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AASTL01: 3 Days Lake Manyara/Ngorongoro
AASTL02: 3 Days Ngorongoro Lodge Safari
AASTL03: 5 Days Wildlife Lodge Safaris
AASTL04: 6 Days Ngorongoro/Serengeti/Lake Manyara
AASTL04: 6 Days Ngorongoro/Serengeti/Tarangire
AASTL05: 7 Days Lake Manyara/Ngorongoro/Serengeti
AASTL06 - 7 Days Zanzibar Island Tour

TANZANIA LODGE SAFARIS

AASTL01: 3 Days Lake Manyara/Ngorongoro
Day 1: Nairobi/Lake Manyara
7.15 to 7.30 a.m. Pick from your Nairobi hotel. 8.00 a.m. Depart for Lake Manyara National Park for a late afternoon/early evening game drive via Namanga border town for immigration formalities and Arusha for lunch. The main attractions here are the tree-climbing lions. The park is small in size but the terrain is diverse. The vegetation comprises of groundwater forest, open grassland, swamp and acacia woodland with giant mahogany and fig trees. The park is home to a wide variety of mammals and birds. Dinner and overnight at a lodge.

Day 2: Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast, taking picnic lunches with you, drive to the Ngorongoro crater and descend down its walls for a full day crater tour with a picnic lunch. It is a thrilling experience to descend down and out of the narrow and steep crater walls of 670 meters depth, which has earned this crater, also the largest in the world the title ''the eight wonder in the world''. Flamingos can be seen seasonally in the Crater Lake, depending on the water level as these birds only breed in shallow water. Many animals, which have made this crater their permanent home, can be seen on the crater floor. Dinner and overnight at a lodge.

Day 3: Ngorongoro / Nairobi
After breakfast, depart the Ngorongoro Conservation Area for Arusha for lunch followed by departure for Nairobi via Namanga border town, arriving in the evening.


AASTL02: 3 Days Ngorongoro Lodge Safari
Day 1: Nairobi/Arusha
Arrive Arusha by a Shuttle bus or Arrive from Kilimanjaro airport and transfer to Arusha. Overnight at Sinka Hotel in Arusha for overnight B/B

Day 2: Ngorongoro Crater.
Pick up from the hotel in Arusha and transfer to Ngorongoro, en route game viewing, half a day game drive on the crater rim. Late afternoon drive to your lodge on the crater rim for dinner and overnight.

Day 3: Ngorongoro Crater.
Breakfast and depart with picnic lunch for a full day crater tour, Explore the crater which harbors great concentration of wild game. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 4: Arusha
After breakfast depart for Arusha arriving by lunch time.
Cost per person US$935 (Minimum 2 persons)
Cost per person US$850 (Minimum 4 persons)


AASTL03: 5 Days Wildlife Lodge Safaris
Day 1: Nairobi - Lake Manyara
Arrive at the Namanga border town at 10.00 hrs. After immigration formalities, drive to Arusha for lunch. The afternoon is spent game viewing at Lake Manyara National Park which is famous for its tree climbing lions and large flocks of flamingoes. The park contains five distinct vegetation zones and is of scenic beauty. Dinner and overnight is at your lodge.

Day 2: Lake Manyara - Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast, taking picnic lunch with you, descend 2000 ft (670m) into the crater floor in four drive land rovers with pop-up roofs. Full day crater tour with break for lunch at Ngoitoktok springs picnic site. The main crater has a diameter of 165 km and contains a constant animal population of varied species, including Black manned lions, Rhinos, Buffaloes, Elephants and other Grazing animals. An early evening ascent to lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 3: Ngorongoro - Serengeti
07:30 hrs: Leave Ngorongoro after breakfast for Olduvai Gorge. Lunch is taken at the Olduvai Gorge Museum. After lunch, visit various sites of the Gorge to see where the remains of prehistoric man were discovered by the famous archeologist Dr. L.S.B. Leaky and an old Masai home on the way. Proceed to Serengeti plains past Seronera and on to Lobo, with afternoon game viewing. Dinner and overnight at a lodge.

Day 4: Serengeti
Leave Lobo for Ndutu with game viewing in Serengeti and around Ndutu woodlands to locate leopards and numerous plains games as well as Cheetah and other species common here. Proceed for an overnight stay at your lodge.

