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| DAY 1
- ARRIVE ARUSHA
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Arrive today into Kilimanjaro International Airport and after clearing customs you will be met and driven to the beautiful Moivaro Coffee Lodge - situated between Arusha and on a forty acre of coffee plantation with a spectacular view of Mt. Meru and the surrounding countryside. Each of the 40 picturesque cottages has its own verandah and there is a swimming pool, bar and restaurant as well as jogging path, massage room and internet facilities. Relax for the rest of the day.
Overnight
- Moivaro Coffee Lodge (D, B&B basis) |
| DAY 2
- ARUSHA NATIONAL PARK
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This morning you will be met by your private Tanzanian guide who will remain with you throughout your Tanzania safari. Your safari begins at the beautiful Arusha National Park, one of the most picturesque in East Africa. This often overlooked park is a small gem containing several lakes, the 14,000 ft. Mt. Meru and the Ngurdoto Crater. The park is inhabited by elephant, buffalo, zebra, gazelle, wart hog, hippo and an amazing quantity of giraffes. In the Ndurdoto Forest you will have a chance to observe the rare black & white Colobus Monkey.
You will have a full day in the park with a picnic lunch arriving back at the lodge in the early evening with time to relax before dinner.
Overnight
- Moivaro Coffee Lodge (all meals & activities) |
| DAY 3
- TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK
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After breakfast at the lodge, you will depart Arusha for scenic Tarangire National Park, Tanzania’s third largest. Here you’ll find a geologic landscape as diverse as the wildlife, with nine distinct vegetation zones ranging from grassland to woodland, from deep gully vegetation to scattered rocky hilltops. Mysterious Baobab trees dot the landscape and the Tarangire River meanders through the park. During the dry season the river attracts an abundance of wildlife, including up to 6000 elephant, lion, cheetah, and buffalo and a variety of colorful birds.
Your accommodations for the next three nights will be at the Tarangire River Camp, set just outside the western border of the park on a high ridge over looking the Tarangire River. Views of Mt. Meru, Kilimanjaro and Ngorongoro, oldonyo lengai, and the Great Rift Valley can be seen from every corner of the Camp. Activities include wildlife viewing in the park and walking and hiking.
After lunch enjoy an afternoon game drive followed by drinks around the fire.. Dinner is served under the stars or in the dining gazebo.
Overnight
- Tarangire River Camp (all meals & activities)
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| DAYS 4/5
- TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK
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Over the next two days you’ll be awakened at dawn with coffee or tea, then depart on an early morning game drive in the park. Afterwards you will return to camp for a hearty breakfast, then either relax for a while or go for a guided walk. After lunch you will depart in search of leopard – looking for the “chui” tails that hang down from the trees that line the Tarangire River. With a little luck the tail may lead to a leopard. You will return to camp in the early evening for drinks around the fire then dinner.
Overnight
- Tarangire River Camp (all meals & activities)
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| DAY 6
- LAKE MANYARA / NGORONGORO HIGHLANDS
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Arise early this morning and after tea or coffee with biscuits, you’ll leave Tarangire for a short drive across the Great Rift Valley to Lake Manyara National Park. Although only 205 sq. miles in size this enchanting park is noted for its beauty and incredibly lush acacia forest of giant fig and mahogany trees, which are home to troops of baboons and blue monkeys. The park is also home to large numbers of buffalo, giraffe, elephant, hippo, impala and the Hippo Pool, where large numbers usually gather. Well known for its birds (over 400 species), Lake Manyara is one of the few places you will see the comical Ground Hornbill and the Crested Eagle.
After a picnic lunch in a scenic spot and more wildlife viewing – you’ll drive up the escarpment through the lush highlands to the Ngorongoro Farm House continue to the Ngorongoro Farm House. The Ngorongoro Farm house is an luxury lodge facing the Oldeani Volcano, set on a 500 acre coffee farm located only 3 miles from the Ngorongoro Conservation Area gate. Three separate and intimate camps contain a total of 30 comfortable bungalows. The large main building, covered with an elegant thatched roof, contains the reception, bar, dining area, library and lounge with a fireplace where guests can enjoy a rest during the cool evenings in the highlands. Guest Areas are completed by a swimming pool with superb views of Oldeani Volcano and a craft shop. There is also an organic vegetable and flower garden.
Relax for the rest of the day, walk in the gardens or rest by the pool.
Overnight
- Ngorongoro Farm House (all meals & activities) |
| DAY 7
- NGORONGORO CRATER
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After a hearty Farm House breakfast you will drive a short ways to the crater - the first glimpse takes your breath away. The crater is the largest unbroken caldera on earth. The floor of this collapsed volcano spreads for 102 sq. miles and the walls are 2,000 ft. high, a truly awesome sight. The crater floor is a virtual "Noah's Ark", inhabited by almost every species of wildlife indigenous to East Africa including the rare black rhino. It contains a river, several swamps, a soda lake - complete with flamingoes, a forest and open plains.
Spend the day in the crater, stopping for a picnic lunch. In the early afternoon, return up the steep road and back to the Ngorongoro Farm House.
