classic elegance safari

CLASSIC ELEGANCE SAFARI
DAY
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
Day 8
LOCATION
Arusha
Tarangire
Tarangire
Ngorongoro
Ngorongoro
Serengeti
Serengeti
Departure
ACCOMMODATION
Arusha Coffee Lodge
Tarangire Treetops Lodge
Tarangire Treetops Lodge
The Manor at Ngorongoro
The Manor at Ngorongoro
Serengeti Pioneer Camp
Serengeti Pioneer Camp
Arusha Coffee Lodge
MEAL PLAN
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Dayroom
ITINERARY
Day 1: Arrival – Arusha
Jambo! Upon arrival at the Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will be welcomed by a representative
from Classic Safaris who will assist with the transfer to Arusha Coffee Lodge for overnight.
Set on the outskirts of Arusha on Tanzania's largest coffee plantation, Arusha Coffee Lodge is the ideal
stopover on a Tanzanian safari. Retaining its luxurious colonial atmosphere, the lodge has wonderful
views of the towering Mount Meru and is well-placed to access Tanzania's famous safari destinations.
Overnight: Arusha Coffee Lodge
Meal Plan: Bed and Breakfast
Day 2 & 3: Tarangire National Park
After breakfast this morning, you will be transferred to the Arusha airport for your short flight to Kuro
airstrip. Your guide will be waiting for you on arrival. Embark on a game viewing drive as you are
transferred to your camp.
Arrive in time for lunch at Tarangire Treetops Lodge situated among the giant baobab trees on the
outskirts of the Tarangire National Park. You will find this magic Never land at the end of a long road
that winds its way through a stunningly beautiful patchwork of grassy savanna and looming baobab
trees. Like a burst of tawny fireworks, leaping impala explode from the bush as you turn into the Lodge's
main entrance. Upon first glance at the surreal surroundings, you will feel like you've suddenly stepped
foot into a fairytale.
Following lunch, depart for an afternoon game viewing drive in the park returning later as the sun sets.
This is a year-round park with distinct seasons offering different experiences, from dusty, dry and baking
with animals clustered around the rapidly reducing river, to the fecund green season full of newborn animals and chattering birds. Spend the next day with morning and afternoon game viewing drives.
Overnight: Tarangire Treetops
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 4: Lake Manyara National Park – Ngorongoro Highlands
After breakfast, you will be transferred to the Kuro airstrip for your 0830hrs Air Excel flight to Manyara
airstrip arriving at 0930hrs. Depart to the beautiful Lake Manyara, a shallow alkaline lake that shimmers
in a cleft in the Great Rift Valley. Arrive and embark on a game viewing drive.
Tucked below the majesty of the Rift Valley wall, Lake Manyara National Park consists of a thin green
band of forest, flanked by the sheer 600 m high red and brown cliffs of the escarpment on one side and
by the white-hot shores of an ancient soda lake on the other. Acacia woodland shelters the park’s famous
tree climbing lions, lying languidly among the branches in the heat of the day. Lake Manyara
safaris offers many unique views including elephant, giraffe, buffalo and wildebeest can be found grazing
in unexpected clearings or heading towards the water to drink or wash, and the rivers and riverbeds
provide scenic vistas for possible animal spotting.
Warthog seem to thrive here, growing notably fat and tuskered, and it is a natural playground for
baboons and monkeys. Later as the sun sets, you will be transferred to which stands on the edge of the
escarpment, overlooking the lake.
Continue to the Manor at Ngorongoro for overnight. Located in the green and rolling hills south of the
Ngorongoro Crater within a 1500-acre Arabica coffee estate, The Manor Ngorongoro with its 20
luxurious cottages and magnificent Main House is reminiscent of an elegant up-country farm home in the
Cape Dutch-style of architecture. Each of the cottages has been carefully positioned to maximise the
views of the adjacent verdant hills but at the same time to maintain the intimacy and privacy of this oldworld manor home. The Manor boasts beautiful gardens overlooking the surrounding coffee-laden hills.
Overnight: The Manor at Ngorongoro
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 5: Inside the land that time forgot
After breakfast, descend into the ‘8th Wonder of the World’, a unique biosphere that has remained
virtually unchanged since the dawn of time. Enclosed within its towering walls are grasslands, swamps,
forests, saltpans, a fresh water lake and a glorious variety of birdlife. Here too are all the members of the
‘Big Five’ (lion, elephant, rhino, leopard and buffalo) as well as a large cast of plains game and one of
Africa’s densest populations of predators. Enjoy a picnic lunch on the crater floor before driving back to
your lodge for relaxation before dinner.
Overnight: The Manor at Ngorongoro
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 6 & 7 : Serengeti National Park
You will be transferred this morning to the Manyara airstrip for your scheduled flight Regional Air ETD
0840hrs arriving at the Seronera airstrip at 1030rs. You will have two days of game viewing drives in
Central Serengeti.
The central Serengeti is home to the beautiful Seronera valley. Several perennial rivers run through this
valley enabling many resident animals to thrive year round. The combination of location and resident
prey attracts the largest populations of predators in Africa. It is this amazing abundance and diversity of
easily seen large predators that attracts thousands of visitors and hundreds of researches to the
Seronera river valley each year. There is simply no better place in Africa to observe these large
carnivores and since many are resident, excellent encounters are available year round regardless of the
season or where the great migratory herds are located. It is not unusual to see all four large predators
(lion, hyena, leopard and cheetah) during the course of a day in the central Serengeti.
Overnight: Serengeti Pioneer Camp
Meal Plan: Full Board
Located in the southern Serengeti (within the Moru Kopjes area), Serengeti Pioneer Camp is ideally
situated to offer superlative access to the annual migration and the 'Big 5'. With sweeping views
overlooking Moru Kopjes, Lake Magadi and the endless plains, Serengeti Pioneer Camp is truly
spectacular.
Comprising of ten-tented accommodations, all of which have en-suite facilities including a flushing toilet,
vanity basin, and showers, the tent interiors are designed to evoke the very best of an era long-gone but
certainly not forgotten. A dining tent hosts the camp's guests for both breakfast and dinner, whilst
luncheons are taken either in the camp or in the bush during what will no doubt be yet another
enthralling day in the Serengeti.
Overnight: Serengeti Pioneer Camp
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 8: Arusha – Day room – Departure
You will have breakfast this morning. After this last taste of Africa, you will be transferred to the airstrip
for your flight departing at 1100hrs to Arusha arriving at 1215hrs. Your guide will assist with the
transfer to Arusha Coffee Lodge for lunch. A day room has been reserved for you till 1800hrs. You will
later be transferred to the Kilimanjaro airport for your International flight back home.
INCLUSIONS
• Accommodation as stipulated in the itinerary.
• Transportation on safari will be on shared vehicle in
Tarangire and Serengeti.
• Services of a professional guide.
• Game viewing drives and park entrance fees as
indicated in the Itinerary.
• Domestic flight as above.
• All park & conservancy fees
• All Government taxes and levies.
• All meet and greet services.
• All transfers.
• Soft drinks, local beers and house wines except at
Arusha Coffee Lodge.
• 24 hours stand-by contact number.
• Meals as indicated in the itinerary.
• Guaranteed window seat
EXCLUSIONS
• All items of personal nature e.g.
telephone call bills, fax/email
bills etc.
• Gratuities and Tips to
Hotels/Lodges/Camps staff and
Driver/Guide(s).
• Excess baggage charges by
domestic flights
• Any other item(s) not included
in our itinerary.
• Excursions such as balloon
safaris
• Premium drinks