9 DAYS TANZANIA ADVENTURE CULTURAL TOURISM SAFARI offers unique safari itineraries to suit any requirements. We use a well-maintained Land Cruiser with a roof hatch for unobstructed and up-close game viewing. Our safaris include all park fees an English-speaking driver guide, meals, and lodges.
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{DAY BY DAY SAFARI ITINERERAY}
DAY 1: ARRIVE IN TANZANIA.
Arrive anytime at Kilimanjaro International airport and transfer to Arusha Safari Lodge.
The rest of the day is free to relax and recover from your flight, laze by the pool or explore the town.
Dinner and overnight at Arusha Safari Lodge: Bed, dinner, breakfast, and lunch.
Kilimanjaro International Airport to Arusha: time is 1-hour drive (51.7 km).
DAY 2: WALKING SAFARI IN ARUSHA NATIONAL PARK.
Full-day walking safari in Arusha National Park, You can easily start viewing the populations of wildlife like the giraffe, buffalo, zebras, and black and white colobus monkeys just over 30 minutes drive from Arusha city.
In the morning, we will collect you from your hotel in Arusha and take you to the Arusha National Park. The park has an incredible variety of fauna and flora, which cannot fail to impress. Hollywood also chose this region to film the movie “Hatari” in which Hardy Kruger starred alongside the legendary John Wayne. Your day trip will include a visit to the Ngurdo Crater. Buffaloes, waterbucks, giraffes, warthogs, zebras, and baboons can be seen all year round as well as many different bird species. At the Momella Gate, an armed ranger will be waiting for you to accompany you on the walking safari that will give you the chance to experience the wildlife up-close. Only a few other national parks in Tanzania give you such an opportunity and it is something that should not be missed. Lunch will be taken at a picnic place and in the afternoon, you will continue your tour in the safari vehicle through the Arusha National Park. After plenty of time allocated for you to observe the wildlife, we will take you back to Arusha.
Dinner and overnight at Arusha Safari Lodge: Bed, dinner, breakfast, and lunch.
Arusha town to Arusha National Park: 40 minutes drive (28 km).
DAY 3: GAME DRIVE IN TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK.
Today we drive to Tarangire National Park, for excellent game viewing. Tarangire is a small park that offers some excellent sights. Generally, in the dry seasons, Tarangire comes alive as wildlife and birdlife congregate on the Tarangire River, which is a permanent source of water. We spend the night in our lodge beautifully set outside the park with stunning views and a unique atmosphere. In the late afternoon, we make a short journey from the park to our special lodge.
Dinner and overnight at Acacia Farm Lodge: Bed, Dinner, Breakfast, and Lunch.
Arusha to Tarangire National park: time is 3 hours drive (150,6 km).
DAY 4: FULL DAY HADZABE IN LAKE EYASI.
Start off early with your bushman guide to meet a group of resident Hadzabe people. Enjoy the Hadzabe Tour walking into the bush with the only hunter-gatherers remaining in the East African region. The Hadzabe speak a click-based language and move their encampments with the seasonal movements of the wildlife. Your guide is a member of the group and teaches you more about how they hunt, track wildlife, make fire, and even take honey from bee’s nests before introducing you to his people and explaining a little more about the customs and the way of life.
In the afternoon we travel to the Maasai market where you will have the opportunity to get the spectacular photos you want.
Hundred of Maasai gathers each Thursday afternoon at the bustling Maasai market, where visitors have the chance to see their crafts and taste their food, including the famous Maasai BBQ. A larger, village-wide market occurs on the 22nd of each month.
In the afternoon we drive straight to Ngorongoro Crater for the overnight.
Dinner and overnight at Acacia Farm Lodge: Bed, Dinner, Breakfast, and Lunch.
Karatu to Lake Eyasi: time is 1-hour drive (72 km).
DAY 5: GAME DRIVE IN NGORONGORO CRATER.
Today we visit the largest intact volcanic crater in the world, the magnificent Ngorongoro Crater. At more than 2,000 feet deep and 12 miles in diameter, the Ngorongoro Crater has one of the largest concentrations of wildlife in Africa. 30,000 animals make their home in this crater, making it an ideal place for sightings of the ‘big 5′ – lion, elephant, rhino, buffalo, and leopard. We enjoy a game drive and picnic lunch in the crater, also known as the ’8th Wonder of the World’.
Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Acacia Tented Camp: Bed, Dinner, Breakfast, and Lunch.
Ngorongoro Crater to Serengeti National Park: time is 4 hours drive (213,2 km).
DAY 6: GAME DRIVE IN SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK.