Day 5: Serengeti - Nairobi
After breakfast, with brief game viewing on your way out of Serengeti drive to Arusha via Mto wa Mbu village for shopping of makonde carving and - other souvenirs. Lunch at an Arusha hotel. Drive to Nairobi via Namanga border town, arriving early evening.


AASTL04: 6 Days Ngorongoro/Serengeti/Lake Manyara

Day 1: Ngorongoro
Early morning departure from Nairobi for Tanzania, crossing the border at Namanga where our Tanzania guides will meet you. Drive on to Arusha for lunch and continue to the Ngorongoro Crater. Later afternoon arrival at the Wildlife Lodge, built on the rim of the crater and offering some breathtaking views. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Village Lodge.

Day 2: Ngorongoro
Breakfast at the Lodge and drive down to the Ngorongoro Crater floor for a full day's game viewing, the 100sq. miles crater is host to rhino, elephant, lion, Zebra and wildebeest. Enjoy a picnic lunch before ascending the crater wall back to the lodge. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge.

Day 3: Serengeti
Breakfast and continue to the vast Serengeti National Park. Stopping at Olduvai Gorge, sight of the famous archeological finds by the Leaky family. Lunch at the Seronera Wildlife Lodge and afternoon game viewing where large herds of wildebeest, Zebra and gazelle roam the plains. Dinner and overnight at Seronera Wildlife Lodge.

Day 4: Serengeti
Breakfast and a morning game drive taking you to a different part of the Serengeti is famous for its annual migration when millions of wildebeest and Zebra set off for the Maasai Mara in search of water and better grazing grounds. Dinner and overnight at Seronera Wildebeest Lodge.

Day 5: Lake Manyara
An early breakfast and depart for Lake Manyara Hotel, perched o an escarpment overlooking the Rift Valley. An afternoon game viewing drive looking for the famous tree-climbing lions. Dinner and overnight at Lake Manyara Hotel.

Day 6: NAIROBI
Breakfast at Manyara and to Arusha for an early lunch. Drive on to the Namanga border, crossing into Kenya, with an evening arrival in Nairobi


AASTL04: 6 Days Ngorongoro/Serengeti/Tarangire

Day 1 Ngorongoro
Early morning departure from Nairobi for Tanzania, crossing the border at Namanga where our Tanzanian guides will meet you. Drive on to Arusha for lunch and continue to the Ngorongoro Crater. Dinner and an overnight stay at your Lodge.

Day 2 Ngorongoro
Breakfast at the lodge and drive down to the Ngorongoro Crater floor for a full day's game viewing. The Crater (covering at total area of 100 square miles) is host to Rhino, Lion, Elephant, Zebra and Wildebeest. Enjoy a picnic lunch before ascending the crater wall back to the lodge. After dinner and an overnight stay is at your lodge.

Day 3 Serengeti
Breakfast and continue to the vast Serengeti National Park. Stop at Olduvai Gorge site of the famous archeological findings of early man by the Leakey family. Lunch is at the archeological site and afternoon game viewing where the large herds of Wild beast, Zebra, and Gazelle roam the plains. Dinner and overnight at your lodge

Day 4 Serengeti
Morning and afternoon game drives in the Serengeti with a lunch and leisure break at the lodge or campsite in the mid afternoon. It is possible to view all the big five. Animals here are seen in very large herds, especially wildebeest, zebra gazelle and other antelopes. The park is one of the largest in the world; it's animal concentration and abundance is unequalled. The annual migration of wildebeest and zebra occurs in this park in May/June. In the parks central plains there are carnivores like Lion, Leopard, hyenas and cheetah. The evening meal and an overnight are at your lodge

Day 5 Serengeti - Tarangire
After breakfast, depart Serengeti for Tarangire National Park, lunch en-route The Park has an atmosphere of remoteness and has fewer visitors than all the other parks in Tanzania's entire northern circuit. Blue monkeys, hornbills, pelicans, herons can be seen as well as elephants in large herds, cheetah, jackal, fish eagle, marabou stork, and hippos. Dinner and an overnight are at your lodge

Day 6 Tarangire/Nairobi
After breakfast proceed on a game drive then depart for Arusha for lunch and your onward transfer to Nairobi via the Namanga border town for immigration formalities, arriving in Nairobi in the late evening.


