Day 1
WILD FRONTIERS TANZANIA SAFARIS:
· Our packages generally include an extra park compared to most other operators. We include a visit to Tarangire National Park en-route in most of our packages.
· Our safaris depart after breakfast as opposed to after lunch, thereby allowing a full day in the national park visited on day 1.
· We use our own Wild Frontiers vehicles and guides rather than out-sourcing to other companies.
· We spend more game viewing time in the parks to give you a better opportunity to see elusive game.
· We will, if allowed, spend a full day in Ngorongoro Crater as opposed to half a day.
· We can make arrangements for you to fly home immediately after your safari if you are pressed for time, which often works out to be cost-effective too.
· We offer 24 hour support from our base in Arusha.
· We are a fully licensed and insured company
· Our safaris are flexible. There are often things not shown on the itinerary - particularly when you are doing a tailor-made or private safari. For example, if you show an interest in birds, the guide will do his best to show you the local species, or if you are keen to see some social upliftment projects or how the people live, he will do his best to assist. Game drives are also flexible - if you want to leave before sunset and stay out all day, or maybe pop back to the lodge for lunch and a siesta, it's your call. The guide is, as it is noted, YOUR guide - ask him and, where possible, he will make a plan for you! It is, after all, YOUR safari!

Accomodation at Kia Lodge in a Standard Room on a Bed and Breakfast basis for 1 nights.

KIA Lodge has 40 en-suite air conditioned rooms. Designed to compliment the setting, each cottage is built in traditional style using thatch and Tanzanian arts and crafts, such as Tinga Tinga paintings and Makunde carvings, giving it a distinctly African feelling.

Day 2
Transfer from Kilimanjaro Airport to Arusha, one way

Private 4x4 vehicle with game viewing hatches for Lodge Safari from Arusha, returning to Arusha, including experienced English speaking guide, fuel, entry fees for vehicle and guide, all game drives, and Public and Passenger Liability.
South African Resident.

Including bottled water in game vehicle.

Picnic lunch en-route.

TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK

The Tarangire ecosystem is the third largest in Tanzania (20,000 square kilometres), of which the park occupies a mere 13%. During the dry season, the park has the second largest concentration of wildlife in Tanzania. The unique acacia and baobab vegetation provides a home for over 550 bird species, as well as lion, leopard, buffalo and large herds of elephant. Species such as gerenuk, oryx and eland - rarely seen in the other parks in the north - are also common to this area.

Tarangire Park Fees.

NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA

The 8,300 square kilometre Ngorongoro Conservation Area is named after it's central feature, the Ngorongoro Crater, which is the world's largest intact volcanic caldera, and within which has evolved an extraordinary natural sanctuary for some of Africa's densest populations of large mammals. The crater floor itself is 260 square kilometres and, from the viewing points at the rim, the vast herds of wildebeest, buffalo and zebra look like mere ant formations winding their way across the grasslands below! The crater is also home to a great diversity of environments and you may encounter all of the large herbivores mentioned above, as well as lions, hyenas, jackals, male elephants (female and family groups tend to stay up on the higher slopes) and, in the forest around the crater, the occasional leopard and bushbuck. There is an active black rhino breeding project inside the crater and you may be lucky enough to spot some of these magnificent, shy beasts during your tour, but sightings are limited as breeding areas are strictly protected and usually closed to public access.

Accomodation at Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge in a Standard Room on a Full Board basis for 2 nights.

South African Resident.

Strung around the crater rim, each with its own rock-enclosed balcony, the rooms feature brass lamps, embossed leather headboards, wildwood mirrors, Maasai carvings, and stylised prehistoric cave paintings. Each room enjoys uninterrupted views over the crater's unmatched splendour.

Accomodation at Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge in a Circuit Discount for Standard Room on a SA Rack Only / Min 5 nights at Serena Hotels basis for 2 nights.

Circuit discount at Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge for minimum 5 nights at Serena Lodges.
South African Resident.

Ngorongoro Park Fees.

Day 3
Crater Visit Fee.
South African Resident.

Today, after an early breakfast, we descend to the crater floor. We explore this amazing area which is home to the Big Five and enjoy a picnic lunch on the Crater Floor. You are almost guaranteed to see 3 or 4 of the Big Five here, as well as hyena, hippo, and a myriad of smaller animals and birds. This is rightly one of the Natural Wonders of the World. Please note that permits may be changed to allow 6 hour visits, either in the morning or the afternoon - we will adjust our travel accordingly should this occur.

