Jungle’s Compass (North South) Comfort Safari
A safari that follows the needle of exploration with creature comforts. Explore the North and South of Tanzania with breathtaking landscapes; colorful wildlife; and hospitable culture of the Tanzanian people. Let the spirit of the compass guide you to a lifetime of adventure.
Itinerary
12Days
13Night
from
$2,894
per adult
DAY 1
Upon your arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, please expect to find one of our experienced staff members waiting to transfer you and your party to a Hotel for the night. Rest well and refresh for the adventure ahead!
Rivertrees Country Inn
DAY 2
After your breakfast today you’ll be heading to Lake Manyara National Park where you will find Lunch at the Safari Lodge. Manyara and Serengeti are the few places in the world that host the rare tree climbing lions so keep an eye out for these! Later in the afternoon, drive to Karatu in the Ngorongoro Highlands where dinner and overnight stay will be at the safari lodge.
Kitela Lodge
DAY 3
After breakfast enjoy an exciting drive towards the world renowned Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Enjoy lunch boxes prepared by the lodge followed by an afternoon game drive where you shall be descending into the Ngorongoro Crater. This volcanic caldera holds the largest predator population in all of Africa! Enjoy the rest of the day here and head back to the Lodge for dinner and an overnight stay
Ngorongoro Serena Lodge
DAY 4
After breakfast, your party will head to the great Serengeti today – explore areas filled with acacia trees and wild animals. Lunch, dinner and overnight stay will be at our personal favorite today, a luxury Camp with a bonfire in the wild. Sleep in style under the savannah stars tonight!
Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge
DAY 5
Serengeti is a great Savannah plain that hosts some of the biggest cats and the seasonal Great Migration. A morning and afternoon game drive will allow the best chance to spot some of these magnificent sites! All your meals and overnight stay will be provided for at the beautiful camp
Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge
DAY 6
Enjoy the day exploring the great Savannah plains. All hand – prepared meals and overnight stay will be at the luxury camp
Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge
DAY 7
After breakfast drive to Seronera Airstrip for your scheduled flight to Ruaha National Park. Upon arrival at Airport, you’ll be met with your local guide who will transfer you to the lodge for lunch. The afternoon will be spent exploring Ruaha, the largest national park in Tanzania. Dinner and overnight stay will be at the lodge.
Mdonya Old River Camp
DAY 8
Ruaha National park has a permanent water source allowing for a constant variety of wild animals to see. Spend your full day today sharing game drive activities exploring this majestic park. All your meals and overnight stay will be catered for at the lodge
Mdonya Old River Camp
DAY 9
Get your fill of Ruaha today. Spend the day with shared game activities exploring the grand park. All your meals and overnight stay will be catered for at the lodge.
Mdonya Old River Camp
DAY 10
After breakfast you’ll drive t o Msembe Airstrip for your scheduled flight to Selous National Park. Upon arrival at Airport, you’ll be met with your local guide who will transfer you to the camp. The afternoon will be spent exploring Selous with a shared game drive. Dinner and overnight stay will be at the wildlife camp
Lake Manze Camp
DAY 11
Enjoy a full day of shared game activities in Selous. Selous, a United Nations World Heritage Site, offers a variety of game viewing activities to the visitor, including the thrilling experience of a foot safari in the company of an armed ranger. This is in addition to game drives in 4X4 vehicles, and boat safaris on the Rufiji River, providing a richer and exciting game viewing experience. Enjoy your meals and overnight will be at the wildlife Camp
Lake Manze Camp
DAY 12
Get your fill of Selous today. Spend the day with shared game activities exploring the grand park. All your meals and overnight stay will be catered for at the wildlife camp.
