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Gems of Tanzania DAY-BY-DAY ITINERARY Classic Safari 888.658.7102 Lutz Steffan ©Jamie [email protected] www.deeperafrica.com Gems of Tanzania DAY-BY-DAY ITINERARY Classic safari A classic Land Cruiser safari, up close & personal with Africa’s best game View wildlife in the best parks of Tanzania’s Northern Circuit with one of our skilled naturalists as your own private guide. Begin in Tarangire National Park, home of elephants and spectacular bird life, before moving to nearby flamingo-rich Lake Manyara. Journey across the legendary Serengeti for migration and predator viewing. Finish in Ngorongoro Crater with some of the highest species densities on Earth. Enjoy the best of Tanzania’s famous Northern Circuit without breaking the bank. ©Jamie Steffan Lutz Steffan ©Jamie Welcome to Deeper Africa Wildlife encounters, at once spontaneous and beyond imagination, result from our in-depth knowledge of seasonal wildlife migrations and patterns. Our guides possess a lifetime of African karlore and all the skills of a master tracker.i It’s bunbeing in the perfect place at the perfect time. i As a worldwide team with vast experience, we provide you with exceptional personal service. We attend to every detail. We help you learn about Africa’s important conservation issues. Arrive in Africa fully prepared and ready to explore. We believe that local African communities must benefit and prosper from the conservation and enjoyment of Africa’ssana wildlife. They ensure the future. Your dollars protect wildlife and wild lands, as well as support and nurture local small businesses that, in turn support our safari business. Your dollar makes change. Experience wondrous wildlife, enjoy local culture and discover more about the vibrant people and complicated politics unique to Africa. We love this wild continent. classic safaris with Deeper Africa ENDLESS WILDERNESS, GREAT GUIDES & SPECTACULAR WILDLIFE VIEWING Its all about the wildlife. We’ll get you to the best locations during the right seasons. Learn animal identification, tracking and spotting skills. Accommodations are comfortable and the food is delicious. Come with us and discover the brilliance and serenity of Africa in the company of experts who can give you a closer look, a richer taste, and a deeper understanding of an astonishing landscape. DA ITINERARY SCHEDULE GEMS OF TANZANIA ©Julie Roeschen ©Julie Safari schedule at a glance International flight #1 International flight #2 Departs: TBD Arrives: TBD Departs: TBD Arrives: JRO Day 1: Days 5, 6 & 7: Arrival in Arusha, Tanzania Drive to Serengeti National Park Overnight at Rivertrees Country Inn Overnight at Kubu Kubu Tented Camp Days 2 & 3: Days 8 & 9: Drive to Tarangire National Park Drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area Overnight at Kichuguu Camp Overnight at Ngorongoro Farm House Day 4: Day 10: Drive to Lake Manyara National Park Drive to Arusha for international flights Overnight at Lake Manyara Serena Day room at Airport Planet Lodge DAY 1 RIVERTREES COUNTRY INN | ARUSHA GEMS OF TANZANIA DAY 1 Board Tourism ©Tanzania Rivertrees Country Inn Arusha Upon clearing customs at Kilimanjaro International Airport, a Deeper Africa driver will greet you, holding a sign with your name. He’ll transport you to Rivertrees Country Inn in the city of Arusha for the night. Includes: Wi-fi, Swimming pool 888.658.7102 DAYS 2 & 3 KICHUGUU CAMP | TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK GEMS OF TANZANIA DAYS 2 & 3 McCalley ©Lauren Kichuguu Camp Tarangire National Park After breakfast, drive north to Tarangire National Park, different wildlife species, including big cats, gather at the which boasts one of the largest elephant populations river making for great viewing year round. in East Africa. Many close-knit elephant families— Tarangire is also famous for its giant, otherworldly matriarchs, babies, teenagers and bulls, come together baobab trees with their massive trunks and crooked along the Tarangire River. Feel their wisdom and deep branches. Local people ascribe mystical qualities to them emotional bonds. Big cats love the rolling savanna here too. because of their long lifespan: 600 - 3,000 years. With a range of ecosystems from grassland and woodlands in the north to scrub and wetlands further Includes: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner south Tarangire’s incredibly diverse mix of habitat is not Wi-fi found anywhere else in northern Tanzania. A variety of Wildlife viewing Activities included Get your checklist ready Keep your camera close Antelope, Baboons, Buffalo, Wildlife viewing Dik dik, Elephants, Giraffe, Genet, Hartebeest, Impalas, Mongoose, Thomson’s gazelle, Vervet monkeys, Waterbuck, Warthogs, Zebras 888.658.7102 DAY 4 LAKE MANYARA SERENA | LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK GEMS OF TANZANIA DAY 4 Lake Manyara Serena Lodge Safari Serena ©Lake Manyara Lake Manyara National Park The evergreen groundwater forest of Lake Manyara National Park