Get a taste of what beautiful Tanzania has to offer, visiting Tarangire, Ngorongoro & Serengeti National Park.
Day-by-day itinerary
Fri Day 1 Depart on British Airways from your gateway city.
Sat Day 2 Nairobi: The Mayfair Court Holiday Inn
Arrive into London in the morning and connect with your British Airways flight to Nairobi. Upon arrival into Nairobi, you will be met by an AfricaTours representative and escorted to your hotel. Your evening will be free to sample some of the finest restaurants in Nairobi. The Mayfair Court Hotel is a seven-minute drive from the center of Nairobi, in a leafy suburb of Parklands. Close to the Westlands Shopping Center, where you can find a large variety of quality the largest shopping and restaurants. The hotel retains the ambiance and charm of the original 1930’s construction, although it has recently been restored to excellent standards. The hotel has two restaurants, two outdoor swimming pools, and health club, beauty salon, boutique and a complimentary shuttle bus service between the hotel and the city center.
Sun Day 4 Tarangire National Park: Tarangire Sopa Lodge (BLD)
After breakfast, travel to Arusha via shuttle bus. Arusha is nestled at the base of Mount Meru, Africa's fourth largest mountain (14,979 ft). After lunch, continue on to Tarangire. Enjoy a game drive en-route to the lodge. Tarangire is one of the largest national parks in Tanzania, measuring some 1,000 square miles. The first thing to capture the eye as you enter Tarangire is the vast numbers of Baobab trees, which dwarf the animals feeding beneath them. Masai giraffe, Grant's and Thompson's gazelle, hartebeest, impala, kudu, reedbuck, gerenuk, klipspringer, fox and the usual collections of baboons, warthog and ostrich abound. During the dry season from June to November, animals concentrate along the Tarangire River, which provides the only permanent water supply in Masai land. The Tarangire Sopa Lodge is built as a 'low profile' structure, nestled into a wooded hillside valley overlooking Tarangire Hill. It has wall-to-wall carpeting, a private lounge with a mini bar, a bedroom with two queen size beds, an en-suite bathroom with shaver sockets and a hair dryer, and a private verandah that offers stunning views over the baobab studded landscape. The unique swimming pool is located at the edge of a rocky gorge and has its own bar and snack kitchen, offering a refreshing interlude between game drives.
Mon Day 5 Serengeti National Park: Serengeti Sopa Lodge (BLD)
Enjoy a morning game drive en-route as you leave the park. In the afternoon, drive to the Serengeti with a brief stop at the Ngorongoro Crater for lunch. Enjoy an afternoon game drive en-route to the lodge. The Serengeti National Park — a 12,800 square mile wilderness of semi-arid grasslands and woodlands in Tanzania's northwestern corner is the pulsating heart of East Africa. Its immense grass oceans and riverine forests are home to the largest concentration of large predators and plains game in Africa. The Serengeti's pulse beats to the migration cycle. In the spring, the bright green of the grass gives the Serengeti an air of sparkling freshness. Then, the meadows reverberate with the thunder of millions of hooves — with the snarls of hyenas and hunting dogs in hot pursuit — as vast hordes of wildebeest and zebra begin their great annual migration: the most impressive wildlife pageant on earth. In the afternoon, enjoy a game drive. Serengeti Sopa lodge is located in the Nyarboro Hills in the south west of the Serengeti National Park, and is the only hotel in this section of the Park. The vicinity of the lodge boasts a fair amount of game due to the year-round water and the acacia woodland. This offers a pleasant stay as you spot game at your doorstep. Situated on the slopes of the hills the lodge offers magnificent views over the rolling plains of the National Park. Access to the lodge is via a tarmac highway to Makuyuni and then an all weather road through Mto wa Mbu, Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area highlands. Spacious rooms, each with two double beds welcome you to a comfortable stay, while a swimming pool invites you to cool off in the African sun.
Tue Day 6: Serengeti National Park: Sopa Lodge (BLD)
Enjoy a morning and afternoon game drive in the Serengeti.
