SkySafari Tanzania (8 or 10 day)

Day 1

Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport by scheduled flight (not included). We’ll fast track you through the airport to Elewana Arusha Coffee Lodge. Where the stresses of travel will lift as soon as you’re shown your elegant suite.

You’ll have some time at leisure before dinner.

Spend 1 night at Elewana Arusha Coffee Lodge

There’s a palpable buzz as you approach Kilimanjaro Airport. Africa’s highest mountain looms large outside. Once on the ground and whisked to your home for the night. However, the buzz comes from the bushes. Elewana Arusha Coffee Lodge sits in the foothills of Mount Meru, its suites sprinkled amid one of Tanzania’s largest working coffee plantations.

Retreat to your stylish room amid the bean-laden bushes. Breathe in the heady java scent. Dine in the glorious gardens and unwind in the spa. Soothing in the extreme, this is the perfect pre-safari stay.

Day 2

Following breakfast, you have a “Bean to Cup” coffee estate tour. As well as producing coffee, the lodge is home to Shanga. A wonderful social enterprise that employs people with disabilities to create quality handmade products. Watch the artisans at work, sewing, painting, weaving and glass blowing. And perhaps pick up a souvenir or two.

You have lunch and a briefing at the lodge. Then transfer to Arusha Airport for your flight in the SkySafari airplane to Kuro airstrip in Tarangire National Park. Often overlooked for the north’s better known parks, Tarangire bursts with great game. Especially in the dry season, when animals flock to its perennial river. But sees few other tourists. That means safaris are crammed full of wildlife. But blissfully crowd free.

Game view as you make your way to the camp. Elephants are a particular specialty. More than 3,000 (one of the largest populations in East Africa) roam here.

The lodge itself is like something from a fairy tale. Its scatter of suites teeters amongst the branches of the baobab and marula trees. Each has a huge balcony, looking either to the sunrise, the sunset or over the camp’s waterhole. Tear yourself away for dinner. A candle lit feast served in a Masai boma, surrounded by acacia trees.

Overnight at Elewana Tarangire Treetops.

Day 3

Following breakfast, you have a morning game drive in Tarangire National Park returning to the camp for lunch. Treetops is tucked into a private conservancy adjoining the national park. The lodge has been pivotal in driving the development of community owned wildlife conservancies. This has seen more wildlife being preserved. And more local people benefiting. It also means it can offer the best of both worlds. Guests here have easy access to Tarangire’s animal dense pastures. But as the lodge is in the conservancy, and not in the national park, a greater variety of activities are allowed.

After lunch, walk out with a Masai guide. There’s nothing more electrifying than exploring the bush on foot. Getting up close to the flowers, insects and animal tracks you might miss from a vehicle. You can also visit a Masai village to find out more about the custodians of this land.

As the afternoon cools, there’s only one thing to be done. Sit on Sunset Hill, sun downer in hand. The classic way to toast a day on safari. A delicious dinner will follow. Though you might want to squeeze in another adventure. Night drives (permitted within the conservancy) are a chance to see the after dark shift. From prickly porcupines to elusive leopards.

Overnight at Elewana Tarangire Treetops.

Day 4

Enjoy breakfast among the baobabs before packing a picnic and heading off for the airstrip. A wild ride that once again doubles as a game drive. With Treetops’ keen eyed guides you might glimpse the park’s wild dogs (this is a great place for sightings). Or a tiny pancake tortoise or even Tarangire’s tree climbing lions.

It’s a scenic flight to Manyara airstrip, and a lovely drive through the highlands to reach the epitome of elegance that is The Manor. Quite possibly the most enviable address on the safari circuit. This handful of Cape Dutch-styled cottages sits within the lush gardens of a working coffee farm. Near the edge of the Ngorongoro Crater. You’ll arrive in time for high tea. Taken with views over the rippling forest, while your butler sorts the luggage. Then soak in your Victorian bathtub, cozy up by your suite’s open fire, and enjoy a delicious dinner. Maybe have a game of billiards and retire for the night.

Overnight at The Manor at Ngorongoro

Day 5

Your alarm will ring at the crack of dawn today. But you won’t mind a bit. It’s well worth the early breakfast when you’re about to head into the ‘eighth wonder of the world’. Measuring over 20km wide and 600m deep, Ngorongoro Crater is a natural volcanic amphitheater. A geological marvel, a festival of wildlife. Its acacia thickets, riverine forest and glittering lakes throng with around 30,000 animals. One of the highest densities of wildlife in Africa. Safaris here can be overwhelming, in the very best way.