Lake Manze Camp
DAY 13
After breakfast drive to Mtemere Airstrip for your scheduled flight to Dar Es Salaam. Upon arrival at Airport, you’ll be met with your local guide who will transfer you to the hotel for the rest of the day. Thereafter your party will head back to Julius Nyerere International Airport for your journey back home. We hope you enjoyed your once-in-a-lifetime trip and made memories to last you forever! Asante Sana na Karibu Tena
(Thank you so much and come visit us again)
Add-ons
Balloon Safari In Tarangire
Tarangire From The Sky
A popular addition to your game drives and stay in the Serengeti or Tarangire National Parks is a balloon safari. It is an adventure as the hot air floats gently in the direction of the wind, offering a different view over the amazing scenery and wildlife below. The excursion starts…
Exotic Bird Watching
A popular addition to your game drives and stay in the Serengeti or Tarangire National Parks is a balloon safari. It is an adventure as the hot air floats gently in the direction of the wind, offering a different view over the amazing scenery and wildlife below.
The excursion starts early, with pick-up from your lodge and driving to the launch site before dawn; on the way you may see some nocturnal animals. Your balloon rises as the sun rises, and the flight takes about an hour of sheer excitement floating at varying altitude and at times climbing 1000 feet high or more. After landing, enjoy a traditional champagne celebration and an Out of Africa breakfast prepared and served in the bush. Thereafter continue with the day’s planned activities.
Balloon Safari in Serengeti / Ndutu
Serengeti from the Sky
A popular addition to your game drives and stay in the Serengeti or Tarangire National Parks is a balloon safari. It is an adventure as the hot air floats gently in the direction of the wind, offering a different view over the amazing scenery and wildlife below. The excursion starts…
Serengeti From The Sky
A popular addition to your game drives and stay in the Serengeti or Tarangire National Parks is a balloon safari. It is an adventure as the hot air floats gently in the direction of the wind, offering a different view over the amazing scenery and wildlife below.
The excursion starts early, with pick-up from your lodge and driving to the launch site before dawn; on the way you may see some nocturnal animals. Your balloon rises as the sun rises, and the flight takes about an hour of sheer excitement floating at varying altitude and at times climbing 1000 feet high or more. After landing, enjoy a traditional champagne celebration and an Out of Africa breakfast prepared and served in the bush. Thereafter continue with the day’s planned activities.
Ngorongoro Maasai Village Visit
Exotic Bird Watching
Tanzania is an excellent destination for birders. Besides Lake Manyara and Arusha National Parks which are famous for water birds and other savannah and forest species, all the game parks in Tanzania have an amazing array of birdlife including Eurasian migrants. The most interesting part is that the birdlife may…
Exotic Bird Watching
Tanzania is an excellent destination for birders. Besides Lake Manyara and Arusha National Parks which are famous for water birds and other savannah and forest species, all the game parks in Tanzania have an amazing array of birdlife including Eurasian migrants. The most interesting part is that the birdlife may vary from park to park depending on habitats providing a richer viewing experience to the birder. It may be useful to learn that over 1,130 different species of birds have been recorded in Tanzania – the largest number in Africa second only to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Accompanied by Maasai warriors and local guides, you can walk through the acacia woodland in the Ngorongoro Highlands or the Great Rift Valley. With their sharp eyes, the warriors notice every movement and your guides will point out the interesting landscape and many special birds that live in this semi-arid area.
Visits To Maasai Bomas / Villages In Ngorongoro
Breathe The Fresh Crisp Air
A popular addition to your game drives and stay in the Serengeti or Tarangire National Parks is a balloon safari. It is an adventure as the hot air floats gently in the direction of the wind, offering a different view over the amazing scenery and wildlife below. The excursion starts…
Breathe The Fresh Crisp Air
Most visitors to Africa, especially first timers, find the continent and its people enchantingly different and a special experience. We at Jungle Safaris appreciate this fact and endeavor to include visits to the local communities to give our guests the opportunity to see first-hand the way of life in a typical African village.
