Serengeti Jeep Jamboree March 10 19, 2016
Day 1 - March 10 Welcome To Tanzania! Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will be welcomed and chauffeured to Arusha Coffee Lodge. Your stay at The Arusha Coffee Lodge is in a Plantation Suite, all-inclusive. The Arusha Coffee Lodge is a haven for calming composure before or after your Elewana safari. Located in Arusha, at the foot of Mt. Meru, nestled among seemingly endless acres of emerald green coffee bushes, is the idyllic Arusha Coffee Lodge. Her farmhouse styled plantation houses welcome you to experience an unexpected class of style and service. Sip champagne as you reminisce about your adventures and the bygone eras of settlers, pioneers and explorers. Indulge yourself and unwind in the hearth and home styled comfort of the Arusha Coffee Lodge.
Day 2 March 11 After breakfast you will drive to Tarangire National Park for game drive with a bush lunch, after which you will enter through Treetops private reserve. You will stay here for two nights in a tree house, with everything included (all meals, laundry service,, drinks excluding premium drinks.) The Tarangire Treetops houses meander through the branches of thousand-year old trees. The nights are magical, as the winds seem to carry bedtime stories from the ancient branches of the mighty marula and baobabs, to calm your senses and cradle your slumber. Under these clear and sparkling African skies your dreams and fairy tales have been waiting for you! Nowhere, does fantasy come alive as it does here. Awaken to beautiful bird song, leave only your footprints, take only your memories, as you walk alongside the creatures of the African wilderness.
Day 3 March 12 After breakfast at Treetops you will enjoy a visit to an authentic Masai village followed by off road driving. Lunch and dinner will be served at Treetops. Tarangire National Park Tarangire has a stunning baobab-studded landscape and is a bird watchers paradise, containing the highest number of breeding bird species of any habitat in the world. It is also home to thousands of resident elephants and huge herds of buffalo, a good place to see leopard and lion and a wide variety of plains game. Herds of up to 300 elephants scratch the dry river bed for underground streams, while migratory wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, impala, gazelle, hartebeest and eland crowd the shrinking lagoons. It's the greatest concentration of wildlife outside the Serengeti ecosystem - a smorgasbord for predators and the one place in Tanzania where dry-country antelope such as the stately fringe-eared oryx and peculiar long-necked gerenuk are regularly observed. Dinner at Treetops is always a delight, whether it is in the Masai Manyatta under the stars with local Masai warriors to entertain or in the more sophisticated dhow-wood furnished restaurant overlooking the floodlit waterhole being overlooked in turn by giant baobab trees.
Day 4 March 13 After breakfast you will drive on the Great Rift Valley floor until you get to the Escarpment at Lake Manyara. You will then proceed up through the Ngorongoro Highlands before you get to The Manor at Ngorongoro, located on the edge of Ngorongoro Conservation Area, where you will arrive in time for high-tea. Here, your two night stay will be in a cottage and all-inclusive (meals, laundry service, drinks excluding premium drinks.) The Manor at Ngorongoro, located on a huge coffee estate adjacent to the Ngorongoro Conservation area, enjoys magnificent views over the coffee bushes to far-flung African horizons. Designed to celebrate the Cape Dutch settlers influence in the region, its sparkling, white painted, ornate gables are set off perfectly amongst the mature indigenous and exotic trees. Enjoy the splendor of watching the sun go down from your private terrace before an evening of sophis8cated up country hospitality in the magnificent main house.
Day 5 March 14 After breakfast, you will drive you down the crater for a full day of exploration of the Ngorongoro Crater. A picnic hamper lunch will be served on the crater floor. After lunch, you will explore more of the crater before heading back to the Manor for the evening cocktails, dinner and overnight. Ngorongoro & The Crater The Ngorongoro Crater in Northern Tanzania, once a gigantic volcano, is the largest intact caldera in the world. Some maintain that before it erupted, it would have been higher than Mt Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa. Today, long since having collapsed and eroded, it is an extensive highland area with the famous 600 m deep Ngorongoro Crater as its focal point. Nearly three million years old, the ancient caldera shelters one of the most beautiful wildlife havens on earth Endangered black rhino are protected within its rim, giant tusked elephants wander the forests, black-manned lions stalk the grasslands, and flamingoes crowd the soda lakes. An estimated 25 000 large mammals are resident in this bowl of plenty, including a population of approximately 6 000 resident wildebeest, 16 highly endangered black rhino and around 70 lions. Cheetah move in and out of the Crater, while leopard are most often encountered in the spectacular Lerai Forest.
