You will be warmly met upon arrival at the airport with Sir Michaels Safaris’ traditional, unique, and special welcome (champagne, hot / cold towels, and presentation of authentic safari hat and souvenirs). This morning you will depart on a pleasant drive to Tarangire National Park to retain a real air of undiscovered Africa, particularly in the south of the park. Arrive in time for lunch at your preferred choice of accommodation and some leisure time. Later in the afternoon, head out for game viewing drive in search of elephants. The park is most renounced for it highest population of elephants than anywhere in Tanzania, its sparse vegetation, strewn with baobab and acacia trees, makes it a beautiful and special location. Thereafter, return for dinner and overnight. Tarangire Osupuko

*Meals: breakfast, lunch, and dinner

-Day 2: Ngorongoro Conservation Area

After breakfast, you will depart to the Ngorongoro Conservation area. You will proceed towards the rim of the spectacular Ngorongoro, Crater stopping occasionally to admire the breath-taking vista unfolding before you. Arrive for check in, thereafter you will have lunch. This afternoon, you just relax and enjoy the panoramic views of the crater, the largest unbroken caldera in the world. It has been described as one of the great natural wonders of the world. Eight million years ago, the Ngorongoro Crater was an active volcano but its cone collapsed, forming the crater that is 610 meters deep, 20 kilometers in diameter, and covers an area of 311 kilometers square. Spectacular as it is, the crater accounts for just a tenth of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

The crater is home to many species of wild game and birds. With the exception of impala and topi (due to fierce competition with the wildebeest) and the giraffe (because there is not much to eat at tree level), almost every species of African plains mammal lives in the crater, including the endangered black rhino, and the densest population of predators in Africa. A strange thing is that the crater elephants are mainly bulls! The birdlife, which includes the flamingo, is mainly seasonal and is also affected by the ratio of soda to the fresh water in Lake Magadi on the crater floor. Dinner and overnight at your preferred choice of accommodation. Rhino lodge

*Meals: breakfast, lunch, and dinner

-Day 3: Ngorongoro Conservation Area

After breakfast, you will descend some 600 meters into the crater, which is home to an abundance of wildlife and a photogenic paradise, for a full day of a game-viewing drive with picnic and lunch at a private scenic site. Ngorongoro Crater which is the largest intact caldera in the world teams with an abundance of wildlife permanently resident on the crater floor. Prides of lions, herds of cape buffalo, impala, Thompson gazelles, rhino, giraffes, golden and black-backed jackal, zebra, cheetah, leopard and the spotted hyena. Unmatched for its natural variety and breath-taking beauty, there are few places on earth where such a tremendous diversity of landscapes exist inside a region this size. Apart from its wildlife riches, the crater is also of great archaeological importance, with the remains of some of the mankind’s earliest ancestors discovered in the area, also a home to hundreds of bird species, refreshing in the small lakes in the crater floor. Return for dinner and overnight at your preferred choice of accommodation.

*Meals: breakfast, lunch, and dinner

-Day 4: Serengeti National Park

Enjoy a sumptuous breakfast and then depart for the Serengeti National Park via Olduvai Gorge where hominid footprints believed to be 3.6 million years old were found. You will enjoy an on-site talk on the interpretation of the gorge by the resident guide and then you will arrive at your lodge for lunch. After that, you will enjoy an afternoon game viewing drive. Covering an area of 14,763 square kilometers, the world famous Serengeti National Park is Tanzania’s oldest park, and one of the world’s last great wildlife refuges. It stretches as far as Lake Victoria to the West. Its name comes from the Maasai word Siringet, meaning ‘endless plains’. The park’s vegetation ranges from the short and long grass plains in the south to the acacia savannah in the center and wooded grasslands concentrated around the tributaries of the Grumeti and the Mara rivers in the park. The western corridor is a region of wooded highland and extensive plains reaching the edge of Lake Victoria. In the early morning and evening light, the Serengeti landscape is stunningly beautiful.