Tanzania has over 120 tribes each with its own culture. The Maasai in northern Tanzania are among the most popular ethnic groups in the area, a proud people fervently attached to their cultural values. Ngorongoro is the home of the pastoral Maasai, who have been allowed to live in the conservation area, a pioneering experiment in multi-purpose land use where people, their livestock and wildlife coexist and share the same protected habitat. The Maasai move widely with their herds of cattle, sheep, goats and donkeys in search of pasture and water. In recent years the Maasai have been encouraged to work on the land to supplement their traditional staple food of milk and meat.
While in Ngorongoro most of the guests on safari love to include a visit to a Maasai Boma (homestead). The Seneto Maasai Boma on the western slopes of the Ngorongoro Highlands about two hundred metres off the main road to Serengeti is one of the most famous cultural visitor points for guests. Another popular Maasai village is Irkeepus which is located in the Ngorongoro Highlands and a visit can be combined with a trek of Olmoti or Empakaai Crater.Visitors will be shown around the Maasai Boma, and are welcome to explore the huts where Maasai families live and learn a few things about their way of living. The huts, normally built by women, are made of wood, mud and cow dung.
The visit lasts about 30 to 45 minutes and at the end the villagers will show off and try to sell their colorful beadwork and other handcrafted wares. If time allows the Maasai warriors would challenge men to engage in a spear throwing match or perform a tribal dance, and ladies may choose to participate in beadwork. This is intended to expose visitors to the Maasai culture though briefly and enrich them with some authentic African experiences.
Visit Of Olduvai Gorge
Learn The Rich History
The Olduvai Gorge, popularly referred to as “The Cradle of Humankind”, is the site where in 1959 Dr. Louis Leakey discovered the skull of Zinjanthropus or “Nutcracker Man” believed to have lived 1.75 million years ago. Later reclassified as Australopithecus boisei, this creature had a massive skull though small brained…
Learn The Rich History
The Olduvai Gorge, popularly referred to as “The Cradle of Humankind”, is the site where in 1959 Dr. Louis Leakey discovered the skull of Zinjanthropus or “Nutcracker Man” believed to have lived 1.75 million years ago. Later reclassified as Australopithecus boisei, this creature had a massive skull though small brained (500 cc) with huge teeth. Several months later Dr. Leakey found another fossil hominid in the same layer of excavation, called Homo habilis or “handy man”, smaller than the “Nutcracker Man” but with a larger brain (600 cc) and capable of making simple stone tools.
Bush Lunch
Meal With A View
Enjoy a well-cooked meal in the middle of the jungle, a true part of the wild! Our bush meals are a Bush Breakfast, usually after an early morning game drive and Bush Lunch, usually a continental barbeque in the national park or game reserve under a shade. You can pick…
Meal With A View
Enjoy a well-cooked meal in the middle of the jungle, a true part of the wild! Our bush meals are a Bush Breakfast, usually after an early morning game drive and Bush Lunch, usually a continental barbeque in the national park or game reserve under a shade. You can pick to experience one or both.
While in Ngorongoro most of the guests on safari love to include a visit to a Maasai Boma (homestead). The Seneto Maasai Boma on the western slopes of the Ngorongoro Highlands about two hundred metres off the main road to Serengeti is one of the most famous cultural visitor points for guests. Another popular Maasai village is Irkeepus which is located in the Ngorongoro Highlands and a visit can be combined with a trek of Olmoti or Empakaai Crater.Visitors will be shown around the Maasai Boma, and are welcome to explore the huts where Maasai families live and learn a few things about their way of living. The huts, normally built by women, are made of wood, mud and cow dung.
The visit lasts about 30 to 45 minutes and at the end the villagers will show off and try to sell their colorful beadwork and other handcrafted wares. If time allows the Maasai warriors would challenge men to engage in a spear throwing match or perform a tribal dance, and ladies may choose to participate in beadwork. This is intended to expose visitors to the Maasai culture though briefly and enrich them with some authentic African experiences.
