The ‘jewels’ of Northern Tanzania.

A seven night itinerary including Serengeti National Park, the great wildebeest migration,Ngorongoro Crater and highlands, the Great Rift Valley

and the exclusive Manyara Ranch Conservancy

Safari Highlights

Accommodation This is a true East African safari – sleeping under canvas – but in luxurious tented camps. However the first night is spent in a coffee plantation house in Arusha and when in the highlands of Ngorongoro, where it can be a little chilly due to the altitude, a sophisticated up-country estate cottage complete with open fireplace.

Game experiences in; Serengeti National Park – depending on the time of year and the location of the Great Wildebeest Migration this could be in the

northern Serengeti close to the Mara River or in south-central Serengeti close to Moru Kopjies with early morning, morning and afternoon drives; Ngorongoro Highlands, horseback riding, estate walks and mountain biking trails; Ngorongoro Crater – the seventh wonder of the natural world; Manyara Ranch Conservancy for morning and afternoon drives and walks, visits to game hides, lakes and dams, night game drives and horseback safari. Accompanied by qualified ‘English speaking’ and extremely knowledgeable Tanzanian driver/guides.

Travelling in professionally designed safari cruisers with individual window seats and pop-up roof hatches – also scheduled light aircraft flights from

Arusha to Serengeti ( either north or south) and Serengeti to Lake Manyara. Souvenir shopping opportunities at Arusha Coffee Lodge, Arusha Airport, Mto wa Mbu market, The Manor Ngorongoro, Manyara airstrip, and a limited

possibility in the camps and at the Maasai village. Delicious meals (breakfasts, lunches and dinners) including drinks on safari, picnic lunches on full day drives, sundowners and dining under the stars.

Wildlife encounters with Elephant, Buffalo, Lion, Hippo, Rhino, Giraffe, Hyena, Jackal, Kudu, Eland, Wildebeest, Waterbuck Gazelles, Impala, Zebra, Topi,

Hartebeest, Dik Dik, Baboons, monkeys, Warthog, crocodiles, hyrax and many others including possibilities of Leopard, Cheetah and Serval – the elusive ‘cats’. At Manyara Ranch also nocturnal species such as Aadrwolf, Aardvark, spring hares, bush babies and Bat eared foxes

Birdlife encounters with an amazing number of bird species especially in Manyara Ranch which has a local count of 320 species. Cultural encounters with the Maasai people in Manyara Ranch, the local market in Mto wa Mbu, Coffee estate families in the highlands of Ngorongoro, local

villages in the Great Rift Valley. Magnificent scenery – Mount Meru, the Great Rift Valley and Escarpment, the Maasai Steppe, Lake Manyara, the volcanic Highlands, Ngorongoro Crater and

Mount Oldonyo Lengai and the Serengeti Plains and on a clear day Mount Kilimanjaro

Safari Images

Itinerary at a glance – Jewels of Northern Tanzania – 7 nights

Day 1 – Arrival Arrive Kilimanjaro International Airport Transfer to Arusha Coffee Lodge Dinner and overnight Day 2 – Serengeti Camp Scheduled flight to Serengeti (either north or south) arriving at camp for lunch. Afternoon game activities. Fullboard and overnight. Day 3 – Serengeti Camp Full day of game activities Fullboard and overnight Day 4 – The Manor Fly from Serengeti to Lake Manyara drive to Ngorongoro

arriving at The Manor for lunch. Optional afternoon activities – mountain biking, walking and horseback riding on the estate, or massage therapy. Fullboard and overnight

Day 5 – Manyara Ranch Full day tour to Ngorongoro Crater Drive to Manyara Ranch Fullboard and overnight Day 6 – Manyara Ranch Full day of game activities on the ranch. Day and

night game drives and walking safaris. Optional horseback safari. Fullboard and overnight

Day 7 – Manyara Ranch Full day of game activities Fullboard and overnight Day 8 - Departure Early morning game activity. Drive to Arusha Safari ends. Connect to domestic flight to Zanzibar or International departure flight

Day 1 – Arusha Coffee Lodge

Arusha Coffee Lodge lies cradled in the endless acres of Tanzania’s largest coffee plantation. This exclusive boutique hotel lodge has been designed around the farm’s original plantation homes radiating the warmth and invitation of the old colonial plantation homes historically distinctive to the coffee plantations. Arusha Coffee Lodge has tasteful sitting and dining areas with open log fires and a cosy bar, as well as an alfresco dining area in the garden, a swimming pool and a well-stocked curio shop. The luxurious plantation style houses with their huge verandas overlooking the estate are a haven of calm and composure and are the perfect place to stay at the beginning or at the end of a safari.

