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Tanzania Classic Adventure Safari

This adventure safari takes you to three of Tanzania?s most spectacular attractions.

You stay under tents throughout, just like the safari pioneers. You start at Ngorongoro Crater, which supports a year round resident population of a variety of wildlife.

It is an attraction in its own right and is one of the wonders of the natural world. You then head to Serengeti, probably the most famous wildlife sanctuary in the world.

Serengeti is a big game haven that also hosts over 3 million large mammals! You then close at Lake Manyara National Park, an ornithologists? paradise that is also famous for the elusive tree-climbing lions.

ITINERARY of Tanzania Classic Adventure Safari:

Day 1 ARUSHA / LAKE MANYARA: 1400 Hrs after lunch in a restaurant in Arusha, depart for Lake Manyara National Park. Arrive ready for an evening game drive in Lake Manyara National Park.

The park covers 330 sq. km, 70% of which is occupied by the lake. The varied ecosystem consists of ground water forests, acacia woodland and open grassland along the lake shore and sustains a wealth of wildlife, including the Big Five -lion, elephant, leopard, rhino and buffalo.

The park is famous for the elusive tree-climbing lions that inhabit the woodland between the lake and the Rift Valley. It is also an ornithologists? paradise and is host to over 400 species of birds.

Dinner and overnight at a camp at Mto Wa Mbu

Day 2 of Tanzania Classic Adventure Safari at SERENGETI:

After breakfast, collect lunch boxes and depart for Serengeti National Park. You arrive ready for an afternoon game drive in the park.

The Serengeti is probably the most famous wildlife sanctuary in the world. Within its 15,000 sq km area it hosts 3 million large mammals. More than 35 species of plain animals- zebra, wildebeest, eland, giraffe, and others are found here.

And so for the big five: elephant, lion, buffalo, leopard and rhino.

The park is the staging zone for one the most spectacular events in the natural world- the annual migration of wildebeest.

This commences around June when over 1 million wildebeest, zebra and gazelle head for the Maasai Mara in Kenya in search of pasture.

They are followed closely by the predators of the savanna- lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena and vultures. The Serengeti also has over 500 species of birds.

Dinner and overnight under tents in the Serengeti

Day 3 SERENGETI:

You take a full day tour of Serengeti for an encounter with the wildlife for which the park is famous. You will sometimes in early afternoon break for picnic lunch.

Dinner and overnight under tents in the Serengeti

Day 4 SERENGETI / NGORONGORO:

After breakfast, drive to Ngorongoro via Olduvai Gorge where you will enjoy a picnic lunch.

Olduvai Gorge is the prehistoric site where Dr. Louis Leakey discovered the remains of Homo habilis (?Handy man?) regarded as mankind?s first step on the path of human evolution.

In the afternoon, drive to Simba Campsite.

Dinner and overnight at Simba Campsite.

Day 5 NGORONGORO:

After breakfast you depart for a half day tour of the crater. The drive commences with the 600 m descent to the crater floor, a magnificent natural amphitheater.

Covering 260 sq. km, the crater is an attraction in its own right and is one of the wonders of the natural world. The crater supports a year round resident population of a variety of wildlife.

You will have no trouble spotting lion, elephant, rhino, buffalo and many species of plain animals- wildebeest, zebra, reed buck, Thompson gazelle and many more. You will have packed picnic lunch on the crater floor. After lunch depart for Karatu.

Dinner and overnight under tents at Karatu

Day 6 NGORONGORO / ARUSHA:

After breakfast, drive to Arusha to arrive for lunch in a restaurant in the town. rate!

Note:

When arranging for your international air tickets, note that it is usually cheaper to disembark at Nairobi in Kenya. You then take a shuttle bus to Arusha at a cost of US$ 20.

This shuttle bus leaves at 0800 and 1400 hrs daily from either Nairobi or Arusha. The drive takes 5 hours. If you wish to make use of this option, please indicate so.

Includes in Tanzania Classic Adventure Safari:

- Arrival and departure lunch at a restaurant at Arusha

- Park entrance fee at Ngorongoro, Serengeti and Lake Manyara

- Accommodation in tents with 2 persons per tent

- Services of a cook to prepare 3 meals per day while on safari

- Service of an English speaking driver guide

- Transport based on a 4WD safari vehicle with pop up roof for game viewing

- Driver allowances and park fees for vehicle and driver

- Game drives as per the Itinerary

- Any applicable Government taxes

Excludes in Tanzania Classic Adventure Safari:

- International flight