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Serengeti Shall Not Die!
10 DAYS

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Why Serengeti Shall Not Die! ?

10 days, 4 world class national parks with a finale in the Serengeti.

Description
This safari makes the most of Hoopoe's varied programmes in Northern Tanzania in a trip which offers the full flavour of the sights and experiences that Hoopoe have to offer and obviates any backtracking. See and feel the real Africa, combining lodges and canvas. Meet the Maasai as companions and guides on walks in an area of outstanding natural beauty. Enjoy privacy and freedom in an area with abundant wildlife.

Highlights

  • The Serengeti
  • The rift valley
  • Lake Manyara
  • Ngorongoro
  • Tarangire
  • Dry season migration

Full Itinerary

Day 1
ARUSHA

Transfer from Kilimanjaro to Rivertrees Country Inn, under Mt. Meru. Overnight Rivertrees Country Inn.

Day 2
TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK

Safari to Tarangire camp set in acacia woodland and grassland on the northern boundary of Tarangire National Park, for lunch. In the afternoon enter Tarangire National Park, characterised by giant baobab trees and famous for its elephants, plains game and predators, but also boasting a large variety of bird life including endemic species.

Day 3
TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK

Full day game drives with picnic lunch, ranging far and wide. The elephants have a fascinating way of communicating with subtle interactions, which your Guide will be able to point out and share with you. In the late afternoon you head back to camp and set out for a bush walk with local Maasai guides.

Day 4
LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK

Drive to Lake Manyara National Park, passing through the cool ground water forest before reaching the Lakeshore. The Park is best known for its tree climbing lions, but you are more likely to see elephants, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, primates and a wealth of bird life. Picnic lunch in the park and afternoon game-drives. Return as the sunsets behind the distant highlands and climb the escarpment to Kirurumu Tented Lodge for a relaxing dinner and overnight.

Day 5
NGORONGORO CRATER

Early morning ethno-botanical walk including visit to local Iraqw tribe. After breakfast, depart for Ngorongoro Conservation Area, ascending to the rim and onwards to the descent road. Descend into the Crater for a tour around the Lerai Acacia Forest and the crater floor, looking for giant-tusked elephant, rare black rhino and the black-maned lion. Ascend the crater rim in the early evening through verdant montane forest for dinner/overnight 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 for dinner and overnight.

Day 7
NGORONGORO – SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK

In the morning depart for the Serengeti via Olduvai Gorge to visit the small but interesting museum of this famous archaeological site. Continue on a game-drive through the vast Serengeti National Park to the 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. The land is characterised by vast stretches of open plains, punctuated by kopjes, rock formations that have survived from the Pre-Cambrian period, and more rolling, hilly, mixed savannah woodland, cut by seasonal streams and rivers that nurture huge trees. At night relax by the campfire, under a canopy of stars.

Day 10
SERENGETI - ARUSHA

After breakfast, transfer to Seronera airstrip to connect with return flight to Arusha. Upon arrival there will be time for some shopping/browsing and a dayroom will be available before final farewell dinner and transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport for the return international flight.

End of Services

2008 Departure Dates

starts
ends
$ sharing
$ + Single
1-Jun-08
10-Jun-08
3950
795
15-Jun-08
24-Jun-08
3950
795
29-Jun-08
8-Jul-08
3950
795
13-Jul-08
22-Jul-08
3950
795
27-Jul-08
5-Aug-08
3950
795
10-Aug-08
19-Aug-08
3950
795
24-Aug-08
2-Sep-08
3950
795
7-Sep-08
16-Sep-08
3950
795
21-Sep-08
30-Sep-08
3950
795
5-Oct-08
14-Oct-08
3950
795
19-Oct-08
28-Oct-08
3950
795
2-Nov-08
11-Nov-08
3950
795
16-Nov-08
25-Nov-08
3950
795
30-Nov-08
9-Dec-08
3950
795
14-Dec-08
23-Dec-08
4050
800

On some departures, you can immediately proceed to Kenya’s Luxury in the Bush.

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