Ultimate Tanzania, Luxury safari
Customer reviews
4.7
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Tour code
ATS138
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Destination
Tanzania
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Tour Type
Adventure Safaris
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Duration
10 Days| 9 nights
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Language
English
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Can be Customized
Yes
About
Exploring Exotic Wilds in Style
~When you have caught the rhythm of Africa, you find it is the same in all her music~
Out of Africa
~We bow to the fact: Many of us are firmly engaged in a very busy world, a world in which time away from the busyness is precious. And so we offer this luxury safari to three major contributors to the Tanzania mystique: the classic game lands of Tarangire, the Ngorongoro Crater, and the fabled Serengeti—all in a mere but marvelous 10 days. Direct flights from Europe take us to the sudden serenity of the Arusha Coffee Lodge, and then we’re off on a carefully choreographed safari, with two nights in each of the three camps and lodges we’ve chosen for their warmth of spirit, their serenity, their location, their refreshing lack of busyness.
Highlights
A succinct but comprehensive safari showcasing East Africa’s premier game viewing areas in less than two weeks: the vast Serengeti Plains, the rugged terrains of Tarangire, and the Edenic expanses of the Ngorongoro Crater.
Stylishly unique camps and lodges: treetop tents atop stately old baobab or marula trees; secluded and spacious tents overlooking the Grumeti River, thronged with galumphing hippos.
A host of activities: daily game drives; learning tracking from Maasai warriors, and an afternoon visit to their village; exhilarating night game drives; guided nature walks in the golden Serengeti.
Beginning-to-end services of your AGAMA TOURS Director and our dedicated Concierge team
Itinerary
Arusha Coffee Lodge
An old-fashioned island of quietude tucked away in a plantation, is a great place to unwind after the rigours of long flights.
Arusha is only 3 degrees south of the equator, but its 4,500-foot elevation encourages floral luxuriance and gentle airs. So we’ll be more or less surrounded by enthusiastic greenery as we sit on our Plantation Suite’s veranda—perhaps after a relaxing swim—looking up at massive Mount Meru, a 14,977-foot volcanic colossus that looms beneficently over this quintessentially African city.
Below the slopes of majestic Mount Meru, the nearly 15,000 foot little sister to the more famous Kilimanjaro, rolling foothills give succor to one of Tanzania’s largest working coffee plantations. And there, just outside the bustling town of Arusha is among our headiest and most heavenly aromatic stopovers. From gauze-draped four-poster beds to deep soaker baths, Arusha Coffee Lodge is a luxury haven for quality R&R either before or after the rewarding rigours of a safari in Tanzania.
The Lodge offers a cozy, oh-so cossetting getaway, with airy terraces and comfy furnishings as lush as the woody evergreen coffea plants that carpet the extensive grounds. Its handy locale, just three miles from Arusha airport, means you’re only moments away from a dip in the pool, a restorative massage, or a rich cup of the finest joe in town. Bean-to-cup never felt so fabulous.
Individual luxury suites fan out around the main Lodge, the original landowner’s home dating to the early 1900s. Authentic rural elegance abounds (think polished wood floors, wicker sofas, ceiling fans). Each split-level Plantation House comes with an airy balcony, and all the luxe bells and whistles you’d expect, in addition to – ok, no surprise here – a coffee machine kitted out with freshly ground local delights. Dining options range from delectable wood-fired pizza in the bistro, to bring-it-on epicurean feasts amidst candle-lit ambiance in the top-drawer Grill
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After a breakfast topped off by some of the freshest and best coffee we’ll ever imbibe, we’ll be briefed by our Safari Director and set off on a marvelously African drive to Tarangire and our home for the next couple of nights, Tarangire tree top
Our first experience of luxury life in the bush couldn’t be more spectacular. Treetops’ main lodge, built around a thousand-year-old baobab, is only the beginning. The lodge’s 20 famous, lovingly crafted tree houses, elevated for sweeping views of the park, are extraordinarily large, airy, and utterly magical.
