East African Essentials tour

(OZAF1X14)

NEXT DEPARTURE: MAY 2019

On this safari you will visit and experience the essence of East Africa over a fourteen DAY period.  Accompanied by one of our team from start to finish and guaranteed small groups brings a personalised aspect to African tours that will enhance your experience.

Visit world renowned parks such as: Tarangiri, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater, and the Serengeti.

This tour is one that will be found on many a bucket list. It follows in the footsteps of many luminaries such as Hemmingway and is timed to include the spectacle that is the wildebeest migration. This tour is a must for those that want to experience African wildlife on a grand scale. An awesome for the photographer as this tour will provide you with opportunity for both cultural settings as you visit with the Masai people, and wildlife all within the iconic backdrop of East Africa.

Only reputable accommodation and luxury safari lodges are used. Safaris will be conducted in fully equipped and reliable 4 x 4 vehicles.

The following extensions are available with this tour:

• Victoria Falls and Chobe National Park (EXTAX4)
• Botswana and Namibia Essential Safari (OZAF2X14)
• South Africa (OZAF3X14)
• Cape Town (EXTCX4)
• Ultimate African Safari (OZAFCOMBI)
• Gorilla Safari (OZAFEXTBX4)

NEXT DEPARTURE : MAY 2019

ITINERARY

DAY 1 – Depart Perth Australia and fly overnight to Johannesburg South Africa (Your Qualified OzAfrica Safari guide will accompany you every step of the way.)

DAY 2 – Continue onto Arusha Tanzania via Dar es Salaam. Meet the local guides and vehicles and overnight in Arusha. D

DAY 3 – Travel to Tarangire National Park. This park has the reputation for large herds of elephant as well as a large variety of antelope and gazelle species. With over 550 bird species recorded there is something for every wildlife enthusiast. Overnight for two nights. DB

DAY 4 – Spend the DAY traversing the park in search of elephant and other species. Tarangire has the greatest concentration of wildlife outside of the Serengeti ecosystem. The visitor can expect to see a variety of predators large and small as well as some of the unique species such as the fringe-eared Oryx and the peculiar long necked gerenuk. DB

DAY 5 – Depart Tarangire and head for Ngorongoro. Arrive at your crater rim accommodation in time for lunch. Once check in procedures is completed set of for an afternoon drive into the crater of this extinct volcano has provided a refuge for an impressive array of fauna and flora. Return in the late afternoon to overnight at your luxury lodge overlooking the park. DB

DAY 6 – Once again set of into the crater this time for the whole day of exploration and game encounters. This unique ecosystem plays host to a variety of wildlife species including the big 5. The most rewarding is sighting the endangered black rhino. Watch as life on the crater floor plays out before your eyes. Have a picnic lunch overlooking one of the only fresh water holes and enjoy the sound of hippo grunting and blowing as the wallow in the shallow waters. Always an experience of contrasts from soda lakes dotted with flamingo, grass plains to mountain forests. DBL

DAY 7 to 10 – Travel westward via Maasai country into the vast Serengeti plains. This is Tanzania’s oldest and most popular national park and a declared world heritage site, truly one of the wild wonders of the world. While here follow the vast herd of over a million wildebeest, 200 000 zebra and 300 000 Thomson gazelle join the migratory search for grazing. Watch the drama play out as predator and prey interact in a setting so vast it can only be experienced by being there. DBL

DAY 11 – Depart the Serengeti and retrace your steps and overnight at Lake Manyara. En route you will have the opportunity to stop at a Maasai Village, and to do some curio shopping. We will also stop at an orphanage that OzAfrica supports with a portion of the income we receive from clients who choose our East African Safari package. Have the opportunity to hand over items such as clothing, mosquito nets and hardware. (No extra cost to you. We like to support local communities in some way in every area we visit.) DBL

DAY 12 – Visit Lake Manyara NP for a last wildlife experience. This area is a microcosm of the Tanzanian wildlife experience and was described by Ernest Hemmingway as “the loveliest I have seen in Africa.” Unique species, such as Kirk’s dic-dic, klipspringers and blue monkeys, as well as the usual big game of Africa. After lunch in Arusha fly to Dar es Salaam and overnight in a luxury hotel located in the central precinct of the city. D

DAY 13 – Catch an early flight back to Johannesburg and onto Australia.

DAY 14 – Arrive back in Perth, Australia

This will conclude your travel arrangements for this safari package with OzAfrica. Bon voyage until next time.

This package is designed to dovetail with the Botswana and Namibia Essentials Safari or OzAfrica Ultimate Africa Package
Ask us about our special affordable rates if you book two or more safaris together.