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12 Days 11 Nights Safari –Breath into the Wild in Tanzania

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Duration

12 days

Tour Type

Daily Tour

Group Size

20 people

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Overview

Let’s discover the wild life of Tanzania in this 12 Days-11 Nights Safari Tour. To enjoy this tour to the fullest, we scheduled a detailed itinerary for you. This tour includes a pick up from the airport to Masailand safari lodge for dinner and camp overnight for the first day and then a lot of activities in the following days. 

During this trip you will visit Tarangire National Park and the Lake Manyara National Park to discover the wild life there and see a lot of things like elephants, waterbuck, giraffe impala, eland, gazelle, vervet monkey, banded mongoose, African lions, leopard, cheetah, caracal, honey badger, African wild dogs, tree Climbing Lions and a large herd of thousands of zebras, wildebeest, cape buffalo and more than 350 bird species.  And other activities like hunting, a Ngorongoro crater tour, experience the Coffee Ceremony and visit the Waterfalls of the Materuni village.

Itinerary

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Day 1-ARRIVAL TO KILIMANJARO AIRPORTTO MASAILAND SAFARI LODGEFOR DINNER & OVERNIGHT

Pick from Airport, Drive to Masailand Safari Lodge for the night- dinner & overnight- MASAILAND SAFARI LODGE- https://masailandsafari.com/

Day 02: TO TARANGIRE FOR GAME DRIVE

Tarangire National Park is the sixth largest national park in Tanzania, it is located in Manyara Region. The name of the park originates from the Tarangire River that crosses the park. The Tarangire River is the primary source of fresh water for wild animals in the Tarangire Ecosystem, during the annual dry season. The Tarangire Ecosystem is defined by the long-distance migration of wildebeest and zebras. During the dry season thousands of animals concentrate in Tarangire National Park from the surrounding wet-season dispersal and calving areas.
The park is famous for its high density of elephants and baobab trees. Visitors to the park in the June to November dry season can expect to see large herds of thousands of zebra, wildebeest and cape buffalo. Other common resident animals include waterbuck, giraffe, dik dik, impala, eland, Grant's gazelle, vervet monkey, banded mongoose, and olive baboon. Predators in Tarangire include African lion, leopard, cheetah, caracal, honey badger, and African wild dog.
Home to more than 550 bird species, the park is a haven for bird enthusiasts.
The park is also famous for the termite mounds that dot the landscape. Those that have been abandoned are often home to dwarf mongoose. Dinner & Overnight HHANDO COFFEE LODGE/ FARM OF DREAM LODGE

Day 03:LAKEMANYARA GAME DRIVE

Depart after breakfast, drive Lake Manyara for game drive, dinner & overnight HHANDO COFFEE LODGE/ FARM OF DREAM LODGE
National Park include lion, National Park include lion, leopard, African wild cat, spotted hyena, black-backed jackal, bat-eared fox, serval, honey badger, African civet, genet (Genetta) species and several mongoose species. Cheetah and African Lake Manyara National Park is a protected area in Tanzania Arusha and Manyara Regions, situated between Lake Manyara and the Great Rift Valley. It is administered by the Tanzania National Parks Authority, and covers an area of 325 km2 (125 sq mi) including about 230 km2 (89 sq mi) lake surface. More than 350 bird species have been observed on the lake
Also the Lake Manyara is known as The Home of Tree Climbing Lion
Populations of large migratory mammals that are concentrated primarily in Tarangire National Park, but also move through Lake Manyara National Park include wildebeest, zebra, Thomson Gezelle and Grant's gazelle. Large herds of wildebeest and other plains game from the Mto wa Mbu Game Controlled Area enter the park from the north for short periods. Wildebeest exclusively graze the alkaline grasslands around the lake, and numbers are highest during the dry season, dropping to small resident populations in the wet season. Herbivores of Lake Manyara National Park include zebra, bushbuck, waterbuck, Grant's gazelle, impala, Thomson's gazelle, Cape buffalo, giraffe, hippopotamus, baboon, warthog, and elephant.
Studies in the 1980s found this to be one of the areas with the highest wildlife biomass in Africa, but elephant numbers had fallen by 75% between 1985 and 1991 as a result of illegal hunting, with numbers rebounding to around 200 in 1996. Lake Manyara was also once known for its high population of black rhinoceros, but none were present by 1996. Similarly, reedbuck were present in 1984, but no individuals were found in a 1996 census. Predators of Lake Manyara golden cat are sighted occasionally., genet (Genetta) species and National Park include lion, leopard, African wild cat, spotted hyena, black-backed jackal, bat-eared fox, serval, honey badger, African civet, genet (Genetta) species and several mongoose species. Cheetah and African Lake Manyara National Park is a protected area in Tanzania Arusha and Manyara Regions, situated between Lake Manyara and the Great Rift Valley. It is administered by the Tanzania National Parks Authority, and covers an area of 325 km2 (125 sq mi) including about 230 km2 (89 sq mi) lake surface. More than 350 bird species have been observed on the lake
Also the Lake Manyara is known as The Home of Tree Climbing Lion
Populations of large migratory mammals that are concentrated primarily in Tarangire National Park, but also move through Lake Manyara National Park include wildebeest, zebra, Thomson Gezelle and Grant's gazelle. Large herds of wildebeest and other plains game from the Mto wa Mbu Game Controlled Area enter the park from the north for short periods.Wildebeest exclusively graze the alkaline grasslands around the lake, and numbers are highest during the dry season, dropping to small resident populations in the wet season. Herbivores of Lake Manyara National Park include zebra, bushbuck, waterbuck, Grant's gazelle, impala, Thomson's gazelle, Cape buffalo, giraffe, hippopotamus, baboon, warthog, and elephant.
Studies in the 1980s found this to be one of the areas with the highest wildlife biomass in Africa, but elephant numbers had fallen by 75% between 1985 and 1991 as a result of illegal hunting, with numbers rebounding to around 200 in 1996. Lake Manyara was also once known for its high population of black rhinoceros, but none were present by 1996. Similarly, reedbuck was present in 1984, but no individuals were found in a 1996 census. Predators of Lake Manyara golden cat are sighted occasionally. Finding food and water