Overnight
- Ngorongoro Farm House (all meals & activities) |
| DAY 8
- ARUSHA / NAIROBI
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This morning you will depart after breakfast back to Arusha’s Kilimanjaro International Airport, with a stop for lunch at the KIA Lodge. After saying goodbye to your guide you will catch the scheduled flight to Nairobi’s Wilson Airport.
After clearing customs you will be met and transferred to the Fairview Hotel. Owned and managed by three generations of one family since 1946, the Fairview is set on five acres of beautiful landscaped gardens with comfortable rooms that offer every modern facility. The The Fairview’s award winning chefs create wonderful cuisine in the four dining venues. Try the MukutanGarden Café for Nairobi’s finest coffee and light meals, the Pwani Pool Restaurant for a full range of international cuisine alfresco or the Mitende Atrium Sushi Bar.
Overnight
- The Fairview Hotel (B, L) |
| DAYS 9/10
- LEWA WILDLIFE RESERVE
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This morning after breakfast you will be met at the hotel transferred to Nairobi’s Wilson Field and depart on the scheduled flight for the Lewa Wildlife Reserve, a private game sanctuary, located in the Laikipia area. Here you’ll encounter the northern species as well as plenty of plains game, elephant, buffalo, and the odd predator… all against a stunning backdrop – Mt. Kenya on one side and the Matthews Range on the other.
Lewa Safari Camp is located in the Ngare Sergoi Rhino Sanctuary which is part of the reserve. The twelve luxury tents with private baths en suite (flush toilets and hot water showers) overlook a floodlit water hole where you can watch numerous wildlife come to drink. Besides day time game drives and walks, you will have the opportunity to take night game drives allowing you a chance to see bush babies, aardvarks, bat-eared foxes and several cats. For a special treat, take a morning horseback ride amongst the wildlife, and get within an arm’s length to giraffe and zebra. The ambiance of the camp and the food are wonderful.
Enjoy your days here on morning, afternoon and evening game drive, camel rides and guided wildlife walks.
Overnight
- Lewa Safari Camp (all meals and most activities) |
| DAYS 11/12/13
- MAASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE
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After breakfast you’ll depart for the airstrip and board the schedule flight back to Nairobi. From here you will connect the 10:00am scheduled flight to the famous Maasai Mara, arriving at 11:00am. The Maasai Mara is an extension of the Serengeti ecosystem and is home to "Big Five" ... elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo and rhino, as well as thousands of the greater and lesser plains game. From mid August through October, the vast herds of Wildebeest, Zebra and gazelle, that make up the “great migration” make the Mara their home.
When you land at the airstrip a vehicle from the Kicheche Mara Camp will meet you and with a game drive en-route, transfer you to the remote Kicheche Mara Camp. This is a classic permanent tented camp hidden away in a grove of trees on the Aitong plains of the Maasai Mara. There are a maximum of 22 guests, all staying under canvas in this intimate camp situated in prime wildlife habitat – the camp is completely unfenced. Each tent is comfortably furnished with an en-suite bathrooms and 24 hour lighting. Most tents are set in secluded positions overlooking the plains, where you can watch the wildlife from your veranda or take a nap in the hammock, while others are closer together for families or friends. The spacious Nyati tent acts as the camp lounge with comfortable seating, a library, board games, cards and local crafts.
After lunch relax bit before heading out on an afternoon game drive, returning to camp for a sundowner by the campfire and dinner under the stars. On your next two days wake with coffee or tea for a sunrise game drive, returning to camp for a delicious brunch, then relax during the heat of the day before departing on afternoon game drives along with optional guided walks and a visit to a local Maasai Village.
Overnight
- Kicheche Mara Tented Camp (all meals & activities)
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| MAASAI MARA / NAIROBI / DEPART
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After breakfast you’ll say good-bye to the bush and transfer to the airstrip for your 11:00am flight back to Nairobi. At Wilson Field you will be met and transferred to the Fairview Hotel where you will have a day room. Your afternoon is at leisure to rest and relax or shop for souvenirs. Enjoy dinner on your own, before being met and transferred to the international airport for your flight home.
Dayroom - The Fairview Hotel (B)
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EXPLORE EAST AFRICA’S TOP WILDLIFE RESERVES IN THIS COMPREHENSIVE YET COMFORTABLE SAFARI. DESIGNED FOR THE BEST WILDLIFE VIEWING FOR THE MONTHS OF JULY THROUGH OCTOBER, YOU WILL EXPERIENCE THE “NOAH’S ARK” THAT IS NGORONGORO CRATER, VAST HERDS OF ELEPHANT IN TARANGIRE, NOCTURNAL WILDLIFE AT LEWA AND THE GREAT MIGRATION IN THE MAASAI MARA. ACCOMMODATIONS ARE IN SMALL PERMANENT TENTED CAMPS AND LODGES. TRAVEL IS BY MODIFIED 4WD VEHICLE AND LIGHT AIRCRAFT AND WILDLIFE ACTIVATES ARE LED BY YOUR PRIVATE GUIDE IN TANZANIA AND RESIDENT CAMP GUIDES IN KENYA.
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