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KENYA SAFARI BOOKING
7 DAYS MANYARA / NGORONGORO / SERENGETI.
Day 1. Lake Manyara.
Depart Arusha for lake Manyara arriving in time for lunch.
Stretching for 50km along the base
of the rusty gold 600-metre high Rift valley escarpments,
Lake Manyara is a scenic gem, with a
setting extolled by Ernest Hemingway as “the loveliest I had
seen in Africa”. The compact game
viewing circuit through Manyara offers a virtual microcosm
of the Tanzanian safari experience.
Afternoon game drive to explore the park. Dinner and
overnight at a budget tented camp or
campsite.
Day 2. Ngorongoro.
Morning game drives in Lake Manyara, After breakfast depart
for Ngorongoro, one of the
natural wonders of the world. The Crater is one of the
world's greatest natural spectacles; its
magical setting and abundant wildlife never fail to enthrall
visitors. It borders the Serengeti
National Park to the north and west. A few hours drive to
the east takes you to the town of
Arusha, which nestles at the foot of Mount Meru, within view
of Mount Kilimanjaro. Arusha is
known as the gateway to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and
the Northern Parks. Dinner and
overnight at a budget tented camp or campsite.
Day 3. Ngorongoro Crater.
After breakfast you will be taken 2000ft down the crater by
a 4wheel drive vehicle for a full
day crater tour, picnic lunch at crater, Also referred to as
“the eighth wonder of the world” and
stretching across some 8,300 sq km, the Ngorongoro
Conservation Area in northern Tanzania
boasts a blend of landscapes, wildlife, people and
archaeology that is unsurpassed in Africa. The
volcanoes, grasslands, waterfalls and mountain forests are
home to an abundance of animals and
to the Maasai. In the evening ascend to the lodge for Dinner
and overnight at a budget tented
camp or campsite.
Day 4. Serengeti.
After breakfast depart for Serengeti passing through Olduvai
Gorge the site of Leakey’s family
discovery of fossils of human and animal ancestors dating
back to almost two million years. The
Serengeti ecosystem is one of the oldest on earth. The
essential features of climate, vegetation
and fauna have barely changed in the past million years.
Early man himself made an appearance
in Olduvai Gorge about two million years ago. Some patterns
of life, death, adaptation and
migration are as old as the hills themselves Dinner and
overnight at a budget tented camp or
campsite.
Day 5. Serengeti.
Full day in Serengeti plains with morning and afternoon game
viewing and drive. Search for wild
game you might have missed the previous game drive. It is
the migration for which Serengeti
is perhaps most famous. Over a million wildebeest and about
200,000 zebras flow south from
the northern hills to the southern plains for the short
rains every October and November, and
then swirl west and north after the long rains in April, May
and June. So strong is the ancient
instinct to move that no drought, gorge or crocodile
infested river can hold them back Dinner and
overnight at a budget tented camp or campsite.
Day 6. Serengeti.
Another day in Serengeti with morning and afternoon game
drives, Search for any wild game
you might have missed in the previous game drives. The
wildebeest are one of the most
important pieces in the Serengeti ecosystem puzzle. Their
migration is as old as the history
of mankind. For many millenniums the wildebeest followed the
rains and used the Serengeti
ecosystem with its mosaic of grasslands and savannas to
their advantage. Every one who has
a chance to see nearly two million animals on the move has
been touched by the magic of this
place. Even so the wildebeest looks a bit like a clown and,
according to an African legend, has
been put together by God using left over spare parts, the
animal is superbly fit for its migratory
lifestyle. Dinner and overnight at a budget tented camp or
campsite.
Day 7. Arusha.
After breakfast drive to Arusha arriving in time for lunch.
After lunch transfer to Nairobi or
Airport. Contact Us for pricing
- Tour Cost Includes:
- Ground transport in a comfortable safari vehicle for game
viewing, photography and touring
- Full board accommodation and meal plan as described,
- Accommodation in double / triple room
- All park entrance fees to include government taxes
- Service of an English speaking professional driver/guide
- All game drives as detailed in the itinerary
- Bottled water whilst on safari
- Start and end in Nairobi.
Tour Cost excludes:
- Tips
- Laundry
- Beverages/Drinks
- International flights
- Visas
- Items of a personal nature
- Any other extras not detailed in the above itinerary.
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