Day 04:TO LAKE EYASI TO EXPERIENCE BUSHMAN LIFE

After earl breakfast or warm up we will start our trail at 05:00am to meet bushman (Hadzbe) people who still practice primitive model of life (gathering and hunting) we will go to hunt with this people if we may be lucky we may catch one.
After hunt and songs of welcome and dance we may decide to pass by one of Datoga family who are Blacksmith and later drive back to the hotel for Hot lunch and check out. Later in the afternoon we will drive back to Arusha for dinner & Overnight atHHANDO COFFEE LODGE/ FARM OF DREAM LODGE
The Hadza/Hadzabe
Lake Eyasi is a seasonal shallow endorheic Salt Lake on the floor of theGreat Rift Valley at the base of the Serengeti Plateau, just south of theSerengeti National Park and immediately southwest of the Ngorongoro Crater in the Crater Highlands of Tanzania. The lake is elongated, orientated southwest to northeast, and lies in the Eyasi-Wembere branch of the Great Rift Valley.
The Hadzabe Bushmen live in this region, as do the Datoga and Mbulu tribes.
A visit with the Bushmen is worthwhile and they will graciously show you where and how they live and hunt. They subsist entirely off the bush and by bow hunting. Everything they use is made from local materials, including their bows which are strung with giraffe tendon and their arrows which are coated in lethal poison. Their language resembles that of Kalahari Bushmen tribe (who were featured in the 1980 film ‘The Gods Must Be Crazy’) with
Clicking noises used.

Day 05: SERENGETI VIA NGORONGORO FOR CRATER TOUR

Breakfast from the lodge, then drive to Ngorongoro crater for crater tour
This day we will start early morning at 08:00 for the game drive (with a picnic lunch) inside the Ngorongoro Crater. As very few animals migrate in and out of the crater with its 2000 ft. high walls, you can expect to see lions, elephants, zebras, hippos, flamingos, jackals, rhinos, antelopes, many birds and other species. Your Driver/Guide will be in contact with other safari drivers and will amaze you with his skill at locating the hidden animals. After great all exploration in Ngorongoro Crater we will drive to TANZANIA BUSHCAMP/ KONTIKTENTED CAMP/ SUENOL DE AFRICA CAMPfor dinner & Overnight

