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- 16
days wildlife safari and holiday in Tanzania.
- Departure dates:
Jan, Feb and Nov.
- Specialist naturalist guide.
- Luxury
4WD safari Land Cruiser vehicles.
- Great game viewing guaranteed.
- Excellent
accommondation.
- Serengeti eco-system - 15,000 sq km's wilderness.
- Arusha,
Tarangire, Lake Manyara
and Ngorongoro Crater.
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This
safari is is designed for the involved naturalist as
it's the ideal guided overview of Tanzania's
extraordinarily diverse wildlife and
and an annual favourite for keen naturalists.
It also covers all aspects of watching
mammals including general bird
watching but with more emphasis on wildlife.
We
will visit totally different areas from Arusha National
Park with it뭩 unique wildlife and bird life as well
to Tarangire National Park with great birds viewing area,
surrounded by giant Baobab trees. Vast herds
of antelopes, zebra and prides of lions share their
home with hundreds of birds species including the famous
pink wash of flamingos across Lake Manyara to Ngorongoro
Crater and then to Serengeti plains full
of herbivores and predators.
Focus:
Wildlife and Natural History.
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On this tour we concentrate
on northern Tanzania,
an area of superlatives and variety. We explore beautiful soda and freshwater
lakes, the great grasslands of the Serengeti, and the spectacular Ngorongoro
Crater. Covering such a range of habitats and altitude zones, we will encounter
a great variety of mammals, and also birds, for conveniently the national parks
harbour the best of African birdlife, from the giant Ostrich to tiny finches
and colourful weavers.
We begin our holiday in Arusha National
Park, a microcosm of Tanzanian scenery.
Spectacularly set between the huge volcanic peaks of snow-capped Kilimanjaro
and rugged Mount Meru,
the park is a verdant wilderness where monkey-filled rainforest encompasses the
undisturbed Ngurdoto Crater and the beautiful Momella, Lakes that hold Hippos, waterbirds,
and the reflection of Mount Kilimanjaro
African Buffalo, Olive Baboon, Bushbuck, Warthog, Giraffe and Eastern
Black-and-white Colobus Monkey may be seen; whilst, amongst an abundant
birdlife, we will look out for African Pochard and Maccoa Ducks on the lakes,
and White-eared and Brown-breasted Barbets in the woodland.
We drive next to Tarangire
National Park,
where thousands of animals from the southern Masailands must come regularly in
search of water from the Tarangire River. In the park뭩
rolling bushland and savanna, punctuated with spectacular Baobab Trees, African
Buffaloes, Eland, Oryx, Gerenuk, Impala, Elephants and Lesser Kudu may be
found, together with such bird species as Crested Francolin, Yellow-collared
Lovebird, Brown and Orange-bellied Parrots, Northern Pied Babbler and Magpie
Shrike. Next we visit the legendary Ngorongoro Crater. Permanently watered, the
crater뭩 225 square kilometres support a year-round residential population of
thousands of mammals. Amongst great herds of Blue Wildebeest, African Buffalo
and Burchell뭩 Zebra, we will see Lions, Black-backed Jackals and Spotted Hyenas.
Most notably, the crater is perhaps the best place in all of Africa
to see the endangered Black Rhinoceros.
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Birdwatching is excellent at
Ngorongoro; the lakes and rivers attracting abundant wetland species, and the
grasslands holding Ostriches, bustards, Secretary Birds, eagles and vultures.
On the crater rim the lush montane forest holds an entirely different range of
species which we may encounter around our lodge and on early morning and
evening walks. Here we will also meet the people of the Masai tribe, proud,
elegant and well attuned to their environment... and the commercial potential
of incoming tourism!
The Serengeti National Park뭩
14,673 square kilometres of acacia-dotted plains hold nearly two million
Wildebeest and two thousand Lions; its selection of other mammals and birds is
mouth-watering. We have five full days to sample the wealth of this great
African wilderness.
Leaving the Serengeti we will
stop at the Olduvai Gorge 뿎Cradle of Mankind 뵕 the famous archaeological site
where Dr. Leakey discovered the 2-million-year-old remains of the Nutcracker
Man, alongside those of prehistoric elephants and giant ostriches. Even today
it is an area teeming with game.
Lake Manyara is our last port of call. Its hotel and pool,
beautifully perched on the wall of the Great Rift Valley,
overlook the forest, plains, and flamingo-lined lake of the national park where
we will search for its particularly large Elephants, tree-climbing Lions, and
abundant birdlife.
