| Full
Itinerary
Day 1
MT. MERU / 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
LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK
Leave Arusha after a buffet breakfast
for Lake Manyara National Park. Here, you’ll take
a short game drive through its lush groundwater forest
where you might even see its famous tree-climbing lions.
In the early evening you’ll arrive at Kirurumu
Tented Lodge. Perched on the edge of the Great
Rift Valley with commanding, panoramic views of Lake
Manyara, you’ll be treated to a gourmet dinner.
After a nightcap, retire and fall asleep to the comforting
sounds of the African night.
Days 3, 4 & 5
SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
Leave camp after breakfast for the
drive to the Serengeti National Park, passing through
rich farmland until reaching the lush montane forests
of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Crater Highlands.
After ascending and descending the rift escarpment,
stop first at Olduvai Gorge, one of the world’s
most famous fossil and archaeological sites dating back
to two million years where many finds of early humans
were discovered. Tour the Olduvai museum before a picnic
lunch. In the afternoon, continue game-viewing in the
Serengeti. Undoubtedly the best-known wildlife sanctuary
in the world, the Serengeti is home to the highest density
of animals in the world as well as being unrivalled
for its natural beauty, diversity and scientific value.
During your daily game-drives you’ll witness the
annual ancient drama of life, death and rebirth in this
primeval wilderness. Three nights in our luxurious Hoopoe
Serengeti Camp.
Day 6
NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA
Drive to the spectacular Ngorongoro
Crater, a collapsed volcano, once as high as present
day Mount Meru for an afternoon of exciting game-viewing
and a picnic lunch. Descend 2,000 feet to the floor
of this 10 mile-wide ‘caldera’ that teems
with a variety of wildlife including the highest density
of lions per square kilometre in Africa, open savannah
grasslands, the Lerai groundwater forest and a soda
lake tinged pink by thousands of flamingos. Drive back
up to the Crater rim in late afternoon for dinner and
overnight at the Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge.
Day 7
NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA
After an early breakfast, spend another
half-day in the Crater following and photographing the
animals and landscapes. At lunchtime, relax with a picnic,
then leave on a 2-hour drive to the historic and newly
renovated Gibb's Farm lodge in heart
of coffee country in time for a cool drink and hot shower
before a delicious dinner and restful night.
Day 8
RETURN TO ARUSHA
After breakfast, return to Arusha
stopping for lunch at a popular local restaurant and
day accommodations at the Kilimanjaro Airport
Hotel before a late transfer to the airport
for your return flight home.
2010 Departure Dates
| starts |
ends |
$ sharing |
$ + Single |
31-Jan-10 |
07-Feb-10 |
4200 |
1155 |
14-Feb-10 |
21-Feb-10 |
4200 |
1155 |
28-Feb-10 |
07-Mar-10 |
4200 |
1155 |
14-Mar-10 |
21-Mar-10 |
4200 |
1155 |
28-Mar-10 |
04-Apr-10 |
2905 |
415 |
11-Apr-10 |
18-Apr-10 |
2905 |
415 |
25-Apr-10 |
02-May-10 |
2905 |
415 |
09-May-10 |
16-May-10 |
2905 |
415 |
23-May-10 |
30-May-10 |
2905 |
415 |
06-Jun-10 |
13-Jun-10 |
4130 |
1155 |
20-Jun-10 |
27-Jun-10 |
4130 |
1155 |
04-Jul-10 |
11-Jul-10 |
4130 |
1155 |
18-Jul-10 |
25-Jul-10 |
4130 |
1155 |
01-Aug-10 |
08-Aug-10 |
4130 |
1155 |
15-Aug-10 |
22-Aug-10 |
4130 |
1155 |
29-Aug-10 |
05-Sep-10 |
4130 |
1155 |
12-Sep-10 |
19-Sep-10 |
4130 |
1155 |
26-Sep-10 |
03-Oct-10 |
4130 |
1155 |
10-Oct-10 |
17-Oct-10 |
4130 |
1155 |
24-Oct-10 |
31-Oct-10 |
4130 |
1155 |
07-Nov-10 |
14-Nov-10 |
3985 |
1115 |
21-Nov-10 |
28-Nov-10 |
3985 |
1115 |
05-Dec-10 |
12-Dec-10 |
3985 |
1115 |
19-Dec-10 |
26-Dec-10 |
4200 |
1155 |
02-Jan-11 |
09-Jan-11 |
4200 |
1155 |
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.
This safari may be booked
anyday as a Private Exclusive Itinerary
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