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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

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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 , Tanzania Drive to 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 DAY GEMS OF TANZANIA Includes: night. Rivertrees Country Inn forthe in thecityofArusha a signwithyour name.He’ll you to transport aDeeper AfricadriverAirport, willgreet you, holding Upon clearingcustomsatKilimanjaro International Arusha InnRivertrees Country DAY 1 DAY RIVERTREES COUNTRY INN|ARUSHA

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©Tanzania Tourism Board DAYS 2 & 3 KICHUGUU CAMP | TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK

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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

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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 , Lions, Waterbuck, of course, the expansive lake. Warthog, , 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.

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888.658.7102 DAYS 5-7 KUBU KUBU TENTED CAMP | SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK

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Antelope, Baboons, Birds, Wildlife viewing Buffalo, Cheetah, Giraffes Hippos, Hyenas, Impalas, Leopards, Lions, Ostriches, Rhinos, Vervet monkeys, Warthog, , Zebras

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Kubu Kubu Tented Camp Roeschen © Julie 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

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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

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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

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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 Airport for your flight.

Includes: Breakfast, Lunch

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2020 Pricing $6,820 - $8,500

2020 Custom Pricing & Departures Jan - Feb 20, June - Oct, Dec 16-31 March - May Nov - Dec 15 • 8 guests: $7,600 USD per person • 8 guests: $7,400 USD per person • 8 guests: $7,100 USD per person • 6 guests: $7,400 USD per person • 6 guests: $7,100 USD per person • 6 guests: $6,820 USD per person • 4 guests: $7,650 USD per person • 4 guests: $7,400 USD per person • 4 guests: $7,100 USD per person • 2 guests: $8,500 USD per person • 2 guests: $8,250 USD per person • 2 guests: $7,980 USD per person • Single supplement: $800 USD • Single supplement: $700 USD • Single supplement: $650 USD

All pricing in US dollars. Arrival and departure are though Kilimanjaro International Airport, Tanzania. Prices do not include international airfare. All itineraries and prices are subject to change. Gems of Tanzania Classic safari includes: •  Start-to-finish safari expertise • Enrollment with Flying Doctors Evacuation Service •  Accommodations in all lodges & tented camps • All in-country transportation • All meals as stated in itinerary • Beverages in your 4x4 safari vehicle •  Wildlife viewing with private guide in private 4x4 • Safe drinking water available at all times safari Land Cruiser • Extensive pre-departure briefing and materials • All park and entrance fees including health information, reading list and map • Laundry at some camps and lodges • Alcohol and beverages at some camps and lodges

International airfare and gratuities not included. Certain brands of alcohol and beverages not included in some camps.

We plan your adventures in areas where wildlife habitats are known to exist for the season and time you’re traveling. Still, animals are not in a zoo. They run freely and we cannot always anticipate their movements.

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