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12 Day | Best of Tanzania Premier Drive/Fly Safari

Country Tanzania
Theme First Time Travelers
Time of Year January-March & June-December; High Season (Jun-Oct & Jan-Mar)
Budget From $11,095
Duration 12 Days

Itinerary Description

Explore Lake Manyara National Park, Ngorongoro Crater and the Central Serengeti with your private guide and vehicle for this portion of the safari.  Continue on a flying safari the Chem Chem Game Concession, which borders Tarangire National Park. Highlights include accommodations in a luxury vintage suite, private game drives in open vehicles, walking safaris, sundowners, and cultural visits with the Maasai.

Naturalist Guides in Tanzania - Your naturalist guide bring an excellent knowledge of the areas you will visit and have built up an excellent camaraderie with our clients over the years. As you spend several days with the same guide, you maximize seeing and doing “everything” and come away at the end of a trip with “a friend for life”. The naturalist guides that may lead your trip include Servuli Patrick Harri or Wilson Urio.

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Day by Day Itinerary

Day 01+02

USA/Europe/Kilimanjaro

Depart on overnight flight to Europe. This morning you will arrive in Europe. Make onward flight to Kilimanjaro, Tanzania where you will be met and transferred to your lodge arriving this evening. Overnight Gran Melia Hotel.

Day 03+04

Ngorongoro Crater

Depart this morning with your private guide and vehicle and drive to Lake Manyara National Park for a game drive and lunch at a nearby camp. Later this afternoon, proceed to your lodge located near the Ngorongoro Crater. The evening is at leisure. Next morning depart the Crater Rim and descend for a full day of game viewing on the crater floor. Enjoy a picnic lunch on the crater floor. Later in the day, you will return to your camp. 2 nights Lemala Ngorongoro Crater Camp or The Highlands Camp.

Day 05-07

Central Serengeti

Depart with your guide and vehicle and continue to the Serengeti and your camp. Enjoy an afternoon game drive. Enjoy two full days of game viewing. By having your own vehicle and guide you can ensure you can do what you want when you want to do it – be that following the wildebeest, sitting by a waterhole or just waiting to get that perfect photograph. 3 nights Asanja Moru or Lemala Nanyukie.

Day 08-10

Chem Chem Concession

This morning transfer to the airstrip where you will bid your guide farewell. Board your scheduled charter flight to your next camp, located on the Chem Chem Game Reserve. Enjoy private game drives with your Chem Chem Guide. Enjoy two full day of game viewing activities. Activities at Chem Chem are varied and include private morning and afternoon game drives in the Chem Chem game concession, guided walks, evening sundowners, game drive to Tarangire National Park in private open vehicle, morning sunrise hill climb, cultural visits with the Masaai (village and/or the local school). 3 nights Little Chem Chem or Chem Chem.

Day 11+12

Chem Chem/Kilimanjaro/Europe/USA

Take your return charter flight to Arusha and transfer to your hotel where a dayroom has been reserved. Enjoy lunch and the afternoon at leisure. This evening you will be transferred to the airport for your onward overnight departure flight. Dayroom: Gran Melia Hotel.

Safari Pricing Details

2024 Land Arrangements

Pricing is quoted per person sharing a room 5-6 Travelers: Please Request | Surcharges apply for other featured camps.

Based on Lemala Ngorongoro Tented Camp, Asanja Moru and Little Chem Chem

2 people traveling

Jan 6-Feb

From $12,550

Mar

From $11,095

Jun-Sep

From $12,995

Oct-Dec 19

From $12,550

4 people traveling

Jan 6-Feb

From $11,695

Mar

From $10,250

Jun-Sep

From $12,175

Oct-Dec 19

From $11,695

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Industry Leaders in Customizable Safaris

The Africa Adventure Company was one of the first boutique travel agencies to offer customizable Africa travel itineraries. Together we can create a trip that includes the experiences and destinations most important to you, your family, or your group.

Value-Added
Adventures

Many travelers expect private and independent safaris to be unaffordable, but our clients are delighted to discover they do not have to join a group of strangers in order to experience a customized safari adventure.

Security &
Safety-Focused

We work with people who will take care of you. Our guides, travel consultants, and tour operators understand the complicated and complex nature of travel in Africa and have decades of experience to ensure your safety at every leg of your trip.

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