Spend a full day in Ngorongoro. The expert guides will introduce you to its vast cast of characters. Lions, elephants and buffalo, cheetah and serval cats, hyena, jackal and black rhino. Plus The Manor has special permission to host beautiful bush lunches in a private part of the crater. Away from the crowds. You can picnic in exclusive style without missing a wildlife packed minute.

Sun downers and dinner back at The Manor will be a buzz. As you exchange stories with your fellow travelers about what you’ve seen on this once in a lifetime day.

Overnight at The Manor at Ngorongoro

Day 6

Enjoy your last lavish Manor breakfast before we whisk you off for your SkySafari flight to another African icon. The Serengeti National Park.

Simply, it’s huge. An endless seeming swathe of short grass plains. Braided with life giving streams. Speckled with rocky kopjes. Riffled by occasional hills. Rich in Masai culture. Absolutely teeming with life. And while you can revel in the bigger picture, it’s also the place to embrace the individual moments. The will they / won’t they tension of a lion pack on the hunt. The shock of a crocodile bursting from the river. The white knuckle charge of an angry bull elephant. The dazzle of the sun subsiding into the plains with no end.

You’ll arrive at your lodge in time for lunch. Though the exact lodge depends in part on the season. Enjoy the bygone luxe tents of Elewana Serengeti Pioneer Camp, perched on a kopje in the south of the park. As well as being renowned for its immense wildebeest herds, the area is rich in prehistoric paintings. While nearby Lake Magadi is popular with flamingos.

Alternatively, we’ll take you to the sophisticated stilted tents of Elewana Serengeti Migration Camp, further north. This peaceful part of the park sees few other visitors. You’ll feel you’ve arrived in your own private wilderness. The variety of wildlife here is remarkable, the drama intense. Especially when the Great Migration passes through. The camp is perfectly placed for watching the herds run the gauntlet of the Mara River. Either way, your first afternoon’s game drive will be a wildlife revelation.

Overnight at either Elewana Serengeti Pioneer Camp (in January – May) and Elewana Serengeti Migration Camp (June – December)

Day 7

Another early breakfast before another action packed day. A whole day, with lunch in the bush, so you don’t waste a minute.

Exploring from Elewana Serengeti Pioneer might mean witnessing the replenishing of the Serengeti’s mighty herds. Each year, 400,000 wildebeest calves are born in the park’s south, a staggering number, which draws many predators.

Indeed, big cats are a particular pleasure around the Pioneer camp. Lions love to sun bask on the rocks of Moru Kopje (where Masai paintings can also be seen). Also, the camp supports the Serengeti Cheetah Project. Talks by experts will introduce you to the local cats, and help you identify them when you’re scanning the plains.

After a full, fabulous day, it’s time to raise a final sun downer to the Serengeti. As the light softens, the earth cools, the horizon glows. Enjoy dinner back at camp, then sit out and listen one last time. To the eerie call of the nightjar and the whoop of a hyena. To the hippos’ belly guffaw and the lion’s nerve trembling roar.

Overnight at either Elewana Serengeti Pioneer Camp (in January – May) and Elewana Serengeti Migration Camp (from June until December)

Day 8

Your drive to the airstrip gives you a final chance to soak up the sights, smells, sounds and sensations of the Serengeti. Just one more elegant giraffe, one more elephant charge. Once airborne, keep your eyes out the window, to see the Serengeti slide out of view. And, perhaps, Kilimanjaro peeping through the clouds.

There’s no need to hang around at the airport. We’ll deliver you back to Arusha Coffee Lodge’s oasis of calm so you can relax in a day room amid the birds and the beans before we take you back for your flight home. Head, heart and soul full of African magic.

Day 1 – Arusha

Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport by scheduled flight (not included). We’ll fast track you through the airport to Elewana Arusha Coffee Lodge. Where the stresses of travel will lift as soon as you’re shown your elegant suite.

You’ll have some time at leisure before dinner.

Spend 1 night at Elewana Arusha Coffee Lodge

There’s a palpable buzz as you approach Kilimanjaro Airport. Africa’s highest mountain looms large outside. Once on the ground and whisked to your home for the night. However, the buzz comes from the bushes. Elewana Arusha Coffee Lodge sits in the foothills of Mount Meru, its suites sprinkled amid one of Tanzania’s largest working coffee plantations.

Retreat to your stylish room amid the bean laden bushes, breathe in the heady java scent, dine in the glorious gardens and unwind in the spa. Soothing in the extreme, this is the perfect pre-safari stay.