AASTL05: 7 Days Lake Manyara/Ngorongoro/Serengeti

Day 00: Nairobi/Arusha
Arrive Arusha by Nairobi Arusha Bobby Shuttle bus or Arrive from Kilimanjaro airport and transfer to Arusha.Overnight at Sinka Hotel or impala hotel in Arusha for overnight B/B

Day 1: Lake Manyara.
Depart Arusha for Lake Manyara arriving by lunchtime. Afternoon game drive. Meals and overnight at lodge.

Day 2: Ngorongoro.
After breakfast morning game viewing drive in Lake Manyara National Park, in the afternoon drive to one of the natural wonders of the world Ngorongoro crater. Dinner and overnight at lodge.

Day 3: Ngorongoro Crater.
Leave after breakfast with picnic lunch for a full day crater tour, explore the crater, and enjoy picnic lunch at the crater before ascending back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 4: Serengeti.
After breakfast in Ngorongoro proceed to Serengeti National Park through Olduvai Gorge (an archeological site, to see the earlier sign of mankind existence): en route game viewing with lunch boxes, late afternoon Game Drive and thereafter dinner and overnight at your lodge.

Day 5: Serengeti.
Spend the day in Serengeti with two game drives, Meals and overnight at lodge.

Day 6: Serengeti.
Another day in Serengeti with morning and afternoon game drives in search for wild game you might have missed in the previous game drives. Dinner and overnight at lodge.

Day 7: Arusha.
After breakfast drive to Arusha arriving by lunch time.
Cost per person US$1890 (Minimum 2 persons)
Cost per person US$1750 (Minimum 4 persons)

AASTL06 - 7 Days Zanzibar Island Tour

DAY 1: Nairobi - Zanzibar
Take a morning flight to the island of Zanzibar (also known as the "Spice Island' for its production of cloves). Transfer to the beach hotel, which will be your home for the next few days. Dinner and overnight.

DAY 2: Zanzibar
A morning tour to stone town area. Dinner and overnight at beach hotel.

DAY 3: Zanzibar
Optional Dolphin tour (at extra cost) to swim with the dolphins. Dinner and overnight at beach hotel.

DAY 4- Day 6: Zanzibar
These days are spent at leisure with optional activities including - sailing, fishing, snorkeling, scuba diving and wind surfing.

DAY 7: Zanzibar - Nairobi
A visit to the central market and gift shops then take a flight back to Nairobi. After dinner at Carnivore - the meat eaters' paradise - proceed to airport for flight back home.


Tanzania Trekking, Mt Kilimanjaro

AASTW03 – 3 Days Olmoti Crater Trek
Areas of Interest: Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Manyara National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Lake Manyara, Nainokanoka Masai Village, Olmoti Mountain, Empakaai crater, Great Rift Valley, Crater Highlands
Activity: Game Drive, Game and Bird Watching, Camping, Scenery, Culture, Ethnic, Photography, Exploring on Foot
The Crater Highlands consist of an elevated range of volcanoes and collapsed volcanoes, which rise from the side of the Great Rift Valley and run along the Eastern edge of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. The peaks include Oldeani, Lemagrut, Olmoti, Loolmalasin, Empakaai, Ngorongoro and the active Ol Doinyo Lengai. They all have a number of impressive peaks - with steep escarpments, crater lakes, dense forests and grassy ridges, streams and waterfalls. The area is secluded and rarely visited but offers some of Tanzania’s most jagged and extraordinary scenery and some of the finest trekking. Most walking is done at around the 3000mts mark though there are more routes available to the more adventurous.


Day 1 - Ngorongoro Crater
Depart Arusha town in the morning and drive via Lake Manyara National Park for lunch and an afternoon game viewing before proceeding o¬n to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Meals and overnight at the Simba campsite.

The Lake Manyara National park is serene and beautiful with main attractions of a rich bird life, tree-climbing lions, its elephants, and hippos that you can see at closer range than most other places. Lake Manyara is an alkaline lake and at certain times of the year hosts thousands of flamingos and a diversity of other bird life. Although it is one of the smallest parks, its vegetation is so diverse enabling it to host a variety of wildlife habitats.

The Ngorongoro crater is frequently described as one of the wonders of the world, not only because of its geological magnificence, but also because it serves as an extraordinary natural sanctuary for some of Africa’s largest populations of large mammals. The Crater and other freestanding mountains are volcanic in origin, formed during the fracturing process that created the Rift valley 15 to 20 million years ago.

