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"Lakes and Caldera Special" -(4 Days)
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ideal for travellers with limited time. The wonders of Ngorongoro Crater and
the sheer beauty of Lake Manyara provide an extremely popular safari. This
trip can also be combined with a Mount Kilimanjaro climb, an excursion to
Zanzibar or any safari in Kenya.
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Day 01 Arusha - Ngorongoro Crater [4 1/2 hours approximately] DBB Depart Arusha after lunch, and drive across the Masai Steppe to the Great Rift Valley. The road then winds up the escarpment to the rim of the Crater, where you arrive at the lodge for dinner and overnight. "It is impossible to give a fair description of the size and beauty of the Crater , for there is nothing with which one can compare it. It is one of the Wonders of the World." This is how the Crater is described by Bernard Grzimek in his classic "Serengeti Shall Not Die". The area is given over to Wildlife Conservation and comprises 8300 square kilometers of which the Crater is 260 square kilometers, and consists of grasslands, swamps, forests, rivers, and even an arid area of shifting dunes.
The Crater
supports a year round resident population of varied wildlife, and as the game is
concentrated into a relatively small area you are likely to see lion, elephant,
hyena, jackal, cheetah, the very
rare Black rhino, primates and many more. The
area is also home to the proud and colorful Masai tribe . |
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02 Ngorongoro Crater -
Lake Manyara National Park [ 2 hours approximately] L-DBB After an early breakfast you descend into the Crater in a 4 x 4 vehicle for a full day of game viewing with a picnic lunch taken on the Crater floor. Late afternoon you leave the Crater and drive to Lake Manyara for dinner and overnight. From which ever direction you approach Lake Manyara, you get a spectacular view. Approaching from the east the Great Rift Valley wall forms an impressive backdrop to the Lake. From the west, with a pause at the top of the escarpment, the park lies below, a green strip beside a glistening lake. Lake Manyara National Park covers an area of 330 square kilometers, of which about two thirds is the lake itself, and the rest is forest, acacia woodland and some grasslands by the lake shore. The wildlife can be migratory between Lake Manyara and Tarangire National Park across the lake, but you should see elephant, hippo, Cape buffalo, giraffe, several species of primate and antelope, and prolific birdlife. Overnight Lake Manyara Serena Lodge. |
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03 Lake Manyara National
Park - Serena Mountain Village [3 1/2 hours approximately]
L-DBB There is a game drive after breakfast, and then you continue with a picnic lunch beyond Arusha to the Serena Mountain Village for dinner and overnight. Day 04 Depart After breakfast you are transferred to the center of Arusha. |
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African Safari
Consultants
16475 Indian Ruins Rd.
Prescott, AZ 86305
Tel. (928) 717 - 8275 Fax (928) 717 - 9754
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