Wed Day 7 Ngorongoro Crater: Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge (BLD)
After a morning game drive and breakfast, drive to the Ngorongoro Crater stopping at the Olduvai Gorge en-route. The Ngorongoro Crater is one of the world's hallowed places - a giant amphitheater ten miles across; "stamped like a hoofprint deep into the green hills of Africa" says one writer. The floor of this ancient volcanic crater encompasses a self-contained ecosystem, which sustains the greatest concentration of wildlife on earth! Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge is located on Lemala Hill on the uppermost, eastern rim of the Ngorongoro Crater. The Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge is the only hotel on the eastern rim of the crater and thus offers you unique and spectacular views down into the crater floor and of the sunsets from the west. Another major advantage of this location is that you can embark on your crater safari within five minutes of leaving the lodge. The lodge has 100 suites, all of which enjoy magnificent views into the crater. Each suite is carpeted and heated by oil fired central heating radiators. The spacious bedrooms contain two comfortable queen sized beds and fully tiled bathrooms equipped with baths, showers and toilet. Each suite has an enclosed 'solarium' with comfortable rocking chairs perfect to relax in. A small private lounge with a writing desk and a drinks refrigerator provides extra privacy to the suite. The lodge prides itself of its high standards of service and friendliness.
Thu Day 8 Ngorongoro Crater: Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge (BLD)
Enjoy a magical crater tour. As you descend into the 100 square mile crater, the inert dots viewed from the top come to life and animals appear in small groups, like actors on a sunken stage of staggering and relentless beauty. Soon you are eye to eye with the animals, the beloved little "Tommie" with ever-flagging black tail, buffalo, rhino, lion, zebra, giraffe and elephant - acting out a drama of life and death or redemption on an epic scale. There are birds too, in abundance — vultures, hideous pink-necked marabou storks and thousands upon thousands of greater and lesser flamingos wading carefully through the shallow waters of the crater's small soda lake.
Fri Day 9 Departure (B)
After breakfast drive to Lake Manyara for your flight to Arusha. After lunch in Arusha, continue onto Nairobi via shuttle bus. Proceed directly to the airport for your British Airways Flight.
Sat Day 10 Arrive into London in the morning and connect with your flight to the USA.
Rates for the Tanzania Horizons - Scheduled Safari
Land, per person double occupancy
| 16 Dec '07 - 29 Feb '08 | $2,640 |
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| 01 Mar '08 - 31 Mar '08 | $2,550 |
| 01 Apr '08 - 31 May '08 | $2,105 |
| 01 Jun '08 - 29 Jun '08 | $2,900 |
| 01 Jul '08 - 31 Oct '08 | $2,640 |
| 01 Nov '08 - 19 Dec '08 | $2,485 |
| Single Supplement | $110- $355 |
Land and Air from New York, per person double occupancy
| 16 Dec '07 - 29 Dec '07 | $3,665 |
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| 30 Dec '07 - 28 Feb '08 | $3,425 |
| 29 Feb '08 - 20 Mar '08 | $3,335 |
| 21 Mar '08 - 03 Apr '08 | $3,615 |
| 04 Apr '08 - 29 May '08 | $3,165 |
| 30 May '08 - 03 Jul '08 | $4,685 |
| 04 Jul '08 - 04 Sep '08 | $4,425 |
| 05 Sep '08 - 30 Oct '08 | Awaiting Rates |
| 31 Oct '08 - 18 Dec '08 | Awaiting Rates |
Christmas Supplement, per person double occupancy
| 24, 25, 26 Dec; 31 Dec & 01 Jan '08 | $45 |
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Easter Supplement, per person double occupancy
| 21, 22, 23 & 24 Mar '08 | $45 |
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Price Includes:
- Accommodation for 6 nights,
- Meals as mentioned
- Transport & Transfers
- Game drives with a guaranteed window seat & Game park fees
- Professional driver/guides
- Flying Doctors Service
- Travel Protection Plan ($20,000 Emergency Assistance, $20,000 Accidental death & dismemberment; $500 Medical Expenses; $1,000 Baggage & travel documents; $400 Baggage delay; $500 Travel delay - $100 per day maximum; TRAVEL GUARD Assistance)
Price Excludes:
- Beverages
- Gratuities
- Laundry
- Items of a personal nature
- Airline Taxes
- Kenya & Tanzania Visa
- Kenya departure taxes (approximately $40 per person, to be paid locally in US$)
- Tanzania departure taxes (approximately $30 per person, to be paid locally in US$)