Day 2 - Empakaai Crater
After breakfast we depart Nainokanoka village and follow Masai cattle trails north-east across the grass-lands of the Embulbul depression, towards Empakaai crater, reaching the lightly wooded crater rim o¬n its southern edge which normally takes 7 - 8 hours.
Meals and overnight at the crater rim.

Blue monkey, buffalo, and bushbuck are likely to be seen on the rim, which boasts good views of Lengai Volcano, Kilimanjaro and Lake Natron. The crater floor is home to a variety of antelope and water birds.

Day 3 - Ngorongoro crater tour then Arusha
After breakfast you descend into the Ngorongoro crater with your vehicle for your Half Day Crater Tour. Take lunch and break camp and proceed to Arusha town where you will be dropped off at your hotel.

Ngorongoro Crater is one of Africa’s best-known wildlife viewing areas and one of Tanzania’s most visited. Within its walls are a variety of animals and vegetation, including grasslands, swamps, forests, saltpans and a fresh water lake. You are likely to see lion, elephant, rhino, buffalo, and many of the plains herbivores such as wildebeest, Thomson’s gazelle, zebra, reedbuck, as well as thousands of flamingos wading in the shallows of Lake Magadi – the soda lake at the craters base.




TANZANIA
The Crater Highlands consist of an elevated range of volcanoes and collapsed volcanoes, which rise from the side of the Great Rift Valley and run along the Eastern edge of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. The peaks include Oldeani, Lemagrut, Olmoti, Loolmalasin, Empakaai, Ngorongoro and the active Ol Doinyo Lengai all with a number of impressive peaks, with steep escarpments, crater lakes, dense forests and grassy ridges, streams and waterfalls. The area is secluded and rarely visited but offers some of Tanzania’s most jagged and extraordinary scenery and some of the finest trekking Most walking is done at around the 3000m mark though there are more routes available to the more adventurous. Donkeys will be provided to carry camping and cooking equipment and other personal belongings, to help relieve us from excess luggage whilst we trek.

AASTW01 - 4 Days Ascent of Ol Doinyo Lengai

Day1: Lake Natron, Ngare Sero
Depart Arusha in the morning and drive to Mtu wa Mbu; (meaning Mosquito Lake / Lake Manyara) for lunch. Take lunch, and proceed north along the bottom of the Great Rift Valley wall to Lake Natron and the village of Ngare Sero at the base of Ol Doinyo Lengai. Meals and overnight at a campsite by the lake.

Lake Natron is highly scenic in an almost ancient quality; it also offers fine game viewing and bird watching. Natron is also the only known breeding ground for East Africa’s lesser flamingoes.

Day 2: Ngare Sero, Ol Doinyo Lengai
The best approach of Ol Doinyo Lengai is from the west. It is another 3 hours walk to get from Ngare Sero to Ol Doinyo Lengai’s lower slopes. The vehicle will go o¬n ahead here so that it is there to take you up this large gully and save you at least 6 hours of walking. Meals and overnight stay at a camp in the gully.


Day 3: Ol Doinyo Lengai summit and back to Lake Natron campsite
An early start is necessary in order to gain as much height as possible in the cool of the morning. Sun hats and large water in-takes are essential. Great care should be taken o¬n the way down: loose volcanic gravel o¬n bare rock makes it risky in some places. We spend the night at Lake Natron campsite.

Please note the dehydration and sunstroke are serious threats to hikers who don’t take adequate precautions. Ol Doinyo Lengai is a demanding ascent to the crater of the Masai Mountain of God; the only lively carbonate volcano in the world. We walk through some superb arid scenery with amazing views of the Rift Valley.

Day 4 - Arusha Town
Break camp and drive back to Arusha town and drop you off at a hotel of your choice. Accommodation at an extra cost.


Country: Tanzania
The Crater Highlands consist of an elevated range of volcanoes and collapsed volcanoes, which rise from the side of the Great Rift Valley and run along the Eastern edge of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. The peaks include Oldeani, Lemagrut, Olmoti, Loolmalasin, Empakaai, Ngorongoro and the active Ol Doinyo Lengai all with a number of impressive peaks, with steep escarpments, crater lakes, dense forests and grassy ridges, streams and waterfalls. The area is secluded and rarely visited but offers some of Tanzania’s most jagged and extraordinary scenery and some of the finest trekking. This is a reserve where the local communities live alongside the wildlife as it is home to many Masai people who have grazed cattle o¬n the grasslands here for hundreds of years. Most walking is done at around the 3000mts mark though there are more routes available to the more adventurous.