Day 2 – Arusha to Tarangire National Park

Following your leisurely breakfast at Arusha Coffee Lodge, you can participate in the Bean to Cup coffee estate tour where you have the opportunity to see the amount of work that goes into the production of coffee before it reaches your cup. You can also visit the Shanga Workshop. This project is operated by local Tanzanians with a variety of disabilities who excel in artistic talent and create a variety of crafts.

You have lunch and a briefing at the lodge. Then transfer to Arusha Airport for your flight in the SkySafari airplane to Kuro airstrip in Tarangire National Park. Often overlooked for the north’s better known parks, Tarangire bursts with great game. Especially in the dry season, when animals flock to its perennial river. But sees few other tourists. That means safaris are crammed full of wildlife. But blissfully crowd free.

Game view as you make your way to the camp. Elephants are a particular specialty. More than 3,000 (one of the largest populations in East Africa) roam here.

The lodge itself is like something from a fairy tale. Its scatter of suites teeters amongst the branches of the baobab and marula trees. Each has a huge balcony, looking either to the sunrise, the sunset or over the camp’s waterhole. Tear yourself away for dinner. A candle lit feast served in a Masai boma, surrounded by acacia trees.

Overnight at Elewana Tarangire Treetops.

Day 3 – Tarangire National Park

Following breakfast, you have a morning game drive in Tarangire National Park returning to the camp for lunch. Treetops is tucked into a private conservancy adjoining the national park. The lodge has been pivotal in driving the development of community owned wildlife conservancies. This has seen more wildlife being preserved. And more local people benefiting. It also means it can offer the best of both worlds. Guests here have easy access to Tarangire’s animal dense pastures. But being in the conservancy means a greater variety of activities is allowed.

After lunch, walk out with a Masai guide. There’s nothing more electrifying than exploring the bush on foot. Getting up-close to the flowers, insects and animal tracks you might miss from a vehicle. You can also visit a Masai village to find out more about the custodians of this land.

As the afternoon cools, there’s only one thing to be done. Sit on Sunset Hill, sun downer in hand. The classic way to toast a day on safari. A delicious dinner will follow. Though you might want to squeeze in another adventure. Night drives (permitted within the conservancy) are a chance to see the after dark shift. From prickly porcupines to elusive leopards.

Overnight at Elewana Tarangire Treetops.

Day 4 – Tarangire National Park to Karatu

Enjoy breakfast among the baobabs before packing a picnic and heading off for the airstrip. A wild ride that once again doubles as a game drive. With Treetops’ keen eyed guides you might glimpse the park’s wild dogs (this is a great place for sightings). Or a tiny pancake tortoise or even Tarangire’s tree climbing lions.

It’s a scenic flight to Manyara airstrip, and a lovely drive through the highlands to reach the epitome of elegance that is The Manor. Quite possibly the most enviable address on the safari circuit. This handful of Cape Dutch styled cottages sits within the lush gardens of a working coffee farm. Near the edge of the Ngorongoro Crater. You’ll arrive in time for high tea. Taken with views over the rippling forest, while your butler sorts the luggage. Then soak in your Victorian bathtub, cozy up by your suite’s open fire, and enjoy a delicious dinner. Maybe have a game of billiards and retire for the night.

Accommodation Elewana The Manor at Ngorongoro

Day 5 – Lake Manyara

According to Ernest Hemingway, Lake Manyara is the ‘loveliest in Africa’. It’s certainly varied. Attracting an astounding mix of life. From bush buck and blue monkeys in the forests to tree climbing lions in the acacia woods. From cheetah stalking antelopes on the grasslands to hippos wallowing in the mud. Most dazzling, though, is the flamboyance of flamingos. Hundreds of the blushing birds flock here, along with more than 400 other avian species. Join a game drive after breakfast and stay until lunch, so you can picnic by the water’s edge.

Back at The Manor, the afternoon is all yours. Take a dip in the pool. Book a treatment in the spa. Join a guided walk around the coffee estate. Or you could head out on horseback. To get a different perspective on these verdant highlands. Finishing with a sun downer, of course. Top the day off with dinner in the elegant dining room, always a culinary delight.

Accommodation Elewana The Manor at Ngorongoro

Day 6 – Ngorongoro Crater

Your alarm will ring at the crack of dawn today – but you won’t mind a bit. It’s well worth the early breakfast when you’re about to head into the ‘eighth wonder of the world’. Measuring over 20km wide and 600m deep, Ngorongoro Crater is a natural volcanic amphitheater. A geological marvel, a festival of wildlife. Its acacia thickets, riverine forest and glittering lakes throng with around 30,000 animals. One of the highest densities of wildlife in Africa. Safaris here can be overwhelming, in the very best way.

