Tanzania SkySafari
8 Days
from
$6,536
to
$7,288
per person*
Highlights:
Tanzania
(Arusha, Tarangire, Ngorongoro, Serengeti)
Trip Start/End:
Kilimanjaro
/
Serengeti
The very first of its kind on Tanzania’s safari circuit, the 208B is the ideal way to cover the country. On this chartered circuit you'll be able to discover Serengeti National Park, The Ngorongoro Crater &Tarangire National Park on your own schedule. You'll also have the chance to see the famous tree climbing lions at Lake Manyara National Park. From the moment you're picked up at Kilimanjaro International Airport until you're dropped off at the end you'll be escorted on this once in a life time trip. This is an eight day & seven-night itinerary (with optional extensions) - one of the most spectacular safaris in ‘Safari Africa’. Sky Safari includes all of Northern Tanzania’s core highlights and offers an unparalleled game viewing and cultural experience.
The 208B is the ideal safari aircraft, and now even more so with the new Executive Oasis interior by YingLing Aviation. Only 9 club-class seats including a coffee station and bar. This price included all Park Fees.
Overview
| Day | Activities | Hotel |
- Day 1
- Kilimanjaro - Arusha
| - Welcome to East Africa
- Sky Safari Arrival
| Arusha Coffee Lodge
Suite (B)
|
- Day 2
- Tarangire
| - Breakfast and Coffe Estate Tour
- Fly to Tarangire
| Treetops
Chalet (B,L,D)
|
- Day 3
- Tarangire
| - Full Day of Game Activities
| Treetops
Chalet (B,L,D)
|
- Day 4
- Ngorongoro
| | The Manor
Lodge (B,L,D)
|
- Day 5
- Ngorongoro
| - Crater Tour for Plantation Lodges - 4X4/Guide
- Full Day at the Crater
| The Manor
Lodge (B,L,D)
|
- Day 6
- Serengeti
| | Migration Camp Elewana
Chalet (B,L,D)
|
- Day 7
- Serengeti
| - Full Day in the Serengeti
| Migration Camp Elewana
Chalet (B,L,D)
|
- Day 8
| - Serengeti to Kilimanjaro Airport
| Depart
|
| B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner, 1/2d = Half Day, Al = All Inclusive |
Trip Itinerary
Arusha
Lounging at the Arusha Coffee Lodge
Day 1: Kilimanjaro - Arusha
Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO)you will be welcomed by and chauffeured to The Arusha Coffee Lodge. Here you will enjoy a complimentary upgrade to one of our 12 Plantation Suites (upon availability). Your stay at The Arusha Coffee Lodge is on an all inclusive basis (includes all meals, drinks, laundry service, scheduled activities and transfers).
Accommodation: Arusha Coffee Lodge Arusha Coffee Lodge is a luxury boutique hotel built on an active coffee plantation in Tanzania. Lying on the green foothills that cascade down from the ever-present Mount Meru is the bustling town of Arusha. It is here on the outskirts of this town, hidden amongst one of Tanzania’s largest coffee plantations, that you will find Arusha Coffee Lodge, a perfect haven for relaxation either before or after any safari Comprising of 30 Plantation Houses - including 12 Plantation Suites - all of which radiate out into the evergreen coffee fields - Arusha Coffee Lodge has been designed around the original landowner’s home which dates back over one hundred years.
Tarangire
Treetops, Tarangire
Day 2: Tarangire
After a leisurely breakfast enjoy a Coffee Estate tour and then an alfresco lunch in the garden.
After lunch you will be chauffeured to Arusha Airport to board our Executive Grand Caravan and fly to Kuro Airstrip in Tarangire National Park. At the airstrip, the Tarangire Treetops team will meet you for an afternoon game drive in Tarangire National Park after which you will enter through Treetops’ private reserve. Your stay here is for 2 nights in a Tree House, and is on an all-inclusive basis (includes all meals, drinks, laundry service, transfers, game drives and scheduled activities).
Accommodation: Treetops Tarangire Treetops Camp is located a short trip outside the Tarangire Conservation Area, offering an especially comfortable and enchanting stay in wooden treehouses. The 20 individual treehouses provide the utmost in privacy and scope, with panoramic views from each veranda. Meals consist of pan-African cuisine as well as some dabbling in international treats. The area overlooks a wateringhole where a multitude of animals gather, while the camp itself is set in the path of the elephant migration and ensures a lot of contact with wildlife. The campsite is perfect for nature walks and game drives.
Sundowners in Tarangire
Day 3: Tarangire
In the early morning hours, your guide will pick you up and take you for a game viewing drive through Tarangire National Park. The main highlight here is elephant, which mass in enormous numbers during the dry season June to December. General game is also good, although predators tend to be quite difficult to find. From January to May the park is beautiful and offers a more private experience with very low visitor numbers. Year round this is a unique safari experience.
