5 Days Tanzania Safari

Day 1

Arusha – Lake Manyara Distance: 130 km Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included Pick up from Moshi and transfer to Lake Manyara national park. We arrive in time for lunch at the lodge and after lunch do we head into the Lake Manyara National Park for an afternoon game drive. This national park is one of Tanzania’s most dramatically located wildlife areas, consisting of a massive but shallow soda lake (covering two-thirds of the park), located at the foot of the Great Rift Valley’s western escarpment. The park’s varied habitat attracts a wide variety of animals, including one of Africa’s largest concentrations of elephants, Lake Manyara’s unique tree-climbing lions, as well as large flocks of flamingos attracted by the algae in the lake.

Day 2

Lake Manyara – Serengeti Plains Distance: 205km Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included After breakfast we head towards the Serengeti National Park, via the beautiful high lying farmland of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Leaving the highlands behind, we descend into the heart of wild Africa – the Serengeti National Park – with its endless plains, rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see. We head to the central park area, known as the Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park, featuring the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species. We arrive in time for lunch and enjoy an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti national park.

Day 3

Serengeti Plains Distance: 145km Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included Be one of only a few fortunate people to glide in a Hot Air Balloon over the Serengeti Plains (available at supplementary cost by pre-arrangement). Floating silently above the awakening bush, while spotting wildlife and enjoying the amazing scenery of Africa, across rivers and over numerous small villages. We do an after breakfast game viewing drive along the Sogore River Circuit, which loops into the plains south of the Seronera River, and which is good for possible Lion, Thomson gazelle, topi, ostrich and cheetah sightings. The Visitor Centre close to the Serengeti Seronera Lodge and public campsites, is well worth a visit after the morning’s game drive. This nicely designed centre offers some interesting wildlife displays as well as a gift shop selling information leaflets and maps of the area. The centre also has a shop where cold drinks and snacks can be purchased, as well as a picnic area and information trail up and around a nearby kopje. We will enjoy a relaxed picnic lunch at the centre in the shade of the giant acacia trees. In the afternoon we will follow the Kopjes Circuit, which goes anti-clockwise around the Maasai Kopjes, which usually attract a number of lion and some formidably large cobras. Kopjes are weathered granite outcrops, scattered around the plains, most of which are miniature ecosystems, providing shade and drinking water in pools left in the rock after the rains. This makes the kopjes particularly good for spotting wildlife in the dry seasons – including lions, which like to lie in wait for animals coming to drink!

Day 4

Serengeti Plains – Ngorongoro crater Distance: 145 km Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included After breakfast at the lodge do we depart to Ngorongoro Conservation area. We will stopover at Olduvai Gorge, boasting with a history dating back to the dawn of time. It was here, that the anthropologists Drs. Lois and Mary Leakey discovered the skulls of ‘Nutcracker Man’ and ‘Handy Man’, both very significant links in the chain of human evolution.

Day 5

Ngorongoro crater – Moshi/Arusha Distance: 273 km Meals: Breakfast & Lunch included After early breakfast, we will descend over 600 meters into the crater to view wildlife for a half day’s safari tour. Supported by a year round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro National Park supports a vast variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants. Another big draw card to this picturesque national park, is it’s dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard, which sometimes requires a trained eye to spot. We will visit Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the southwestern corner, which is one of the main features of the crater. A large number of flamingos, hippos and other water birds can usually been seen here. In afternoon get lunch at your lodge after which we will transfer back to Moshi. Upon arrival in Moshi then we will end our African safari adventure. You will be taken to your hotel, which ends our safari services.

 

CHUMIA AFRICAN TRAVEL 2018/19 SAFARI PRICE RATES Price Per Person/Day (USD)

Code	Category	Price
CAT/WILD-1/1	Basic Tours	Contact to get a quote
CAT/WILD-1/2	Comfort Tours	contact to get a quote
CAT/WILD-1/3	Comfort Plus Tours	contact to get a quote

More than Just a Wildlife Experience

CAT provide beyond your expectation

Basic Tours

Travelers will be sleeping on public campsites; bathroom facilities are shared with fellow travelers at the camp. Travelers travel together in our own vehicle, with our own driver-guide and a chef who prepares all food

Comfort Tours

Travelers will be staying in small lodges and tented camps, bathroom facilities are unsuited, this option is perfect balance of quality and price. Comfort accommodations are handpicked to ensure the best quality.

Comfort Plus Tours

To some travelers’ luxury is more important. With comfort plus you will stay in lodges or tented camps where the quality of services and facilities is that of big hotel organization. Chumia African Travel will pamper you on your Comfort Plus safari.

Price For safari includes

• Transport with qualified driver guide in 4x4 safari Land cruiser with viewing open roof.
• Ngorongoro Crater service fee.
• All National Park entry fees.
• Transport from airport to hotel as well as from hotel back to the airport.
• Park commission Government tax
• 2 nights of BB Hotel accommodation, before and after safari.
• Bottled drinking water
• Service of a professional safari cook, Professional English Speaking guide.
• 3 meals a day while on safari: all breakfast and dinner to be hot meals at your camp, while the lunch boxes will be provided during day hours when you are doing game drives, you will eat your lunches at picnic areas located inside the parks.
• Accommodation in camping while on safari.
• Pairs of binoculars

Tour price does not includes;

• Lunch, dinner and drinks at your hotel in Arusha/Moshi before and after safari.
• Personal items such as cameras, phones etc.
• Tip for guide and cook. *Guides $20/day *Cook $10/day