Tanzania lodge safari
| country: | Kenya, Tanzania |
| departures: | Departures on most Sundays and Tuesdays throughout the year |
| price: | From £1505 - £1710 (8 days) excluding flights, based on 2 people sharing. Single supplement available. We can arrange flights from the UK |
the amazing things you'll be doing
Tanzania boasts some of the most impressive National Parks in Africa, containing some of the best wildlife in the entire continent.
On this short lodge based safari we visit Tarangire National Park, with a wildlife concentration second only to Ngorongoro Crater, before travelling east to the world-renowned Ngorongoro Crater.
Just 20 kilometres wide, the crater floor teems with vast quantities of game, including elephant, lion, cheetah and black rhino. From Ngorongoro we enter into the bordering Serengeti National Park.
This is quintessential Africa, where wide-open plains stretch as far as the imagination, and beyond, supporting vast numbers of plains game, including over two million wildebeest. A visit to the Serengeti ranks as one of the major highlights in all of Africa. Finally we visit Lake Manyara National Park, one of many such soda lakes in the Great East Africa Rift Valley for our final game drive and an incredible lodge! This safari will be conducted in a 4WD vehicle with a specialist local guide to give you the best possible insight into the famed parks of northern Tanzania. Tour includes: local tour leader, arrival transfer, private transport, game activities, accomodation (1 night comfotable hotel, 6 nights safari lodge) and most meals (7 breakfasts, 7 lunches, 6 dinners).
For nearly 30 years, we have lead the field in small group adventure travel. See the iconic sights as well as get off the beaten track to discover the 'real' country, and come away understanding something more of the world. Our innovative and interactive itineraries include as much as possible to ensure that you get the most out of your valuable time away, but also contain plenty of time to relax and explore by yourself. Traveling in small group, and by private transport, means that you will have the company of other like-minded travelers, your holiday will be safe and stress-free and that the impact on environment and community is kept to a minimum.
As part of our responsible travel policy we also employ local leaders and actively avoid international hotel chains, preferring to give our patronage to authentic, centrally-located and owner-managed establishments whenever possible. Our locally born and raised leaders are great fun and will be a great part of your holiday because of their intimate knowledge of the sights, culture and customs, history and language of their homeland. Once you have traveled with a local leader you will understand that there is no better way!
On this short lodge based safari we visit Tarangire National Park, with a wildlife concentration second only to Ngorongoro Crater, before travelling east to the world-renowned Ngorongoro Crater.
Just 20 kilometres wide, the crater floor teems with vast quantities of game, including elephant, lion, cheetah and black rhino. From Ngorongoro we enter into the bordering Serengeti National Park.
This is quintessential Africa, where wide-open plains stretch as far as the imagination, and beyond, supporting vast numbers of plains game, including over two million wildebeest. A visit to the Serengeti ranks as one of the major highlights in all of Africa. Finally we visit Lake Manyara National Park, one of many such soda lakes in the Great East Africa Rift Valley for our final game drive and an incredible lodge! This safari will be conducted in a 4WD vehicle with a specialist local guide to give you the best possible insight into the famed parks of northern Tanzania. Tour includes: local tour leader, arrival transfer, private transport, game activities, accomodation (1 night comfotable hotel, 6 nights safari lodge) and most meals (7 breakfasts, 7 lunches, 6 dinners).
For nearly 30 years, we have lead the field in small group adventure travel. See the iconic sights as well as get off the beaten track to discover the 'real' country, and come away understanding something more of the world. Our innovative and interactive itineraries include as much as possible to ensure that you get the most out of your valuable time away, but also contain plenty of time to relax and explore by yourself. Traveling in small group, and by private transport, means that you will have the company of other like-minded travelers, your holiday will be safe and stress-free and that the impact on environment and community is kept to a minimum.
As part of our responsible travel policy we also employ local leaders and actively avoid international hotel chains, preferring to give our patronage to authentic, centrally-located and owner-managed establishments whenever possible. Our locally born and raised leaders are great fun and will be a great part of your holiday because of their intimate knowledge of the sights, culture and customs, history and language of their homeland. Once you have traveled with a local leader you will understand that there is no better way!
day-by-day itinerary
| Day 1: | Arrive Nairobi and transfer to hotel. |
| Day 2: | Private transfer from Nairobi to Arusha. Drive to lodge overlooking Lake Manyara. |
| Day 3-4: | Morning game drive in Lake Manyara National Park. Drive on to Serengeti National Park. Morning and afternoon game drives. |
| Day 5-6: | Morning game drive in Serengeti National Park. Visit Olduvai Gorge en route to lodge overlooking Ngorongoro Crater. Game drive in Ngorongoro Crater. |
| Day 7: | Drive to Tarangire National Park. Afternoon game drive. |
| Day 8: | Morning game drive in Tarangire National Park. Drive to Arusha, private transfer to Nairobi, where our trip ends upon arrival. |
Highly Commended
This tourism business was Highly Commended in our 2007 Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards - the largest awards of their kind in the world, and organised by responsibletravel.com in association with The Times, World Travel Market and Geographical Magazine, of the Royal Geographical Society.Since 2004, the Awards has recognised individuals, companies and organisations in travel making a big commitment to the culture and economies of local communities and helping to conserve biodiversity.
how this holiday makes a difference
 See Tanzania through the eyes of a local, as your Tanzanian tour leader gives you a first-hand insight into the rich and colourful array of wildlife that are found in this veritable Garden of Eden, as well as introduce you to the rich natural tapestry of the country. The Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti National Park are two places that are synonymous the world over as very special wildlife havens. A journey there is an amazing experience that ensures travellers become acutely aware of the importance of conservation and also become ambassadors for the continual protection of wildlife and wilderness the world over, so that future generations can continue to appreciate them. In their continuous support of tourism in Tanzania this operator is training tour leaders on a variety of issues, from environmental awareness to First Aid. This not only assists in the conduct of a tour but also provides leaders with important life skills. By only employing tour leaders born and bred in the regions they visit, they are supporting local economies. Through offering employment and steady revenue, tourism can ultimately make a real positive difference to local communities. |
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