Compare 7 Days-Private Luxury Safari by Expect In Africa Safari vs Bush & People 6 Days by Zama Tours & Safaris
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| Duration | 7 days | 6 days |
| Price From | $ 4,840 | $ 2,640 |
| Price Per Day | $ 691 | $ 440 |
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| Trip Style | Small group tour | Private guided tour |
| Lodging Level | Luxury | Premium |
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| Flights & Transport | Ground transport included | Ground transport included |
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5 Breakfasts, 4 lunches and 4 Dinners |
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| Description |
Tanzania has some of the world’s plushest camps, where premium wine cellars, private plunge pools and spas have been created in the most remote settings and the tents can only be described as four to five-star hotel rooms under canvas. But a luxury safari here isn’t just about your accommodation; it’s also the exclusive safari experience that comes with it. Best time to visit :Tanzania is warm year-round, but it can be cold in early morning and at night on safari,The short rains are from November-December and the long rains from April-May January is hot and dry, June to October is warm and dry with cooler evenings, and the hottest months are October to February The annual wildebeest migration can typically be seen in different areas of the |
A 6-day varied journey alternating wildlife viewing with cultural visits, witnessing the harmonious though sometimes challenging cohabitation between humans and animals. Accommodation will be mostly in luxury tents with en-suite facilities in natural surroundings, such as the Tarangire area, Serengeti National Park and Lake Eyasi. The night close to Ngorongoro will be in a lodge room of outstanding quality. Your private guide takes you in a 4x4 vehicle with pop-up roof along the rough roads of the parks and into the remote villages to get an insight in local tradition and culture. Talk with the elders, see daily life tasks of the women and hunt with the men. |
Day 1: Arrive
Meals: Dinner and Breakfast
Accommodation: Mount Meru Hotel.
Upon arrival, you will clear immigration and transfer to your hotel, situated on near Mount Meru it will take you 50 mins to hotel,
Day 2: Tarangire National Park
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner and Soft drinks included during game drive
Accommodation: Nimali Luxury Tented Lodge
After your breakfast at the hotel, we will proceed to Tarangire National park. One of the largest national park in Tanzania located in Manyara region, this place is characterized by the large herds of elephants, tree climbing lions, and the fascinating baobab trees also called the Tree of Life for its almost mythical powers that some cultures attach to it. This park is especially known for Tarangire River which flows all year round and the only source of water for wild animals during dry seasons.
Day 3: Transfer to Ngorongoro
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Soft drinks included during game drive
Accommodation: Ngorongoro O’ldeani Mountain Lodge
Today, enjoy a morning game drive in Ngorongoro Crater, This spectacular collapsed volcanic crater is a truly remarkable area with the densest game population in Africa on its crater floor– from big games,After Lunch we will visit Maasai village, where you learn about the tribe’s traditional, nomadic lifestyle and coexistence with wildlife. You also partake in an artisan visit with a demonstration in traditional beadwork and crafts. Later, witness a private dance performance. Sense the incomparable spirit of this pastoral, nomadic people who have kept their tribal traditions alive through countless generations of life in Tanzania.
Day 4 to 6: Serengeti National Park
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Soft drinks included during game drive
Accommodation: Ngorongoro O’ldeani Mountain Lodge
Enjoy game viewing including Balloon Safari, You will have 2 full days in the Serengeti National Park, In unique feature this camp site offers is the passing of the migration right through the Camp which adds on to the excitement of being able to see the wild life through the comfort of sitting in your plush rooms or the guest area.
Day 7: Depart
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Fly back to Arusha stopping for lunch before a transfer to the airport for your return flight home.
Day 1: Arusha – Tarangire National Park
Meals: Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Nimali Tarangire Lodge
Activity: Game drive in Tarangire
On arrival at the airport, you will be met by your guide and transferred to the Tarangire National Park, Tanzania’s third largest national park and sanctuary for an unusually large elephant population. Majestic baobab trees are an interesting feature of the park, dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. Animals concentrate along the Tarangire River, which provides the only permanent water supply in the area. There is a great diversity of wildlife including lion, leopard, cheetah and up to six thousand elephant. Late in the afternoon you will drive to your tentd lodge camp for dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Tarangire National Park – Esilalei – Serengeti National Park
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Nyumbani Serengeti Camp
Activity: Cultural visit to the Maasai of Esilalei
After breakfast the tour takes you to the Maasai village of Esilalei, where a local guide will introduce you to his village and people. Get a better understanding of the natural medicines still used on a daily basis with a Maasai medicine walk of the surrounding area. Then continue down to a Boma (mud dwelling) for an introduction into the Maasai way of life, beliefs and rituals. The road then leads you through the Crater Forest and over the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater. Short stop at the viewpoint with breath-taking views over the crater, before descending towards the Serengeti National Park. The vast extensions of the Serengeti plains before you will impress you and wanting you to explore this area in deep. Continue into the park to the tented camp for dinner and overnight.
Day 3: Serengeti National Park
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Nyumbani Serengeti Camp
Activity: Game drives in Serengeti
The whole of the day is dedicated to wildlife watching in the Serengeti. In the Seronera Valley you will find wildebeest and zebras and often lions and other big cats such as leopards and cheetahs. Other areas that you will visit will depend upon where the migrating herds are to be found. Usually the wildebeest and the zebras during the short rainy season in October and November are to be found moving from the hills in the north, to the plains in the south. During the longer rainy season of April, May and June they return north. With fluctuations of annual rainfall, the exact location of the animals varies from year to year. Your guide however will know the location of the herds and also where to get the best views. You will spend another night in the same accommodation.
Day 4: Serengeti National Park – Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Oldeani Mountain Lodge
Activity: Game drive in the Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast you will start a new game drive in the Serengeti National Park before heading into the direction of the Ngorongoro Crater. As soon as you have reached the edge of the crater the caldera opens up before you and is a sight to behold. You’ll descend onto the crater floor to emerge into this fishbowl of wildlife. On the grass steppe and in the acacia tree woods, you will find almost all species that are found in the East African savannah with the exception of topis, Masai giraffes and impalas. Quite often you can observe the “Big Five” (lions, elephants, buffalos, rhinoceros and leopards) within a couple of hours. After an extensive wildlife tour you leave the Conservation Area for dinner and overnight in the lodge in the Crater Highlands.
Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater Highlands – Lake Eyasi
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Activity: Cultural visit to the Hadzabe tribe
Accommodation: Kisima Ngeda Tented Camp
We enter the true tribal areas of Tanzania after leaving the tourist trail and heading towards Lake Eyasi, home to the hunter-gathers, an ethnic group of the Hadzabe Bushmen bearing similar characteristics to those of the Bushmen in Southern Africa. The small people of this indigenous tribe are probably the last living in true harmony with nature and have a wealth of fauna and flora knowledge to share with us. The time you’ll spend with them is filled with tours and game walks guided by bushmen taking you on their traditional hunting tracks. Dinner and overnight in a tented camp.
Day 6: Lake Eyasi – Arusha
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Activity: Hunting with the Hadzabe
A last early morning hunt with the Hadza, offering a perfect end to your iconic bush & people experience. Then it is back to Arusha for your flight home or further destination.
