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9 day Safari Ndovu. Tanzania
Elephant Migration
Highlights of this Tanzania
Elephant Safari
Ndovu is the Swahili word for
Elephant and during the months
this safari operates you can
experience the largest
congregation of Elephant on
earth. Drawn to the great sand
rivers, and forced into
migratory modes by a long dry
season, as many as 4000 elephant
come into Tarangire National
Park alone. There is much more
to this T anzania safari than
elephants to be sure, but at no
other time of the year can you
experience this large a
collection of the world's
largest land animal.
Day 1: Northern Tanzania
You'll be personally met when
you arrive Kilimanjaro or Arusha
airports and taken to a lovely
resort in a thick African
forest, Rivertrees, in the
foothills of Mount Meru,
Africa's 5th highest mountain.
Activities are available for
those who arrive early for their
Tanzania safari.
Days 2 & 3: West Kilimanjaro
After breakfast you drive onto
the western slopes of Mount
Kilimanjaro onto a private
Maasai conservancy of more than
60 000 acres. Bordering Kenya's
Amboseli National Park, the area
has abundant game and
breathtaking scenery. You'll
have opportunities to track
elephant on foot, meet local
Maasai and experience some
fantastic game viewing.
Join others around the campfire
for sundowners before gourmet
dinners prepared by professional
bush chefs. Gaze at the
unbounded evening sky before
turning in. Enjoy outstanding
luxury accommodations in Olmalog
Camp surrounded by the sounds of
Africa.
Day 4: West Kilimanjaro - Arusha
- Manyara
The day is spent meandering
through northern Tanzania,
through villages that rarely see
tourists, and including the
booming town of Arusha as well.
You'll have a privately guided
tour of an important anti-venom
snake farm, and by late
afternoon arrive Kirurumu, a
beautiful tented lodge located
right on the edge of the Great
Rift Valley.
Day 5: Manyara - Ngorongoro
Dawn game drive in this park
famous for its early Elephant
studies, and one of the most
beautiful parks on the circuit.
Return to Kirurumu for lunch,
and in the afternoon continue to
Ngorongoro Crater on one of the
most beautiful drives in the
world. Stop to catch your breath
at the overlook of Africa's
great natural wonder, the
12-mile wide Ngorongoro Crater.
Dinner and overnight at
Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge.
Day 6: Ngorongoro
Full day exploring this great
natural wonder. The hundred
square miles contain an
incredible amount of game,
including large prides of lion,
free-ranging black rhino and
some of the most approachable
eland on the continent. The
unusual ecosystem has protected
wildlife for millennia. Meals
and overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa
Lodge.
Day 7: Ngorongoro -
Tarangire
An early departure to arrive Tarangire
National Park by noon.
This is the best time of
the year for this great
Elephant park, with its
many magnificent sand
rivers and dense bush.
After lunch at a
northern lodge, spend
the afternoon game
viewing through the
park, encountering the large numbers of aggressive
elephant. In some
respects the park is
more like a southern
than East African park,
with its heavy
woodlands. By nightfall
you've arrived the
intimate and luxurious
Swala Camp deep in the
southern part of the
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Day 8: Tarangire
Full day exploring the sand rivers,
woodlands and amazing
baobab forests of this
great park on this
Tanzania safari. The birdlife in Tarangire is
outstanding, sitting
directly underneath a
flyby between southern
Africa and Europe,
capturing migrants from
both hemispheres.
Leopard is particularly
abundant here, as is
giraffe. But above all
are the large numbers of
elephant families,
forced together after
hundreds of miles of
migration, to dig for
water in the sand
rivers. Meals and
overnight at Swala Camp. |
Day 9: Tarangire -
Arusha - Depart
Return to Arusha after breakfast for
lunch at a popular local
restaurant, and forsome time for shopping before returning to
Rivertrees where private
rooms are available
until the transfers to
the airport for the
evening departures
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