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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 grand 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 we have to offer. See and feel the real Africa, combining luxury lodges and under canvas comfort. Meet the Maasai as companions and guides on walks in an area of breathtaking natural beauty. Enjoy privacy and freedom in an area with abundant wildlife.

Highlights

  • The Serengeti National Park
  • The Great Rift Valley
  • Lake Manyara National Park
  • Ngorongoro Conservancy
  • Tarangire National Park

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 outside the park boundary. 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 Kirurumu Tarangire 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 Kirurumu Tarangire 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 Manyara 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 Kirurumu Serengeti 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 Kirurumu Serengeti 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.

End of Services

2012 Departure Dates & Rates (per person)

starts
ends
$ sharing
$ + Single
13-May-12
22-May-12
4,445
115
27-May-12
05-Jun-12
4,445
115
10-Jun-12
19-Jun-12
5,985
825
24-Jun-12
03-Jul-12
5,985
825
08-Jul-12
17-Jul-12
5,985
825
22-Jul-12
31-Jul-12
5,985
825
05-Aug-12
14-Aug-12
5,985
825
19-Aug-12
28-Aug-12
5,985
825
02-Sep-12
11-Sep-12
5,985
825
16-Sep-12
25-Sep-12
5,985
825
30-Sep-12
09-Oct-12
5,985
825
14-Oct-12
23-Oct-12
5,985
825
28-Oct-12
06-Nov-12
5,985
825
11-Nov-12
20-Nov-12
5,710
380
25-Nov-12
04-Dec-12
5,710
380
09-Dec-12
18-Dec-12
5,710
380
23-Dec-12
01-Jan-13
6,220
825

Special Note: The Hoopoe Serengeti and Tarangire Camps are seasonal and so in the months of April to May, and also November to mid December we shall chose comparible alternative accommodation.

This safari can also be booked on a private exclusive itinerary

NOTE: Programs operating over the festive season should expect a small supplement.

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