And from our tree house’s balcony, we look out at Tarangire’s wonderfully varied landscapes of rocky outcrops, rolling hills, and golden savannah generously strewn with acacias and baobabs, home to just about the entire cast of wild African characters— and some rare stars, like kudu and oryx — in addition to 2,500 or so elephants. We’ll spend a day in the bush discovering the big game and spying dozens of species of birds cavorting in the trees of Tarangire, and, if we’re still keen to see more all-star creatures, we can go out on a night drive, always a revelation.
.The drive from Tarangire north to the Crater Highlands and the world-wondrous Ngorongoro Crater is a delight, a dazzlingly scenic game drive. We pass Lake Manyara, then begin our climb to the Crater’s rim and the reposeful
We’ll drive down to the crater floor for an extraordinarily rewarding full day game drive, exploring the caldera’s 100 square miles, spotting lions, elephants, black rhinos, just about all of East Africa’s faunal celebrities, and return to the lodge for quiet, view-besotted sundowners on our cabin’s private terraces, followed by a lovely dinner overlooking one of the world’s most magical places
We end this short, but undeniably spectacular, safari in the Serengeti. “There is a lightening of the spirit,” Cyril Connolly wrote about the vast plain. We’re invited to a rare, deep-rootedly serene idyll. The sky is huge and blue and as pure as the day the earth was born. (And on the southern horizon, over the Crater Highlands—“That’s Ngorongoro, just behind that big green mountain,” we’ll say knowledgeably, affectionately—clouds pile up in grandly crazy towers, looking like computer-generated special effects.) The Serengeti’s kopjes are the creation of a cosmic bonsai master, and on a flat brown rock atop one of them, a lion rolls over and warms its fluffy white belly in the sun.
Favorite Lodges in Serengeti National Park
NIMALI MARA
Tucked into the kopjes, Nimali Mara is a chameleon, blending effortlessly into its surroundings. An infinity pool set within the natural rock formations offers the perfect place to cool down during the heat of the day.
The eight tented suites and two honeymoon suites immerse guests seamlessly Into their environment. Private decks afford our guests with exceptional views out over the Serengeti. Enjoy a luxurious bath in view of the grassy plains. Nimali Mara's interior design is a mix of slick and contemporary elements with more earthy textures and fabrics and styling elements
Ngorongoro Lodge for your dinner and overnight.
- 3 meals included.
- Accommodation
After a final game drive, we’ll head back to Namiri Camp for breakfast. Maybe we’re close to sighting the Little Five, and need just a little luck to complete the list. The identities of these mini-masterpieces: rhinoceros beetle, buffalo weaver, leopard tortoise (not so mini, really; they can weigh as much as three standard bowling balls), ant lion, and the extremely shy elephant shrew, which weighs not much more than an elephant’s tear.
In any case, it’s time to say good-bye to the Serengeti and Tanzania’s spectacular bush. We fly back to Arusha, relax in day rooms at the Arusha coffee lodge, maybe take a pre-flight swim, before being escorted to the airport to board our homebound planes in the evening
- Accomodation;
- 3 meals included.
Connect with your flights home and sweetly dream, perhaps, about your next AGAMA TOURS
Policy
Price Includes / Excludes
- All Taxes / VAT
- Park Fees
- Airport Transfer (toyota Noah minivan)
- Accommodation as Mentioned in Itinerary
- 1-3 Meals a day Mentioned in Itinerary
- Bottled Water during game drives
- Activities as mentiioned in tour description
- Transportation as mentioned, Toyota Land Cruiser with pop-up roof
- A professional guide / driver
- International Flights
- Visa Fees
- Travel Insurance
- Drinks
- Tips
- Vaccination
- Laundry
- Other Personal Items
Accommodations
- Tarangire treetop, Tarangire
- ngorongoro melia, Ngorongoro
- Arusha Coffee lodge, Arusha
- Namiri plain Serengeti , Serengeti
Rates in US$
| Season | 1 Pax | 2 Pax | 3 Pax | 4 Pax | 5 Pax | 6 Pax + | SRS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10650 | 10650 | 10650 | 10650 | 10650 |
Reviews
Overall rating
4.9
Review summary
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Transportation:
4.5
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Value for money:
4.5
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Support services:
4.5
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Organization:
4.0