8 Day Sopa Lodge Safari
Tour Highlights:
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Destination :
Northern tanzania -
Customized as :
- Luxury
- Honeymoon
- Solo
- Private
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Duration
Day: 8Night: 7 -
You Visit:
- Serengeti National Park
- Ngorongoro C. Area
Iternerary:
Day 1: Arrive in Tanzania
Arusha sits at the foot of Mount Meru
Welcome to Tanzania! Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, a representative will greet you and take you to your accommodation.
Once you’re checked in and rested, you are free to explore Arusha on your own. While the city is mostly known as a gateway to Mount Kilimanjaro and several safari opportunities, there are plenty of things to do within city limits as well.
Overnight at Gran Melia Hotel
Meals: Bed & Breakfast
Day 2: Arusha to Tarangire National Park
After breakfast in Arusha, you will be driven to Tarangire National Park, the third largest national park in Tanzania. There will be many opportunities for game viewing as we drive through the park. After a stop for lunch at Tarangire Sopa Lodge, you will have time to unpack and maybe rest before the afternoon game drive. Tarangire contains a range of ecosystems from grassland and woodlands in the north, to scrub and wetlands further south. The Tarangire river cuts through the park and empties into Lake Burunge in the west. Tarangire boasts one of the largest and most conspicuous elephant populations in East Africa. There are large family groups with many calves being born each year as the population continues to recover from the devastating effects of poaching in the eighties. You will see herds of elephants and experience close contact with the matriarchs, the babies, teenagers, and bulls. Your close contact will help you in understanding these incredible animals. Spend several hours surrounded by the herds and you cannot help but feel their wisdom. Tarangire is also known for its abundant baobab trees, most of which are over 400 years, old and the beautiful landscape.
Overnight at Tarangire Sopa Lodge
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch & Dinner
Day 3: Tarangire National Park
An up close look at wildlife in Tarangire today begins with a morning game drive with the picnic lunch boxes. Try to such for more lion, leopard, cheetah and hyena, elephant, buffalo, giraffe, gazelle, baboon, impala and wildebeest which will create shared memories that will last lifetimes. Late afternoon back to your lodge for overnight.
Overnight at Tarangire Sopa Lodge
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch & Dinner
Day 4: Tarangire to Manyara National Park to Ngorongoro
After breakfast, we will drive to Lake Manyara National Park for a game drive and have a picnic lunch. While Manyara is one of the smallest parks, it is one of the most interesting. Much of the northern part of the park is fed by underground water from the Ngorongoro Highlands and as a result is covered in dense forest vegetation, giving the appearance of a tropical jungle. This forest is ideal habitat for elephant, bushbuck, blue monkey, and huge troops of olive baboon. Some parts are dry bush land attracting zebra, impala and giraffe, while the lakeshore provides another habitat, perfect for flamingos and other shore birds. Our game drive will take us slowly south through the park and later in the afternoon proceed to the Lodge.
Overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge
Meals: Breakafast / Lunch & Dinner
Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater
We will leave this morning on our way to Ngorongoro Crater for full day game drive. Our drive takes us up to the rim of the Crater; we will descend more than 2,000 feet on steep tracks cut into the crater wall to reach the open plains of the Crater floor. The Ngorongoro Crater is undoubtedly the best place in Tanzania to view black rhino as well as large prides of lion that include magnificent black-manned males. It is also home to huge herds of wildebeest and zebra and many other plains game, such as Thomson’s gazelle. An alkaline lake in the floor of the Crater provides a habitat for colorful flamingo and a variety of other water birds. Massive bull elephants feed in the swamps, some adorned with enormous tusks. Later in the afternoon proceed to Sopa Lodge for Dinner and overnight.
Overnight Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch & Dinner
Day 6: Ngorongoro to Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, depart for Serengeti National park. You will continue with game enroute before you stop at the picnic site for lunch. The Serengeti is known as one of the best wildlife sanctuaries in the world, especially renowned for the migration of animals. Every year more than a million wildebeest and zebras travel through the park. After lunch you will do a game viewing on the way to your hotel. You will overnight at a Tented Lodge in the park
Overnight at Serengeti Sopa Lodge
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch & Dinner
Day 7: Central Serengeti
After breakfast depart for Full day game drives in Serengeti National Park gets its name from the Maasai word Siringeti meaning endless Plain.
The Serengeti is located along the rift valley and is abound with geological formations. One of Serengeti’s defining features are its Kopjes pronounced copy, a feature of continual weathering.
These islands in the sea of grass are formed as the top soil comprising of rock and ash is eroded exposing the covered layer of metamorphic rock. These exposed rock forms “kopjes” are round as a result of spherical wind weathering. The national park covers an area of 14800 square kilometers most of which is grass plains. These rich grass plains a result of ash deposited by volcanic eruptions, and is home to 3 million animals. Within these grass plains the scattered kopjes act as a heaven for animals from grass fires, predators and the heat. The game drives in this park are exceptional and game viewing incredible. This park offers the best opportunity of viewing Cheetah, Leopards and Lions. Return for dinner and overnight at Serengeti Sopa Lodge
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch & Dinner
Day 8: Serengeti to Arusha
After breakfast transfer to Seronela airstrip fly back to Arusha for Lunch and day use rooms will be provided and later in the evening transferred back to Kilimanjaro International Airport for you onward flights.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Other Extra paying Activities:
- Visit a Maasai village (50 USD per person)
- Balloon Safari (USD 570 per person)
- Walking activity in Arusha National Park ( USD 360 per person), (includes Park Fees , Transportation, Game viewing & Lunch Boxes)..
- Alduvai Gorge and museum visit ( USD 50 per person)
- Local Market (USD 35 per person)
Food is served according to the Safari schedule:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
Drinks are served according to the Safari schedule:
- Water
Cuisine is served with special dishes:
- Gluten-Free
- Hallal
- Fruitarian
- Lactose-Free
Include
- Parking fees (for non-residents)
- All activities mentioned (unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodations mentioned (unless labeled as optional upgrades)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT
- Roundtrip airport transfer.
- Meals ( as specified in the day by day section).
- Drinks ( as specified in the day by day section).
- Local flight from Serengeti to Arusha
Exclude:
- International flights (from/to the client's home country)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- per person per day for the guide and crew
- Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees and other personal items)
- Government imposed increases in taxes and/or park fees
- International Flights ( from/ to home).
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour.
- Tips ( Tipping) guideline USD 15.OO pp per day
- Personal items ( souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc).
