Compare Serengeti Wilderness Safari by Bench Africa vs 8 day Highlights of Tanzania by Ker & Downey Africa
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| Duration | 6 days | 8 days |
| Price From | $ 3,685 | $ 7,208 |
| Price Per Day | $ 614 | $ 901 |
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| Trip Style | Group tour | Private guided tour |
| Lodging Level | Premium | Luxury |
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| Flights & Transport | Ground transport included | Ground transport included |
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5 Breakfasts, 6 Lunches and 5 Dinners |
8 Breakfasts, 7 Lunches and 7 Dinners |
| Description |
If you prefer to stay more off the beaten track without the crowds, consider this authentic eco-friendly wilderness camp in the Serengeti. With only 12 spacious tents in camp, this is a true bush experience at its best, with comfortable beds, en-suite |
Our 8 day LuxVenture trip offers rugged sophistication, remote locations, moonlit merriment and "wild" wildlife interactions. Experience the raw thrills of the African bush, make a genuine connection with the Tanzanian people and leave your own lasting legacy. Each safari tented camp has been road tested by our team within the last 12 months to ensure it meets our exacting standards. This trip is certainly not for everyone but for those brave enough to commit, you will leave Africa transformed. |
Day 1: Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Meals: Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: 2 nights Bougainvillea Lodge.
Depart Arusha this morning and drive to Tarangire National Park for a game drive and picnic lunch. Continue to the highlands of Karatu, stopping to view Manyara and the escarpment below from above.
Day 2: Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
After breakfast drive down onto the crater floor for game viewing and a picnic lunch.
Day 3: Serengeti National Park
Meals: Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: 3 nights Serengeti Wilderness Camp.
This morning depart for the Serengeti National Park, with a stop en route at Ol’Duvai Gorge and possible optional visit to a Masai village. A picnic lunch is taken while enjoying the game viewing.
Day 4 to Day 5: Serengeti National Park
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Spend the days exploring the park on game drives. Here you may have the opportunity of booking on an optional balloon safari (at own expense).
Day 6: End of Serengeti Wilderness Tour
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Return to Arusha by road, or alternatively there is the option to take a scenic flight back at an additional cost.
Day 1: Arusha
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Lake Duluti Lodge Luxury lodge
All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)
Main Destination: Mount Kilimanjaro
Watch the famous Kilimanjaro mountain rise up over the horizon as you fly into Kilimanjaro International Airport in Tanzania, near the northern Tanzanian border. Your Ker & Downey Africa adventurist will meet you from your flight and transfer you the short distance to the first stop on your LuxVenture trip, Lake Duluti Lodge.
Lake Duluti Lodge is situated on the banks of Lake Duluti, within a 31 acre coffee plantation, and to the South of Arusha National Park. It consists of 18 classic style chalets on a full board basis.
Although your stay here is limited to an afternoon and early morning, we recommend that you make the most of its stunning location by borrowing a kayak and heading out onto the lake. Alternatively enjoy a hike through the trails that wind their way through the coffee plantation or get a tour of the working farm.
If you are travelling as a family, the lodge can accommodate children free of charge.
Day 2-3: Tarangire National Park
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Nimali
Luxury tented camp bordering Tarangire NP without fences
All drinks (Premium wines & liquors might be excluded)
Main Destination: Tarangire National Park
You will spend the next two days exploring the Tarangire region. Enjoy day and night time game drives (which opens up a whole range of nocturnal species for you to discover). Expect to see giraffe, elephant, buffalo as well as the occasional lion or leopard. On our last visit to the park in June 2017, we were fortunate enough to sight a leopard up a tree, a rare sight indeed!
We strongly recommend foregoing the 4x4 on one of the mornings and embarking by foot on a guided walking safari along the dried river bed that runs parallel with Nimali Tarangire camp. It will give you a new found appreciation of the African bush and the smaller members of the animal kingdom.
Nimali Tarangire is a classic tented safari camp that offers comfort, exclusivity and style. Situated in a remote location, bordering the park and featuring only six suites as well as its own library, mess tent and swimming pool (overlooking a watering hole), you are guaranteed an intimate and sophisticated experience.
Day 4-5: Ngorongoro Crater
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Lemala Ngorongoro
Luxury tented camp located on the crater rim of Ngorongoro
All drinks (Premium wines & liquors might be excluded)
Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater
On the morning of your fourth day, you will drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. En-route you will explore another of Tanzania's famous reserves, Lake Manyara National Park, where you will experience a completely different (aquatic) habitat to Tarangire or Ngorongoro.
Your next two days will be spent at Lemala Ngorongoro, a luxury tented camp on the north-eastern rim of the crater - providing you with the perfect vantage point. Lemala Ngorongoro Tented Camp guests can be down on the floor of the crater within 15 minutes of leaving camp, as opposed to the usual one hour journey of other camps in the region.
As for adventure, the experiences available in and around the crater ensure thrills in large doses. Daily game drives through the crater and guided walks along the rim of the crater offer up wildlife encounters at every step and point you could ask for while the unique Maasai boma experience allows you to truly connect with the local people of this famous region.
Day 6-7: Central Serengeti
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Nyaruswiga
Luxury+ tented camp located inside Serengeti NP
All drinks (Premium wines & liquors might be excluded)
Main Destination: Serengeti National Park
Depending on what time of year you choose to travel with us, we will select a luxury tented camp that gives you the very best chance of sighting the maurading herd of wildebeest and zebra (also known as the Great Migration). We've chosen to feature one of our favourite camps in the Central Serengeti, Nyaruswiga, to give you a taste of what you have in store. Situated right in the heart of the Serengeti, Nyaruswiga is best visited in June, November and December.
From mid-July to late October, we would look to situate you in the northern part of the Serengeti, in or around the Lamai region. We may even recommend a night in the Masai Mara. From early January to late February, we would select a camp in the south of the Serengeti or in the Ndutu region.
Nyaruswiga epitomises the kind of camp that we are known for. It oozes style, sophistication and adventure. Hemmingway would have been right at home and so will you if you share the same adventurous spirit and love of safari.
Day 8: Departure
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
Drinks not included
Main Destination: No major destination visited
On your final day, you will depart after breakfast to the local airstrip to catch a short flight back to Arusha. The flight is an experience in itself as you will fly over the vast wilderness of the Serengeti as well as the Ngorongoro Crater. Be sure to keep you camera close by for some unforgettable aerial views.
