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Arrival day: |
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Kilimanjaro Airport - Arusha: |
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Airport transfer with private
vehicle and guide, Amani Afrika
donates $50 per person
to Support for
indigenous Children
program, a non-profit
organization supporting
which provides funds to
supply food to the orphanages in
Tanzania (www.sichildren.org).
Arusha is a city of northern
Tanzania surrounded by some of
Africa's most famous landscapes
and national parks. Beautifully
situated below Mount Meru on the
eastern edge of the eastern
branch of the Great Rift Valley,
it has a pleasant climate and is
close to Serengeti, Ngorongoro
Crater, Lake Manyara, Olduvai
Gorge, Tarangire National Park,
and Mount Kilimanjaro, as well
as having its own Arusha
National Park on Mount Meru.
International flights arrive at
Kilimanjaro International
Airport, and regional flights
use Arusha airport.
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Day 2: |
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Arusha - Tarangire: |
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Game viewing with your
expert guide in
Tarangire National Park.
Includes national park
fees. Enjoy lunch
(included in tour
price). Enjoy afternoon
game viewing with your
skilled guide. Tarangire
National Park is
probably one of the
least visited of the
northern Tanzanian game
parks, and retains a
real air of undiscovered
Africa, particularly in
the south of the park.
Just a two hours drive
away from Arusha. It
lies a little distance
to the south east of
Lake Manyara and covers
an area of approximately
2,850 square kilometers.
It is named after the Tarangire
River that flows through the park.
The swamps, tinged green year round,
are the focus for 550 bird
varieties; the mobs of elephant are
easily encountered in any season. |
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Day 3: |
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Tarangire - Serengeti: |
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Wake up very early in the morning
for a transfer to Serengeti. No
visit to this part of the world
would be complete without calling in
at Olduvai Gorge – site of the
Laetoli hominid footprints, Oldupai
Mu- seum and many fossilised
hominid, animal and plant
specimens. A self-guided tour of
the museum and a short lecture
provides an excellent start to
learning more about the history of
hominids and other mammals. Game on
route to Serengeti. |
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Day 4: |
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Full day in Serengeti: |
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Game viewing with your
expert guide in
Serengeti National Park.
Includes national park
fees. Tanzania's oldest
and most popular national park, the
Serengeti is massive in size, 14,763 sq
km (5,700 sq miles). Famed for its
annual migration, when some six million
hooves pound the open plains, as more
than 200,000 zebra and 300,000 Thomson's
gazelle join the wildebeest’s trek for
fresh grazing. Yet even when the
migration is quiet, the Serengeti offers
the most expansive game-viewing in
Africa: great herds of buffalo, smaller
groups of elephant and giraffe, and
thousands upon thousands of eland, topi, kongoni,
impala and Grant’s gazelle. Enjoy lunch
(included in tour
price). Enjoy afternoon
game viewing with your
skilled guide. Enjoy
dinner (included in tour
price). |
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Day 5: |
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Serengeti-Ngorongoro: |
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A leisurely breakfast this morning
allows up to set off mid-morning,
via the Gol Plains, in the direction
of the 8th Wonder of the World; the
Ngorongoro Crater.
Arrive in time for a lunch with a
spectacular view and the optional of
an afternoon Wilderness Walk. A
spare couple of hours allow you to
rest in time for a stunning African
sunset with cocktails and dinner
menu to match. |
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Day 6: |
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Ngorongoro Crater - Nainokanoka: |
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The first glimpse of the Ngorongoro
Crater is an unforgettable experience.
Although commonly referred to as a
crater, it is actually a caldera. At
over 20 km’s across and 600m deep the
Ngorongoro Caldera is the largest
unbroken, un-flooded caldera in the world
and clear testimony to this regions
volcanic history. The most renowned part
of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area,
this unique feature is legendary for the
more than 25 000 wild animals that
occupy the crater-floor.
In addition to the
large
population of grazing animals,
the small soda-lake (Lake Makat) is home
to flamingos. Africa’s Big-5 - Lion,
Elephant, Buffalo, Leopard and Rhino are
all to be found here along with Hippo,
Zebra, Warthog, Eland and many of
Africa’s other wild animals. Picnic
lunch, then
you will have a hike to Olmoti Cater and
Mungu waterfalls before returning to
Nainokanoka Village. |
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Nainokanoka - Empakaai: |
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After breakfast, begin trekking to
Empakai Crater. All gear, food and water
will be carried by donkeys and driven by
a Maasai warrior. You will have dinner
and overnight at the campsite at Empakai
Crater. |
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Day 8: |
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Empakaai - Acacia: |
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After exploring the crater for a few
hours, continue trekking to Naiyobi
Village for a rest, continuing on to
Acacia Campsite for dinner and
overnight. |
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Acacia – Lake Natron: |
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Trek from Acacia to the base of Ol
Doinyo Lengai where our vehicle will be
waiting to drive you the rest of the
way. You may tour the waterfalls at
Engare Sero and visit the Lake. You will
have dinner and overnight at Lake Natron
Public Campsite. |
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Lake Natron - Arusha: |
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You will be transferred to the base
of the volcano, Mt Oldoinyo Lengai
around midnight to begin your climb
with a guide. Enjoy the steep climb
and descend to the camp for a shower
and lunch then depart for Arusha.
Transfer back to your hotel. |
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Departure day: |
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Arusha and beyond: |
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This morning we have an
adventure de-briefing
followed by transfer to
your Arusha departure
point or JRO for your
travel beyond. |
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