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This 13 days northern circuit Safari covers all major highlights of
Tanzania, furthermore you will have lots of opportunities to meet
with local communities.
Day 1 ARRIVAL
You will be met at the airport in Arusha (JRO) by your Driver/Guide
and our representative. We will take you to the Mount
Meru Game Lodge (or similar) at Arusha for a free day,
with your Safari starting tomorrow. Dinner.
Day 2 Lake Manyara
The driver/guide will pick you up at 9am, then you’ll drive
across the floor of the Great Rift Valley to Lake Manyara National
Park for a game drive. This beautiful park with it’s lush
vegetation and tropical forests of giant fig and mahogany trees,
takes its name from the Maasai word for "euphorbia tirucalli",
a bush which is used to make a thorny hedge to protect their cattle.
Elephant, giraffe, buffalo, zebra and a variety of antelope inhabit
the park as well as a variety of monkeys and a large population
of hippo’s. If you are lucky you may see the Manyara lions,
well known for their tree climbing habits, lazily resting on the
branches of an "Acacia tortilis" tree. The birdlife is
also abundant, with flamingoes, pelicans, hornbills and plenty of
forest species.
Overnight at E
Unoto Retreat. All meals included.
Day 3 Lake Natron
In the morning drive to Lake Natron, passing the active volcano
Oldonyo Lengai! At Lake Natron check in in the Lake Natron
Tented Camp, then we’ll visit the lake with its flamingoes.
All meals included.
Day 4 Serengeti
After breakfast you start on your way to Serengeti National Park,
crossing Loliondo Game Reserve. Overnight at our Mapito
tented camp Serengeti in the Serengeti. All
meals included.
Day 5 Serengeti
In the morning walking tour, then return to the Serengeti, to another
full day game drive close to the migration. Overnight at our Mapito
tented camp Serengeti in the Serengeti. All
meals included.
Day 6 - 7 Lake Victoria
Game-drive to Lake Victoria. In the afternoon drive into the nearby
hills to take a look at rural Africa, passing through the small
villages of the Sakuma people, who grow cotton, ground nuts, sorghum
and cassava as well as keeping livestock. Life carries on simply
as it has done for centuries, but with a few poignant reminders
of the 20th Century! See the local school and take a stroll to the
top of a small kopje.
Overnight at Speke Bay. All meals included.
Day 8 Serengeti - Ngorongoro
Return to the Serengeti. Depending on the time of year and the migration
of the herds you can expect to see wildebeest, lions, elephants,
giraffes, zebras, monkeys, baboons, hippos, rhinos, antelopes and
many birds and other species. Your Driver/Guide will be in contact
with other safari drivers and will amaze you with his skill at locating
the hidden animals.
Overnight at Ndutu Safari Lodge in the Serengeti/Ngorongoro.
All meals included.
Day 9 Ngorongoro
After breakfast we depart for Ngorongoro. On the way you will stop
at the Olduvai Gorge where anthropologists Louis and Mary Leakey
made many significant discoveries, contributing to the theory that
human life originated in Africa.
A fternoon game drive in the crater. As very few animals migrate
in and out of the crater with its 2000 ft. high walls, you can expect
to see lions, elephants, zebras, hippos, flamingos, jackals, rhinos,
antelopes, many birds and other species. Overnight at a lodge
at Ngorongoro/Karatu, Ngorongoro
Farmhouse. All meals included.
Day 10 Ngoronogoro –
Lake Eyasi
From Ngorongoro you proceed to Lake Eyasi home to the hunter-gathers
ethnic group of the Hadzabe Bushmen bearing similar characteristics
to those of Bushmen at Southern Africa.
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The small people of this indigenous
tribe are probably the last living in true harmony with nature
and have a wealth of Fauna and Flora knowledge to share with
us. The two days are filled with tours and game walks guided
by bushmen taking you on their traditional hunting tracks.
Overnight at a bush camp at Laka Eyasi. All meals included.
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Day 11 Tarangire
After breakfast we depart for Tarangire, Tanzania's third largest
national park and sanctuary for an unusually large elephant population.
Majestic baobab trees are an interesting feature of the park, dwarfing
the animals that feed beneath them. Animals concentrate along the
Tarangire River, which provides the only permanent water supply
in the area. There is a great diversity of wildlife including lion,
leopard, cheetah and up to six thousand elephant.
Overnight two nights at Tarangire
River Camp. All meals included.
Day 12 Arusha
One final morning game drive before leaving. In the afternoon we
will reach Arusha, were we overnight at the Mount
Meru Game Lodge. All meals included.
Day 13 Departure
In the morning departure to the airport for your flight back home
(or Zanzibar extension). Breakfast.
Optional we can also organise a stay at Lake Eyasi,
where you can meet with the Hadzabe, hunter gatherers!
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