A special luxury and mobile camps private safari for Christmas,. Starts in Arusha and visits :Lake Manyara, Tarangire National Park, Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti National Park
This is a private safari departing with a minimum of 2 persons. We do not mix groups which allows you flexibility and the full, personal attention of your guide.
Day 1: Arrival Day Arrive at Kilimanjaro airport and transferred to the hotel in Arusha town for dinner and overnight. BB
Day 2: Tarangire : This morning after breakfast leave Arusha with your lunch box to Tarangire Park for game drive. World large mammal “Elephants are very common in the park, also world large trees “Baobab Trees” are everywhere on the park. Evening drive to Tarangire river camp for dinner and overnight. At Tarangire River camp there are some extra services which are not included in the price below Like: - Bush breakfast USD 30 per person. Bush lunch USD 30 per person. Bush cocktail USD 25 per person. Walking safari with Maasai guide USD 10 per person.
Day 3: Tarangire: After breakfast at leisure in you campsite until lunch time and this time you take your hot lunch. After lunch continue with your rest until 1500 Hrs, the time you drive for evening game viewing on Tarangire Park. 1700hrs. back to Tarangire River Camp for dinner and overnight.
Day 4: Manyara: After your breakfast drive from Tarangire with your packed lunch to Manyara Park for game viewing. At 1300 hrs take your lunch in the park picnic area, evening drive to Octagon Safaris lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 5: Manyara: After breakfast at leisure in your Lodge until lunchtime and this time you take your hot lunch. After lunch continue with your rest until 1500 hrs, the time you drive for evening game viewing on Manyara Park. 1700hrs. back to your Lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 6:Ngorongoro: After breakfast transfer to Ngorongoro, descend into the crater floor with your lunch box for game viewing. The famous Ngorongoro Crater is rich of wildlife, each species have their own territories, so this is a very good time to visit the crater as it is during December spotting of animals becomes easy. Your packed lunch will be served on the crater floor at the picnic site near Lerai forest or hippo pool. Many crater visitors want to see rare species, “the Black rhinoceros’, this is the right time, because during the dry season is very hard to see them as they are afraid of sun burn. Late afternoon ascend the crater for your dinner and overnight on the crater rim, at Ngorongoro Farm House lodge.
Also at Ngorongoro Farm House Lodge there are some extra services which are not included in the price below like: - Bush breakfast at Manyara NP, USD 35 per person. Bush lunch at Manyara NP, USD 47 per person. Barbecue dinner by the pool, USD 30 per person.
Day 7: Ngorongoro: After breakfast descend to the crater for half day game drive; at 1300 hrs ascend the crater for you lunch at Ngorongoro farm house Lodge, after lunch at leisure in your Lodge until the time for dinner, Overnight at Ngorongoro farm house Lodge.
Day 8:Serengeti: After breakfast at 0800 hrs drive from Ngorongoro with your packed lunch and game enroute to the great Serengeti Plains. After lunch at leisure in the campsite or proceed with your game drive around Seronera or trace the direction of the migration. Dinner and Overnight in the Serengeti at Serengeti mobile Camp.
Also at Serengeti mobile camp there are some extra services which are not included in the price below. Like: -Sundowner cocktail, USD 25 per person. - Open vehicle game drive at the camp upon the availability, USD 35 per Person half day. - Including all drinks like water, soft drinks, beer, wine, spirits, champagne
Day 9:Serengeti: After breakfast leave with your packed lunch for game drive on the Serengeti Park acacia Savannah in the central to the east region. Around 12.30 pm and 13.00pm break for your picnic lunch; thereafter proceed with your afternoon game drive. Evening drive to Serengeti mobile Camp for dinner and overnight
DAay 10: Serengeti: After breakfast take a packed lunch with you and continue with game viewing on Serengeti Park. The migration can be seen on a long chain approximately 40 Km heading to the south western direction. Around 1230 and 1300 break for your lunch. After lunch have a rest for one hr, then proceed with your game viewing following the move of the migrants on the southwest of the park. Aprox 1.3 million wildebeest, 250,000 gazelles and 200,000 Zebras have been recorded. Dinner and overnight at Serengeti mobile Camp.
Day 11:Serengeti: After breakfast with your packed lunch drive back to Arusha. Dinner and Overnight at Impala Hotel (bed and breakfast)
Day 12: Flight back home: Transfer to the airport to connect to your flight back home.
PRICE: USD 2810 per person in a group of two people USD 2600 per person in a group of four people
Price includes: - Accommodation based on 3 meals a day. - Transport - Guide/driver allowance
Price Excludes: - International flights - Airport transfer (book with us for 60 USD per group per transfer) - Accommodation on the first night (book with us for 35 USD half body) - Hot and cold drinks - Cigarettes, Tips and Sleeping bags (if camping) - And all not mentioned on the plan
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Our driver was friendly and knowledgeable about the animals, plants, and history of the parks we toured. Our camp cook was amazing! He prepared some of the best dishes that I had in Tanzania. Also, he baked my friend and I a special cake to help celebrate the New Year! Finally, Peniel made us certificates that included our date of travel and the names of the parks that we visited.
Peniel even arranged for our (cheap) transfer to the airport after our stay in Arusha. Overall, it was a great experience and I would highly recommend them.
We just arrived home from a amazing 14 day holiday visiting several wildlife parks of Tanzania and in the end spending relaxing days in Zanzibar.
After we made the initial enquiry Peniel got in touch with us and fulfilled all our special wishes. All questions were fully and quickly answered via e-mail, and even when we arrived several hours early in Arusha, he managed to pick us up at the airport together with our driver-guide. We just sent a short message from Daressalam and he organized everything else.