Spend a full day in Ngorongoro – the expert guides will introduce you to its vast cast of characters. Lions, elephants and buffalo, cheetah and serval cats, hyena, jackal and black rhino. Plus The Manor has special permission to host beautiful bush lunches in a private part of the crater. Away from the crowds. You can picnic in exclusive style without missing a wildlife packed minute.

Sun downers and dinner back at The Manor will be a buzz. As you exchange stories with your fellow travelers about what you’ve seen on this once in a lifetime day.

Accommodation Elewana The Manor at Ngorongoro

Day 7 – Karatu to Serengeti National Park

Enjoy your last lavish Manor breakfast before we whisk you off for your SkySafari flight to another African icon. The Serengeti National Park.

Simply, it’s huge. An endless seeming swathe of short-grass plains. Braided with life giving streams. Speckled with rocky kopjes. Riffled by occasional hills. Rich in Masai culture. Absolutely teeming with life. And while you can revel in the bigger picture, it’s also the place to embrace the individual moments. The will they / won’t they tension of a lion pack on the hunt. The shock of a crocodile bursting from the river. The white knuckle charge of an angry bull elephant. The dazzle of the sun subsiding into the plains with no end.

You’ll arrive at your lodge in time for lunch. Though the exact lodge depends in part on the season. Enjoy the bygone luxe tents of Elewana Serengeti Pioneer Camp, perched on a kopje in the south of the park. As well as being renowned for its immense wildebeest herds, the area is rich in prehistoric paintings. While nearby Lake Magadi is popular with flamingos.

Alternatively, the sophisticated stilted tents of Elewana Serengeti Migration Camp, further north. This peaceful part of the park sees few other visitors. You’ll feel you’ve arrived in your own private wilderness. The variety of wildlife here is remarkable, the drama intense. Especially when the Great Migration passes through. The camp is perfectly placed for watching the herds run the gauntlet of the Mara River. Either way, your first afternoon’s game drive will be a wildlife revelation.

Overnight at either Elewana Serengeti Pioneer Camp (from January – May) and Elewana Serengeti Migration Camp (from June – December)

Day 8 – Serengeti National Park

Game drives in the Serengeti are always a surprise.

You never quite know how the drama might play out. Most dramatic of all is to witness the pinnacle of the Great Migration. When more than a million animals cross the northern rivers. The Serengeti Migration Camp sits on their route. So you barely need travel at all to catch a life or death crossing. Also nearby are hippo filled pools. You can hear their grunts and chortles from camp.

To maximize your wild time, we’ll dish up a delicious lunch on the go. While, come nightfall, dinner will be served out under the stars. To a backing track of the sounds of the bush.

Overnight at either Elewana Serengeti Pioneer Camp (from January – May) and Elewana Serengeti Migration Camp (from June – December)

Day 9 – Serengeti National Park

Another early breakfast before another action packed day. A whole day, with lunch in the bush, so you don’t waste a minute.

Exploring from Elewana Serengeti Pioneer might mean witnessing the replenishing of the Serengeti’s mighty herds. Each year, 400,000 wildebeest calves are born in the park’s south, a staggering number, which draws many predators.

Indeed, big cats are a particular pleasure around the Pioneer camp. Lions love to sun bask on the rocks of Moru Kopje (where Masai paintings can also be seen). Also, the camp supports the Serengeti Cheetah Project. Talks by experts will introduce you to the local cats, and help you identify them when you’re scanning the plains.

After a full, fabulous day, it’s time to raise a final sun downer to the Serengeti. As the light softens, the earth cools, the horizon glows. Enjoy dinner back at camp, then sit out and listen one last time. To the eerie call of the nightjar and the whoop of a hyena. To the hippos’ belly guffaw and the lion’s nerve trembling roar.

Overnight at either Elewana Serengeti Pioneer Camp (in January – May) and Elewana Serengeti Migration Camp (from June until December)

Day 10 – Serengeti National Park to Arusha and depart

Your drive to the airstrip gives you a final chance to soak up the sights, smells, sounds and sensations of the Serengeti. Just one more elegant giraffe, one more elephant charge. Once airborne, keep your eyes out the window, to see the Serengeti slide out of view. And, perhaps, Kilimanjaro peeping through the clouds.

There’s no need to hang around at the airport. We’ll deliver you back to Arusha Coffee Lodge’s oasis of calm so you can relax in a day room amid the birds and the beans before we take you back for your flight home. Head, heart and soul full of African magic.

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