Day 2 & 3 – Serengeti National Park –Nth- Sayari Camp or Lamai Camp: Sth – Dunia Camp

Depending on the time of year and the location of the Great Migration of the Wildebeest this itinerary may go to the northern part of theSerengeti near to the Mara River or to the Southern and central part of Serengeti close to Moru Kopjies. The camps we have selected are some of the finest tented camps located strategically for optimum game viewing of this magnificent natural spectacle. Flying into and out of the Serengeti certainly cuts down on journey times and maximises quality time to enjoy the game experiences in this national park which is world renowned for having some of the best big game viewing in Africa.

Sayari Camp Lamai Camp Dunia Camp

Day 4 – The Manor Ngorongoro

A recent addition to ‘highlands hospitality’, The Manor has proved to be the premier property in the Ngorongoro Highlands. Not only conveniently located for visiting the crater but also a destination in its own right, a true up-country Manor house set in superb gardens, enjoying far-flung views of Africa and providing horse back riding, estate walks and picnics, mountain biking and massage therapies. Each of the 20 estate houses are the height of up-country chic and provide a warm and comfortable base for game exploring and sophisticated ‘chilling’.

Day 5,6 & 7 - Manyara Ranch Conservancy

Manyara Ranch is quite simply one of the most beautiful places on the Northern circuit. A 35,000 acre conservancy packed with wildlife. But this conservancy is private and exclusive so the guests who stay in the six tent camp are the only ones to enjoy this splendour – all to themselves! Strategically located between the National Parks of Tarangire and Lake Manyara the Ranch provides a migration corridor for wildlife as well as a refuge for animals under increasing pressure from human and tourism development. The numerous dams on the ranch are a magnet for a huge variety of animal and birds which can be seen on foot, by safari cruiser or on horseback throughout the day and from an open-sided spotlighted vehicle when it gets dark. Accommodation is in East Africa style luxury tented camp having just six tents – this is true traditional ‘safari’.

Day 1 – Arusha Coffee Lodge Arrive Kilimanjaro International Airport or at Arusha Domestic Airport. Our driver guide will be waiting to greet you and transfer you to Arusha Coffee Lodge. International Airport transfer approx 1 hour, Domestic transfer is just five minutes. Arusha Coffee Lodge is a thirty-room property located on the largest coffee estate in Tanzania. The hotel rooms are spacious and stylish and are surrounded by coffee bushes which, depending on the season are covered in white flowers or laden with coffee ‘cherries’. Dinner and overnight and breakfast – Arusha Coffee Lodge Day 2 – Serengeti National Park – Sayari / Lemai or Dunia Camp Breakfast and time to enjoy a little of the fresh ‘plantation’ air before leaving by safari vehicle for Arusha domestic airport for your scheduled flight to Serengeti. Depending on the season and the main concentration of animals it will either to be to the north of the park near to the Mara River and staying at either Sayari Camp or Lemai Camp or to the south and central area of the park near to Moru Kopjies staying at Dunia Camp. The camp driver will be at the airstrip to transfer you to camp to settle in and have lunch. In the afternoon it will be time to explore the wonders of the Serengeti – some of the best game viewing territory in the world. As one would imagine there is lots of ‘plains’ game – antelopes and gazelle in huge numbers, also zebra, giraffe, buffalo, elephant and hippo and also a surprising number of ‘cats’ – lion, leopard, cheetah and serval. Lunch, dinner and overnight – Serengeti Camp