We head towards the Serengeti National Park. En route, there is an opportunity to visit Olduvai Gorge. It is within this steep-sided ravine that Louis and Mary Leakey made some of the world’s most important archaeological discoveries in the 1950s. Here is a small museum, we are able to see evidence of our ancestors that have been dated back 2.5 million years. After lunch, h we drive into the Serengeti itself and the rest of the afternoon is spent game viewing in the vast plains that are broken only by stands of acacia trees and the occasional kopje. In December, January and February we will normally meet the migration with large herds of wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle. There are always plenty of resident animals, such as giraffes, buffalo, and elephants, and many large predators such as lions, cheetahs, and leopards. We return to our special tented camp for the night.
Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Acacia Tented Camp: Bed, Dinner, Breakfast, and Lunch.
Full day game drive in Serengeti National park: time is 11 hours game drive.
DAY 7: GAME DRIVE IN SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK.
We have another full day in this wonderful park, rising early to make the most of our time. Our guides will choose the best spotting locations for the time of year; we can spend time at the Hippo pool watching these majestic animals laze about in the cool water happily living alongside the crocodiles, watch a big pride of lions, be in the middle of the migration, sometimes surrounded by wildebeest, sometimes by zebras, which travel with the wildebeest. We journey from the wide-open plains to the kopjes: these volcanic rocky outcrops provide protection and shelter for a wide variety of animals and from the top, we can look out across the vast grasslands of the Serengeti. This diverse and interesting landscape will provide us with the ultimate in game viewing, we will hopefully see all of the plain games; elephants, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, lions and if you are lucky the elusive leopard and cheetah, as well as huge amounts of the interesting birdlife, from the elegant secretary birds to the flightless ostrich. We return to our special tented camp for the night.
Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Acacia Tented Camp: Bed, Dinner, Breakfast, and Lunch.
Full day game drive in Serengeti National park: time is 11 hours game drive.
DAY 8: SERENGETI TO LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK.
We depart from your tented camp in the Serengeti and proceed to Lake Manyara National Park. Although small in size, this park is one of the most diverse reserves in the country. Lake Manyara covers two-thirds of the park. In the backdrop is the wall of the Great Rift Valley, before which lies the groundwater, forest, areas of open grassland near the lake foreshore, and the Soda Lake. We enjoy a picnic lunch in this area, which consists of open grassy areas, hot springs, dense woodlands, and steep mountainsides. Lake Manyara National Park is a birding paradise that has more than 350 species of bird. The park is also famed for its unique and elusive tree-climbing lions.
In the late afternoon, we drive back to Arusha.
Dinner and overnight at Arusha Safari Lodge: Bed, dinner, breakfast, and lunch.
Serengeti to Lake Manyara National park: time is 5 hours drive (278,8 km)
DAY 9: ARUSHA TO KILIMANJARO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
Depending on your flight schedule and departure point, you will be transferred to the airport to connect your flight for further travel.
Arusha to Kilimanjaro International Airport: time is 1-hour drive (51.7 km).
9 DAYS TANZANIA ADVENTURE CULTURAL TOURISM SAFARI INCLUDES.
1. Full board accommodation whilst on safari in the above mentioned en suite tented camps and lodges
2. Private safari guide
3. Maasai Experience tour
4. Extended Toyota Land Cruiser
5. Private 4 x 4 safari jeep with pop up roof for game viewing
6. Transfers in both directions between the International Airport
7. All Park fees
8. All Crater fees
9. All meals while on safari
10. Airport Arrival/Departure Meet and Greets at the airport
11. On Safari – Vehicles equipped with an ice chest with mineral water, wildlife guidebooks
12. Government taxes, VAT and service charges relating to accommodation and included meals
9 DAYS TANZANIA ADVENTURE CULTURAL TOURISM SAFARI EXCLUDES.
1. Tanzania Visa: $50 per person on arrival, USA and Canada passport holders USD.100
2. Personal Expenses (e.g. Laundry, telephone, beverages, etc.)
3. Meals not listed above
4. Optional Tours (balloon rides USD. 500 per person, etc.)
5. Tips and any items of personal nature.
THE CANCELLATION POLICY AND TERMS OF CONDITIONS:
A non-refundable 15% deposit is required to secure the tour and begin the necessary booking processes and ground preparations. An invoice will be sent to the client together with the payment instructions.
The final balance payment of the tour booked is required to be paid not later than 20 days before the tour starts. Bookings made within 20 days prior to the arrival date should be paid in full.
Cancellation received 30 days or more before the tour starts: No Cancellation Fees will be charged.
Cancellation received 15 days before the tour starts: 30% Cancellation Fee will be charged.
Cancellation received 10 days before the tour starts: 50% cancellation fee will be charged.
Cancellation received within 48hrs before the tour starts: 100% Cancellation Fee will be charged.
Originally posted 2018-05-06 10:06:50.
Originally posted 2018-05-06 10:06:50.