Day 6 March 15 After breakfast, you will drive to Mwiba Wildlife Reserve. Here, your two night stay will also be all-inclusive (meals, laundry service, drinks excluding premium drinks.) Mwiba, a secluded, sophisticated haven set among massive stone boulders, ancient coral trees and acacias, overlooking a rocky gorge on the Arugusinyai River, is the latest addition to the Legendary Expeditions portfolio. Set in harmony with this idyllic natural backdrop, Mwiba offers an unmatched experience in luxury adventure. This exclusive destination mixes both traditional and modern design elements, creating an inviting, sophisticated hideaway. The interiors artfully integrate the natural surroundings with layer upon layer of textured creams paired with suede, tans and accents of chocolate and charcoal. From the linen dressed slope-armed sofas to ornately carved wooden leg tables and cascading lighting, the eight double suites all give way to a wide-open layout where each room flows to another. The bathroom brings the outdoors inside with traditional canvas walls accented with copper fixtures, large soaking tubs with private outside showers, all with transporting views from hardwood plank decks. The grey slate-lined infinity-edge pool overlooks three springs where guests can enjoy the sights and sounds of a constant parade of wildlife. Vast and privately controlled, this exquisite 51,000 acre wildlife reserve is vibrantly lush with colorinfused botanicals, 33 freshwater springs and a diverse array of wildlife. Game drives, bush walks and cultural excursions to the local tribe s village are just a few of the magical experiences that begin at the Mwiba, where a world of adventure awaits.
Day 7 March 16 After breakfast, you will enjoy off road driving. Mwiba Lodge and Alex Walker Tented Camp are located in a private wildlife reserve, which lies to the north of the Lake Eyasi Escarpment, within the greater Serengeti ecosystem. The lodge/camp is the newest addition to the Legendary Expeditions portfolio. It is a secluded, sophisticated, haven set amongst massive stone boulders and ancient coral trees, overlooking a rocky gorge on the Arugusinyai River where elephants love to visit for a drink. The 50,000 acre reserve is home to over 30 fresh water springs, an array of wildlife, and a community of peoples whose cultural traditions will forever remain in your memory.
Day 8 March 17 Depart after breakfast and drive to Serengeti National Park with game viewing enroute. The afternoon will be spent on a game drive with arrival at Serengeti Migration Camp in time for sundown. You will spend the next two nights at Serengeti Pioneer Camp where your stay is in a luxurious safari tent, including all meals, laundry service, transfers, game drives, scheduled activities, drinks excluding premium drinks. Paying homage to the mobile camps of the 1930 s, a time when an African safari was truly a journey into the unknown, Serengeti Pioneer Camp s zero footprint and close proximity to nature combines to make an unmistakably distinctive and truly individual offering. Serengeti Pioneer Camp captures the original essence of the mobile African safari, engendering nostalgic wonderment whilst unlocking the adventurous spirit within all of us. The drama and beauty of the Serengeti National Park is indeed awe inspiring.
Day 9 March 18 After breakfast you will spend the full day exploring the vast Serengeti. Enjoy a Bush lunch, after which the afternoon will be spent game viewing. You will return to Serengeti Pioneer Camp in time for sundown and dinner. The Serengeti It is not possible to say with any accuracy where the Great Migration of the Wildebeest will be at any one time. There are a number of determining factors depending on the rains and the grazing. However one can be assured that if there is a good chance of seeing it then this can be accomplished from Migration Camp. So today will be spent in an open safari cruiser, well stocked with a picnic hamper and cool drinks, for the great expedition to find the Migration. But it should be remembered that not all the animals in the Serengeti opt to join the wildebeest in their time-honored circuit to find the best grazing. Zebras certainly tag along and a good number of predators who are looking for the weak and unwary. But many species are quite happy with their own territory, which makes a day s game driving in the Serengeti an absolute delight and an experience to be treasured and remembered.
Day 10 March 19 After breakfast, enjoy a game drive enroute to the Lobo airstrip for your scheduled flight departing at 10:05 to Arusha. Upon arrival in Arusha at 12:20 hours, you will be met and welcomed by a representative and thereafter you are chauffeured to Arusha Coffee Lodge for lunch, after which you will be chauffeured to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your departure flight.
Package Pricing and Terms PRICE PER PERSON BASED ON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY MID SEASON March 10 19, 2016 Serengeti Jeep Jamboree (Guest) $16,125 OPTIONAL Zanzibar Beach Excursion Priced upon request EXPORT/IMPORT OF VEHICLES ESTIMATED PRICE PER VEHICLE Vehicle Sea Freight $5,500 Customs Clearance Certificate (Carnet) $750 Shipping Insurance (Damage & Loss) $1,000 Total PER VEHICLE $7,250 * Prices per person, based on a minimum group size of 12 people and six personal vehicles, with two people sharing per vehicle and room. Prices do not include airfare to/from the US and travel visas. SAFARI PACKAGE INCLUDES: Full Board accommoda5on as per the i5nerary All drinks (excluding premium drinks such as French champagne, single malt whiskey, etc.) All transfers to and from the lodges/camps Scheduled domes5c flight as per the i5nerary All day- 5me game drives Services of an English- speaking Driver guide All Park, Crater & Concession Fees Medical emergency evacua5on insurance Collec5on, border crossing & ground handling of imported vehicles EXPORT/IMPORT OF VEHICLES: Prices are es5mated based upon a Jeep Wrangler valued at $60,000, RO- RO shipping from the New Jersey sea port. Prices will vary as per actual vehicle specifica5ons and origina5on. Price does not include delivery of vehicle to port of departure. Guests will need to allow for 60 days going and 60 days returning of vehicles, or 120 days of total transit. Shipping insurance is required at 1.5% of the total value of the vehicle, which covers damage or loss during transit only. Guest may choose an AIR FREIGHT opdon of 14 days transit for $66,400 excluding Carnet and Insurance.