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Highlights:
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Snowcapped
Kilimanjaro
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Tarangire
National Park having abundant wildlife and herds of elephants
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Drive around
Ngorongoro crater’s rim
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Serengeti and
great migration of wild beasts.
Destination
Overview
The foothills of snowcapped Kilimanjaro, the acacia dotted savannah plains
of the Serengeti, the Ngorongoro Crater, Olduvai Gorge, Tarangire National
Park, the Soda Lakes of Lake Manyara, Arusha National Park, the Great Rift
Valley “these are but a few of the celebrated places and great national
parks that make Tanzania one of the world’s most spectacular wildlife
destinations. We invite you to join Safari Legacy and experience a truly
incredible wildlife adventure. The Best of Tanzania “ Images of the Wild¦
Trip Overview
Day 1-
Arrive Arusha where we are met by our safari guides and are
transferred to the New Arusha Hotel. (meals aloft)
Day 2 - Arusha National Park / Tarangire National Park
Morning excursion to nearby Arusha National Park exploring montane forests
in search of Black-and-white Colobus and Sykes Monkeys. After a picnic lunch
on the slopes of Mount Meru, continue to Tarangire National Park. Overnight
Kikoti, our private-tented camp overlooking the park. (BLD)
Day 3 - Tarangire National Park
Full day exploring Tarangire National Park. Here we observe a diversity of
wildlife amidst the many baobab trees for which the park is famous.
Tarangire, best known for its herds of elephant, is home to more than 2,500
individuals.
Other common mammals include Impala, African Buffalo, Common Zebra and Masai
Giraffe. Rarer mammals include Leopard, Fringe-eared Oryx and Lesser Kudu.
The park is also home to more than 260 bird species. Return to Kikoti Tented
Camp to overnight. (BLD)
Day 4 - Tarangire / Lake Manyara National Park Depart Tarangire,
arriving at Kirurumu Tented Camp, located on the high edge of the Great Rift
Valley. After lunch, we descend to Lake Manyara National Park for an
afternoon game drive. (BLD)
Days 5-7 - Olduvai Gorge / Serengeti National Park After
breakfast we travel to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, driving around the
crater™s rim descending to Olduvai Gorge. Olduvai Gorge is one of the most
important prehistoric archaeological sites on Earth. After viewing the Gorge
and listening to 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. We spend
three nights at our private mobile tented camp, situated where wildlife
viewing is likely to be the best at the time of your visit. (BLD)
Days 8 & 9 - Serengeti National Park (Western Corridor “ Grumeti)
Traveling west beyond the Seronera Valley, we enter the Western Corridor and
Grumeti River region of the park.
Famous for a population of huge Nile Crocodiles, the Grumeti is located in a
lovely rolling hill and acacia woodland habitat. Morning and afternoon game
drives each day 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 spend two nights at the beautiful Mbalageti Serengeti Camp. (BLD)
Days 10 & 11 - Ngorongoro Crater
This morning we return across the expansive plains of the Serengeti, and
continue to 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. Our home for the next two nights is the
magnificent Ngorongoro Farm House. (BLD)
Day 12 - Ngorongoro Crater / Arusha / En-route After our morning
game drive we return to Arusha. We enjoy dayrooms and shopping until our
farewell dinner and transfer to the airport this evening.
For
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