2008
Sunsets & Savannahs
This new flying safari offers the ultimate journey of breathtaking beauty, wild excitement and amazing game viewing in three of Tanzania’s best safari locations – Tarangire, Ngorongoro and the incomparable Serengeti.
Our opinion
Using exquisite accommodation and enjoying the convenience of short flights between each camp, this is a fabulously rewarding way of seeing a vast country at its best.
Itinerary
- Arusha: 1 night
- Tarangire: 2 nights
- Ngorongoro Crater: 2 nights
- Serengeti: 2 nights
Day 1 to Day 2 London/Kilimanjaro/Arusha
Kenya Airways overnight flight to Kilimanjaro via Nairobi, where you drive to Arusha and transfer to Arusha Coffee Lodge for one night.
Day 2 to Day 3 Arusha/Tarangire
Air Excel light aircraft flight to Tarangire National Park, just south of Lake Manyara, dominated by great Baobab trees and elephant troops. A game drive follows en route to Nomad Tarangire Camp for lunch, your base for two nights. After settling in, embark on an afternoon game drive, then dinner and overnight.
Day 3 to Day 4 Tarangire
Enjoy a full day game drive today in the National Park giving maximum opportunity to spot the elusive predators and other big game, as well as plentiful plains game. The Camp is a small and intimate experience of Bedouin luxury with just four luxury tents, attentive service and the opportunity of game walks as well as drives.
Day 4 to Day 6 Tarangire/Ngorongoro Crater
This morning fly by Air Excel the short distance to Manyara where you will transfer to the Ngorongoro Crater Lodge for two nights. This beautiful stilted lodge is set on the crater edge with unequalled views. Each butler served suite is lavishly furnished with en suite bathroom, open fire and crater view balcony. Game drives down to the crater floor in shared vehicles are breathtaking and the game to be found here is amongst the best in the world.
Day 6 to Day 8 Ngorongoro Crater/Manyara/Serengeti
Drive from Ngorongoro to Manyara Airstrip and fly to Serengeti on an Air Excel flight north to the vast plains of the Serengeti and two nights at the SerengetiSafari Camp. Strategically located as close to the animals as possible (moving within the Serengeti every two weeks or so according to migration patterns), each tent is en suite with traditional safari style bucket showers, wc and hot and cold water on tap. Drinks around a roaring fire and meals in the mess tent add a popular atmosphere. Flexibility to plan daily activities according to your own schedule is one of the added and appreciated features.
Day 8 to Day 9 Serengeti/Arusha/London
After breakfast fly Coastal Air back to Arusha, drive from Arusha to Kilmanjaro for your evening Kenya Airways flight to Heathrow, via Nairobi. Or continue your stay with an extension to the magnificent Selous Game Reserve in southern Tanzania for three nights at Sand Rivers Lodge (minimum age permitted,16years) followed by two nights at the Zamani Zanzibar Kempinski in a Garden room to recuperate before your flight home. Full itinerary available on request (01306 747001)
