Tented camps safari offers accommodation in the permanent tented camps with solid flooring. Luxury safaris include specially selected four to five-star lodgings where you will have a bedroom, good beds with linen and an en-suite bathroom. Traveling in a 4×4 safari vehicle with a pop-up roof is the classic safari style. The vehicle is fitted with seat belts for each passenger, a 40l fridge with water and a plug point for charging cell phones and cameras.
Our safari vehicles with the thatched roof for shade against sunny African wilderness; are the extended body with roomy seats for comfortable sitting and stretching out legs. Every guest is accessible to the window seat. Cars are also fitted with fridges, power charge sockets and VHF radio calls for easy and fast communication with the base office.
Day 1: Arrive in Dar es Salaam.
Upon arrival at Nyerere International Airport, you will be met and greeted by our guide at the arrival point, soon after you will be given a road transfer to the city center for an overnight stay. We will gather in the evening at the hotel for a pre-safari briefing and an equipment check.
Dinner and overnight at Harbour View Suites: Bed, Dinner, Breakfast and Lunch.
Day 2: In the morning at 6:30 am depart from Dar es Salaam to Lushoto West Usambarayou will meet us at Lushoto bus stand where you will stop for an early afternoon lunch. After lunch, we drive to Irente viewpoint and Irente Farm, the farmers produce many types of fruits and vegetables.
Dinner and overnight at Irente View Cliff Lodge: Bed, Dinner, Breakfast and Lunch.
Day 3: The Usambara Mountains situated in the north-east part of Tanzania are known for their pleasant climate, beautiful viewpoints and fertile slopes. Favored by the Germans and English during colonial times, the area is rich in historical buildings from the period. After 4-6 hours of walking and climbing Usambara Mountain, we will return to our lodge for overnight stay.
Dinner and overnight at Irente View Cliff Lodge: Bed, Dinner, Breakfast and Lunch.
Day 4: After early morning breakfast we will drive straight to Kilimanjaro at Marangu. We will proceed with the full day Marangu Village Tour-Today we have an opportunity to visit one of the highest mountain in Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro, our activities include waterfalls, Kilimanjaro viewpoint, and Coffee plantations, Changa Museum, Underground Tunnel, Changa Traditional, Chaga Local Food, and Banana Beer Experience with the unique view of Mount Kilimanjaro. After the walking tour, we will return to the hotel for overnight stay.
Dinner and overnight at Masailand Safari Lodge: Bed, Dinner, Breakfast and Lunch.
Day 5: We depart from your hotel and proceed to Lake Manyara National Park. Although small in size, this park is one of the most diverse reserves in the country. Lake Manyara covers two-thirds of the park. At the backdrop is the wall of the Great Rift Valley, before which lies the groundwater forest, areas of open grassland near the lake foreshore, and the Soda Lake. We enjoy a picnic lunch in this area, which consists of open grassy areas, hot springs, dense woodlands, and steep mountainsides. Lake Manyara National Park is a birding paradise that has more than 350 species of bird. The park is also famed for its unique and elusive tree-climbing lions. In the late afternoon, we travel just outside of Lake Manyara National Park to Ngorongoro Conservation Area to our special tented camp.
Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Ang’ata Tented Camp: Bed, Dinner, Breakfast and Lunch.
Day 6: We start the day with an early morning game drive before heading to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Ngorongoro is a special place in that it is a Conservation Area, not a National Park; this means that the whole area is managed for both the animals and the local Masai people who graze their cattle alongside the indigenous wildlife. During the drive in Ngorongoro, we have a chance to glimpse something of the Masai way of life. After stopping at the entrance gate, where there is a chance to learn more about this fascinating volcanic landscape, we will drive around the rim of the Crater itself, and from here we can look down and see the herd of wildebeest or buffalos. Finally, we descend into the crater. The crater walls provide a natural sanctuary for the animals, which means there is plenty to see: lions, elephants, buffalo, rhino and leopard (if you are lucky). The only animal you won’t see in here is a giraffe, whose long legs are unable to cope with the steeps sides of the crater. In the afternoon we travel just outside of Ngorongoro Conservation Area to Serengeti National Park.
Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Acacia Tented Camp: Bed, Dinner, Breakfast and Lunch.
Day 7: Serengeti National Park today enjoys early morning and afternoon game drives in Serengeti National Park. The Serengeti is one of the oldest and most beautiful ecosystems in Africa and is one of the best wildlife sanctuaries in the world. The park boasts more than two million wildebeest, half a million Thomson’s gazelle, and a quarter of a million zebra. Animals that you can also watch out for are – lions, leopards, elephants, rhino, hippo, giraffes, baboons and wild dogs.
Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Acacia Tented Camp: Bed, Dinner, Breakfast and Lunch.
Day 8: We have another full day in this wonderful park, rising early to make the most of our time. Our guides will choose the best spotting locations for the time of year; we can spend time at the Hippo pool watching these majestic animals laze about in the cool water happily living alongside the crocodiles, watch a big pride of lions, be in the middle of the migration, sometimes surrounded by wildebeest, sometimes by zebras, which travel with the wildebeest. We journey from the wide open plains to the kopjes: these volcanic rocky outcrops provide protection and shelter for a wide variety of animals and from the top, we can look out across the vast grasslands of the Serengeti. This diverse and interesting landscape will provide us with the ultimate in game viewing, we will hopefully see all of the plain games; elephants, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, lions and if you are lucky the elusive leopard and cheetah, as well as huge amounts of interesting birdlife, from the elegant secretary birds to the flightless ostrich. We return to our special tented camp for the night.
Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Acacia Tented Camp: Bed, Dinner, Breakfast and Lunch.
Day 9: After early breakfast check out and collect lunch boxes and leave for Mwanza there is an opportunity for en-route game viewing.
Dinner and overnight at Malaika Beach Resort: Bed, Dinner, Breakfast and Lunch.
Day 10: Morning breakfast at the hotel then say bye to our driver guide then you need a private departure transfer which is included from the hotel to the Airport for your flight to Dar es Salaam.
THE END OF OUR SAFARI SERVICE.
Safari Includes:
Our northern circuit as per sample itinerary
Hotel/lodge accommodation for the duration of the ten-day safari
Animal tours according to your itinerary preferences
Private 4 wheel drive vehicle with a roof hatch
Professional safari and tour guide/driver
All Serengeti/Ngorongoro Crater national park fees
All meals while on safari
Drinking mineral water
All game viewing activities specified
Price quoted per person sharing
Tanzania VAT on tourism activities and park fees
Ngorongoro Conservation area vehicle permit increase
Ngorongoro crater fees
All activities in Lushoto and Kilimanjaro
Safari Excludes:
Laundry service
Serengeti balloon safari($550 per person)
Items of personal nature
International and local airfares
Entry visas
Travel insurance
Tips and gratuities
Please note all prices are subject to change if Tanzania National Park entry fees or Tanzania Government Tax and/or VAT rates change.
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