Friday, 24 October 2008
Masai Mara - Isibani - Lake Victoria
After breakfast you will drive to the Kenya/Tanzania border at Isibania where you meet your Tanzania driver. You continue to your lodge on the shores of Lake Victoria. You can enjoy a boat ride and do some fishing if you like. Speke Bay (BLD)

Serengeti National Park
Your Tanzania driver-guide will greet you this morning as you begin the Tanzania portion of your safari. You begin in the Serengeti. Serengeti National Park is the largest of Tanzania's national parks, and arguably Africa's premier game park, The Serengeti is the setting for the most awesome wildlife spectacle on earth.   Each year, more than two million wildebeest and zebra begin their great circular migration across the open plains and acacia woodlands.   Huge columns of advancing zebras and ungainly wildebeest stretch as far as the eye can see with the predators following alongside. Serengeti means "endless plains" in the Maasai language.   The extensive grasslands are interspersed with "kopjes", islands of rocky outcrops which are home to their own wildlife communities which include cheetah, leopard, and hyrax, to name a few.   The Serengeti landscape leaves the visitor with images of vastness and breathtaking beauty.   We have four days to explore the park. Serengeti Sopa Lodge (BLD)

We depart our lodge with a picnic lunch for a full day on the Serengeti Plains. Our morning game drive takes us past Olduvai Gorge, the site of the first discovery of early man. We then continue to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Ngorongoro Serena Lodge (BLD)

Millions of years ago, Ngorongoro may have rivaled Kilimanjaro in size, but as its volcanic activity subsided, it collapsed inward, forming a caldera.   On the floor of the 102 sq. mile Crater, an African paradise is found. The Crater is a perfect haven for lion, elephant, hyena, wildebeest, gazelle and some of the last remaining rhino in Tanzania.   The Crater's lake is home to thousands of flamingo, carpeting the area with the glow of their pink plumage. Your day in the Crater begins with a decent 2,000 feet down the wall of the Crater to the Crater floor. You have a packed picnic lunch in order to maximize your time game viewing, spending the entire day in this "Garden of Eden. Ngorongoro Farm House (BLD)

Thursday, 30 October 2008
Lake Eyasi - Bushman Day
You rise early this morning because you are going to go on an excursion to the nearby Lake Eyasi in the Rift Valley, still inhabited by a tribe of hunter-gatherers, the Hadzabe, a relic of ancient times who still follow a style of life similar to the humans who inhabited the Earth before the discovery of agriculture. This afternoon, you will visit a school and an orphanage in the town of Karatu. Ngorongoro Farm House (BLD)

Friday - Saturday, 31 October - 1 November 2008
Tarangire National Park
This morning you drive to Tarangire National Park. Wide panoramas of open acacia woodland and grassy savannah studded with large baobabs mark Tarangire, a lesser-known scenic gem located in southern Masailand.   In the June-October dry season, huge herds of elephant and other big game species move peacefully toward the blue gleam of Tarangire's namesake river. This is not to suggest that Tarangire is a seasonable park, it is not. One can expect good game viewing throughout the year. Fringe-eared Oryx and lesser kudu are among the unique resident species and lion and leopard are common. This un-proclaimed jewel is also an ornithologist's paradise. Swala Camp (BLD)

Sunday, 2 November 2008
Tarangire National Park - Arusha
You drive through the park and continue to Arusha where you have the afternoon to shop and prepare for your flight home. You depart this evening or you can continue your safari with a visit to the exotic island of Zanzibar.

Safari Price Includes:

• Accommodation as stipulated in the itinerary or simular.
• Transportation in a chauffeur driven 7-seater Land Cruiser with pop-up roof for easy game viewing & photography.
• Services of an English speaking driver-guide.
• Game viewing drives and parks entrance fees as indicated in the itinerary.
• All Government taxes and levies.
• Free mineral water during game drives only.
• 24 hours stand-by contact number. All meals as indicated in the itinerary.
• Two-way long range high frequency radio communication in each vehicle.
• On safari accessories in each vehicle: - First-aid kit, wildlife books, beanbags for easy photography, a pair of binoculars, cool box and fire extinguisher.

Safari Price Excludes:

• All items of personal nature e.g. telephone call bills, fax/e-mail bills etc.
• International Air Fare.
• Tips and gratuities to hotel, lodges, camp staff and driver/professional safari guide(s).
• Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. Laundry services.
• Any other item(s) not included in our itinerary/inclusion.

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