Best-Price Tanzania Migration, Manyara & Karatu (Private Fly/Drive)

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Your safari begins in Arusha where you are collected by your guide and driven to Rivertrees Country Inn, lying just 25 kilometres / 15 miles from Kilimanjaro International Airport and sitting snugly in the foothills of Mount Meru. A former coffee farm, Rivertrees now features attractive cottages dotted along the river banks or set under shady trees in the lush gardens. It is the perfect overnight stop before your safari begins the following day; enjoy a walk around the gardens, relax in the lounge and perhaps spot a bird or two before sitting down to dinner under a thatched roof. Rivertrees offers complimentary Wi-Fi Internet access and there is even an optional massage service if you would like to really unwind after a long flight.

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After breakfast at Rivertrees it is time to head for your first safari destination: Tarangire National Park. The park is best known for its large elephant herds and rare tree-climbing lions, and game viewing becomes second-to-none in the dry season (about June to October) when wildlife flock to the Tarangire River for water. The golden plains of Tarangire are punctuated with open woodlands, dense riverine forests (ideal coverage for leopards) and a high density of Africa’s most iconic tree, the baobab.

Your accommodation, Tarangire Ndovu Tented Lodge, offers a traditional tented safari experience along the famous northern safari circuit. Be transported back to the days of early African explorers in the dining and lounge tent or enjoy drinks around the nightly campfire as the sun sets on another day in the Tarangire wilderness.

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Travelling onto the Ngorongoro Highlands, you pass through a pleasant rural landscape of traditional thatched villages and herdsmen with their cattle. Your destination is the town of Karatu, set in a fertile agricultural region and home to your accommodation for the next two nights. A beautifully restored manor house on a working coffee estate, Ngorongoro Farmhouse makes the perfect base from which to explore Ngorongoro Crater. There is a swimming pool, Internet access and a massage therapist on the one hand as well as serene gardens and silent views of the brooding Oldeani Volcano on the other. The next day is enjoyed on a full-day safari in the Ngorongoro Crater, home to Africa’s densest concentration of large mammals as well as all of the Big 5 (lion, leopard, rhino, elephant and buffalo), usually seen over the course of a single day.

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The landscape flattens out as you travel into the central Serengeti Reserve and Kati Kati Camp, a semi-permanent, mobile tented camp strategically positioned to deliver the best possible views of the Wildebeest Migration. One of nature’s greatest spectacles, the Migration sees nearly two million animals – wildebeest, zebra and gazelles – trekking through the Serengeti/Masai Mara ecosystem and attracting the attentions of Africa’s biggest predators: big cats, wild dogs and spotted hyenas. You have several game drives to look forward to and a traditional safari experience on your return to camp. Your tent at Kati Kati has all the comforts you need: each is fitted with either a king-sized bed or twins and has an en suite bathroom with hot-water bucket shower and flush toilet.

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You enjoy a final breakfast at Kati Kati before a short drive to a bush airstrip and a scheduled charter flight back to Arusha. This cuts out an all-day drive, and puts you at Kilimanjaro International Airport in plenty of time for your onward travel arrangements.