Itinerary

Day 1 - Arrive Kilimanjaro, Tanzania / Arusha

Connect in Amsterdam with your flight to Kilimanjaro Airport, arriving late evening. You will be met on arrival by Safari Legacy and transferred to the Lake Duluti Lodge for overnight. (Meals aloft)

Day 2 & 3 - Tarangire National Park

After breakfast and safari briefing, depart and proceed for Tarangire where you will enjoy two full days exploring Tarangire National Park. Our stay here will include a welcome reception cocktail, nature walk with sundowner, morning and afternoon game drives, and an evening game drive. Tarangire is known for a wonderful diversity of wildlife and a stunning landscape dotted with baobab trees, as well as its large herds of elephant;  home to more than 2,500 individuals and more than 260 bird species. Overnight at Safari Legacy’s Maisha Kikoti Safari Camp. (BLD)

Day 4 - Tarangire / Maasai Village visit / Mto Wa Mbu Cultural Village Visit / Ngorongoro Highlands

This morning we enjoy a morning game drive as we depart Tarangire National Park en route to Manyara. On arrival we have a wonderful learning and discovery opportunity where we have a guided tour Mto Wa Mbu ending in a fabulous traditional local lunch.  After our lunch we continue to a Maasai Village where we have opportunities to explore and learn about the Maasai way of life which has not changed in hundreds of years. We enjoy being their guests and seeing how they live out their lives each day. We continue to the Ngorongoro Highlands where we overnight at the Plantation Lodge. (BLD)

Day 5 - Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast, we make our descent into the Ngorongoro Crater, the Earth’s largest unbroken caldera.  A veritable “Garden of Eden”, the Crater is reputed to contain the highest density of carnivores, which includes cheetah, leopard and lion. This is the only place in East Africa where one can easily observe a natural population of black rhino. Full day exploring the crater with picnic lunch served at designated site.  This evening we overnight at the Plantation Lodge (BLD)

Day 6 & 7 - Olduvai Gorge / Serengeti National Park (Seronera Valley)

Today we navigate around the crater’s rim descending to Olduvai Gorge, one of the most important prehistoric archaeological sites on Earth. It was here in the 1950's that Louis and Mary Leakey first uncovered the fossilized teeth and skull of one of our earliest ancestors. After an interpretive presentation, we continue to Tanzania’s most renowned national park, the Serengeti. Home to the greatest concentration of large mammals on Earth, the migratory herds of wildebeest, zebra and gazelle roam widely in search of green grass and water.  Morning and afternoon drives each day. We spend the next two nights at the Serengeti Serena Lodge overlooking the acacia dotted plains of the Serengeti.  (BLD)

Optional Hot Air Balloon Safari during your stay at the Serengeti Serena Lodge is available.

Advance reservation is recommended.

Day 8 & 9 - Serengeti National Park - Western Corridor – Grumeti or Northern Serengeti

Traveling west beyond the Seronera Valley, we enter the Western Corridor and Grumeti River region of the park. Famous for a population of Nile crocodiles, the Grumeti is located in a lovely rolling hill and acacia woodland habitat. We enjoy morning and afternoon game drives each day which will provide an opportunity to explore this great park which provides a year round habitat for many of the Serengeti’s bird and mammal species.  We overnight two nights at the beautiful Kirawira Luxury Tented Camp or Migration Camp. (BLD)

Day 10 - Serengeti / Arusha – Ivory Orphans Elephant Orphanage / Cultural Heritage / Depart JRO

After our morning game drive we transfer to the Grumeti airstrip to fly back to Arusha. On arrival we have visit the Ivory Orphans Elephant Orphanage – Tanzania’s 1^st elephant orphanage. Enjoy lunch and finish any shopping for woodcarvings, art or tanzanite at the Cultural Heritage Centre and Museum. We enjoy dayrooms at the Lake Duluti Lodge until our transfer to the airport this evening. (BL; light snack)

What’s Included?

·         Meet and greet on arrival by Safari Legacy staff

·         Welcome safari briefing

·         All transfers if arriving and departing with group; separate, private transfers are subject to additional costs

·         Welcome reception; Nature walk with sundowners’ and evening game drive is included while at Kikoti Safari Camp

·         Full day exploring the Ngorongoro Crater

·         All game drives, activities, and village/cultural visits as stated in the itinerary 

·         Olduvai Gorge visit & lecture

·         All taxes, service charges & park fees and porterage fees

·         Transportation in Safari Legacy’s comfortable 4x4 Toyota Land Cruisers - guaranteed window seat – maximum of 6 guests per vehicle

·         Expert Safari Legacy naturalist safari guides (1 per vehicle)

·         Bottled water while on game drives; coffee and tea with meals

·         Scheduled internal flight from Serengeti to Arusha

·         Temporary membership in Flying Doctors Service

·         In summary, everything except international air, tips to safari guides, camp crew & lodge staff, passport and visa fees, items of personal nature such as laundry, souvenirs, alcoholic beverages, soft drinks, bottled water with meals, telephone, internet charges, Christmas & New Year supplement.

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