Day 3 – Serengeti National Park – Sayari / Lemai or Dunia Camp It is not possible to say with any accuracy where the Great Migration of the Wildebeest will be at any one time. There are a number of determining factors depending on the rains and the grazing. However this safari has been planned to put you into the right place at the right time so one can be assured that if there is a good chance of seeing it then this can be accomplished from your camp whether north or south. So today will be spent in an open safari cruiser, well stocked with a picnic hamper and cool drinks, for the great expedition to find the Migration. But it should be remembered that not all the animals in the Serengeti opt to join the wildebeest in their time-honoured circuit to find the best grazing. Zebras certainly tag along and a good number of predators who are looking for the weak and unwary. But many species are quite happy with their own territory, which makes a day’s game driving in the Serengeti an absolute delight and an experience to be treasured and remembered. Back in camp before the light has gone, marks the end of a very special day, but time for dinner ‘under the stars’ and one last night-cap before turning in. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, overnight and breakfast – Serengeti Camp

Itinerary in full

Day 4 – Ngorongoro Highlands – The Manor Ngorongoro After breakfast in camp it is time to head for the nearest airstrip for the scheduled flight to Lake Manyara (being the nearest all-weather strip to Ngorongoro). It is a short but very scenic flight over Olduvai Gorge and the volcanic highlands of Northern Tanzania. You will be met by your driver guide, who will remain with you until the end of the safari, and transferred via the market settlement of Karatu to arrive at The Manor in time for lunch. The Manor at Ngorongoro, located on a huge coffee estate adjacent to the Ngorongoro Conservation area, enjoys magnificent views over the coffee bushes to far-flung African horizons. Designed to celebrate the Cape Dutch settlers influence in the region, its sparkling, white painted, ornate gables are set off perfectly amongst the mature indigenous and exotic trees. The afternoon is an opportunity to react to and be part of the surrounding countryside, optional activities include riding on horseback or bicycle or estate walks, or for those not so actively inclined a time to soak up the view and enjoy the up-country luxury of the suites at The Manor or perhaps some massage therapy. Enjoy the splendour of watching the sun go down from your private terrace before an evening of sophisticated up–country hospitality in the magnificent main house.Lunch, dinner, overnight and breakfast – The Manor Ngorongoro Day 5 – Ngorongoro Crater – Manyara Ranch Conservancy One of the many highlights of a northern Tanzania safari is Ngorongoro Crater, not only a natural phenomenon – an unbroken caldera with a rim at 8000 ft (2450m)above sea level with 2000 ft (600m) high ‘walls’ – but a wildlife spectacle that is unique, where it is possible to see rhino, elephant. buffalo, prides of lion, hippo and a wide variety of plains game, together with an amazing variety of birdlife, forest and plains, fresh water and soda lakes all ‘within’ one mountain.

The day will start with an early breakfast at The Manor then proceed to the entrance to the Conservation Area and down on to the crater floor for a full mornings game drive – stopping at a designated picnic site for lunch. Continue exploring and enjoying this unique environment before leaving mid-afternoon for the drive to Manyara Ranch arriving in time for ‘sundowners’ in camp. Dinner and overnight – Manyara Ranch Conservancy Camp Day 6 – Manyara Ranch Conservancy After the excitement of the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater one might think that it is not possible to better such an experience, but the next two days introduces a whole new dimension of exclusivity. Located firmly and strategically on the migration route between the surrounding National Parks, Manyara Ranch has been a conservation area for the past ten years, but only opened up for tourism within the last two years. It enjoys all the splendour and wildlife seen in its neighbouring parks but without the visitor volumes that have flourished over the past twenty years. In fact at the moment there is only a six tent camp on the ranch – so a maximum of 12 guests on the entire 35,000 acre ranch. As no third party visitors are allowed it is only the camp guests and their vehicles that can drive there. Interaction with the ranch’s resident and migratory animals has been well thought out and it is possible to drive – both on and off road – accompanied by one of the ranch ‘spotters’, or to walk with an armed guide both early mornings and late afternoon, to stay out at sundowners until dark and then do a night game drive in the ranch’s open vehicles or to do a half day horseback safari. There are also a number of dams on the ranch, which are a magnet for animals and birds, with hides and view points to provide excellent vantage points. ……….contd

