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Day
1: Arusha - Serengeti National Park You will
be transferred to Arusha Airport early morning to connect
with the scheduled flight to the Serengeti. (Please
advise us if you require the morning flight.) Upon arrival
in the Serengeti, you will be met at the airstrip by
a naturalist guide and spend the rest of the morning on a game
drive till lunch time. After lunch, time to settle.
The afternoon
will be spent looking for animals returning as the sun
sets.
Overnight
at your Serengeti Camp on a full board basis.
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Serengeti
In the local vernacular, Serengeti means ‘the
endless plains that go up to the sky’. And they do just
that. It is therefore easy to understand why this is
the most popular and spectacular of all game parks in
East Africa. Covering 14,765 sq km, one of the striking
features of this park is the series of large granite
outcrops that dominate the vast plains, making it very
different to the Masai Mara.
Life
in the park centres on the triangular trek of several
million hooves. This movement never stops, as the animals
constantly seek out new grazing pastures. Every year,
after the south’s short November rains, wildebeest,
zebra, gazelle, eland, Topi and hartebeest gather in
their thousands on the Serengeti’s southern plains and
the Ngorongoro Highlands.
Then,
around April, they head towards the western corridor
of the Serengeti, where many overflow into the Masai
Mara around July/August. They remain here until late
October/November, when Tanzania’s new rains prompt the
move south again, towards Lake Ndutu and Lagaja.
This
yearly phenomenon also affects the lives of hundreds
of thousands of other species, who rely on the migratory
herds for their survival. These include predators, gazelles,
birds and lowly insects, not to mention the grasses
and trees that are fertilized by droppings. Another
of the highlights here, is the early morning balloon
safari.
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Day
2: Serengeti National Park Morning and afternoon
game drive-in the magnificient Serengeti Park.
Overnight
at your Serengeti Camp on a full board basis.
Day
3: Serengeti – Arusha Following an early morning
activity and breakfast, you’ll be transferred to the
airstrip viewing game en route, to connect with the
flight back to Arusha.
Upon
arrival in Arusha, you’ll be met and transferred for your onward arrangements.
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