We spent 7 days of wonderful safari on our own with John, our perfect driver and tour guide . The roads are sometimes very rough but with John we felt save all the time. The national parks we visited (Lake Manyara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Tarangire) are really fantastic and John presented to us so many more animals than the big five.
All the accomodation at the lodges was wonderful, good food and we particularly enjoyed the Tarangire Roika Tented Lodge.
We have no hesitation in recommending the safari operator to other travellers...
Our Safari turned out to be an experience above our expectations.
The service of the staff was perfect. The cost of the safari was reasonable. In fact we had such a nice safari that we already are planing on going with them again!
I also recomend them to any one I know that have interests in going on a safari.
From picking us up at a different airport to getting our lost baggage up to us after we had already started climbing, the tour operator really saved the day.
The customer service was incredible throughout the trip and we were able to create a very customized itinerary for our limited timeframe.
As someone who only goes on one vacation per year, I can promise that you won't regret choosing them
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on our Safar. We thoroughly enjoyed the complete excursion. Overall rating 8!
Peniel was the friendly and very helpful coordinator and his enthusiasm and quick response to all our questions was exemplary. Overall rating for his contribution: 9! He also helped us to adapt our Safari to our own needs. All his bookings and information was of a very high standard throughout.
All the accommodation was of a high standard, except for the Impala Hotel in Arusha.
The driver Apollo was friendly, but he must guard at not taking firstly the client ‘s interest at heart. We had to warn him to drive more cautiously on narrow and winding roads. His knowledge of the country, it’s people and fauna and flora in general is of a very high standard. His rating is 6.
The government can really put in a huge effort to improve the quality of the roads, mainly from the point after passing the Crater into the Serengeti area.
We experienced two flat tyres on these roads. The Safari vehicle we used was comfortable, but we expressed our concerns about it’s roadworthiness with quality of tyres, the opening of windows and the general performance of the engine.
Tanzania is indeed a very beautiful country with friendly people and lots to offer, but exploitation of visitors must be guarded against.
Just a note to say how special our safari was. From meeting us at the airport, even with a delay,to the stay at the marvellous Impala hotel, to the safari itself and a final transfer to the airport.
The punctuality by John our guide and Abu our cook plus their attention to detail were admirable. The skills, knowledge and enthusaism was very much appreciated by us both. We saw more animals,with a greater variety, than we could have hoped for. Each day was inspiring and our meals were of local, fresh produce and very tasty.
Finally thanks to Peniel for his tireless efforts to organise this special week and his prompt replies to all our e-mails.
Before our trip we have to admit that we were a little nervous since your operation lesser-known that some of the massive tour operators in the area. However, from the moment we met the team in Arusha, it was clear we had made the right decision and were in for the trip of a lifetime.
Our tour guide, Apollo, was a complete joy to spend time with. He was very knowledgable of the local wildlife and customs and was eager to share his knowledge with us. He was extremely accommodating during the trip - allowing us to stop at any time for any reason and enjoy the trip on our own pace. When three different ATMs in Mtu Wambu happened to be broken, he even lent us cash to hold us over for the next couple days before we could return to a working ATM...incredible.
Our Chef ("Stomach Doctor"), Abu, was equally enjoyable to be around and always had a smile on his face. His food was delicious and provided great comfort after long days on Safari. When we specially requested Banana Pancakes for our final breakfast, Abu happily obliged and made the best Banana Pancakes we'd ever had.
If given the chance to return, we would gladly use this tour operator again and would specifically request the services of Apollo and Abu. We will be recommending your tours to all of our friends. Thank you so much for providing an incredible life changing experience.
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Pauline & Michael Stanley, Nancy & Michael Gocke - from Australia
I cannot praise the tour operator enough. After I made the initial enquiry on your site Peniel got in touch with me on a timely basis. Although I did receive answers to my enquiries from the other tour companies they were by far the most efficient and offered the best value for money.
All my questions were answered and Peniel told me things I never thought to ask. At our request they added on a few days in Zanzibar after the safari and that to was excellent.
Peniel was in Arusha to meet us when we arrived at the hotel and he explained everything we needed to know. He came to see us again when we got back from the safari to make sure everything went well and to explain the Zanzibar portion of the trip.
Our guide was also outstanding. During the entire safari his eyes were constantly on the landscaping looking for game for us to view. We saw all of the big five up close. We even saw 4 black rhinos thanks to Anton, and I understand they are hard to see. The safari that they offer is 30% cheaper than other tour companies. I was a little concerned that we may get a cut rate safari but that was not the case. The customer service, accommodation, food and our guide was first rate. All of us have no hesitation in recommending this tour operator.
We had a fabulous time. We had John as our driver guide and Benson as our cook... he is an amazing cook!
We saw Tarangire, Manyara and Serengeti national parks and the Ngorongoro conservation area. It was an amazing safari, John was an excellent guide, the car was an older version landcruiser, but very comfortable and suited to the safari as it had a pop up roof for photographing the animals and comfy seats.
The tent was great and the staff almost always managed to pack up and set up everything before we had a chance to help so we felt lazy but was nice to have it all done for us. We saw all the big 5 plus many other amazing animals and would definately recommend the company to others.
They have an office in Arusha and very competent customer service staff that went beyond duty to help us with going around Arusha to sort our money troubles when our bank had issues sending money from Australia.
Only suggested improvement was a bit more confidence from the guide in terms of engaging us, he had a great knowledge base but seemed shy in divulging the info, we had to ask a lot of questions. all in all a solid 8.5 out of 10! We had a great time with them.
Our safari was wonderful!, The Tangerine and the Ngorongoro parks were beautiful and we saw a lot of animals, although Lake Manyara was not so nice, may be because of the season we went, we couldn't see so many animals there.
John our driver was nice and knowledgeable. We also enjoyed the Octagon Lodge, the service was very good and the installation nice.
