ELEWANA SKY SAFARI - 2014

 

Departs alternate days from 16 December 2013 onwards, from Arusha.

 

 

This adventure is a truly spectacular, innovative and unique, fully inclusive safari itinerary. The Elewana Sky Safari includes all of Northern Tanzania’s key highlights and offers an unparalleled game viewing and cultural experience. The itinerary includes overnight stays in the Serengeti National Park, the edge of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tarangire National Park, Treetops’ Private 87,000 acre game concession and an excursion to Lake Manyara National Park. The itinerary begins and ends at Kilimanjaro International Airport. This is an eight days & seven-night itinerary (with optional extensions) on one of the most spectacular safaris in ‘Safari Africa’. 

 

The properties featured are; Arusha Coffee Lodge, Tarangire Treetops, The Manor at Ngorongoro and Serengeti Migration Camp. Award winning, small and intimate; experience a chic plantation house at The Arusha Coffee Lodge, an intrepid Tree House at Treetops, a lavish estate home at The Manor and a luxurious tented camp in the Serengeti.

 

Departures are starting every second day. A separate calendar on the last page specifies the individual departures through the year.

 

What’s Included:

 

• All accommodation at Elewana properties with a complimentary upgrade to a Plantation Suite at The Arusha Coffee Lodge. Includes all meals, drinks and laundry.

• All internal flights; travel in style and comfort in our new executive seating Cessna Grand Caravan (9 executive, club class seats instead of 13 commuter seats).

• All game drives and internal transfers with great driver guides and specially equipped Safari Cruisers at each of our properties. All our vehicles are equipped with binoculars, guide and reference books, bottle coolers, bush-lunch awnings and power points to charge your camera.

• A hassle free single check-in to Arusha Coffee Lodge at the beginning of your itinerary and single check out at the very end at The Arusha Coffee Lodge.

• Evacuation Insurance

• Sky Safari Check-In: Your luggage and boarding cards will be issued to you at Arusha Coffee Lodge and you will be chauffeured to the Airport 15 minutes before departure – no need to waste your time at airport lounges.

• All scheduled activities as below: 

 

Arusha Coffee Lodge

• Upgrade to Plantation Suite (Subject to availability) 

Tarangire Treetops

• All Game Drives

• Guided Game-Walk

• Night Game Drive

• Visit to an Authentic Masai Village

• Sundowners on Sunset Hill

 

The Manor at Ngorongoro

• Full Day Ngorongoro Crater Tour

• Ngorongoro Crater Floor Lunch

• Spa Treatment

• Horse Back Riding on the Estate

• Cycling On the Estate

• Visit To Karatu or Mto Wa Mbu Townships And Market (Depending On Specific Market Days)

 

Serengeti Migration Camp

• Full Day Game Drives

• Bush Lunches

• Guided Game-Walk along the Grumeti River (Up to 4 Hours)

 

DAY BY DAY…

 

Day 1:

Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) where you will be welcomed by an Elewana representative and chauffeured to The Arusha Coffee Lodge. Here you will enjoy a complimentary upgrade to one of our 12 Plantation Suites. Your stay at The Arusha Coffee Lodge is on an all-inclusive basis (includes all meals, drinks, laundry service, scheduled activities and transfers).

 

Day 2:

After a leisurely breakfast enjoy a tour of The Burka Coffee Estate and then an alfresco lunch in the garden. After lunch you will be chauffeured to Arusha Airport to board our Executive Grand Caravan and fly to Kuro Airstrip in Tarangire National Park. At the airstrip, the Tarangire Treetops team will meet you for an afternoon game drive in Tarangire National Park after which you will enter Treetops’ private reserve. Your stay here is for 2 nights in a Tree House, and is on an all-inclusive basis (includes all meals, drinks, laundry service, transfers, game drives and scheduled activities).

 

Tarangire Treetops

 

Day 3:

After breakfast at Treetops you will enjoy a full day of activities including, game drives, a game-walk, visit to an authentic Masai village, sundowners atop Sunset Hill and a night game drive. Lunch and dinner will be served at Treetops.

 

Day 4:

After breakfast you will enjoy a morning game drive through Tarangire National Park. Stop at leisure for a picnic lunch on your way to Kuro Airstrip and connect to Manyara Airstrip. On arrival, our team from The Manor at Ngorongoro will meet you and take you to the township of Karatu. Arrive at The Manor in time for high-tea. Here, your two-night stay will be in a cottage an all-inclusive basis (includes all meals, drinks, laundry service, transfers, game drives and scheduled activities).

 

Day 5:

After breakfast, an Elewana vehicle will take you on 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 and dinner.

 

Day 6:

Today, you have the option of visiting the Lake Manyara National Park or staying at the lodge to explore the estate.  Choose from a host of activities including horseback riding, cycling, an estate tour or a spa treatment (1 treatment per person) or, you may opt to just relax.  After lunch you will be driven to the Manyara airstrip for your onward flight to the Serengeti, where upon arrival you will be met by the Migration Camp team.  The afternoon will be spent on a game drive with arrival at Serengeti Migration Camp in time for sundowners.  You will spend the next 2 nights at Serengeti Migration Camp where your stay is in a luxurious safari tent and on an all-inclusive basis (includes all meals, drinks, laundry service, transfers, game drives and scheduled activities).

 

Day 7:

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 Migration Camp in time for sundowners and dinner.

 

Day 8:

Return by Sky Safari luxury plane

After breakfast explore along the banks of the great Grumeti River on a guided game walk. Thereafter enjoy a leisurely lunch and a game drive en-route to the airstrip for you onward flight to Arusha, where on arrival, you will be met by The Arusha Coffee Lodge team and chauffeured to Kilimanjaro International Airport. 

(Please note flight from Lobo to Arusha arrives between 1700 and 1800 hrs.  Therefore not possible to connect KQ flight to Nairobi nor any flights to Zanzibar. Clients will have to overnight – see additional cost. Minimum 02 clients required.  

 

Cost Includes

• Meet and greet services

• Assistance at the airport

• Transfers as specified 

• Shared activities in Tarangire / Ngorongoro / Serengeti 

• All accommodation and meals as specified 

• Park fees and government taxes 

• Drinks and laundry included as specified (check on arrival for details) 

• Domestic flights (booked by Ranger) including airport / safety taxes and airline surcharges – special business class seating aircraft with check-in from Arusha Coffee Lodge

• Flying Doctor’s evacuation cover 

 

Cost Excludes

• International flights 

• Visas

• Airport tax (International)

• Guide or local escort gratuities

• Drinks and dining rooms tips, porterage, personal travel and baggage insurance

• Telephone bill, laundry and any items of a personal nature

 

Additional remarks

We may have to reroute the itinerary or accommodate in similar lodges in case of non-availability.

Prices for domestic flights, airport taxes or park fees may be changed without prior notice. This is beyond our control and any increase levied will be passed to you.

Passenger Information

Passengers should bring only soft sided bags on safaris. 

All the passengers must have Identification Card/Passport with them for internal flights.

Baggage on internal flights is strictly limited to 15kgs per person (including hand luggage). Any excess baggage will be charged by the airline at check-in.

Passengers arriving to East Africa may be required to provide proof of vaccination against yellow fever.