Safi Safaris ~ New Wildlife Safari

NEW WILDLIFE SAFARI 10 days Accommodations: Tented Lodges, lodges and tented camps Season: Year round, but the itinerary could change in different seasons Fitness Rating: Easy/Moderate Cost: Medium A very similar itinerary to the Classic Safari, but accommodations are within the mid-price range and the safari is not so long. We have chosen tented lodges, lodges and tented camps which we can thoroughly recommend.
Day 1	Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport. We'll meet you there and transfer you to our house in the foothills of Mount Meru , near Arusha for your first one or two nights in Tanzania.
Day 2	After breakfast drive to Arusha National Park. Spend the day exploring this small gem of a national park, which includes montane rain forest, with the chance to see the beautiful black and white colobus monkeys, bush buck, as well as the more commonly seen giraffe and buffalo. After a picnic lunch, enjoy a game drive in other parts of this small, beautiful park, driving round a series of salt water and sweet water lakes. This is a great area to see the bambi-like dik dik which mate for life as well as various water birds including flamingo. At the end of the day drive back to our house for dinner and overnight, or if you want to do some walking and meet the Maasai in their homes, drive on to Mkuru Camel Camp for dinner and overnight.
Day 3	Today you have two choices, either drive from our house to Tarangire National Park, home to some of the most beautiful bush in the country. Drive to Tarangire National Park with a picnic lunch, and do some game viewing, arriving at Tarangire Safari Lodge in the afternoon. Here, on the terrace or your private verandah you can sit and watch the wildlife come down to the Tarangire River to drink. This tented lodge is situated in one of the most beautiful spots in Africa. An afternoon game drive will offer you the opportunity to explore for elephant, impala, giraffes, zebra, warthogs, and Coke's hartebeest, maybe even the rare kudu. Drive back to Tarangire Safari Lodge for dinner, then fall asleep to the sounds of the bush. Or if you want to walk in a beautiful arid area, with views of Mt Meru and Kilimanjaro or with camels, visit a real Maasai boma and meet some Maasai people spend the day in the Mkuru area north of Mt Meru. At the end of the day drive back to Arusha and our house or on to Tarangire National Park.
Day 4	Spend today in Tarangire, perhaps drive to Silale swamp where you may see hundreds of elephants together, perhaps huge herds of buffalo. If conditions are good, you may see a solitary leopard or even a few lionesses lounging in a tree, or a pride of lions eyeing potential prey as they come to drink from the park's namesake river or the Silale Swamp. Return to your lodge for lunch or spend the day out with a picnic lunch. Dinner and overnight again at Tarangire Safari Lodge or drive out of the park to the rift valley and Ol Masera tented camp for dinner and overnight.
Day 5	After breakfast, drive to Lake Manyara National Park for game drives. Take a picnic lunch and look for the hippos, lions in trees, flamingo on the lake, blue monkey in the ground water forest. At the end of the day drive up the Eastern Rift Valley wall to your lodge or camp, for dinner and overnight. We would probably drive you to the area of the outer rim of Ngorongoro Crater, where a number of different and differently priced camps and lodges are to be found.
Day 6	After breakfast, descend into the Ngorongoro Crater, a World Heritage Site and home to nearly 25,000 animals. A picturesque spot, the crater is home to Cape buffalo, wildebeest, zebra, jackals, hyena, lions, leopard, and the rare black rhino. Spend the morning watching the wildlife, then enjoy a picnic lunch at Naitokitok Springs as hippos jostle for position in the water. See more of the crater in the afternoon, then drive up the crater wall for dinner and overnight at the Rhino Lodge
Day 7	Make your way to Olduvai Gorge, site of Louis and Mary Leakey's famous discoveries of ancient humans and their cousins. As you continue the Serengeti Plains will unfold before you. If Mother Nature has cooperated, the plains will be full of gazelle, zebra and some of the 1.5 million wildebeest that come here to feed and calve. With these huge numbers of herbivores come the attendant predators and scavengers—lions, hyena, cheetah, jackal and vultures—looking to pick off a young calf for a meal. Make your way to Ndutu Safari Lodge for dinner and overnight here. Even without the huge herds this is a beautiful area with plenty of wildlife to see, sit around the camp fire and listen to the sounds of the bush.
Day 8	For the next two nights you will stay in the Serengeti at a permanent or seasonal camp, spending on the location of the wildlife. These are classic small camps, with walk-in safari tents, beds, en suite showers and toilets and a covered area with chairs in front of your tent, as well as a dining tent. The emphasis is on comfort rather than luxury. In the Serengeti region, the wildlife moves around and it is important that we have the opportunity to put you where the animals are, so we can not specify which camp we will put you in until we know when you will be coming.
Day 9	Spend the day exploring the great Serengeti eco-system, take a picnic lunch or go back to your camp for lunch and an afternoon rest, before going out again at the end of the day. Dinner under the stars and overnight in your walk-in tent, where you sleep in a camp bed.
Day 10	Drive or fly back to Arusha in order to get your flight out, or on to the coast, or the south or west of Tanzania, or stay the night in Arusha.
Prices will be quoted based on specific itineraries. The itineraries above are samples only, and some lodges, hotels and camps will change based on your travel times and needs and availability. We also reserve the right to change any itinerary. We want to maximize your enjoyment of your holiday, but we are not always able to predict the climate or the concentrations of game ahead of time. When changes are necessary, we will let you know as soon as possible. The right is also reserved to decline to accept or retain any person as a member of any tour at any time in which event a reasonable refund will be made. Bookings will be accepted by our Arusha office or by designated travel agents, and will be confirmed upon receipt of a 30% deposit paid 60 days prior to booking date. Final balance payment will be due to our office or bank account 30 days prior to departure. For cancellations prior to 60 days, deposits will be returned, less any handling fees incurred. Cancellations with notice of between 60 and 14 days, the deposit of 30% is charged, and between 14 and the day of departure, the deposit, plus 20% of the full price is charged. The company and its agents act only as agents of the passenger in all matters relating to tours. The appropriate law of the country in which the tour takes place dictates the company's liability to passengers. However, the company accepts no responsibility for any personal illness, injury, delays, loss or damage from any causes whatsoever. Communications are sometimes difficult within Tanzania. We find e-mail to be the most reliable and easy means of communications. Return to Private Tours Main Page Home ©1999-2010, Safi Safaris Ltd. P.O. Box 10132, Arusha, Tanzania Contact us at tanzania@safisafaris.com or fill in our Tour Inquiry/Application form

