4-Day Luxury Wilderness Safari
4-Day Luxury Wilderness Safari
This 4-day luxury safari allows you to experience some of the highlights of the Northern Safari Circuit. You will stay in hand-picked luxurious properties where you can relax and be pampered after your day’s adventures. You will experience a wide variety of wildlife and landscapes that will take your breath away. Let us help you build your dream safari.
Day 1 Arrival in Arusha
Your Buffalo Grass Safari guide will collect you from your accommodation after breakfast. You will then drive to Tarangire National Park; your first taster of what Tanzania has to offer on this luxury safari. The Park is named after the Tarangire River which runs through it. This ‘river of warthogs’ is the only source of water for wildlife in the region during the dry season. One of the largest National Parks in Tanzania, it is famous for large herds of elephant families, around 500 species of birds and the fascinating baobab or ‘upside down’ tree. It is also known as the ‘Tree of Life’ due to its mythical powers that some cultures believe it has. Lunch will be at a picnic site inside the Park. After your game drive, you will transit to your luxury accommodation in Karatu.
Accommodation
Luxury: Gran Melia
Meals & Drinks: at own expense
Day 2 Tarangire National Park
Your Buffalo Grass Safari guide will collect you from your accommodation after breakfast. This morning, you will drive to Tarangire National Park, your first taste of the wild on your luxury safari. The transit drive is approximately two and a half hours on good tarmac roads. Tarangire has a healthy population of wildlife, big and small. The Park is famous for its herds of elephant that you may see meandering through the bush. During the dry season, you may see them congregating at the river to enjoy a drink or just to cool off from the hot sun. In addition to this, the park is home to over 500 species of birds. The park, with its baobab crested landscape is beautiful. Baobab trees tower above the savannah and these ancient trees play a vital role in the ecosystem as they are home to bees, birds and bats. They also provide nourishing fruit and are a source of water during the dry season. Lunch will be at a picnic site inside the Park. After your game drive, you will transit to your accommodation near the Park.
Accommodation
Luxury: Kitela Lodge
Meals & Drink: All meals included,All drinks (Premium wines & liquors might be excluded)
Day 3 Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast, you will drive up into the cooler regions of Ngorongoro Conservation Area. When you first see Ngorongoro Crater, it looks like a forgotten world. Concealed by the steep volcanic walls is a pristine wilderness including sweeping savannah, pockets of acacia woodland, and glistening lakes and swamps. The Crater was created when a large volcano exploded and collapsed in on itself two to three million years ago and it covers an area of 260 km². The Crater is famous for both its geological delights and for being a natural reserve that is home to some of the densest large mammal populations in the whole of the African continent. After you descend into the Crater, you quickly find yourself amongst large numbers of wildebeest, zebra, gazelle, and more than 500 bird species. The Crater provides you with the best chance of seeing the endangered black rhino.
Lunch will be at a picnic site on the Crater Floor. After your game drive, you will return to your luxury accommodation in Karatu.
Accommodation
Luxury: Kitela Lodge
Meals & Drink: All meals included,All drinks (Premium wines & liquors might be excluded)
Day 4 Lake Manyara National Park to Arusha
After breakfast, you will drive to Lake Manyara National Park, the final Park on your luxury safari. Everything you’ll see here is on a different scale. It is both compact (this is one of the narrowest parks in Africa) and epic (the Great Rift Escarpment towers over Lake Manyara’s western boundary). The park’s namesake is a shallow, salt lake. It covers a large area of the park, flooding and drying with the seasons and is home to thousands of wading birds (including flamingos and over 500 other bird species). You may see baboon and elephant in the park’s thick evergreen forest and watch for the tree-climbing lions that have become famous throughout Africa.
Picnic lunch in the park. After your game drive, you will say a fond farewell to your Guide and will be dropped off at a place of your choosing e.g. Arusha Town, Kilimanjaro Airport or Arusha Airport. We hope you have enjoyed your adventure with Buffalo Grass Safari!
No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drink: Breakfast & Lunch, Drinks not included
Included
- Park fees(For non-residents)
- All activities(Unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation(Unless listed as upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation(Unless labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- Meals(As specified in the day-by-day section)
- Drinks(As specified in the day-by-day section)
Excluded
- International flights(From/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips(Tipping guideline US$20.00 pp per day)
- Personal items(Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
Optional Safari Activities:
- Balloon Safari (USD 500 per person)
- Maasai Village Visit (U$DD 30 per person)
- Night Game Drive Tarangire or Lake Manyara (USD 120 per person)
- Ngorongoro Crater Rim Walk (U$D30 per person)
- Visit to the Olduvai Gorge and museum (U$D 40 per person)