Day 06 ,07& 08:FULL DAY IN SERENGETICENTRAL

Depart with packed lunch, drive to Serengeti NORTH for game drive
Serengeti National Park, in northern Tanzania, is known for its massive annual migration of wildebeest and zebra. Seeking new pasture, the herds move north from their breeding grounds in the grassy southern plains. Many cross the marshy western corridor’s crocodile-infested Grumeti River. Others veer northeast to the Lobo Hills, home to black eagles. Black rhinos inhabit the granite outcrops of the Moru Kopjes
The park covers 14,750 square kilometres (5,700 sq mi) of grassland plains, savanna, riverine forest, and woodlands.
The park is worldwide known for its incredible scenery and magnificent wildlife. Some of the most popular animals among tourists include:
Masai lion, African Leopard, Cheetah, Elephant, Impala, African Buffalo, Wildebeest, Serengeti wildebeest: the park is home to spectacular migration events. Large ungulates from Grant's gazelles to blue wildebeests travel across vast tracts of land as the seasons change. The population of migratory wildebeests is approximately 1.2 million.
Apart from the vast herds of migratory and some resident wildebeest and zebra the park is also densely packed with other plains game including half a million Thomson's and Grant's gazelle over 8,000 Masai giraffe, warthog, topi, common eland, waterbuck, grey duiker, impala, klipspringer, roan antelope, bushbuck, lesser kudu, fringe-eared oryx and coke's hartebeest
Carnivores include about 4,000 spotted hyena, two species of jackals, African golden wolf, honey badger, striped hyena serval seven species of mongooses, two species of otters and the recently introduced East African wild dog (extinct since 1991). Apart from the safari staples, primates such as yellow and olive baboons and vervet monkey, patas monkey, black-and-white colobs are also seen in the gallery forests of the Grumeti River.
Other mammals are including aardvark, aardwolf, bat-eared fox, ground pangolin, crested porcupine, three species of hyraxes, cape hare.
Serengeti National Park has also great ornithological interest, boasting about 500 bird species, including Masai ostrich, secretarybird, kori bustards, helmeted guineafowls, southern ground hornbill, crowned cranes, marabou storks, yellow-billed stork, lesser flamingo, martial eagles, lovebirds, oxpeckers, and many species of vultures.
Reptiles in Serengeti National Park are include Nile crocodile, leopard tortoise, serrated hinged terrapin, rainbow agama, Nile monitor, chameleons, African python, black mamba, black-necked spitting cobra, puff adder- Dinner & Overnight- TANZANIA BUSHCAMP/ KONTIK TENTED CAMP/ SUENOL DE AFRICA CAMP

Day 09: SERENGETI TO ARUSHA FOR DINNER & OVERNIGHT

Depart after breakfast, En-route game drive to Masailand Safari Lodge for dinner & overnight MASAILAND SAFARI LODGE

Day 10. TO MATERUNI VILLAGE TO EXPERIENCE THE VILLAGE

This day you will experience the village activities such as Coffee Experience (Coffee Ceremony) and visit the Materuni Waterfalls. After explore the village we will drive to WERU WERU RIVER LODGE for dinner & overnight

Day 11.MOUNT KILIMANJARO DAY HIKE

This day you will spend the day at Mount Kilimanjaro for day hike and Mountain Experience, later you will drive to MASAILAND SAFARI LODGEfor dinner & overnight
You will be picked up in the morning at your hotel in Moshi and taken to the Kilimanjaro National Park Gate (Marangu Gate, 1860m). The drive will take approximately 1 hour. Once the necessary gate registration has been completed, your trek can begin and you will soon be hiking through the dense Kilimanjaro rainforest.

Alongside the impressive vegetation, you will have the chance to catch a glimpse of black and white colobus monkeys, blue monkeys and various bird species. Our knowledgeable English-speaking guide will inform you about Kilimanjaro and will explain the different species of plants and animals you will see. You will also meet mountain climbers descending from the top, and perhaps some of them will tell you of their experiences and you can start to dream about a climb of your own!

After a 3-4-hour hike, you will reach Mandara Hut (2700m), where you will have a well-earned rest and lunch. Your guide will then take you on a short hike (15 minutes walking distance) to the Maundi Crater, where you can enjoy wonderful views of Mount Kilimanjaro, Northern Tanzania and Kenya. Once you have thoroughly enjoyed the views, you will return to the Marangu Gate (2-3 hours walking distance), where your vehicle will be waiting for your transfer back to your hotel. On your return journey you can enjoy the sunset and the day ‘s memories.

Day 12. TO AIRPORT FOR FLIGHT

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Included/Excluded

  • All park entrances, hotels and administrative fees
  • Meals are in full board while on safari
  • Transfer to/from Arusha
  • 4WD transportation while on safari
  • Lunch box while you on safari.
  • Government tax
  • All meals at the lodge
  • Water while you’re on safaris
  • All activities
  • Mount Kilimanjaro Experience
  • Materuni Village & Coffee Tour
  • All items of person nature such as telephone call, fax.
  • Tips and gratuities to hotels, lodges and driver guide
  • Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks
  • Laundry services
  • Visa and International flight
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