Accommodation: Treetops 
Crater Floor
Main House
Day 4: Ngorongoro
After breakfast you will have a morning game drive through Tarangire National Park. Stop at leisure for a picnic lunch on your way to Kuro Airstrip and connect to Manyara Airstrip. On arrival, our team from The Manor at Ngorongoro will meet you and take you on a visit of an authentic African market in the township of Karatu. Arrive at The Manor in time for high-tea. Here, your 2 night stay will be in a cottage on an all-inclusive basis (includes all meals, drinks, laundry service, transfers, game drives and scheduled activities).
Accommodation: The Manor The Manor at Ngorongoro is reminiscent of an elegant, up country farm home in the Cape Dutch style of architecture. The Manor at Ngorongoro, with its 20 luxurious guest cottage suites, is a luxury safari experience fusing East African safari hospitality with old world Afro-European architecture, and decor. The Manor is located adjacent to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area within the 1500 acre, Shangri-La Estate.
Cheetah
The Crater Floor
Day 5: Ngorongoro
You'll drive approximately 20 minutes from your camp or lodge to the main gates of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. There are only three roads that connect the crater rim with the crater floor, one for driving down, one for driving up and another that goes both ways. The crater is roughly 20 km/12 mi wide and 600 m/2,000 ft deep, once you've reached the top of the caldera it takes about 45 minutes to descend to the crater floor. The floor is home to a rich and highly concentrated wildlife. Some 20,000 mammals live there, including about 20 black rhinoceros, making the crater the best place in Tanzania to see the rhino. The crater floor also has one of the highest carnivore densities in the world. Lions, cheetahs, hyenas and jackals are commonly seen, while leopards, servals and bat-eared foxes may be seen with some good luck. You'll spend most of the day in the crater.
A picnic hamper lunch will be served on the crater floor. After lunch, you will explore more of the crater before heading back to the Manor for the evening cocktails and dinner.
Accommodation: The Manor 
Serengeti
Room at Migration Camp Serengeti
Day 6: Serengeti
Today, you have the option of visiting the Lake Manyara National Park or staying at the lodge to explore the estate. Choose from a host of activities including horseback riding, cycling, an estate tour or a massage treatment (1 treatment per person) or, you may opt to just relax. After lunch you will be driven to the Manyara airstrip for your onward flight to the Serengeti, where upon arrival you will be met by the Migration Camp team. The afternoon will be spent on a game drive with arrival at Serengeti Migration Camp in time for sundowners. You will spend the next 2 nights at Serengeti Migration Camp where your stay is in a luxurious safari tent, on an all-inclusive basis (includes all meals, drinks, laundry service, transfers, game drives and scheduled activities).
Accommodation: Migration Camp Elewana The Migration Camp is considered the most exclusive and favorable getaways in the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, situated conveniently in the north corridor of the park to ensure privacy. The lush haven, with 20 tents, still preserves its access to the wilderness, having exceptional access to the herd movements seasonally and year-round. Gourmet cooking provides feasts like no other, as elegant medleys of spices and fresh produce hit all the right spots. When you’re not venturing out on the plains through game drives, make sure to take a sundowner drink and watch the plains for some very colorful performances.
Hippo Pool
Day 7: Serengeti
After breakfast you will spend the full day exploring the vast Serengeti. Enjoy a Bush lunch, after which the afternoon will be spent game viewing. You will return to Serengeti Migration Camp in time for sundowners and dinner.
Accommodation: Migration Camp Elewana 
Arusha Coffee Lodge
Day 8:
After breakfast you'll have the opportunity to explore along the banks of the great Grumeti River on a guided game walk. Thereafter you'll have a leisurely lunch and a game drive en-route to the airstrip for your onward flight to Arusha, where on arrival, you will be met by The Arusha Coffee Lodge team and chauffeured to Arusha Coffee Lodge. On arrival, a day room to freshen up and relax is available to you and thereafter a transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport.
Accommodation: Depart
Accommodations
- Arusha Coffee Lodge
Arusha Coffee Lodge - Arusha
Arusha Coffee Lodge is a luxury boutique hotel built on an active coffee plantation in Tanzania. Lying on the green foothills that cascade down from the ever-present Mount Meru is the bustling town of Arusha. It is here on the outskirts of this town, hidden amongst one of Tanzania’s largest coffee plantations, that you will find Arusha Coffee Lodge, a perfect haven for relaxation either before or after any safari Comprising of 30 Plantation Houses - including 12 Plantation Suites - all of which radiate out into the evergreen coffee fields - Arusha Coffee Lodge has been designed around the original landowner’s home which dates back over one hundred years.
