Luxury Best Of Safari
Day 1 - Arrival
After your arrival at the airport, you will be personally welcomed by the Managing Director of our Tanzanian partner company. Your driver will take you to Your Lodge, just a few kilometers from Arusha.
Relax at from the journey by the pool or in the tastefully furnished rooms at this idyllic property. Enjoy the African sunset with a sundowner on the terrace of the restaurant before dinner in the restaurant.
Day 2 - Tarangire National Park
Departure after breakfast towards Tarangire National Park. A good new bypass takes you past the town of Arusha and finally into the park, where immediately the full day game drive will start. Picnic lunch in the bush. Dinner and overnight in the Park..
The Tarangire National Park is one of the most beautiful game reserves in Tanzania. An area of 2600 square kilometers and an average height of 1100 meters is home to some animal species that can only rarely or not at all be observed in other parks in northern Tanzania.
For example, the gerenuk, the small kudu, oryx and eland and the rarest of all antelope species: the great kudu.
The Tarangire is a great highlight all year round, but a special must for every safari in the dry season. During this time, all animals gather at the remaining water points on the Tarangire River: big cats, elephants (sometimes herds of over 200 animals!), Giraffes, buffa
Day 3 - Ngila Coffee Estate
Drive to Karatu and visit Ngila Coffee Estate, lunch at Gibbs Farm. Dinner and overnight near Karate.
Ngila Coffee Estate is one of the most beautifully situated farms in Tanzania. Over 120 tons of the best Arabica highland coffee can be harvested annually on over 250 acres with 150,000 coffee trees. In addition, animals from the Ngorongoro Conservation Area regularly roam the farm.
The farm is owned by the German Lady Vera Stücker who continues to improve the quality of the coffee with a lot of love and various investments - e.g. in an efficient irrigation system as well as in water-saving and modern processing technology. Ngila Coffee Estate employs experienced Tanzanian staff and offers a highland coffee that meets the high demands of quality-conscious roasters and coffee lovers. Convince yourself of during the coffee tasting.
The afternoon for leisure to relax by the pool, go hiking or visit social institutions such as schools, orphanages or a tree nursery.
Day 4 - Lake Manyara National Park
Drive to Manyara National Park, full day safari with picnic lunch in the park,
Dinner and overnight near Karatu.
Although the smallest of the parks in northern Tanzania, the Manyara National Park offers a great variety of animal species including lions, elephants, giraffes and buffalo ... in a wonderful landscape framed by the Rift Valley and Lake Manyara with its thousands of flamingos and countless other bird species.
Day 5 - Ngorongoro Crater
Full day safari in the famous Ngorongoro crater.
At lunchtime, a picnic lunch awaits you in the great outdoors. Dinner and overnight near Lake Masek.
The land of the Big Five: buffalo, elephant, leopard, lion and finally rhinoceros.
The Ngorongoro Crater on the edge of the Serengeti was created by the collapse of a volcanic mountain. The crater floor is 1700 meters above sea level and has a diameter of about 20 kilometers. An almost unbelievable abundance of animals can be found on an area of 26,400 hectares, perfectly protected by crater walls up to 600 meters high. Bernhard Grzimek and his son Michael are buried on the edge of what is certainly the most famous animal reserve in the world. In 2010 this natural amphitheater was declared a World Heritage Site.
Day 6 & 7 - Two day safari in the Serengeti
Picnic lunch, dinner and overnight in Serengeti National Park.
The Serengeti includes very different biotopes: the savannah, with its wide, grass-covered plains in the south, the wooded hilly landscape in the west, the Kopjes - sometimes also called "island mountains" - in the east and the bush savannah in the north.
In addition, the area is crossed by a river, which attracts a diverse fauna all year round (buffalo, giraffes, antelopes, cats ...), but is also a habitat for crocodiles and hippos.
Day 8 - departure
Transfer to the Seronera Airstrip for the flight to Arusha and possibly on to Zanzibar.
Picnic lunch on board.
The safari can be extended by 2 days, either in the north or south of the Serengeti, depending on the season. Overnight stays in the mobile Kichakani Migration Camp that moves twice a year to follow the migration of the herds.