8 Day Luxury Tanzania Safari (fly-in Safari & Hot air Balloon), with Kilipeak Adventure On this safari program, you will enjoy a wonderful combination of the best northern Tanzania parks and Serengeti safari hot air Balloon, Serengeti National Park the home of the Wildebeests Migration herds as well as plenty of animals and birds, as well as the garden of Eden; Ngorongoro Crater. Just like a natural zoo, The Ngorongoro Crater’s 600-meter-high walls ensure that very few animals escape the Crater floor, therefore making it possible to spot very many animals at very close range. The Ngorongoro Crater has the highest concentration of wild animals in the natural habitat (per area ratio) in the world. You can spot the Big 5 in the Serengeti even in one day if you are lucky. designed to show you both the country’s fascinating cultural heritage and its astounding wildlife populations.
Day 1: Arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, Tanzania.
Arrive anytime at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) there will be a private transfer waiting at the airport to pick up you to Arusha , where the rest of the day is at leisure at the Hotel.
We stay at the Arusha Coffee Lodge, which is beautifully located on the slope of Mount Meru and is a perfect place to prepare for your safari.
Dinner and overnight at Arusha Coffee Lodge: All meals included.
Day 2: Fly from Arusha to Serengeti National Park.
After early morning breakfast at your lodge, we will transfer you to the Arusha Domestic Airport for your flight to the Seronera Airstrip in the Serengeti. On arrival at the Seronera Airstrip, you will be met by your private safari guide from Kilipeak Adventure who will transfer you to your lodge or luxury tented camp with your first game drives en route to the camp/lodge. You will arrive in time for hot lunch then you will relax for a couple of hours before heading out for game drives for the rest of the day. You will explore the Serengeti plains until later in the late afternoon when you drive back to your lodge/camp for dinner and overnight.
Dinner and overnight at Kirimu Luxury Camp: All meals included.
Day 3: Safari in Serengeti National Park.
We have another full day to spend much of our Luxury Safari in this huge park. You will experience the Serengeti nature by spending a two full-day game tour drive that includes tracking migration wildebeest. In the evening you will return to your camp or lodge for a hot shower and a big rest after dinner we will have a short briefing about the Hot air balloon tour.
Dinner and overnight at Kirimu Luxury Camp: All meals included.
Day 4: Serengeti Hot Air Balloon Safari
The Serengeti Balloon Safari is probably the most beautiful balloon flight in the world and the ultimate Safari Experience, allowing you to enjoy the most beautiful migration of wildebeests through the endless plain of Serengeti.
At 5:00 am Serengeti Balloon Safaris will collect you from your central Serengeti lodge or camp, and transfer you by Safari jeep to our launch site near Masai Kopjes. Here you will meet your pilot, receive a briefing, and watch the inflation of your balloon.
At dawn we take off, rising with the sun, and float in whichever direction the winds of the morning take us. Your pilot can precisely control the altitude of your balloon: sometimes flying at treetop height or lower, offering a unique perspective and great photographic opportunities of the wildlife below.
After breakfast, you are taken to the rendezvous point to meet with your driver guide and continue with your full-day game drives.
Dinner and overnight at Kirimu Luxury Camp. All meals included.
Day 5: Serengeti to Ngorongoro Highlands (by road)
We will start the day with an early morning game drive before heading to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area – meaning the whole area is managed by both the animals and the local Masai people who graze their cattle alongside the indigenous wildlife. During the drive-in Ngorongoro, we have a glimpse of the Masai way of life.
After stopping at the entrance gate, where we will learn more about this fascinating volcanic landscape, we will drive around the rim of the Crater itself, and from here we can look down and see the herd of wildebeest and buffaloes.
Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Serena Lodge: All meals included
Day 6: Ngorongoro Crater Tour.
The Ngorongoro Crater provides great game viewing all year round! The wildlife here makes up a permanent population because grazing and water supplies are plentiful throughout the seasons.
Finally, we descend into the crater. The crater walls provide a natural sanctuary for the animals, which means there is plenty to see: lions, elephants, buffalo, rhinos, and leopards (if you are lucky). Later that afternoon we’ll travel just outside of Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Farm House: All meals included..
Day 7: Game Drive In Tarangire National Park (by road)
After breakfast, we drive to Tarangire National Park, for excellent game viewing. Tarangire is a small park that offers some excellent sights. Generally, in the dry seasons, Tarangire comes alive as wildlife and birdlife congregate on the Tarangire River, which is a permanent source of water. In the late afternoon, we make a journey from the park to our hotel in Arusha
Dinner and overnight at Arusha Coffee Lodge: All meals included.
Day 8: Departing Day
After breakfast depends on you are flight if is evening time- we will explore Arusha town or a Coffee plantation tour before the flight time, Afternoon will be taken to Arusha Airstrip for your flight or Kilimanjaro depending on your departure flight back home or Zanzibar Beach Tour.
8 Day Luxury Tanzania Safari (fly-in Safari & Hot air Balloon) Includes:
• Full board accommodation whilst on safari in the above mentioned en suite tented camps and lodges
• Services of a professional English speaking safari guide
• Transport and wildlife drives in a private modified 4×4 Land Cruiser with a photographic roof hatch
• Transfers in both directions between the International Airport
• Domestic flight from Arusha to Serengeti.
• All national parks & wildlife reserve entry fees
• Crater fees
• One-day hot air Balloon Safari.
• Masai Experience Tour in Ngorongoro Highland
• Airport Arrival and Departure Transfers
• On safari – Vehicles equipped with ice chest with mineral water and wildlife guidebooks
• Government taxes, VAT, and service charges relating to accommodation and including meals
8 Day Luxury Tanzania Safari (fly-in Safari & Hot air Balloon) Excludes:
• Tanzania Visa: $50 per person on arrival, USA and Canada passport holders USD.100
• Personal Expenses (e.g. laundry, telephone, beverages, etc.)
• Meals not listed above
• Tips and any items of personal nature.