NEW WILDLIFE SAFARI
10 days

Accommodations: Tented Lodges, lodges and tented camps
Season: Year round, but the itinerary could change in different seasons
Fitness Rating: Easy/Moderate
Cost: Medium

A very similar itinerary to the Classic Safari, but accommodations are within the mid-price range and the safari is not so long. We have chosen tented lodges, lodges and tented camps which we can thoroughly recommend.

Day 1

Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport. We'll meet you there and transfer you to our house in the foothills of Mount Meru , near Arusha for your first one or two nights in Tanzania.

Day 2

After breakfast drive to Arusha National Park. Spend the day exploring this small gem of a national park, which includes montane rain forest, with the chance to see the beautiful black and white colobus monkeys, bush buck, as well as the more commonly seen giraffe and buffalo. After a picnic lunch, enjoy a game drive in other parts of this small, beautiful park, driving round a series of salt water and sweet water lakes. This is a great area to see the bambi-like dik dik which mate for life as well as various water birds including flamingo. At the end of the day drive back to our house for dinner and overnight, or if you want to do some walking and meet the Maasai in their homes, drive on to Mkuru Camel Camp for dinner and overnight.

Day 3

Today you have two choices, either drive from our house to Tarangire National Park, home to some of the most beautiful bush in the country. Drive to Tarangire National Park with a picnic lunch, and do some game viewing, arriving at Tarangire Safari Lodge in the afternoon. Here, on the terrace or your private verandah you can sit and watch the wildlife come down to the Tarangire River to drink. This tented lodge is situated in one of the most beautiful spots in Africa. An afternoon game drive will offer you the opportunity to explore for elephant, impala, giraffes, zebra, warthogs, and Coke's hartebeest, maybe even the rare kudu. Drive back to Tarangire Safari Lodge for dinner, then fall asleep to the sounds of the bush.

Or if you want to walk in a beautiful arid area, with views of Mt Meru and Kilimanjaro or with camels, visit a real Maasai boma and meet some Maasai people spend the day in the Mkuru area north of Mt Meru. At the end of the day drive back to Arusha and our house or on to Tarangire National Park.

