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Majestic Tanzania Safari
4 Nights/5 Days – Arusha, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater & Serengeti
After a Pre-Safari briefing and introduction to your dedicated Safari Driver Guide, depart and drive to Lake Manyara Serena Lodge to arrive in the early afternoon for check-in.
Lake Manyara Serena Lodge
Standing high on the edge of a towering escarpment with panoramic views over the glittering alkaline waters of Lake Manyara, Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge offers a unique blend of tranquility, wildlife discovery, and ornithological richness. Enjoy magnificent views of the Lake from the comfort of your room or opt for a swim in the lodge’s swimming pool located on the cliff of the Great Rift Valley.
SAFARI ITINERARY
Day 1 – Arusha to Lake Manyara
08:00hrs After a Pre-Safari briefing and introduction to your dedicated Safari Driver Guide, depart and drive to Lake Manyara Serena Lodge to arrive in the early afternoon for check-in.
Lake Manyara Serena Lodge
Standing high on the edge of a towering escarpment with panoramic views over the glittering alkaline waters of Lake Manyara, Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge offers a unique blend of tranquility, wildlife discovery, and ornithological richness. Enjoy magnificent views of the Lake from the comfort of your room or opt for a swim in the lodge’s swimming pool located on the cliff of the Great Rift Valley.
Lunch in the lodge followed by an afternoon at leisure. Other activities offered at the lodge that include: High-action Mountain Biking around the adjacent landscapes, Bird Walks, Wildlife Talks, Audio-Visual Presentations and Talks on the Heritage and Traditions of the Local tribes, Water Colour Painting, Recurve Target Archery among others…
At 16:00hrs, depart and drive to the nearby Lake Manyara National park for game viewing drive. The
extraordinary birdlife and Tree climbing lions are but one of the lure. The place is world-renown amongst
the ornithologists, who come to observe the masses of pink flamingos and great birds of prey.
All meals and overnight at Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge
Day 2 – Lake Manyara to Western Serengeti
After breakfast in the lodge, depart and drive to Serengeti National Park. Enjoy game viewing drive enroute
to Kirawira Serena Camp to arrive in time for lunch.
Kirawira Serena Camp
Close to the Grumeti River, famed for its giant crocodiles, perched on a hill with uninterrupted views of the
plains of the Western Serengeti, the Camp offers its guests a luxurious tented African experience! It is a
reincarnation of a Victorian tented camp and guests enjoy a valet service, superb house cuisine, fine wines
and the best of East African hospitality.
Throughout the camp, native wood, African art and tented canvas are combined with typical Victorian and
colonial furniture to recall a bygone era of explorers, pioneers and the early colonial settlers. The
accommodation is housed in deluxe individual tents set on wooden platforms with a private verandah from
which there are spectacular views over the endless Serengeti.
Lunch in the Camp with the afternoon at leisure.
16:00hrs Enjoy a game viewing drive in the Western Serengeti before returning to the Camp for dinner.
Dinner and overnight at Kirawira Serena Camp.
Day 3 – Western Serengeti
Full day in Western Serengeti with morning and afternoon game viewing drives. Apart from the Selous,
this is the largest of all the Parks in Tanzania, summed up as 'one of the most unique areas in the world'.
The Serengeti contains the largest remaining concentration of plains game in Africa, on a scale which has
no parallel anywhere in the world.
The abundance of herbivores includes wildebeest, zebra, gazelle, topi, buffalo, hartebeest, to name but a few. Serengeti is also famous for lion and contains a wide variety of birdlife, believed to be in the region of 350 species. Even during the height of the migration towards the Maasai Mara, there is a huge concentration of plains game in the Reserve, mainly concentrated around the watering places, and with good chances also of seeing the predators at work.
All meals and overnight at Kirawira Serena Camp.
Day 4 – Serengeti to Ngorongoro
After breakfast depart and drive to Ngorongoro with a brief stop at the Olduvai Gorge. Olduvai Gorge the 'Crater of Mankind' is world famous for the Archaeological discoveries made there by Dr. Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey.
Drive on climbing to an altitude of 8,000 feet. You continue to ascend to the exterior of the crater reaching its rim and here your first glimpse of what has often been referred to as the “Eighth wonder of the World.”
Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge
The Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge is built onto the rim of this amazing natural phenomenon, a stunning plant and local creeper covered stone lodge where guests co-exist in perfect harmony with the surrounding natural environment and wildlife.
Lunch in the lodge followed by an afternoon at leisure.
15:00hrs Descend to the floor of the crater for game viewing drives. Often described as the ‘Eighth’ wonder of the World, the Ngorongoro crater is so spectacular, a natural sanctuary for over 25,000 animals, including the black rhino. It is also a conservation area inhabited by the Masai tribe.
As the sun sets on the western side of the crater rim, ascend and drive to the Lodge to arrive in time to refresh for dinner.
All meals and overnight at Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge.
Day 5 – Ngorongoro Crater to Arusha & Departure
After an early breakfast at the lodge, depart and drive to Arusha to arrive at Lake Duluti Serena Hotel for a farewell lunch.
Lake Duluti Serena Hotel
Nestled at the foot of the wooded slopes of Mount Meru, this unique hotel stands amid coffee plantations on the shores of tranquil Lake Duluti. Designed to echo the traditional style of the colonial coffee farm, which originally stood on this site, the hotel offers a range of tastefully presented cottage-styled rooms set amid extensive landscaped grounds.
Later transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your homebound flight.
Enjoy your Safari Experience with us!!
Costs
2nd Jan - 31st March 2019 & 1st Nov – 22nd December 2019
US $ 2610.00* per person sharing
US $ 2940.00* per person in single room
1st April – 31st May 2019
US $ 2290.00* per person sharing
US $ 2368.00* per person in single room
1st June - 31st Oct 2019 & 23rd Dec 2019 - 1st Jan 2020
US $ 3160.00* per person sharing
US $ 3620.00* per person in single room
*Minimum 2 pax
*Easter supplement: US$ 35.00 per person per day
*Christmas supplement: US$ 40.00 per person per day applicable on 24th , 25th , 26th & 31st Dec – 1st Jan
Terms & conditions
Package cost offer includes the following services: -
- 02 nights on full board basis at Lake Manyara and Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge
- 02 nights on full board basis at the Kirawira Serena Camp
- Game viewing drives in custom made Safari 4x4WD Land Cruiser
- Services of a dedicated English speaking driver guide
- Park and Carter Service entrance fees
- Complimentary Farewell Lunch at Lake Duluti Serena Hotel on the last day
Package cost excludes the following services:
- International and Visa entry charges to Tanzania
- All items of personal use i.e. drinks, laundry, telephone calls, gratuities/tips to Driver Guides and hotel staff, personal travel insurances- etc.
