‘For those who enjoy the ultimate luxury of staying on private reserves, where the wildlife and culture can be enjoyed in privileged seclusion this exclusive air safari is ideal. Commencing with a night in a ‘plantation house’ on one of Tanzania’s largest coffee estates, it features two nights luxury tented camp accommodation on a private conservation area adjacent to the undiscovered wilderness of Tarangire National Park, followed by two nights in the gracious Manor of Shangri-la Private Estate, which lies just adjacent to the Ngorongoro Crater, where a full-days guided tour is offered. Covering optimum distances in minimum time, this unusual safari also offers guided walks, night game drives, cultural tours and two nights in the unprecedented tented camp luxury of the Migration Camp, which stands amid the splendour of the magnificent Serengeti National Park.
Wildlife Highlights: lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard, cheetah, hippos, crocodiles, wildebeest, zebra, antelope, gazelle, impala, waterbuck, topi, eland, plains game, giraffe and rhino.
Accommodation: Arusha Coffee Lodge, Tarangire Treetops, The Manor at Ngorongoro and Serengeti Migration Camp.
Wings Over Tanzania Safari Schedule
Day 1: Arrive in Arusha
Upon arrival at Arusha’s Kilimanjaro Airport, you will be met by our representative and driven to the nearby Arusha Coffee Lodge, which lies within the rolling green acres of one of Tanzania’s largest coffee plantations and offers just 18 beautifully presented split-level ‘plantation houses’ within its landscaped grounds, which include a luxury swimming pool. Dinner will be served in the panoramic dining room.
Day 2: Arusha to Tarangire National Park
After a leisurely breakfast, take a tour of the nearby Burka Coffee Estate, followed by lunch. In the afternoon, transfer to the airport for your flight into Tarangire National Park. Here you will be met by your driver-guide, who will take you on your first game drive through this undiscovered wilderness returning in late afternoon to the luxury tented camp known as Tarangire Treetops, which stands within its own private conservation area bordering Tarangire National Park.
Set on the Masai Steppe, amid rolling baobab studded hills, the camp offers views to Lake Manyara and the Great Rift Valley and is surrounded by large stands of ancient baobab trees, which offer sanctuary to large family herds of elephants, prolific bird life and dry season concentrations of wildlife.
Day 3: On Safari in Tarangire
After breakfast enjoy a full day of activities in Tarangire to include morning and afternoon game drives, a Masai-guided nature walk, a visit to an authentic Masai village and sundowner cocktail on ‘Sunset Hill’. After dinner, enjoy the unique experience of a night game drive.
Day 4: Tarangire to Ngorongoro
After breakfast take a morning game drive through Tarangire with a picnic lunch enroute. Take a flight to Lake Manyara airstrip and a scenic drive towards the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, with a visit to an authentic African market in the little township of Karatu. Check-in to The Manor at Ngorongoro in late afternoon.
Reminiscent of an elegant, up-country manor house presented in the Cape Dutch style of architecture, the Manor at Ngorongoro stands on its own 1,500-acre estate, which is known as Shangri-La, and it is immediately adjacent to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Impeccably presented, the house offers a charmingly decorated lounge, bar and library, all with working fireplaces. There is also a dining conservatory, snooker room, home theatre, sauna and steam, swimming pool and tennis courts. Dotted through the mature gardens are 20 guest cottages, each with private courtyard and deck, and with indoor and outdoor fireplaces.
Day 5: On Safari in Ngorongoro
After breakfast at The Manor enjoy a full-day’s guided tour of the Ngorongoro Crater inclusive of a picnic lunch served on the crater floor. Often referred to as ‘the eighth wonder of the world’ the Ngorongoro Crater is one of Africa’s best-known wildlife arenas. A World Heritage Site, the Ngorongoro Crater is also one of the largest volcanic craters in the world (almost 20 kilometres wide, 610-760 metres deep and covering a total area of 264 square kilometres). In late afternoon return to the Manor for dinner.
Day 6: Ngorongoro to the Serengeti
After a leisurely breakfast and lunch at the Manor, transfer to the Manyara airstrip for your flight to the Serengeti National Park. Upon arrival, enjoy an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti, whose Maasai name ‘Siringet’ translates as ‘the endless plains’. Offering unparalleled ornithological opportunities and an unrivalled natural arena wherein the glory and harmony of nature can be appreciated as nowhere else on earth, the Serengeti is the venue for ‘the greatest wildlife show on earth’ the annual migration of over one million wildebeest and their attendant cast of herbivores and predators.
In the late afternoon, check-in to the Serengeti Migration Camp, a haven of sumptuous indulgence that offers all the benefits of a safari lodge while retaining an authentic bush atmosphere and the sense of adventure that can only be derived from sleeping under canvas.
Day 7: On Safari in Serengeti
Enjoy a full day’s game driving around the vast and sensational Serengeti, which covers 14,763 sq km of endlessly rolling savannah plains and is Tanzania’s most famous park wherein tens of thousands of hoofed animals roam in a constant and unremitting search for the fresh grasslands upon which their survival depends. The million-plus wildebeest are the predominant herbivore and also the main prey of a huge cast of large carnivores, principally lion and hyena. Whilst the annual migration is the Serengeti’s most famous attraction, the Park is also renowned for its lion, many of which have been fitted with radio-transmitter collars so that their movements may be tracked, and additionally for its wealth of cheetah, zebra, giraffe, Thomson’s and Grant’s gazelle, eland, impala, klipspringer, hippo and warthog. All meals at the camp.
Day 8: Serengeti to Arusha
After breakfast, experience the uniqueness of a guided game walk. After lunch take an afternoon game drive en-route to the airstrip for you onward flight to Arusha, where you will be provide with a day room at The Arusha Coffee Lodge prior to your transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport.
IMPORTANT
Please note that, because this is a flying safari, you are allowed a maximum baggage allowance of 15kgs per person (inclusive of hand-luggage). Additional luggage can be left in safe-keeping at African Horizon’s Nairobi headquarters. Please bring SOFT bags only.
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