7 Days Tanzania Safari

Day 1

Arusha – Lake Manyara Distance: 203/130 km Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included Pick up from Moshi/Arusha and transfer to Lake Manyara National Park. We arrive in time for lunch at the lodge/campsite and after lunch 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 National Park – 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 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’s centre not far from 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 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 the’Nutcracker Man’ and ‘Handy Man’, both very significant links in the chain of human evolution. We arrive in time for lunch at the lodge and spend the afternoon at leisure. Dinner and overnight as per the standard and type of accommodation option requested on the crater rim, no accommodation available inside the crater.

Day 5

Ngorongoro Crater Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included After breakfast we descend 600m into this magnificent crater for a full-day game drive. The Ngorongoro Crater is one of the most densely crowded African wildlife areas in the world and is home to an estimated 30,000 animals including some of Tanzania’s last remaining black rhino. 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 its huge population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard. We will enjoy a picnic lunch on the crater floor.

Day 6

Ngorongoro Crater – Tarangire National Park Distance: 155 km Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included After breakfast we depart for the Tarangire National Park. The park runs along the line of the Tarangire River and is mainly made up of low-lying hills on the Great Rift Valley floor. Its natural vegetation mainly consists of Acacia woodland and giant African Baobab trees, with huge swamp areas in the south. Both the river and the swamps act like a magnet for wild animals, during Tanzania’s dry season. The Tarangire National Park is reputed to contain some of the largest elephant herds in Africa. This African National Park is also home to three rare species of animals – the Greater Kudu, the Fringed-eared Oryx, as well as a few Ashy Starlings. After a picnic lunch we do an afternoon game drive.

Day 7

Tarangire National Park – Arusha/Moshi Distance: 120 km Meals: Breakfast & Lunch included We enjoy an early morning game drive in the Tarangire National Park, followed by breakfast at the lodge. We will then transfer back to Moshi/Arusha. Upon arrival will we have lunch and 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 (very much appreciated).