8-day Cultures and Creatures

A perfect week combining tribal culture and magnificent creatures, climaxing with the comfort and style of Serena's luxurious Kirawira Camp - Western Serengeti.

Highlights: Lake Manyara, Serengeti National Park, Ngorogoro, Tarangire National Park and Western Serengeti
Group Size: Minimum 2 people
Type of Safari: Lodge
Vehicle: 4WD

2010 Price: from USD$3098 per person sharing*

Includes: Meet and greet services Assistance at the airport Modern 4x4 with an English speaking driver-guide Guaranteed window seat in a shared vehicle All park fees Government Taxes, Domestic flight

Excludes: Visas and international flights Airport taxes (clients pay direct) Driver-guide gratuities, drinks, dining rooms tips and porterage Personal travel, baggage and medical insurance Telephone bill, laundry and any items of a personal nature.

Day 1 - Arrive Arusha
Arrive at Kilimanjaro International airport. After clearing customs/immigration you are met by a Ranger Safaris vehicle and transferred to your hotel in Arusha.

Day 2 - Lake Manyara
After breakfast you depart Arusha and pass through the Masai Steppe filled with many picturesque African villages as well as maize, coffee and banana plantations. Continue to Mto Wa Mbu Village to explore the local market, including interaction with the Local Tribes People. There is then an opportunity to explore the local area with visits to homes, farmland, church and a kindergarten. This is followed by a lunch provided by Serena Active. After lunch, you continue to Lake Manyara National park for a game drive of the park. You return to your lodge as the sun sets.

Day 3 - Lake Manyara
After breakfast, you enter your safari vehicle and drive to Lake Eyasi. Here, meet your Hadzabe guide who introduces the extraordinary life and world of his people, hunter-gatherer bushmen whose language involves a collection of clicking sounds. Have a picnic lunch + game viewing by the lake. Late afternoon return to lodge in time for dinner.

Day 4 - Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast enter your safari vehicle and depart for Ngorongoro Conservation Area and stop at a Masaai Village. Here you have the chance to experience their rich culture which they have preserved, dating back to the fifteenth century. You then continue onto your lodge which is perched on the rim of this world renowned caldera for lunch. After lunch you descend into the crater for game viewing. Late afternoon you ascend the crater and continue to your lodge.

Day 5 - Serengeti National Park
After breakfast enter your safari vehicle and depart for the Serengeti, stopping at Olduvai Gorge with a short visit of the museum. You then continue into Serengeti National Park with a game drive en-route to your lodge located in Seronera (central Serengeti) arriving in time for lunch. Afternoon is spent exploring and game viewing across the plains of the Serengeti National Park returning to your lode for dinner and overnight.
Ngorongoro Crater Day 6 - Ngorongoro Crater
Morning and afternoon game drives in Serengeti National Park exploring this famous park and all that it has to offer.

Day 7 - Western Serengeti
After breakfast, you depart to Western Serengeti with a game drive en-route to your camp, arriving in time for lunch. Afternoon is spent exploring and game viewing across the plains of the Western Serengeti, returning to your camp for dinner and overnight.

Day 8 - Depart for Arusha
After breakfast, you have a game drive en-route to the airstrip for your scheduled flight to Arusha (booked by African Safaris Ltd) arriving mid-day. Upon arrival you are transferred for your onward arrangement. End of our services