Bush
Home Safaris — 'Feel at home in the bush'
Tanzania
Vintage Bush Home Safari
(12
Days / 11 Nights)
Rivertrees
Country Inn, Arusha
|
Gibbs
Farm, Tanzania |
Nomad
Serengeti Camp |
Destination
Highlights:
Arusha —
Tarangire —
Ngorongoro Crater —
Serengeti —
Loliondo Game Reserve
— Depart
Summary
itinerary
Day
1:
Arusha arrival. Overnight at the Rivertrees Country
Inn
Day
2: Arusha
—
Tarangire National Park. Overnight at Tarangire
Oliver's Camp
Day
3:
Tarangire National Park. Overnight at Tarangire
Oliver's Camp
Day
4:
Tarangire
National Park. Overnight at Tarangire Oliver's Camp
Day
5: Tarangire
National Park —
Ngorongoro Crater. Overnight
at Gibbs Farm or Tloma Lodge
Day
6: Ngorongoro
Crater. Overnight at Gibbs Farm or Tloma Lodge
Day
7: Ngorongoro
Crater —
Serengeti
National Park. Overnight at Nomad Serengeti Camp
Day
8:
Serengeti National Park. Overnight at Nomad Serengeti
Camp
Day
9: Serengeti
National Park. Overnight at Nomad Serengeti Camp
Day
10: Serengeti
National Park —Loliondo
Game Reserve. Overnight at Nduara Loliondo Camp
Day
11: Loliondo Game Reserve. Overnight at
Nduara Loliondo Camp
Day
12: Loliondo Camp Departure Day. Fly Ausha
—Evening
connect with your onward flight for home
Cost
for 2010: Per Person
Land Arrangements (per person)
| |
April
& May |
Rest
of the Year |
Double
Occupancy |
|
8,850 US Dollars* |
Single
Supplement |
|
US
Dollars |
Child
rate 2-11 years is 75% of the adult rate
Detailed
Itinerary
Day
1
Arusha Tanzania. Overnight at Rivertrees
Country Inn
Your first day you will arrive at
Kilimanjaro Airport, where you will be met by the
warm, smiling face of your private African Spice
Driver Guide. He will transport you to Rivertrees,
where you may have a light snack before settling
in for the night. Let the sounds of Africa lull
you to sleep as you dream of your upcoming adventures!
Rivertrees, nestled between Kilimanjaro
and Mount Meru, in natural gardens along the Usa
River. Combining old world ambiance, African country
elegance, excellent farm cuisine, personal service
and genuine warmth from your hosts - Rivertrees
is simply a magical place to stay. It is the perfect
choice of accommodation for the visitor looking
for peace and quiet away from the hustle and bustle
of a city hotel. Located near the village of Usa-River,
a twenty-minute drive from Arusha along the Moshi
Road and Kilimanjaro Airport is a mere twenty minutes
away with daily connections to Europe and beyond.
Overnight
at Rivertrees Country Inn, Arusha
Meal Plan {Bed & Breakfast}
 Oliver's
Camp, Tarangire
National Park Tanzania
|
 Tloma
Mountain Lodge
Karatu,
Ngorongoro |
Nduara
Loliondo Camp, Loliondo Game Reserve
|
Day 2,
3 & Day 4
Arusha
— Tarangire National Park. Overnight at Tarangire
Oliver's Camp
After
your first nights rest and breakfast, you will take
a short flight to the Tarangire National Park. Upon
arrival you will be met by your guide and transferred
to Oliver's Camp in the southern part of the park
where the swamps support a wonderful variety of
wildlife. Oliver's 20-bedded camp overlooks the
wildlife migration routes from Masai land. Nine
large tents and one very special honeymoon tent
are built into these rocky outcrops. Every tent
has beautifully made local furniture and is decorated
with dried flowers and African cloth. The camp is
traditional in style, yet very comfortable. To the
west of the Camp are Tarangire's River and swamps,
which during the dry season are second only to the
Ngorongoro Crater for wildlife concentrations. The
camp lies at the very heart of this ecosystem.
