Best of Tanzania Safari

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Upon arrival at the Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will be met and transferred to Serena Mountain Village for overnight.

Located on a coffee plantation on the shores of Lake Duluti, the Serena Mountain Village is the perfect place to relax before embarking on your safari experience. Designed as an authentic African village, guests are housed in cottages thatched with banana fronds, surrounded by tropical shade trees and bougainvillea. All guest rooms have en suite bathrooms and many amenities. The lodge boasts magnificent views of the mighty snow capped Mount Kilimanjaro on one side and Lake Duluti and the rugged peaks of Mount Meru on the other.

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Meet your guide and depart for Tarangire National Park which Tanzania’s best-kept secret on the northern safari circuit. Named after a nearby river called Tarangire, it has the same attractions as the parks up-north- the only difference is that this place is not usually as crowded as the other ones.

Arrive in time for lunch at Maramboi tented camp a permanent safari camp and situated on the eastern shore of Lake Manyara within the migratory corridor of the Manyara and Tarangire National Parks.

Following lunch, depart for an afternoon game viewing drive in the park returning later as the sun sets. This is a year round park with distinct seasons offering different experiences, from dusty, dry and baking with animals clustered around the rapidly reducing river, to the fecund green season full of new born animals and chattering birds.

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After breakfast, depart to beautiful Lake Manyara, a shallow alkaline lake that shimmers in a cleft in the Great Rift Valley. You will arrive for lunch at your lodge followed by afternoon game drive.

Tucked below the majesty of the Rift Valley wall, Lake Manyara National Park consists of a thin green band of forest, flanked by the sheer 600 m high red and brown cliffs of the escarpment on one side and by the white hot shores of an ancient soda lake on the other. Acacia woodland shelters the park’s famous tree climbing lions, lying languidly among the branches in the heat of the day. Lake Manyara safaris offers many unique views including elephant, giraffe, buffalo and wildebeest can be found grazing in unexpected clearings or heading towards the water to drink or wash, and the rivers and riverbeds provide scenic vistas for possible animal spotting. Warthog seem to thrive here, growing notably fat and tuskered, and it is a natural playground for baboons and monkeys. Later on in the afternoon, you will be transferred to which stands on the edge of the escarpment, overlooking the lake.

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After breakfast, leave Lake Manyara and cross into Serengeti National Park, stopping en route at Ol Duvai Gorge. Known as the ‘Cradle of Mankind’, this is one of the most important prehistoric sites in the world. Pioneered by famous paleontologists Louis and Mary Leakey in the 1950's it offers a glimpse into life two million years ago. Arrive at either the Serengeti Serena Lodge in time to relax and enjoy a classic safari supper.

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After breakfast, enjoy a full day’s game driving (meals taken in true safari style ‘in the bush’) in the vast and sensational Serengeti, which covers 14,763 sq. km of endlessly rolling savannah. Venue for ‘the greatest wildlife show on Earth’, the annual migration of over one million wildebeest, the park is

also renowned for its lions, cheetahs, zebras, giraffes and plains game. Overnight at the lodge.

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After breakfast, drive to the famous Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area (NCCA), which features rolling plains, lakes, craters, mountains and dormant volcanoes. Journey up the side of the vast Ngorongoro Crater, a World Heritage Site, which is one of the largest volcanic craters in the world (almost 20 kilometers wide, 610-760 meters deep and covering a total area of 264 sq km) and arrive at the Ngorongoro Serena Lodge in time for ‘sun downer’ cocktails and one of the finest views in the world.

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Drive to Arusha town for lunch at Arusha Coffee Lodge. A day room has been reserved for you until 6pm. Following lunch, you will be transferred to Kilimanjaro airport for your International flight back home.