Day 4
Olduvai Gorge and optional Masai Village visit.
Please note: The Masai Village visit is an additional per vehicle cost split between the group and paid direct to the village.

Between Ngorongoro and Serengeti, we visit the famous Olduvai Gorge, where remains of early man were discovered by Louis Leakey. The museum is fascinating, and a resident specialist gives an interesting talk on this area covering the past and present. We also have the opportunity to visit a great Massai village in the area, where you will learn about these amazing people, see their homes and meet them - and take as many pictures as you like.

SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK

Africa's most famous game reserve covers an area of almost 15,000 square kilometres and is renowned for it's dense predator population and the annual wildebeest migration. The park is part of the the much larger Serengeti eco-system, which includes Kenya's Masai Mara Game Reserve and encompasses more than double this area. The greater part of the park is open grassland, patches of acacia woodland and isolated areas of granite rock outcrops called koppies. Huge herds of wildebeest and zebra can be found here along with smaller concentrations of Thomson's gazelle, Grant's gazelle, impala, kongoni, Kirk's dik dik, klipspringer and small numbers of roan, oryx, oribi, eland and waterbuck. There are also significant numbers of buffalo, giraffe and warthog. Elephants are relatively scarce on the open plains, more common in the northern areas and the western corridor. The few remaining black rhino are restricted to an inaccessible park of the park. The most popular animals to be found here in greater abundance than elsewhere on the northern circuit are the cats. Lion, cheetah and leopard may all be seen here along with other predators, such as spotted hyena, golden and black-backed jackals, wild cats and servals.

Accomodation at Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge in a Standard Room on a Full Board basis for 2 nights.

South African Resident.

Each charmingly presented room is accommodated in a two-storey stone-built, traditionally-thatched "Rondavel". Looking out over the plains, each has its own private balcony, private entrance, spacious bedroom, natural stone bathroom and intricately carved furniture.

Accomodation at Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge in a Circuit Discount for Standard Room on a SA Rack Only / Min 5 nights at Serena Hotels basis for 2 nights.

Circuit discount at Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge for minimum 5 nights at Serena Lodges.
South African Resident.

Serengeti Park Fees.

Day 6
Ngorongoro Transit Fee.

LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK

Lake Manyara is a shallow, alkaline lake at the base of a sheer stretch of the western Rift Valley escarpment. The north-western area of this lake is protected in a 330 square kilometre national park, which contains a remarkable diversity of terrestrial habitats: the grassy floodplain of the lakeshore, the rocky base of the escarpment, a belt of thick acacia woodland and a lush patch of groundwater forest just inside the northern entrance gate. An interesting bio-diversity of fauna and flora can be observed here and a variety of large mammal species including elephant, buffalo, wildebeest, giraffe and lion. Perhaps, however, the most immediately visible residents are the troupes of olive baboon, sometimes found in the company of the smaller and rather beautiful blue monkey. This is also a wonderful location for viewing groups of elephant and, for keen birders, Manyara has recorded almost 400 species due to the wide habitat diversity.

Accomodation at Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge in a Standard Room on a Full Board basis for 1 nights.

South African Resident

The rooms are housed in circular, double-storey, white-washed "rondavels" (traditional circular buildings with conical thatched roofs), which are strung along the edge of the cliff so as to allow for maximum views. Each spacious circular room has its own small veranda while the interior decor reflects the blue of the lake and the pink of its flamingos. Behind each bed hangs a spectacular hand-woven rug, while the furnishings and fittings reflect traditional Maasai beadwork.

Accomodation at Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge in a Circuit Discount for Standard Room on a SA Rack Only / Min 5 nights at Serena Hotels basis for 1 nights.

Circuit discount at Lake Manyara Serena Hotel for minimum 5 nights at Serena Lodges.
South African Resident.

Lake Manyara Park Fees.

Transfer from Arusha to Kilimanjaro Airport, one way

Accomodation at Kia Lodge in a Standard Room on a Bed and Breakfast basis for 1 nights.

KIA Lodge has 40 en-suite air conditioned rooms. Designed to compliment the setting, each cottage is built in traditional style using thatch and Tanzanian arts and crafts, such as Tinga Tinga paintings and Makunde carvings, giving it a distinctly African feelling.