Overnight
at Oliver's Camp
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch &
Dinner}
Day 5 &
Day 6
Tarangire
National Park — Ngorongoro Crater. Overnight at Gibbs Farm
or Tloma Lodge
After your delicious breakfast at
Lake Manyara Tree Lodge, you will transfer by road
with our Spice Driver Guide. Midway between Lake
Manyara and the Ngorongoro Crater, five kilometers
from the village of Karatu, is Gibb’s Farm.
Gibb’s Farm is an oasis of green, calm and
beauty, in a landscape that can often be parched,
dry and dusty. The lodge offers 20 twin rooms with
en-suite bathrooms set among the gardens. The main
facilities, consisting of a sitting room, reading
room, dining room (which serves fresh, home-cooked
meals), bar and gift shop, are situated in the old
farmhouse.
Coffee is grown, processed and roasted
on the farm, and a vast ten-acre fruit and organic
vegetable garden provides nearly all the fruit and
vegetables to the guests, who wake up to fresh coffee,
a multitude of flowers and breathtaking views. Even
if your stay is short, find time for a gentle walk
or tour of our gardens. You may enjoy a nice swim
or a refreshing sun downer and a short evening stroll
with your guide. On your first full day, you will
begin with a very early start - rising earlier than
everyone else as you escape camp in semi-darkness
and start winding your way down towards the crater
floor with your guide. As the first few vehicles
arrive on the Crater floor, your African Spice Safari
guide will find a lovely, secluded and shaded area
to unpack a gourmet picnic brunch.
Overnight at the Gibbs Farm or Tloma
Lodge
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Day 7, 8 & Day 9
Ngorongoro
Crater — Serengeti National Park. Overnight
at Nomad Serengeti Camp
This day after breakfast, you will
say your good-byes, and continue by road to the
Serengeti. The Serengeti holds the greatest and
most diverse concentration of wildlife remaining
in Africa today. This place is guaranteed to take
your breath away! Serengeti Safari Camp is semi
nomadic - it won't move whilst you're there - but
it's actually on a wide orbit, shadowing the Migration,
so you, your own private African Spice Driver guide
and his 4WD vehicle are as close to a million wildebeest
as possible. It's the base for exciting game drives
- conquering the landscapes and absorbing the sheer
hugeness of it all. Daily adventures are yours to
plan with your own guide to take you into the midst.
Whilst you can head off from dawn to dusk on your
own wandering migration expeditions, the small camp
is sociable because it's shared - with just 12 guests
staying in classic East African tented bush style.
Overnight at Nomad
Serengeti Camp
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch &
Dinner}
Day 10
& Day 11
Serengeti
National Park —Loliondo
Game Reserve. Overnight at Nduara Loliondo Camp
Today
you will pack a picnic lunch and head off into the
bush. As you are transferred from the Serengeti
Camp to Nduara Loliondo Camp enjoy the vast plains
full of wildlife! Nduara Loliondo consists of six
large yurts, with a dining yurt, and separate lounge/library
yurt. Each accommodation yurt has its own en-suite
bathroom - attached to the back of the main sleeping
area. The yurts have been designed to be as cool
as possible during the day, and have wrap-around
shade net windows with flaps that can be rolled
up or down. There is also a traditional open ‘wheel’
in the centre of the roof (in Mongolian gers this
is where the chimney of the fireplace would be located).
This helps to keep the yurt feeling open and airy.
There is a canvas ’cap’ that covers
the wheel at night, or in bad weather. The dining
tent is where delicious and abundant food and drinks
are served by a team of experienced waiters. The
cuisine is of the highest standard with innovative
menus using fresh fruit and vegetables. Guests can
enjoy candlelit dinners under the stars, a variety
of bush breakfasts, picnics and sundowners.
Overnight at Nduara Loliondo
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Day
12
Depart
Loliondo
Camp.
Fly Arusha — Evening connect
with your onward flight for home
After
breakfast your African Spice Safari Guides will
take you to the airstrip, where you will board your
flight to Arusha. You will have a dayroom at Rivertrees
and then be transferred to Kilimanjaro International
Airport for your evening flight home.
*
Please Note: This itinerary is just a suggestion
or a place to start planning your Bush Home Safari;
it is useful to look at the option available and
to help you budget for your Africa Spice Dream Safari.
Rates may vary.*
