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The
Dik-Dik Safari - (9 Days)
 This safari combines several outstanding
game-viewing areas, as well as the chance to experience Lake Manyaras Mto wa
Mbu Village and enjoy a great lunch there. For those staying at Kikoti, walking
safaris and night game drives will also form part of the safari.
The itinerary may
operate in reverse.
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Day
1
Arusha - Tarangire
[160 km. approximately]
Depart
Arusha after lunch, and fly to Tarangire
National Park. South from
Lake Manyara this delightful park covers an area of 2,600 square
kilometers. It is the numerous wide bodied Baobab trees that first
attract your eye. The gently rolling countryside is dotted with these
majestic trees sometimes dwarfing the wildlife that feeds beneath them.
The park is at its best during the traditional dry seasons of June to
October and December to March when many of the migratory animals come to
the Tarangire River for water. Wildebeest, Oryx, Zebra,
Elephant are amongst the most prolific of the animals. Dinner and overnight at
Kikoti Camp.
Day 2
Morning and afternoon game
drives.
Overnight at
Kikoti Camp. - Full Board
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Day 3 Morning drive
back to Lake Manyara and
to your lodge perched on the rim of the Great Rift Valley escarpment and
overlooking the park below. Arrive for lunch, and have a game drive in the
park in the afternoon. From which ever direction you approach Lake Manyara,
you get a spectacular view. Approaching from the east the Great Rift
Valley wall forms an impressive backdrop to the Lake.
From
the west, with a pause at the top of the escarpment, the park lies below,
a green strip beside a glistening lake. Lake Manyara
National Park covers an area of 330 square kilometers, of which about two
thirds is the lake itself, and the rest is forest , acacia woodland and
some grasslands by the lake shore.
The wildlife can be migratory between
Lake Manyara and Tarangire National Park across the lake, but you should
see Elephant, Hippo, Cape Buffalo, Giraffe, several species of primate and
antelope, and prolific birdlife. Dinner and overnight at the Lake Manyara
Serena Lodge.
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Day
4 Ngorongoro Crater
Morning escorted walk around
the Rift Valley Rim and then drive to Ngorongoro Crater.
"It is
impossible to give a fair
description of the size and beauty of the Crater , for there is nothing
with which one can compare it. It is one of the Wonders of the
World." This is how the Crater is described by Bernard Grzimek in his
classic "Serengeti Shall Not
Die". The area is given over to Wildlife Conservation and
comprises 8300square kilometers of which the Crater is 260 square kilometers,
and consists of grasslands, swamps, forests , rivers, and even an arid
area of shifting dunes.
Day
5 Ngorongoro Crater
The Crater supports a year round resident
population of varied wildlife , and as the game is concentrated into a
relatively small area you are likely to see Lion, Elephant, Hyena, Jackal,
Cheetah, the very rare Black Rhino, primates and many more. The area is
also home to the proud and colorful Masai tribe. After an early breakfast
you descend into the Crater in a 4 x 4 vehicle for a full day of game
viewing with a picnic lunch taken on the Crater floor. Late afternoon you
leave the Crater drive back to the lodge for dinner and overnight
Ngorongoro Serena Lodge. |
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Day
6
Ngorongoro Crater - Serengeti
[200 km. approximately]
Leave after
breakfast and drive via Ol Duvai Gorge to the Serengeti National Park,
arriving for lunch and an afternoon game drive. The Gorge is about 50 kilometers
long and in some places 90 meters deep . Commonly heralded as the "
Cradle of Mankind" it was made famous by the discovery in 1959 of the
remains of early man. Your stop includes a visit to the small museum
overlooking the Gorge. The Serengeti National Park. is one of the most
popular and spectacular game areas in East Africa , covering an area of
14,765 square kilometers, teaming with game. A particular
feature of the Serengeti is the annual migration of the Wildebeest and
Zebra herds. Each year , after the
traditional "short" rains in
November the migration starts when the herds amass in their thousands on
the plains below the Ngorongoro highlands. During February they move north
and west following the rains and the new grasslands, and they start to
move into the Masai Mara in July. In October they move back to Tanzania
.This annual phenomenon involves more than 1.5 million animals , including
the Lion and other predators who follow the herds for easy pickings. The whole process affects the
lives of thousands of other species who rely on the passage of the migration for
their survival , even the insects , not to mention the trees and plants which
rely on the droppings for their fertilization. Dinner
and overnight at the Serengeti Serena Lodge.
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Day
7
Serengeti National Park Morning and afternoon game
drives. Overnight at
the Serengeti Serena Lodge.
Day
8
Morning and afternoon game
drives. Overnight at
the Serengeti Serena Lodge.
Day
9
Fly
to Arusha, arriving late morning. Transfer for onward arrangements.
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