Arriving at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will be warmly welcomed by one of our experienced driver guides, ready to greet and escort you to Arusha and your chosen hotel. He will introduce you to this wonderful city and country.Welcome to Arusha and welcome to Tanzania!
Accommodation: 3*[ ] OR 5*Gran Melia Arusha Hotel
Meal Plan: Dinner
Journey time and Distance: 1 hour, 55 km from Kilimanjaro International Airport to Arusha
After a relaxed breakfast, we head for the airport in Arusha where we will catch our mid-morning flight to Grumeti to begin our safari adventure in the Western plains of the Serengeti. On arrival, you are transferred to your lodge to enjoy a hot meal before embarking on an afternoon game drive in the area.
With the help of your expert driver-guide, you will soon discover the delights of the western area of the iconic Serengeti National Park. In the evening, it’s back to your lodge for some much-needed rest and recuperation – and dinner, of course.
Accommodation: 4*Lahia Tented Lodge OR 4*[ ] OR 5*Laba Grumeti Art Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Hot Lunch, and Dinner
Journey time and Distance: 3 hours, (via Kilimanjaro and Manyara)
West of Seronera, the waters of the Grumeti and Mbalageti rivers ensure that this so-called ‘Western Corridor’ is damper and denser in vegetation than you will find on the more southerly plains of the Serengeti. Imagine a mix of woodland and open grassland.
Here, visitors can expect good game-viewing throughout the year, but from late May and throughout June it is usual for the Great Migration to traverse the Western Corridor. Of course, this depends on the timing of the rains, but in any event, there are lion, giraffe, and elephant resident in the region south of the Grumeti. Your driver-guide will help you to spot these, as well as the populations of wildebeest and zebra. At day’s end, your accommodation awaits you. With the sights and sounds still fresh in your consciousness, it’s time to dine and then sleep.
Accommodation: Lahia Tented Lodge OR [ ] OR Laba Grumeti Art Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Hot Lunch box, and Dinner
Before leaving the Western Serengeti, we take the opportunity this morning to enjoy another game drive in this incredible location. This allows us further time to wonder at the migratory herds and the dangers and challenges they face each year in their battle for survival.
As well as the herd animals, you can perhaps see a hippopotamus – or up in the skies, a majestic martial eagle. As well as the migrating animals, this area also has a good population of resident wildlife, so you won’t be disappointed. In the afternoon, we take the short drive back to the central part of Serengeti, where you will be taken to your chosen accommodation for relaxation and your evening meal.
Accommodation: 3*[ ]OR[ ]4*Sametu Camp OR 5*Out of Africa Legend Luxury Tented Suite
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Hot Lunch, and Dinner
Journey time and Distance: 2.5 hours, 80 km from Western Serengeti to Central Serengeti
Waking up in the Serengeti is something really special. Sights, sounds, and smells of Africa are all around us, and ahead is a full day of adventure in the world’s most famous national park. After breakfast, we start today with the morning section of our game drive in Serengeti National Park, marveling at the stunning scenery, ever-changing light, and always entertaining wildlife, all explained to you by your expert driver-guide.
After our picnic lunch, we set off again, searching for wildlife in this awe-inspiring park. Serengeti’s wonders evolve subtly as the day progresses. The myriad animals and birds are the ‘stars of the show’ and Nature’s dramas can unfold at any time. Of course, the animals don’t work to any schedule, so we may find a lion or leopard, elephant, and zebra, cheetah and antelope at any time on our drives. At the end of the afternoon, we return to the camp for dinner and some much-needed rest.
Note: For those who have booked the Balloon Safari for today, you will be picked up from the camp at 05.00 hours for a 06.00 hours departure. If you wish to book a balloon safari, please let us know in advance, The price is $600 per person. After your 60 – 90 minute (depending on wind condition) aerial adventure, experience bush breakfast, and champagne, thereafter your driver-guide will pick you up for your full-day game drive.
Accommodation: [ ] OR Sametu Camp OR Out of Africa Legend Luxury Tented Suite
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Hot Lunch, and Dinner
n the morning depart with picnic-lunch to Ngorongoro Crater. Descent into the Crater to view game on the vast grasslands of the crater-floor. Spectacular animal life can be found throughout the year due to the permanent availability of grass and water. Local wildlife includes black manned lion, the highly endangered black rhino, wildebeest, zebra, elephant, hippo, jackal and hyena. In the afternoon continue to Karatu.
Accommodation: 3*[ ] OR 4*[ ] [ ] OR 5*[ ]
Meal Plan: Break fast, Hot Lunch, and Dinner
Journey time and Distance: 3 hours, 145 km from Central Serengeti to Ngorongoro
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After breakfast guided farm walk with an introduction to the cultivation of coffee. Return with picnic-lunch to Arusha with arrival in the early afternoon.
Drop-off Arusha airport or Kilimanjaro Airport.
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch
Journey time and Distance: 4 hours, 245 km from Ngorongoro to Airport
Fully refundable until 45 days before start
Non-refundable after 45 days before start