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Client Comments:
"A superb tour which fully lived up to expectations. I saw 470 bird
species and mammal sightings included 16 cheetahs, 10 Black Rhino, Lions galore
and 1m+ Wildebeests. Timing of the tour was perfect, coinciding with incredible
numbers of animals in the Southern Serengeti.
The guides were really excellent." D.Mike.
"This holiday was more than I expected and thoroughly enjoyed. I would
recommend it to anyone who was visiting Africa
for the first time and who wanted to meet such friendly people." J.Yankees.
"Peter was a brilliant guide - and I have very high expectations!
The driver guides are a real credit - they were excellent! Nothing was too much
trouble. The whole trip was a wonderful experience! Thank you for enabling me
to have the opportunity of sharing in it!" Susie Miks.
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"This is the 3rd successive trip we have taken with Mbango
Safaris and each
has been excellent in its own way. The holiday fulfilled our wish-list for
birds so we were very happy with our choice. We really had an exceptional
holiday and enjoyed wonderful scenery and bird life - I am sure we will be using
Mbango Safaris again in the near future!" Dibbie.
"Peter, as a guide was brilliant, as well as being very good
company." Cornwall.
"We had some truly amazing sightings and views of most wildlife and the
whole experience was far beyond my expectations." S.R., Cambridgeshire.
"We believe Peter Kamau is one of the best natural history tour guides
we have met. His knowledge of wildlife was extensive and he helped everyone to
spot as many different species as possible...We greatly enjoyed seeing such a
wide variety of mammals and birds in Tanzania and we intend in due
course to travel again with Mbango Safaris." J and J G., Devon.
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"Having Peter as tour guide was an asset, his knowledge of birds
and wildlife made the holiday so enjoyable. He ensured that the entire group
saw whatever had been spotted. His sense of humour made it all the better. We saw
so many beautiful sightings. I had tears in my eyes seeing and hearing a mother
Cheetah calling her young baby? eventually she went to find her baby and
brought it to the kill. Magical. The driver guides were
marvellous drivers and guides. We nick-named Peter Eagle-eyes, always with an
eye open to tell us of a bird or animal that we could easily have missed as
they are well camouflaged. My friend and I both say it was one of our best
holidays for birds and animals. The group that we were with seemed to get on
well together. It was a really memorable holiday: I would love to go again. I
am sure that my friend and travelling companion S.J. sends her thanks and best
wishes too." B.G., Wales
Grading:
This tour is a tented camps and lodge based Tanzania
Wildlife safari. Please remember that, in the game
parks of east Africa, it is generally not permitted
for visitors to leave the safety of their vehicles,
apart from in our lodge grounds, meaning that we뭠l
spend quite a lot of time in the safari vehicles! It is, though,
the only way to see Tanzania뭩 unrivalled wildlife and
every participant will enjoy a window seat.
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Weather:
During
our tour we can expect most days to be dry and fairly
sunny, temperatures ranging from 20- 30oC, depending
on altitude. Overcast weather, particularly in the afternoons,
may not be infrequent, but rain is unlikely except on
high ground such as Ngorongoro, where afternoon precipitation
is a possibility. Here the weather can be chilly between
sunset and sunrise.
Entry
requirements: All European countries passport
holders and most other nationalities require a visa
for Tanzania which is obtained in advance from the nearest
embassy or on arrival at the airport. You will also need to have various vaccinations
and take malaria prophylactic. Please consult the nearest
embassy about your requirements as soon as possible
before traveling.
Tour
price, detailed tour plan and how
to book your place: In order to book a place
on this holiday please
call us now on (00 254) 20 600 14 54 or fill our online
booking form
or email us at: safaris@mbangosafaris.com
with your contacts and we shall reserve this safari
for you.
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Mbango
Safaris East Africa Ltd, Lang'ata Shopping Mall, Lang'ata Court
Road, P.O.
Box
8914 - 00100,
Nairobi,
Kenya.
Tel:
00 254 20 - 600 14 54, 221 23 54, 211 24
33 / 4. Cellphone: 00
254 - 722 524 987, 733 681 240.
Fax: 00 254
- 20 600 14 53,
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E-mail:
info@mbangosafaris.com,
safaris@mbangosafaris.com
Member
of: East Africa Natural History Society,
East Africa Wildlife Society,
Kenya Professional Safari Guides Association,
Kenya Association
of Tour Operators, Kenya Tourism Federation, Kenya Museum Society
and
Eco-tourism Society of Kenya.
� 2004
- 2011 Mbango
Safaris East Africa Ltd.
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