological site where the Leakeys
discovered remains of Australopithecus, Homo Habilis and Homo Erectus,
bringing crucial understanding to the study of the evolution of the human
species.
From Oldupai youre off to the Great Serengeti, likely
the most famous wildlife sanctuary in the world. The vast Serengeti plains
cover an area of over 14,763 square kilometers and during the months of
the migration, is the habitat of huge numbers of wildebeest, zebra and
Thomsons gazelle with estimates of upto 1.5 million. From December
through March they concentrate at the Ndutu and Salei plains, where the
calving season takes place, attracting the attention of predators like
lion, cheetah and hyena. In June and July they move into the western corridor
and in October and November the herds can usually be found in the northern
Serengeti. The Serengeti "Kopjes", massive boulder islands of
granite standing in a sea of grass, provide shelter to a great variety
of plants and animals, from the elusive leopard to the tiny dik dik.
You
will spend four nights in a luxury private camp, set in a wilderness area,
depending on the season and movement of the animals. Overnight - Luxury
Private Camp (all meals & activities)
DAY 11 - SERENGETI
- ARUSHA
Today youll enjoy a final gamedrive across the Serengeti plains
enroute to the Seronera Airstrip where you will board the scheduled flight
to Arusha. Upon arrival at Arusha Airport you will be met and transferred
to Mt Village Lodge. Overnight at Mt Village and transfer to the airport
the next day for the flight to Zanzibar for the Zanzibar extension or
flight back home.
Extension
Zanzibar
DAY 12 - ARUSHA
- ZANZIBAR
After breakfast you will be transfered to Kilimanjaro airport for your
flight to Zanzibar. After arrival on Zanzibar we will do the Spice Tour
on the way to our Eco Resort Chumbe Island. You will learn about Spices
and herbs Zanzibar is famous for. After we will go by motor boat to Chumbe
Island, your home for the next three days.
DAY 13 & 14
BEACH HOTEL ZANZIBAR
Relax and enjoy Chumbe Island. Lots of activities are waiting for you
on and around Chumbe Island. The whole of Chumbe Island is a nature reserve
and you may explore its beauties either under the competent guidance of
park rangers or at your leisure.
Snorkel through our unique shallow water Reef Sanctuary or explore the
Forest Reserve and historical monuments. Take an excursion out SCUBA diving
the nearby reefs, or perhaps just allow yourself a lazy day watching dhows
and outrigger boats go by ....
DAY 15 ZANZIBAR
- STONETOWN
today we will transfer you to your hotel in Stonetown. In the afternoon
we will do the City Tour to show you Zanzibars bustling markets, ancient
buildings and monuments. A guided tour through Stonetown is one of the
highlights Zanzibar has to offer.
DAY 16 ZANZIBAR
- AIPORT
Price for 2 clients in high season From $US 4,180
per person
single supplement $620
Extension Zanzibar $1150
Departure: Departure from Arusha
Safari includes
all airport transfers in private car
Transport and wildlife drives in modified 4WD Land Cruiser or Land Rover
with photographic roof hatch
Services of a professional safari guide
All meals on safari including mineral water, soft drinks
Accommodation in a luxury mobile camp includes wooden beds, auxiliary
furniture and private showers and toilets. (Requests can be made for King
size beds while camping)
All wildlife reserve entry fees and camping fees
All accommodations as per itinerary
Laundry services while in camp
not included
International airfare & flights
All items of a personal nature
Gratuities for safari guide and camp staff
Airport departure tax
Travel insurance
Visa and Passport fees
Laundry services while out of camp
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and beverages in lodges
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