is set against the Rift Valley. While it Wildlife viewing Activities included looks like a rainforest, there is actually very little rainfall Get your checklist ready Keep your camera close here. Instead, mineral springs seep up through porous Baboons, Elephants, Wildlife viewing volcanic soil. The park contains a variety of ecosystems Flamingos, Giraffes, Hippos, including acacia woodland, grasslands, swamp delta and Impala, Lions, Waterbuck, of course, the expansive lake. Warthog, Wildebeest, Zebras Manyara boasts over 380 recorded bird species and is home to the rare tree-climbing lions— an unusual adaptation is for these big cats. Includes: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner 888.658.7102 DAYS 5-7 KUBU KUBU TENTED CAMP | SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK GEMS OF TANZANIA Wildlife viewing Activities included Get your checklist ready Keep your camera close Antelope, Baboons, Birds, Wildlife viewing Buffalo, Cheetah, Giraffes Hippos, Hyenas, Impalas, Leopards, Lions, Ostriches, Rhinos, Vervet monkeys, Warthog, Wildebeests, Zebras DAYS 5-7 Julie Roeschen Julie Kubu Kubu Tented Camp © Serengeti National Park After breakfast, head to awe-inspiring Serengeti National herds of wildebeests, zebras and Thomson’s gazelle. The Park. Enjoy a picnic lunch near Oldupai Gorge, site of herds gather on the Tanzanian side of the ecosystem the Leakey Digs excavation of some of the oldest human from approximately November/December through skeletons ever found. Visit the onsite museum and learn early July. In search of greener grasses, they make their about the gorge from a Tanzanian anthropologist. perennial pilgrimage from the Mara into the Serengeti and back. As the migration herds spill across the Kubu Kubu Tented Camp is in the Seronera area of the southern Serengeti out into the Conservation Area, central Serengeti—a 12,000 sq. mile savanna grassland witness the greatest wildlife show on the planet. spanning northern Tanzania and Kenya’s Maasai Mara, forming one of the world’s largest wildlife refuges. Includes: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Serengeti’s famous annual wildlife migration stretches Wi-fi, Swimming Pool more than a thousand miles and is most known for vast 888.658.7102 DAYS 5-7 KUBU KUBU TENTED CAMP | SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK GEMS OF TANZANIA ©Robert Wheeler Seronera or siron means “bat-eared fox,” a small valley predator, in local language. Twelve different lion prides live within driving distance of the Seronera river. The Serengeti in general, is considered the best place on earth to view cheetahs who do not live in prides, and are much more solitary in nature. 888.658.7102 DAYS 8 & 9 NGORONGORO FARM HOUSE | NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA GEMS OF TANZANIA DAYS 8 & 9 ©Cheryl Kennedy Ngorongoro Farm House Ngorongoro Conservation Area Dry plains rapidly turn to lush coffee plantations and soda lakes. Enjoy lunch at the Hippo Pools, where tropical vegetation on the drive from Tarangire to hippos and elephants wade for a mid-day bath. Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area. Ngorongoro is Only Maasai people are allowed live in the Ngorongoro an extinct volcano. Flora thrives on volcanic soil. The top Conservation Area. Notice the Maasai enkangs or (7,500 ft) boasts a once in a lifetime view into the caldera “homesteads,” while climbing the slopes of the Crater. with some of the best wildlife viewing in East Africa. With special tribal land rights, they live a pastoral life Head into the Crater early as dawn brings a wave of and coexist with the animals. activity in the natural world. This ecosystem showcases an astonishing microcosm of East African wildlife Includes: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, environments: grasslands, wetlands, acacia forest and Swimming Pool, Wi-fi Wildlife viewing Activities included Get your checklist ready Keep your camera close Buffalo, Cheetah, Elephants, Wildlife viewing Gazelles, Giraffes, Hippos, Hyenas, Impalas, Leopards, Lions, Migratory flamingos, Ostriches, Rhinos, Warthogs, Wildebeests, Zebras 888.658.7102 DAY 10 PLANET LODGE | ARUSHA & INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL GEMS OF TANZANIA DAY 10 Planet Lodge Flights & International Travel Coffee Lodge/Elewana Project/Arusha Collection ©Shanga After breakfast, journey back to Arusha. Enjoy lunch Flight #1 (Day 10) at Arusha Coffee Lodge and visit the Shanga Project, Departs | Kilimanjaro, Tanzania a crafts cooperative that employs disabled Tanzanians Arrives | TBD as artisans and craftmakers. Using recycled materials to make high-quality items provides these artists an Flight #2 (Day 11) opportunity to contribute economically to their families. Departs | TBD Shop or sightsee for the rest of afternoon in Arusha. Arrives | TBD Repack, shower and relax in a day room at Planet Lodge. The Planet Lodge shuttle will take you to Kilimanjaro International
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