Mapito Tented Camp

Safari Packages

This 7 days lodge – luxury tented camp itinerary is an example for a Safari that we can organise. For more Safaris, staying at our luxury tented camp, please contact us.. We also organise fly-in Safaris.

Lake Manyara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Tarangire

Day 1

Depart Arusha in the morning for Lake Manyara, arriving there by lunch time. Afternoon game drive at Lake Manyara National Park. Nestling at the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment, the park is recognized for its incredible beauty. You can see many game animals such as Buffalo, Elephant, Giraffe, Impala, hippo and others.

Overnight at Serena Lodge or Kirurumu Tented Camp at Lake Manyara. Breakfast and lunch included.

Day 2

After breakfast you start on your way to Serengeti National Park. A picnic lunch will be provided. On the way you will stop at the Olduvai Gorge where anthropologists Louis and Mary Leakey made many significant discoveries, contributing to the theory that human life originated in Africa. After stopping for your picnic lunch on a kopje (rock outcropping) in Serengeti you will continue further into the park for game drive. The Serengeti is the best-known wildlife sanctuary in the world and boasts many species of plain animals from hare to the elephant. The name Serengeti comes from the Masai word “Siringet” referring to an endless plain.

Overnight at Mapito Tented Camp at Serengeti. All meals included.

Day 3

A full day of game drives around Serengeti. Depending on the time of year and the migration of the herds you can expect to see wildebeest, lions, elephants, giraffes, zebras, monkeys, baboons, hippos, rhinos, antelopes and many birds and other species.

Overnight at Mapito Tented Camp at Serengeti. All meals included.

Day 4

Early morning game drive to see also nocturnal predators returning from hunting and animals waking up in early morning light. After breakfast you proceed to Naabi Hill Gate with game viewing enroute before you enter the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. With some stops at the Grzimek Memorial and a viewpoint into the crater you reach your lodge for lunch. In the afternoon you go for a Nature Walk at the Northern Crater Rim of Ngorongoro Crater inhabited by buffaloes, elephants, baboons, monkeys and different species of birds. Escorted by a Masai Guide or a ranger you follow animal paths through dense bush.

Overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge. All meals included.

Day 5

After breakfast will descend into the crater for a wonderful game drive (with a picnic lunch) inside the Ngorongoro Crater considered as an UNESCO World Heritage Site. As very few animals migrate in and out of the crater with its 2000 ft. high walls the Ngorongoro Crater has the highest wild animal density worldwide. Among the species are lions, elephants, giraffes, zebras, hippos, flamingos, jackals, rhinos, antelopes, many birds and other species. You might expect to see the ‘Big Five’ in one day.

Overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge or Ngorongoro Farmhouse. All meals included.

Day 6

After breakfst you proceed to Tarangire, Tanzania’s third largest national park and sanctuary for an unusually large elephant population. Majestic baobab trees are an interesting feature of the park, dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. Animals concentrate along the Tarangire River, which provides the only permanent water supply in the area. There is a great diversity of wildlife including lion, leopard, cheetah and up to six thousand elephant.

Overnight at Maramboi Tented Camp at Tarangire. All meals included.

Day 7

Depending on your schedule you return to Tarangire in the morning for a second game drive at Tarangire Nationalpark before you return to Arusha for departure or extension

Prices
in USD
Per
Person in twin room
Single
room supplement
Each of 2-3 Each of 4+
Year 2012
3185 US$ 2475 US$ 330 US$

Xmas and New Year supplement (22.12.-4.1.): 30
US$ per person per night. Child under 12 years sharing with
two adults pays 65%

The package includes

  • 07 days private safari
  • Transport and wildlife drives in modified 4WD Land Cruiser or Land Rover with photographic roof hatch and guaranteed window seats
  • Services of a professional English speaking safari guide
  • All game drives as mentioned
  • All wildlife reserve entry fees
  • 06 x Full board at excellent safari lodges or tented camps
  • 3l mineral water per person / day during game drives
  • Coffee/tea with picnic lunches
  • Flying doctor insurance (first aid on the spot & rescue flight to the next hospital; hospitalisation expenses not covered)

The Package does not include

  • International flights
  • Travel insurance
  • Visa fee (50 US$ /100 US$ for Americans & Irish Passport Holder- to be paid upon arrival)
  • All items of a personal nature
  • Gratuities for safari guide
  • Laundry
  • Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and beverages in lodges