Itinerary in full

Morning and afternoon game activities returning to the camp during the heat of the day for lunch are followed by sundowners and a night game drive to see nocturnal species such as Aardvark, Ardwolf, Spring Hare, Bush babies and Bat-eared Foxes as well as owls and other night bird species. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and overnight – Manyara Ranch Conservancy Camp Day 7 - Manyara Ranch Conservancy There is also an opportunity to do a horseback safari, - for those who are proficient horse riders (at a supplementary cost) or to walk or drive, or to visit one of the Maasai villages situated on the periphery of the ranch. The afternoon can be spent by one of the dams, which are a magnet for wildlife and birds. Sundowners are always celebrated and as the sun goes down and the sky darkens, the first stars come out in your own piece of ‘private’ Africa. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and overnight – Manyara Ranch Conservancy Camp

Itinerary in fullDay 8 - Manyara Ranch Conservancy / Arusha A chance for an early morning activity before returning to camp for breakfast and check out and the two hour drive back to Arusha where the itinerary ends. Onward domestic flight connections from Arusha airport to Zanzibar or Dar es Salaam or International connections from Kilimanjaro International Airport.

This safari starts and ends at Kilimanjaro International Airport or Arusha Domestic Airport

It is operated in six seater 4x4 safari cruiser with pop-up roof hatches, each passenger being allocated a window seat. Light aircraft scheduled services are used for the Arusha – Serengeti and Serengeti – Manyara sections of the itinerary. The safari is guided by English speaking driver guides. The safari operates with a minimum of two passengers and a maximum of six passengers, as a private safari Families are welcomed and all properties in the itinerary have children’s rates and can be accommodated in an extra bed in the parent’s room This safari does not include onward internal flights or Zanzibar (Stone Town and beach) extensions – these can all be quoted for separately.

This safari operates from 1st June to 31st March each year. It will not operate during the rainy season of April and May

HIGH PEAK

Per person sharing in a Double

US$5,756.00

US$6,087.00

Per person sharing in a Triple

US$5,445.00 US$5,776.00

Single Supplement US$1,231.00 US$1,433.00

Child Rate ( under 12 Years) Sharing with 2

Adults

US$2,878.00 US$3,043.00

Christmas Supplements: A supplement of USD40.00 applies on 24th, 25th, 26th and 31st of December

PUBLISHED RATES: JUNE 2013 – MARCH 2014

SEASONS: JUN – JULY – AUG – SEP – OCT – 1 NOV – 15 DEC – 16 DEC – 31 DEC – JAN – FEB - MAR

Included: -halfboard accommodation at Arusha Coffee Lodge for one night -all inclusive accommodation (Serengeti Camp 2nts, The Manor Ngorongoro 1nt and Manyara Ranch Conservancy 3nts) -in-house drinks -all game activities as specified in the itinerary -arrival and departure airport transfers -Ngorongoro Crater entry fee -mineral water during game viewing -English speaking Driver/Guide -laundry on safari -government taxes -local flights (Arusha to Serengeti and Serengeti to Lake Manyara)

Excluded: -Park fees Adult US$270.00 / Child US$90.00 -entry visa -premium wines, champagne and cigars – Drinks at Arusha Coffee Lodge -personal insurance & medical evacuation -use of telephone -optional activities at The Manor - horseback safari at Manyara Ranch -Possible flight fuel surcharges -gratuities

Note:- This safari does not operate in April and May Discount available on groups of 4 to 6 passengers.

Terms and Conditions

Reservations can be made direct to Multichoice Safaris in Arusha or through Africa Reps in UK or Europe A 30% deposit of the total tour price will be required to secure a booking, the balance being due 45 days before the tour departure date. Bookings not secured by the appropriate deposit will be released. Cancellations of any booking once confirmed and deposited will incur a 10% of tour price penalty charge. Cancellation between 90 and 45 days of tour departure will incur a 20% of tour price penalty charge and between 44 and 21 days of tour departure will incur a 50% of tour price penalty charge. Confirmed bookings cancelled within 20 days of the tour departure date or no show will incur 100% of tour price penalty charge. All clients who participate in this tour should be adequately covered by medical and evacuation insurance as well as travel insurance to protect them in case of unforeseen circumstances. Rates specified for this tour are subject to change without notice, however every effort will be made to maintain them. In the event of any change of Government taxes or operating conditions that effect the rates Multichoice Safaris reserves the right to pass on these charges.

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