The Serengeti ecosystem supports the greatest remaining concentration of plains game in Africa, including more than three million large mammals. It is the sanctuary of an estimated four million different animals and birds. Wildlife that roams the vast park includes lions (the adult males of Serengeti have characteristic black manes), cheetahs, hunting dogs, savannah elephant, Cape buffalo, topis, warthogs, hunting dogs and spotted hyena among others. Enjoy dinner and overnight at your preferred choice of accommodation. Katikati tented camp

*Meals: breakfast, lunch, and dinner

-Day 5: Serengeti National Park

Enjoy a full day in the Serengeti with game viewing drives. Hundreds of predators roam the vast savannah plains. We have a high density of cheetahs in the south. Serengeti is also home to hundreds of bird species; among them the outsized ostrich and bizarre secretary bird, the black eagles that soar effortlessly above the Lobo Hills. All meals and overnight at your proffered choice of accommodation at katikati tented camp

*Meals: breakfast, lunch, and dinner

-Day 6: Lake Manyara National Park

After breakfast, you will depart on a pleasant drive to Lake Manyara National Park which apart from its abundant bird life, is known for its tree-climbing lions. Arrive in time for lunch and some leisure time, before later in the afternoon head out for an afternoon game viewing drive in this small but attractive park squeezed between the stunning Manyara soda lake and the steep rim of the rift valley. Look out for the baboons, giraffes. Thereafter return for dinner and overnight. Burudika safari lodge

*Meals: breakfast, lunch, and dinner

-Day 7: Arusha

Wake up early with coffee or tea and head off on your last trail of the African savannah – hopefully, you’ll see some big games. You will return to the camp or lodge for breakfast. All good experiences must come to an end and sadly you must say Kwaheri to your wonderful camp manager and his teams as you depart for Arusha. Drop off at your hotel or Kilimanjaro International Airport for your onward flight.

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Quotation: During peak seasons
1 January to 28 February, 1 June to 30 June 2019,1 July to 31 October, 22 December to 31 December 2019

Quotation: During high season
High season: 1 March- 31 March, 1 November to 21 December 2019

Quotation: During Low season:
Low season:  1 April to 31 May 2019

Holiday Surcharge – Easter 19, – 22 April 2019; $ 30.00 Per Person Per Day

– Christmas 24, 25, 26, 31 December, 2019 and 1 January, 2020 inclusive $ 35.00 Per         Person per Day

The above price include

-Full board accommodation as indicated above
-Government taxes

-All park fees, (Subject to change if government issues new rates)

-Safari transport by 4 x 4 Land Cruiser (6 seat) with a roof hatch that ‘pops up’ to enable easy viewing and photography.  Group size is 6 participants on private.

-Professional English speaking driver guide

-Fuel during Game drive

-Drinking water 1 Liter per person per day
-Crater service fee
-18% Government (VAT)

The price does not include

Tanzania Visa: USD 50 per person on arrival, USA and CANADA passport holder US$ 100
Personal expenses such as laundry, telephone, and beverage etc, Meals which is not listed on above.
Tips, flights, and any items of personal nature.  masai visit, US$ 50 Per vehicle,  and Oldvai  Gorge visit US$ 38 per person  , balloon safari US$ 590 per person .

Booking Conditions:

Payment for the total price is due in advance; 30-50% for those people who are doing tented camp/ lodge safari deposit should reach us as soon as possible upon confirming your booking in order to guarantee the reservation. The prices shown are U.S. dollars per person; based on Single, Double, and Triple occupancy.

We prefer the balance to be paid 30 days prior to the commencement of the tour.
In case the booking is requested within 30 days or less from the date of arrival, 100% of the total package amount is required to confirm the booking.

All rates quoted by Waxbill Safaris Ltd are net and non-commissionable and payment of the same into our bank account must be made net of any financial transaction charges.

SEASONAL SURCHARGE

• Easter season supplement of USD 35/- (USD Thirty) pppn is applicable, ( Three days)

Christmas & New Year’s Eve/festive season supplement of USD 35/- (USD Thirty Five) pppn will apply from24^th, December to 7th January 2019