Tanzania Active Safari for Families with Teens

• All entrance fees

• Accommodations based on double and triple occupancy at comfortable and distinctive tourist level hotels

• Most meals; we leave off a couple so your family can explore on your own.

• Travel in groups of 15 to 25 people

• Services of a bilingual guide who will accompany you throughout your trip

• Land transportation, airport transfers and internal air

• All excursions

• Bottled water and snacks

• Travel insurance – Travel Insured International policy

• Groups of 8 or more will be accompanied by a mentor whose primary jobs will be to provide kid-friendly enrichment activities for up to an hour each day that enhance the overall trip experience; to provide organized fun for kids that helps them get to know each other; to provide things for kids to do during delays, flights and long bus trips (our teen trips don’t include mentors)

• Ages 6 to 16 will be matched with pen pals with whom they can correspond and then meet in country (our cruises of Inside Passage of Alaska and our teen trips don’t include penpals)

• There may be slight variations to this listing for certain adventures

DAYS 1 – 2 DEPART U.S. / ARRIVE ARUSHA
Upon arrival at the airport, you will be met and transferred to your lodge.

DAYS 3 – 4 ENASHIVA NATURE REFUGE
Depart after breakfast this morning for a charter flight to the Enashiva Nature Refuge. Adjacent to Serengeti National Park and part of that ecosystem, Enashiva is an exclusive area for Thomson guests, located in the heart of Tanzania.

Maasai boma visit

Afternoon bush walk

Hike in the reserve

Visit by Maasai teens

DAYS 5 – 6 SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
In the Maasai language, Serengeti means "endless plain," a fitting name for this 6,000 square mile expanse of grasslands and forests. Serengeti National Park is the largest in Tanzania and one of the largest wildlife sanctuaries in the world. The landscape of the park is ideal for wildlife viewing and it is famed for its annual migrations of wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles. The expansive plains and woodlands are also inhabited by buffalo, elephant, giraffe, hippo, antelope, ostrich, jackal, baboon, and dik-dik.

Wildlife safari in the Serengeti

Relax at Nyumba campsite

DAYS 7 – 9 NGORONGORO HIGLANDS, CRATER AND CONSERVATION AREA
Ngorongoro Crater is widely considered to be one of the natural wonders of the world. Twelve miles wide, 2,000 feet deep, and covering an area of 102 square miles, it is the largest intact volcanic crater on earth and home to a spectacular concentration of wildlife. The crater hosts an estimated 30,000 animals on its floor, including large herds of buffalo and wildebeest, eland, hartebeest, elephant, hippo, lions, and the endangered black rhino.

Volunteer project

Wildlife safari in Ngorongoro Crater

Bike ride

DAYS 10 – 11 ARUSHA NATIONAL PARK
Covering an area of 137 square kilometers, Arusha National Park lies between the peaks of Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru. Known for its remarkable range of altitude, topography, and vegetation, the park hosts a variety of species particular to forest, mountain, and aquatic habitats. On your visit to the park, head off on a half day trek up Mount Meru, passing Itikoni clearing, crossing a large stream above the Maio waterfalls, and heading up a path along the crater rim wall to Miriakamba, where you camp for the night.

Village visit at Mto Wa Mbu

Trek Mount Meru

Camp one night in a hut

DAYS 12 – 13 DEPART ARUSHA / ARRIVE U.S.
After descending Mount Meru and returning to your lodge, your family will have time to relax by the pool, shower, and enjoy a farewell meal before departing.

Touring Date	Land Only	Land + Air	Single (Land Only)	Single (Land + Air)
7/3/2010 - 7/15/2010	$6,190
8/1/2010 - 8/13/2010	$6,190
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There is no greater wildlife experience in the world than Tanzania — a nation that devotes 33% of its land to conservation and boasts the highest concentration of animals anywhere on the planet. From the vast Serengeti to the lust rain forests of the Mahale Mountains, Tanzania is home to wildebeest, chimpanzee, zebra, hippopotamus, giraffe, hyena and cheetah — just to name of few! Imagine seeing a hundred Thomson gazelle springing across a dirt road or majestic elephants leading their babies to a watering hole. Tanzania is the only place on earth where the “big five” — buffalo, elephant, leopard, the black-maned lion and the endangered, rare black rhinoceros — all live in one place.

Tanzania is a peaceful, safe country. A democracy since gaining independence 1961, Tanzania is led by a president and national assembly elected by popular vote. While not a wealthy country, Tanzania is quite stable, and its people are committed to preserving its natural and cultural resources. Tanzania is referred to as the “Switzerland of Africa,” peacefully sustaining more than 120 different ethnic groups and free of the political upheaval present in some other African countries.

Protected since 1921, the Serengeti became Tanzania’s first National Park 30 years later. The Serengeti comprises some 14% of Tanzania’s total land, and features grassland plains and savanna as well as riverine forest and woodlands. Wooded knolls mark the official entrance, called Naabi Hill Gate, which then drops into the park’s signature wide-open expansive plains. Like no other, this stretch embodies the meaning of the word “Serengeti,” which derives from the Maasai word Siringet, and has been translated as “the land that flows on forever.” Covering over 6,000 square miles of pristine land, the Serengeti offers not only sprawling landscapes but the largest migration of mammals on earth, including 1.5 million wildebeest.

RECOMMENDED FOR AGES 12+

All tour prices are per person, in US dollars, based on double occupancy.

Internal Air = $200

Teen Rate = $6690

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