1-Day-Trip-Safari

12 DAYS MAMBA & BUSHMEN EXPEDITION

If you are planning a longer safari during the months of May to early July this could be the best program for you as the Migration of the Wildebeest will be on the Western part of Serengeti crossing the crocodile infested Grumeti River. Learning more about the Bush Men of Lake Eyasi, the Hadzabe will be a good ending as their culture is dependent on hunting and gathering..

PLACES TO VISIT

Arusha, Tarangire, Serengeti, Karatu

DURATION

12 Days

INCLUDED

Park fees

Conservation Fees

All activities (unless labeled as optional)

All accommodation as stated in the itinerary

A professional driver/guide

All transportation (unless labeled as optional)

All Meals (as specified in the day-by-day section)

Roundtrip airport transfer

Drinking water on all days

NOT INCLUDED

International flights (from/to home)

Tips (tipping guideline US$20.00 pp per day)

Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)

Services not mentioned in the program

Travel insurance and medical repatriation

Personal equipment

PAYMENT POLICY:

After clients confirmed their booking they receive an invoice with all details. In order to confirm our clients’ reservation, we require a 50% deposit payment of the itinerary cost and 100% upfront payment for airline tickets. The balance of payment is due 65 days prior to the commencement date of your itinerary. Bookings made within 65 days prior to departure are subject to full prepayment at the time of confirming the reservation

CANCELLATION POLICY:

In the event that you cancel your booking, in full or partially, for any reason whatsoever OSIMLAI Adventures Limited will levy cancellation charges as defined in the section below.
65+ days before departure: deposit non-refundable
50-65 days before departure: 50% of the itinerary cost
0-50 days before departure: 100% of the itinerary cost
After your booking has been confirmed, should you wish to make any changes to your itinerary or wish an earlier departure date, we will make every effort to accommodate your requests based on availability. However, the extra costs involved to make changes are €150,-

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Day 1: Arrival JRO / Arusha: 55km / 01 hour

Meet and greet on arrival, we will pick you up at Kilimanjaro Airport and transfer you to your hotel in Arusha for overnight on Bed & Breakfast Basis.

Day 2: Arusha / Tarangire National Park: 120 km / 2.5 hours

After breakfast your professional driver guide will drive to Tarangire National Park for a full day of game drive. This park is famous for big herds of elephant in Africa, the largest concentration of elephants, often seen bathing in the Tarangire River, lots of giraffes, monkeys, impalas and many birds. It is also one of the best places to spot lions, leopards and lions.
You will then drive back to your camp / lodge for dinner and overnight on Full Board Basis.

Day 3: Tarangire / Lake Manyara National Park: 75 km / 1.5 hours

Today we drive to Lake Manyara National Park for a full day of game drive. The park is home to tree climbing Lion, Hippo, Elephant, Zebra, Buffalo, Giraffe, Baboon, Blue and Vervet monkey, Warthog and more. About 350 species of birds have been recorded.
Later drive to Karatu Town to your camp / lodge for diner and overnight on Full Board Basis.

Day 4: Karatu / Serengeti National Park (Western): 220 km / 5 hours

After breakfast depart with picnic lunch boxes and drive to Western Serengeti national park. On the way you will stop at a Maasai village to learn and experience something about these traditional people and get opportunity to take their picture. In this area you will have high chances to see the great migration (estimated to reach 3,000,000 animals now) crossing the Grumeti River while the crocodiles in the river try to attack them.
All meals and overnight will be at Camp / lodge on Full Board Basis.

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Day 5-6: Serengeti National park (Western): Full Day Game Drive

Spend full 2-day in Western Serengeti exploring the great migration. All meals and overnight will be at camp / lodge on Full Board Basis.

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Day 6: Serengeti National Park (Central): 80 km / 1 hour

After breakfast you will do game drive towards Central Serengeti with game drive en route. This park has the largest concentration of big mammals in the world and it is where you will see most of your exciting wildlife. The sightings will include prides of lions, cheetahs, leopards, elephants, giraffes, hippos and many more.
Dinner and overnight will be at your camp / lodge on Full Board Basis.

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Day 9 - 10: Serengeti National Park (Central)

Full day of game drive in Serengeti national park with early start, looking for hunting lions/cheetahs/leopards.
All meals and overnight will be at camp / Lodge on Full Board Basis.

Day11-12 Ngorongoro Crater/Lake Eyasi/Karatu

After breakfast, with picnic lunches, you will drive to the Ngorongoro area and descend into the Crater floor for game. This is the ideal place to see the endangered black rhinos (less than 5040 black rhinos are left in the wild in the world).The crater has also many other animals like zebras, wildebeests, hippos, gazelles, hyenas and many more. In the late afternoon you will continue to camp / lodge in Karatu area dinner and overnight on Full Board Basis.

After breakfast drive to Lake Eyasi with picnic lunch to explore the hunting Bushmen. The hadzabe that speak “click” language are the only people in Tanzania whose life fully depends on hunting and gathering. You will accompany them in their hunting and see how they shoot their animals by using arrows, skin them, roast and eat. You will then visit another traditional tribe called datoga before you return to your camp / lodge in Karatu for dinner and overnight on Full Board Basis.

Drive back to Arusha for hot lunch, later continue to Kilimanjaro Airport for your flight back home. You may want to stop for shopping on the way to Arusha. End of Services.

12 Days Safari