African Safari Consultants

"The Dik Dik Safari" - (9 Days)

This safari combines several outstanding game-viewing areas, as well as the chance to experience Lake Manyara’s Mto wa Mbu Village and enjoy a great lunch there. For those staying at Kikoti, walking safaris and night game drives will also form part of the safari. The itinerary may operate in reverse.

 

Day 1    Arusha - Tarangire [160 km. approximately]

Depart Arusha after lunch, and fly to Tarangire National  Park. South from Lake Manyara this delightful park covers an area of 2,600 square kilometers. It is the numerous wide bodied Baobab trees that first attract your eye. The gently rolling countryside is dotted with these majestic trees sometimes dwarfing the wildlife that feeds beneath them. The park is at its best during the traditional dry seasons of June to October and December to March when many of the migratory animals come to the Tarangire River for water. Wildebeest, Oryx, Zebra, Elephant are amongst the most prolific of the animals. Dinner and overnight at Kikoti Camp.

Day 2 

Morning and afternoon game drives. Overnight at Kikoti Camp. - Full Board
Day 3

Morning drive back to Lake Manyara and to your lodge perched on the rim of the Great Rift Valley escarpment and overlooking the park below. Arrive for lunch, and have a game drive in the park in the afternoon. 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. Dinner and overnight at the Lake Manyara Serena Lodge.

Day 4 Ngorongoro Crater
Morning escorted walk around the Rift Valley Rim and then drive to Ngorongoro Crater.

"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 8300square kilometers of which the Crater is 260 square kilometers, and consists of grasslands, swamps, forests , rivers, and even an arid area of shifting dunes. 

Day 5  Ngorongoro Crater
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. 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 drive back to the lodge for dinner and overnight Ngorongoro Serena Lodge.
Day 6  Ngorongoro Crater - Serengeti  [200 km. approximately]
Leave after breakfast and drive via Ol Duvai Gorge to the Serengeti National Park, arriving for lunch and an afternoon game drive. The Gorge is about 50 kilometers long and in some places 90 meters deep . Commonly heralded as the " Cradle of Mankind" it was made famous by the discovery in 1959 of the remains of early man. Your stop includes a visit to the small museum overlooking the Gorge. The Serengeti National Park. is one of the most popular and spectacular game areas in East Africa , covering an area of 14,765 square kilometers, teaming with game.  A particular feature of the Serengeti is the annual migration of the Wildebeest and Zebra herds. Each year , after  the traditional "short" rains  in November the migration starts when the herds amass in their thousands on the plains below the Ngorongoro highlands. During February they move north and west following the rains and the new grasslands, and they start to move into the Masai Mara in July. In October they move back to Tanzania .This annual phenomenon involves more than 1.5 million animals , including the Lion and other predators who follow the herds for easy pickings. The whole process affects the lives of thousands of other species who rely on the passage of the migration for their survival , even the insects , not to mention the trees and plants which rely on the droppings for their fertilization. Dinner and overnight at the Serengeti Serena Lodge.

Day 7   Serengeti National Park 

Morning and afternoon game drives. Overnight at the Serengeti Serena Lodge.  

Day 8 

Morning and afternoon game drives. Overnight at the Serengeti Serena Lodge.  

Day  9 

Fly to Arusha, arriving late morning. Transfer for onward arrangements.

   

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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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