| Full Itinerary
Day
1
ARUSHA
On arrival at Kilimanjaro or Arusha Airport you'll be
personally met and escorted by our driver-guide to the
fashionable Arusha Hotel in the heart
of Tanzania’s safari centre where you’ll
spend the night. Activities, including swimming, shopping,
or visiting the Tanzanite Experience museum are available
for those who arrive early.
Day
2
TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK
Drive in comfort to Tarangire National Park and Hoopoe’s
luxurious tented camp set in picture perfect acacia
woodland and grassland inside the park. After a relaxing
lunch, we’ll enter head off for game viewing in
the national park, famous for its giant baobab trees,
large herds of elephants, plains game and predators.
Tarangire also boasts a large variety of spectacular
bird life including endemic species. Dinner and overnight
at the Hoopoe Tarangire Classic Camp.
Day
3
TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast you’ll embark on a full day’s
game drive with picnic lunch, ranging far and wide.
Among many aspects of animal behaviour, your Guide will
point out the fascinating way elephants have of communicating
with subtle interactions. Overnight at the Hoopoe
Tarangire Classic Camp.
Day
4
LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK
Drive to Lake Manyara National Park, passing through
the cool shade of the groundwater forest before reaching
the lakeshore. The Park is best known for its tree climbing
lions, but you are more likely to a encounter elephants,
buffalo, primates and astounding bird life. After a
picnic lunch you continue game-viewing. Return as the
sun sets behind the distant highlands and climb the
Great Rift Valley escarpment to Kirurumu Tented
Lodge on its edge for a relaxing dinner and
overnight.
Day
5
NGORONGORO CRATER
An early morning ethno-botanical walk including a visit
to the local Iraqw tribe. After breakfast, depart for
Ngorongoro Conservation Area, ascending to the rim on
the descent road of the Crater some 2,000 feet below.
Tour the Lerai Forest with its yellow-barked acacias,
searching for giant-tusked elephant, rare black rhino
and black-maned lion. Ascend the crater rim at dusk
through verdant montane forest for dinner and overnight
at Ngorongoro Serena Lodge.
Day
6
NGORONGORO – WALKING WITH MAASAI
Morning game-drives in the Ngorongoro Crater, followed
by lunch back at Ngorongoro Serena. In the afternoon
you head out to the rolling hills of the Ngorongoro
Highlands to meet a Maasai chief, who guides you around
the nearby bomas and on an afternoons walk in the surrounding
area. In the late afternoon, head back to Ngorongoro
Serena Lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day
7
NGORONGORO – SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
In the morning you depart for the Serengeti via Olduvai
Gorge to visit the interesting museum at this world-famous
archaeological site containing fossils of our early
two million year-old human ancestors. Continue on a
game-drive through the vast Serengeti National Park
to the luxurious Hoopoe Serengeti Classic Camp
for lunch. In the afternoon, head out for game drives
before returning to camp for dinner and overnight.
Days
8, 9
SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
Full day game drives in the Serengeti, home to the greatest
concentration of large mammals on earth. Non-migratory
species include large prides of lions, solitary leopards,
cheetah and graceful impala. The landscape is characterised
by vast stretches of open plains, punctuated by kopjes,
rock formations that have survived from the Pre-Cambrian
period, and open woodlands. After a sumptuous dinner,
relax by the campfire, under a canopy of stars. Overnight
at the Hoopoe Serengeti Classic Camp.
Day
10
SERENGETI - ARUSHA
After breakfast, transfer to Seronera airstrip to connect
with your return flight to Arusha. Upon arrival, there
will be time for some shopping/browsing and a dayroom
will be available before being transferred to Kilimanjaro
International Airport for the return international flight.
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2010 Departure Dates
| starts |
ends |
$ sharing |
$ + Single |
24-Jan-10 |
02-Feb-10 |
5165 |
1280 |
07-Feb-10 |
16-Feb-10 |
5165 |
1280 |
21-Feb-10 |
02-Mar-10 |
5165 |
1280 |
07-Mar-10 |
16-Mar-10 |
5165 |
1280 |
21-Mar-10 |
30-Mar-10 |
5165 |
1280 |
04-Apr-10 |
13-Apr-10 |
3560 |
465 |
18-Apr-10 |
27-Apr-10 |
3560 |
465 |
02-May-10 |
11-May-10 |
3560 |
465 |
16-May-10 |
25-May-10 |
3560 |
465 |
30-May-10 |
08-Jun-10 |
5015 |
1280 |
13-Jun-10 |
22-Jun-10 |
5015 |
1280 |
27-Jun-10 |
06-Jul-10 |
5015 |
1280 |
11-Jul-10 |
20-Jul-10 |
5015 |
1280 |
25-Jul-10 |
03-Aug-10 |
5015 |
1280 |
08-Aug-10 |
17-Aug-10 |
5015 |
1280 |
22-Aug-10 |
31-Aug-10 |
5015 |
1280 |
05-Sep-10 |
14-Sep-10 |
5015 |
1280 |
19-Sep-10 |
28-Sep-10 |
5015 |
1280 |
03-Oct-10 |
12-Oct-10 |
5015 |
1280 |
17-Oct-10 |
26-Oct-10 |
5015 |
1280 |
31-Oct-10 |
09-Nov-10 |
3940 |
725 |
14-Nov-10 |
23-Nov-10 |
3940 |
725 |
28-Nov-10 |
07-Dec-10 |
3940 |
725 |
12-Dec-10 |
21-Dec-10 |
5165 |
1280 |
26-Dec-10 |
04-Jan-11 |
5165 |
1280 |
Special
Note: The Hoopoe Serengeti
Camp is seasonal and so in the months of April to May,
and also November to mid December we shall chose alternative
accommodation.
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