On Safari in Tanzania Program Details
Africa Safari
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Day 1 - Arusha
Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro Airport in Arusha, you are met and transferred
to your hotel, set on a coffee plantation nestled between Kilimanjaro
and Mt. Meru, Tanzania’s second highest mountain. The balance of
the day is at leisure to relax in your individual “Rondavel”
thatched roof cottage overlooking Lake Duluti. Or you might explore the
lush grounds of your lodge, an ideal opportunity for bird watching. Serena
Mountain Village Lodge
Day 2 - Arusha
Following a leisurely breakfast, visit the Mulala Women’s Cooperative
to learn about their work helping their village of mostly subsistence
farmers who grow coffee, bananas and vegetables. Following lunch at the
Arusha Coffee Lodge, enjoy an afternoon game drive through Arusha National
Park, an often overlooked gem of forests and lakes in the shadow of Mt.
Meru, where the acrobatic black-and-white colobus monkeys are often seen.
Return to your Lodge for a free evening. Serena Mountain Village Lodge
– Meals B,L
Day 3 - Arusha / Rift Valley
/ Lake Manyara
Drive across the great Rift Valley to Lake Manyara National Park –
a small but very picturesque park with great diversity, where open grassland,
shaded by baobab and acacia trees, gives way to rugged escarpments. Manyara
offers a rich diversity of bird and wildlife, and is best known for the
woodland lions that drape themselves in the branches of the umbrella trees.
Check in to your lodge, magnificently set on the edge of the Mto Wa Mbu
escarpment with stupendous views of the Rift Valley and stunning Lake
Manyara. After lunch and time to relax, you visit a local school before
an afternoon game drive through the park. Return to the Lodge for a delightful
dinner and a restful overnight. Lake Manyara Serena Lodge – Meals
B,L,D
Day 4 - Lake Manyara
Enjoy morning and afternoon game drives, with downtime and a relaxing
lunch back at the Lodge. Today, you also have opportunity to join an optional
excursion to a nearby village to learn about daily life in the region.
Another night under the expansive African sky begins this evening with
dinner at your Lodge. Lake Manyara Serena Lodge – Meals B,L,D
Day 5 - Lake Manyara / Serengeti
National Park
The Masai call Siringitu – “the place where the land moves
on forever” – and indeed the endless vistas of land and sky
remain in your mind forever. Following arrival and lunch at your lodge,
your afternoon game drive reveals the stunning wildlife of the plains:
herds of antelope, gazelles, giraffes, crocodiles and numerous bird species.
Return for dinner and overnight at your lodge, set on a ridge with commanding
views of the Serengeti. Serengeti Serena Lodge – Meals B,L,D
Day 6 - Serengeti National
Park
Check out after breakfast and depart with a picnic lunch for full day
game drives en route to Mbalageti, in the western corridor of the Serengeti
National Park. Enjoy 2 nights’ accommodations in a luxurious tented
chalet with private veranda, the perfect place to unwind after a day of
game viewing – the epitome of the deluxe safari experience. Mbalageti
Serengeti Lodge Tented Chalets – Meals B,L,D
Day 7 - Serengeti National
Park
Enjoy extraordinary wildlife viewing on 2 game drives across the plains
of the Serengeti within the largest and most famous park in Tanzania.
Mbalageti Serengeti Lodge Tented Chalets – Meals B,L,D
Day 8 - Serengeti / Olduvai
Gorge / Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Drive into the eastern Serengeti to visit Olduvai Gorge. Often referred
to as “The Cradle of Mankind,” our modern understanding of
human evolution began here in this gorge with the pioneering work of Dr.
Louis and Mary Leakey. Continue to the Ngorongoro Crater, unique for both
its geological origins and wildlife. This immense caldera – the
remnants of an ancient volcanic summit – measures 12 miles across,
and the encircling rim, now seen as a chain of mountains, soars 2,000
feet above the crater floor. Within the crater is a rich haven for wildlife,
a wonderful opportunity to spot and photograph the Big Five. Enjoy a relaxing
afternoon following lunch at your Lodge, perched on a jagged rim of the
crater with boundless vistas over the caldera below. Ngorongoro Serena
Lodge – Meals B,L,D
Day 9 - Ngorongoro Conservation
Area
Descend into the crater this morning for a fascinating crater tour, returning
to your Lodge for lunch and an afternoon at leisure. Ngorongoro Serena
Lodge – Meals B,L,D
Day 10 - Ngorongoro / Arusha
Following breakfast, drive to Arusha where you enjoy lunch and day use
rooms at the Serena Mountain Lodge. Your tour concludes and the local
guide will assist with reconfirmations of your onward flight. Serena Mountain
Village Lodge – Meals B,L
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| B | Breakfast |
| L | Lunch |
| D | Dinner |
Departures & Pricing
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