Itineraries
6N Sopa Lodges Safari
Duration - 7 days
From USD $1800 per person sharing.
Visiting Serengeti and Tarangire National Parks and Ngorongoro Crater. Six nights on safari, including accommodation in the all suite Sopa Lodges, all meals, fully guided game activities and park fees.
REF: TAN-IT-MULT01-6TSN
Days 1 and 2 - Arusha - Tarangire National Park
Tarangire has a stunning baobab-studded landscape and is a bird watchers paradise, containing the highest number of breeding bird species of any habitat in the world.
It is also home to thousands of resident elephants and huge herds of buffalo, a good place to see leopard and lion and a wide variety of plains game.
The Tarangire River runs through the centre of the park and is a magnet for a wide variety of animalsespecially in the dry season.
Accommodation: overnight Tarangire Sopa Lodge - The all-suite Tarangire Sopa Lodge (75 suites) is discreetly located in the centre of the park ideally situated as a base for game activities. The spacious lounges and dining area are raised up above the surrounding bush and provide a great vantage point for game viewing. There is a swimming pool, a souvenir shop and games area with satellite television for those who want to keep up with world events.
Days 3 and 4 - Serengeti National Park
Tanzania’s largest and most prestigious national park, famous throughout the world as the place to see the very best of safari Africa. The golden grassy plains are home to literally millions of animals, from the huge herds of wildebeest and zebra, which form the core of the Great Migration to the herds of resident antelopes and gazelles.
Elephant, buffalo, giraffe, hippo, lions and cheetah together with hyena, warthog and jackal in fact the list is endless. Serengeti is not only famous for its variety of animals but also for the volumes of animals.
Days 5 and 6 - Ngorongoro Crater
Usually considered to be the highlight of a northern Tanzania safari Ngorongoro Crater is not only a natural phenomenon – an unbroken caldera with a rim at 8000ft (2450mtrs) above sea level with 2000ft (600mtrs) high ‘walls’ – but a wildlife spectacle that is unique.
It is possible to see rhino, elephant, buffalo, prides of lion, hippo and a wide variety of plains game, together with an amazing variety of birdlife, forest and plains, fresh water and soda lakes all ‘within’ one mountain.
Day 7 - Return to Arusha
Breakfast overlooking the crater, then it is time to leave the highlands and return to Arusha enjoying the magnificent scenery of the Great Rift Valley with views over Lake Manyara and at certain times of year spectacular views of Mount Kilimanjaro. Arriving in Arusha before lunch where the safari ends.
Inclusive of:
- fullboard accommodation – including all meals on safari -(Tarangire Sopa Lodge 2nts, Serengeti Sopa Lodge 2nts and Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge 2nts)
- all game activities as specified in the itinerary
- Ngorongoro Crater entry fee
- mineral water during game viewing
- English speaking Driver/Guide
- government taxes
Exclusive of:
- Park fees Adult US$323.00
- entry visa
- airport transfers
- accommodation in Arusha
- drinks on safari
- laundry
- personal insurance & medical evacuation
- use of telephone
- gratuities