Day 4

Spend today in Tarangire, perhaps drive to Silale swamp where you may see hundreds of elephants together, perhaps huge herds of buffalo. If conditions are good, you may see a solitary leopard or even a few lionesses lounging in a tree, or a pride of lions eyeing potential prey as they come to drink from the park's namesake river or the Silale Swamp. Return to your lodge for lunch or spend the day out with a picnic lunch. Dinner and overnight again at Tarangire Safari Lodge or drive out of the park to the rift valley and Ol Masera tented camp for dinner and overnight.

Day 5

After breakfast, drive to Lake Manyara National Park for game drives. Take a picnic lunch and look for the hippos, lions in trees, flamingo on the lake, blue monkey in the ground water forest. At the end of the day drive up the Eastern Rift Valley wall to your lodge or camp, for dinner and overnight. We would probably drive you to the area of the outer rim of Ngorongoro Crater, where a number of different and differently priced camps and lodges are to be found.

Day 6

After breakfast, descend into the Ngorongoro Crater, a World Heritage Site and home to nearly 25,000 animals. A picturesque spot, the crater is home to Cape buffalo, wildebeest, zebra, jackals, hyena, lions, leopard, and the rare black rhino. Spend the morning watching the wildlife, then enjoy a picnic lunch at Naitokitok Springs as hippos jostle for position in the water. See more of the crater in the afternoon, then drive up the crater wall for dinner and overnight at the Rhino Lodge

Day 7

Make your way to Olduvai Gorge, site of Louis and Mary Leakey's famous discoveries of ancient humans and their cousins. As you continue the Serengeti Plains will unfold before you. If Mother Nature has cooperated, the plains will be full of gazelle, zebra and some of the 1.5 million wildebeest that come here to feed and calve. With these huge numbers of herbivores come the attendant predators and scavengers—lions, hyena, cheetah, jackal and vultures—looking to pick off a young calf for a meal. Make your way to Ndutu Safari Lodge for dinner and overnight here. Even without the huge herds this is a beautiful area with plenty of wildlife to see, sit around the camp fire and listen to the sounds of the bush.

Day 8

For the next two nights you will stay in the Serengeti at a permanent or seasonal camp, spending on the location of the wildlife. These are classic small camps, with walk-in safari tents, beds, en suite showers and toilets and a covered area with chairs in front of your tent, as well as a dining tent. The emphasis is on comfort rather than luxury. In the Serengeti region, the wildlife moves around and it is important that we have the opportunity to put you where the animals are, so we can not specify which camp we will put you in until we know when you will be coming.

Day 9

Spend the day exploring the great Serengeti eco-system, take a picnic lunch or go back to your camp for lunch and an afternoon rest, before going out again at the end of the day. Dinner under the stars and overnight in your walk-in tent, where you sleep in a camp bed.

Day 10

Drive or fly back to Arusha in order to get your flight out, or on to the coast, or the south or west of Tanzania, or stay the night in Arusha.

Prices will be quoted based on specific itineraries. The itineraries above are samples only, and some lodges, hotels and camps will change based on your travel times and needs and availability. We also reserve the right to change any itinerary. We want to maximize your enjoyment of your holiday, but we are not always able to predict the climate or the concentrations of game ahead of time. When changes are necessary, we will let you know as soon as possible. The right is also reserved to decline to accept or retain any person as a member of any tour at any time in which event a reasonable refund will be made.

Bookings will be accepted by our Arusha office or by designated travel agents, and will be confirmed upon receipt of a 30% deposit paid 60 days prior to booking date. Final balance payment will be due to our office or bank account 30 days prior to departure.

For cancellations prior to 60 days, deposits will be returned, less any handling fees incurred. Cancellations with notice of between 60 and 14 days, the deposit of 30% is charged, and between 14 and the day of departure, the deposit, plus 20% of the full price is charged.

The company and its agents act only as agents of the passenger in all matters relating to tours. The appropriate law of the country in which the tour takes place dictates the company's liability to passengers. However, the company accepts no responsibility for any personal illness, injury, delays, loss or damage from any causes whatsoever.

Communications are sometimes difficult within Tanzania. We find e-mail to be the most reliable and easy means of communications.

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NEW WILDLIFE SAFARI 10 days

NEW WILDLIFE SAFARI
10 days