AASTW02 - 8 Days Crater Highlands Trek

Day 1 - Ngorongoro Crater
Depart Arusha town in the morning and drive via Lake Manyara National Park for lunch and an afternoon game viewing before proceeding o¬n to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Meals and overnight at the Simba campsite.

The Lake Manyara National park is serene and beautiful with main attractions of a rich bird life, tree-climbing lions, its elephants, and hippos that you can see at closer range than most other places. Lake Manyara is an alkaline lake and at certain times of the year hosts thousands of flamingos and a diversity of other bird life. Although it is one of the smallest parks, its vegetation is so diverse enabling it to host a variety of wildlife habitats.

The Ngorongoro crater is frequently described as one of the wonders of the world, not only because of its geological magnificence, but also because it serves as an extraordinary natural sanctuary for some of Africa’s largest populations of large mammals. The Crater and other freestanding mountains are volcanic in origin, formed during the fracturing process that created the Rift valley 15 to 20 million years ago.

Day 2 - Olmoti Crater
Break the campsite after breakfast and drive up to Nainokanoka Masai Village o¬n the slopes of Olmoti mountain where we pick-up the local guide/and ranger and start the ascent of Olmoti crater. Meals and overnight at a set camp back at Nainokanoka village.

Olmoti crater is a sunken caldera that can only be reached on foot and is about a 3-4 hours walk to the rim. From the rim you could walk to an appealing waterfall where the Munge River leaves the Olmoti crater. Water collecting in the crater flows down the falls and eventually runs into Lake Magadi in Ngorongoro Crater.

Day 3 - Empakaai Crater
After breakfast we depart Nainokanoka village and follow Masai cattle trails north-east across the grass-lands of the Embulbul depression, towards Empakaai crater, reaching the lightly wooded crater rim o¬n its southern edge which normally takes 7 - 8 hours.
Meals and overnight at the crater rim.

Blue monkey, buffalo, and bushbuck are likely to be seen on the rim, which boasts good views of Lengai Volcano, Kilimanjaro and Lake Natron. The crater floor is home to a variety of antelope and water birds.

Day 4; Empakaai Crater rim trek
A path circles the whole of the crater rim and we can follow this to reach a low point o¬n the western rim. The view from here down into the crater is stunning. The steep inner walls are densely forested and drop to the flat crater floor, which is partly submerged under a lake, often surrounded by huge flocks of Flamingos.

Day 5: Nairobi village
From either north or northeast side of the crater [Depending o¬n your route] we follow tracks, which descend gradually to a village called Nairobi (meaning ‘spring’ in Masai). Here we socialize with the locals and collect water to camp in a clearing beyond the village.

Day 6: Ngare-Sero River
We follow paths through beautiful grassy hills and patches of light woodland, along a ridge running parallel to the main Rift Valley (8 - 9 hour trek). You come to the Ngare-Sero River, which flows north from the Crater Highlands into Lake Natron. Meals and at a campsite o¬n the shores of Lake Natron.

Lake Natron is a spectacular soda lake north of Ol Doinyo Lengai and lies at 610m below the Rift Valley in the harsh Kenyan border area and is highly scenic in an almost ancient quality; it also offers fine game viewing and bird watching and is also the only known breeding ground for East Africa’s lesser flamingo. After a long hot walk, a swim i¬n the clear running water is very refreshing.

Day 7: Ol Doinyo Lengai Summit [2878m] and return to Lake Natron
An early start is recommended in order to gain as much height as possible in the cool of the morning. Ol Doinyo Lengai is a demanding ascent to the crater of the Masai Mountain of God; the only lively carbonate volcano in the world. Dinner and overnight at a campsite.

Great care should be taken o¬n the way down: loose volcanic gravel o¬n bare rock makes it risky in some places. Sun hats and large water in-takes are essential. We walk through some superb arid scenery with amazing views of the Rift Valley.

Day 8: Arusha Town
We depart for Arusha town after breakfast. Overnight at a hotel of your choice for an extra cost.

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