Tanzania Experience with Sanctuary Retreats

Arrival in Kilimanjaro; clearance of customs formalities and meeting with the Italian-speaking guide/driver who will accompany you for the duration of the trip. Transfer to Arusha.

Accommodation at the lodge; afternoon rest from the journey. Dinner and overnight.

Breakfast at the lodge. Early morning departure for the Tarangire. Arrive at the camp in time for lunch.

Afternoon game drive in the Tarangire Park, famous for its large number of elephants and beautiful baobab trees.

Return to camp, dinner and overnight.

Day dedicated to game drives in the park.

Meals and overnight at the camp.

After breakfast, depart for Ngorongoro. En route visit a Maasai village.

Arrival at the camp situated on the edge of the crater. Accommodation and, after lunch, afternoon rest. Dinner and overnight.

Breakfast at the camp.

Today we will descend the crater, an enormous volcanic caldera formed about two and a half million years ago by the collapse of the now inactive volcano. A 20 km wide amphitheatre, with walls six hundred metres high, it is home to an incredible number of animals, including the “big five”: elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo and rhinoceros. The latter, although present in the Serengeti, where it is rarely sighted and only from a distance, can be well observed in the crater.

The spectacle continues with wildebeests, buffaloes, cheetahs, zebras, hyenas and more, and a wide variety of birds including thousands of pink flamingos, buzzards, hawks, ostriches and eagles. In a way, the crater offers everything the animals need, a kind of paradise on earth, but it can also be the source of bloody battles for survival.

As an alternative to the picnic lunch, it is possible to organise lunch at the edge of the crater at extra charge. Late afternoon return camp, dinner and overnight stay.

Breakfast and depart for the Serengeti. On arrival transfer to the camp.

The camp is mobile and based on the great migration route: from December to March in the south; from June to November in the north of the Serengeti.

Arrival at the camp, accommodation and, after lunch, first game drive. Return to camp late afternoon, dinner and overnight.

Note: picnic lunch is provided in the months when the camp is in the north of the Serengeti.

Full-day game drive within Serengeti National Park among the richest and most beautiful in Africa, scene of the famous and spectacular Great Migration.

Picnic lunch on safari or at the camp (at clients' discretion - to be arranged with the guide).

Dinner and overnight at the camp.

Breakfast at the camp. Transfer to Lamai or southern Serengeti airstrip and return flight to Arusha.

Upon arrival transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport.

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