Overview
Trip starts: Kilimanjaro International Airport, Tanzania (JRO)
Trip ends: Kilimanjaro International Airport, Tanzania (JRO)
Travel period: April to May
Note: FB = Full Board, B&B = Bed & Breakfast
Itinerary
You will be welcomed on arrival at Kilimanjaro Airport (JRO) and transferred to Arusha.
Overnight
Kahawa House – B&B
You will be picked up from your hotel in Arusha for a transfer to Tarangire National Park for game drives in this expansive park with majestic baobab trees and large herds of elephants.
Dinner and Overnight
EcoScience Tented Camp – FB
You will go to Lake Manyara National Park for a game drive. After lunch, transfer to your lodge in Karatu for relaxation and overnight stay.
Dinner and Overnight
Ngorongoro Farm House – FB
You will go for an early morning game drive in Ngorongoro Crater. Nearly three million years old, the ancient caldera of the once-volcanic Ngorongoro shelters one of the most beautiful havens on earth, ringed with towering walls and sheltering forests, grasslands, fresh springs and a large soda lake. After lunch, proceed to Serengeti National Park. Enjoy en-route game drive as you slow transfer to reach Cherero Camp, about 2 hours away from the hub of Serengeti, depending on the driving speed. Dinner and overnight
Dinner and Overnight
Cherero Camp – FB
You have the option to go for an early morning hot air balloon ride over the Serengeti plains. (Optional activity: US$600 per person, advance booking required.) Enjoy morning and afternoon game drives in Central/Western Serengeti. Serengeti National Park is home to the big five – lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos and buffaloes – but also to hundreds of colorful and lesser-known species such as lilac-breasted rollers, intricately marbled Charaxes butterflies and umbrella thorn acacia trees.
Dinner and overnight
Cherero Camp – FB
Enjoy morning and afternoon game drives in Central/Western Serengeti.
Cherero Camp – FB
After breakfast, bid farewell to the staff at Cherero Camp as you enjoy game viewing en-route to Seronera Airstrip for your morning departure flight. You will fly back to Arusha for hot lunch (at your own expense), before transferring to Kilimanjaro Airport by road, a 90-minute drive. If you would like to extend your trip to Zanzibar, we can also assist.
Price Includes
- Accommodation as per itinerary (6 nights)
- Meal plan as per itinerary
- Note: Full Board = Lunch, Dinner & Breakfast the next morning
- One-way flight from Serengeti-Seronera to Kilimanjaro Airport
- Service of an English-speaking driver guide while on Safari
- Game drives in a 4x4 Land cruiser with pop-up roof on exclusive basis
- Complimentary drinking water provided in safari vehicle
- Entrance fee for Tarangire, Manyara, Ngorongoro and Serengeti as per itinerary
- One Ngorongoro crater game viewing permit
- Flying Doctors air ambulance cover for the duration of your Tanzania safari
- Road transfer from Kilimanjaro Airport (JRO) in Tanzania to Arusha
- Drop off at Serengeti–Seronera Airstrip for your flight to Arusha
- Road transfer from Arusha to Kilimanjaro Airport
Price Excludes
- 0 Tourist visa for Tanzania (please apply in advance)
- 0 Personal Travel & Medical Insurance.
- 0 Required vaccinations to meet entry requirements
- 0 Alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages (purchase directly from camps/lodges)
- 0 Any domestic flights and airport taxes not mentioned above
- 0 Any international flights and applicable departure taxes
- 0 Additional airport transfers, if members of the group are arriving/departing on separate flights
- 0 Optional hot air balloon ride in the Serengeti (US$600 per person)
- 0 Optional activities not mentioned in the itinerary
- 0 Additional lunch on the last day
- 0 Excess luggage fees where applicable – book in advance (note 20kg per person)