- Treetops, Tarangire
Treetops - Tarangire
Tarangire Treetops Camp is located a short trip outside the Tarangire Conservation Area, offering an especially comfortable and enchanting stay in wooden treehouses. The 20 individual treehouses provide the utmost in privacy and scope, with panoramic views from each veranda. Meals consist of pan-African cuisine as well as some dabbling in international treats. The area overlooks a wateringhole where a multitude of animals gather, while the camp itself is set in the path of the elephant migration and ensures a lot of contact with wildlife. The campsite is perfect for nature walks and game drives.
- Main House
The Manor - Ngorongoro
The Manor at Ngorongoro is reminiscent of an elegant, up country farm home in the Cape Dutch style of architecture. The Manor at Ngorongoro, with its 20 luxurious guest cottage suites, is a luxury safari experience fusing East African safari hospitality with old world Afro-European architecture, and decor. The Manor is located adjacent to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area within the 1500 acre, Shangri-La Estate.
- Room at Migration Camp Serengeti
Migration Camp Elewana - Serengeti
The Migration Camp is considered the most exclusive and favorable getaways in the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, situated conveniently in the north corridor of the park to ensure privacy. The lush haven, with 20 tents, still preserves its access to the wilderness, having exceptional access to the herd movements seasonally and year-round. Gourmet cooking provides feasts like no other, as elegant medleys of spices and fresh produce hit all the right spots. When you’re not venturing out on the plains through game drives, make sure to take a sundowner drink and watch the plains for some very colorful performances.
Travel Info
Travel tips of Tanzania
VISA/PASSPORT
Passport valid for at least six months, visa and evidence of yellow fever immunization are required for both US and Canadian citizens. Visa may be purchased on arrival at the airport. Single entry visa is $50 per person ($100pp for US citizens), payable in cash (no credit cards). Visas may also be obtained in advance through a visa service. Processing generally takes 5 working days and costs approximately $75.
Please note obtaining a visa is your responsibility. These requirements change often and therefore it is best that you check with the embassy of Tanzania for the most up to date visa information.
NOTE: Only newly printed USD currency and local currency will be accepted in East Africa, any USD currency printed without the new security measures will not be accepted.
HEALTH
Health insurance is essential. Guests of Kensington Tours are covered by East African Flying Doctor Services included in the tour price. This coverage guarantees that any member injured or ill while on safari will be airlifted back to Nairobi to the international hospital.
We recommend that you see a health-care provider who specializes in Travel Medicine. The doctor or health-care provider will determine what vaccinations and medication you will need, depending on factors such as your health and immunization history, areas of the country you will be visiting, and planned activities. For more information on travel requirements, visit the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website: http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/tanzania.aspx
A yellow fever shot is NOT required for visitors from US/Canada/UK/EU direct, however if you are travelling through Kenya into Tanzania, you will need the vaccine.
COUNTRY INFO
Language: Swahili and English are the official languages. Several indigenous languages are also spoken.
Currency: Tanzanian shilling (TZS). Most tourism prices are in US Dollars.ATMs are available in major cities only. Major lodges, some hotels accept credit cards.
Time: GMT +3.
Electricity: 230 volts AC, 50Hz. Rectangular or round three-pin plugs are used.
Communications: The international country dialing code for Tanzania, as well as Zanzibar, is +255.
What's Included:
- Guaranteed departure - Accommodation, Activities, Transfers, Meals, Fees where indicated as per the itinerary - Local and international traveler assistance during your tour - Specialised and personalised services
What's not Included:
- Tips - Laundry - Soft drinks and alcoholic beverages unless explicitly noted - Optional activities/extras – Visas (unless noted) - Vacation insurance
Trip Terms & Conditions
- Your deposit is due immediately on booking (30% of program price, minimum $350). The balance is due 90 days prior to departure.
- Cancellations of confirmed bookings 90 days or more prior to departure will receive full refund minus a $350 (per person) administrative fee and any non-refundable paid fees (e.g. non-refundable airfare, cruise or hotel deposits). 60-89 days will be subject to loss of 30% of program price. 30-59 days will be subject to loss of 50% of program price. 29 days or less will be subject to loss of 100% of program price.
- Tour quotes do not include airfare to/from the trip start point unless noted on the itinerary
- Cost increases in currency exchange, government fees, taxes, surcharges or hotel/lodge tariff increases between quote date and start date are payable by the client.
- Availability cannot be guaranteed until booked. We will exercise best efforts to book hotels per the itinerary, however, in busy seasons and with client bookings made within 90 days of tour date we may be forced to offer substitutes.
- Payment of the program price constitutes your acceptance of the terms and conditions set out at www.kensingtontours.com/terms-and-conditions
- Living Standards and practices at destination may differ from those in North America with respect to provisions of utilities, services and accommodation.
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