LEGENDARY TANZANIA ITINERARY:
Days 1 & 2, Thursday & Friday - Depart for Nairobi, Kenya
Depart from home on Thursday.
Arrive in Kenya’s capital city and relax for one night.
Days 3 & 4, Saturday & Sunday - Tarangire National Park,
Tanzania
Fly to Kilimanjaro and drive to Tarangire Treetops. Tree
houses perched in baobab and marula trees offer a unique
perspective to view wildlife. Tarangire is home to thousands of
elephants plus large herds of elands, lesser kudus, Kongoni,
impalas, zebras, gazelles, buffaloes, wildebeest, as well as
leopards and rhinos.
Days 5 & 6, Monday & Tuesday - Ngorongoro Crater
The legendary Ngorongoro Crater is often associated with
Noah’s Ark in its preservation of diversity. Once a gigantic
volcano, perhaps taller than Kilimanjaro, today’s crater is
ringed by steep 1,640-foot-high cliffs. From our lodge on the
rim, we descend to an African Eden, teeming with some of
Africa’s last black rhino, zebra, wildebeest, giant-tusked
elephant, black-maned lions, leopard, buffalo, cheetah, warthog,
hippo and more.
Days 7 - 10, Wednesday - Saturday - Olduvai Gorge & Serengeti
National Park
At Olduvai Gorge, view the famous prehistoric site where
Mary Leakey
discovered the “earliest man.” Then in the Serengeti Plains, our
action-packed game drives provide views of lion prides and their
prey: zebra, giraffe, Thomson’s and Grant’s gazelle, eland,
impala and klipspringer. Enjoy a hot air balloon safari with
champagne breakfast. Our accommodations include a hilltop lodge
and an elegant Victorian-style luxury tented camp.
Days 11 & 12, Sunday & Monday - Nairobi, Kenya & Depart for
Home
Fly to Kilimanjaro, where we board a flight to Nairobi. A
day room is available until our evening departure for home.

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Follow the great migration as it carves its way through the
idyllic Serengeti Plain. Watch regal lions, cagey cheetahs, and
sly jackals as they stalk the hordes of wildebeest and zebra,
waiting for their opportunity. Discover Ngorongoro Crater, its
volcanic walls sheltering black rhinos, giant elephants, and
black-maned lions. And listen to the story of humankind, told in
the ancient soil of Olduvai Gorge, where archaeologists
uncovered traces of our earliest ancestors.
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Nairobi, Kenya |
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Nairobi, Kenya |
Duration: 13 Days Departure Dates:
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Price From: $8,295
Single Supplement: Call us for rates
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ACCOMMODATIONS |
Nairobi, Norfolk Hotel: No other hotel in Kenya
captures as much of Nairobi’s splendid past and exciting
present, and few hotels anywhere can claim a more romantic
history. The Norfolk Hotel has impressed generations of visitors
with its unfailing high standards of service, luxurious style,
hospitality and comfort including President Theodore Roosevelt,
Lord Baden-Powell, and the Baron and Baroness von Blixen have
all been part of the hotel’s history.
The exterior of the Norfolk Hotel has changed little since its
opening on Christmas Day 1904. inside, ceiling fans, cane
chairs, plump animal-print cushions and deep sofas combine with
local woods to create a tranquil ambience. All 167 luxurious
guestrooms are beautifully furnished and many look out onto the
hotel’s lovely gardens. The grounds are immaculate and profusely
planted with indigenous plants. Today, the hotel boasts an
outdoor heated swimming pool, a fully equipped health club, a
ballroom, elegant public areas and the choice of six dining
venues and 24-hour room service.
Tarangire, Tarangire Treetops: Astride the path of
the Elephant Migration, your accommodations sit alone in a
private game reserve bordering Tarangire national Park and the
Maasai Steppe amid rolling baobab-studded hills with views to
Lake Manyara and the Rift Valley wall.
Tarangire Treetops is distinctively furnished. Blending natural
materials and contemporary decor, your luxury tree house, one of
20, provides you with a unique safari experience. Perched up in
Baobab and Marula trees, your tree house has a large, private
balcony, an exotic double shower and some of the largest rooms
in East Africa.
Encasing a vast Baobab tree, the spacious and tranquil dining
room, reception and lounge overlooks the swimming pool and a
waterhole that sees a constant flow of wildlife.
Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge: Spread
out along the uppermost, eastern rim of the Ngorongoro World
Heritage Site, the lodge offers breathtaking views of the crater
floor far below. The lodge is located on Lemala Hill on the
uppermost, eastern rim of the Ngorongoro Crater, a World
Heritage Site, in the volcanic highlands of northern Tanzania.
The crater forms part of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area that
covers 3,200 sq. miles. This World Heritage Site has been set
aside to preserve and integrate the diverse values and interests
of wildlife, local people, archaeology, flora, tourism and the
area's environment and ecology. The Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge is,
and will remain as, the only tourist development on the eastern
rim of the crater and thus offers you unique and spectacular
views down into the crater floor and of the sunsets over the
western horizon.
Your suite is one of 92 and features wall-to-wall carpeting,
central heating, a private lounge with a mini bar, a bedroom
with two queen size beds and ample room for a third, an en-suite
bathroom with shaver sockets and a hair dryer, and a private
solarium which offers stunning views either down into the crater
floor below or of the setting sun over the western horizon.
The lodge offers direct-dial satellite telephone facilities as
well as satellite television and wildlife-video-film options.
Our water supply comes from nearby springs but guests are
advised not to drink from the taps. Instead, complimentary
bottled mineral water is provided in the mini bars. Our guest
shops stock a wide selection of curios, gift and personal items.
A swimming pool is situated on the very edge of the crater and
the water is invigorating, and is a perfect area to unwind and
relax while enjoying the views of the crater floor below or of
the sunsets in the evenings.
Serengeti National Park, Migration Camps: The name
Serengeti comes from the Maasai word “siringet” meaning 'endless
plain.' At Migration Camp you experience the vastness of these
sweeping plains. The Serengeti migration masses around the site
for several months en route to the southern plains with
excellent sightings of lion, leopard, elephant and buffalo year
round. The camp is situated in the northern central
Serengeti, overlooking the Grumeti River. Your tent will be one
of 13 secluded luxury dwellings and includes full bathroom
facilities.
Enjoy spectacular sunsets, star-filled evenings and open air
dining that bring you the romance of East Africa.
Serengeti National Park, Serengeti Sopa Lodge: Looking out
over the seemingly endless Serengeti plains, this hillside lodge
is a tranquil oasis set in over 5,000 sq. miles of National
Park. The Serengeti plains are host to a dramatic annual
migration of hundreds of thousands of wildebeest and numerous
other species of animals indigenous to the area. The lodge
offers direct-dial satellite telephone facilities as well as
satellite television and wildlife-video-film options. Our water
supply comes from nearby springs but guests are advised not to
drink from the taps. Instead, complimentary bottled mineral
water is provided in the mini bars. Our guest shops stock a wide
selection of curios, gift and personal items. The double size
pool offers a refreshing interlude between game drives as well
as wonderful views over the rolling plains of the Serengeti.
Your suite is one of 92 and features wall-to-wall carpeting,
central heating, a private lounge with a mini bar, a bedroom
with two queen size beds and ample room for a third, an en-suite
bathroom with shaver sockets and a hair dryer, and a private
verandah which offers stunning views over the plains.
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