Jungle’s Ndege Safaris
A safari through the eyes of a bird. Nest in the treetops and soar through the African skies flying between game reserves for an immersive experience.
Itinerary
08Days
07Night
from
$6,204
per adult
Tarangire | Ngorongoro | Serengeti
DAY 1
After breakfast and a briefing on your Ndege Safari, enjoy a Coffee Tour on the plantation. After an Alfresco Lunch in the gardens of the lodge you will be chauffeured to Arusha Airport, gateway to the flying safari in Tanzania. Time to board the Jungle’s Ndege Executive Grand Caravan. Your Ndege Safari will now take to the Air for your 20 – minute flight to Kuro Airstrip in Tarangire National Park. On arrival at the airstrip, a member of our team will meet you for a game drive in Tarangire National Park ending in Treetops’ Private Reserve. You will arrive at Tarangire Treetops in time for sundowners. Your stay here at Tarangire is for 2 nights in a Tree House and is on an all – inclusive basis.
Arusha Coffee Lodge
DAY 2
After breakfast and a briefing on your Ndege Safari, enjoy a Coffee Tour on the plantation. After an Alfresco Lunch in the gardens of the lodge you will be chauffeured to Arusha Airport, gateway to the flying safari in Tanzania. Time to board the Jungle’s Ndege Executive Grand Caravan. Your Ndege Safari will now take to the Air for your 20 – minute flight to Kuro Airstrip in Tarangire National Park. On arrival at the airstrip, a member of our team will meet you for a game drive in Tarangire National Park ending in Treetops’ Private Reserve. You will arrive at Tarangire Treetops in time for sundowners. Your stay here at Tarangire is for 2 nights in a Tree House and is on an all – inclusive basis.
Tarangire Treetops
DAY 3
After breakfast, enjoy a full day of activities including game drives, a visit to an authentic Masai village, a game walk, sundowners in the bush and a night game drive. Lunch and dinner will be served at the Tree House.
Tarangire Treetops
DAY 4
After breakfast, 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 20 minutes later, our team from The Manor at Ngorongoro will meet you and transfer you to The Manor where you will arrive in time for high – tea
The Manor At Ngorongoro
DAY 5
After breakfast, drive 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, explore more of the crater before heading back to the Manor for SPA, evening cocktails, dinner and overnight.
The Manor At Ngorongoro
DAY 6
After breakfast, transfer to Lake Manyara and safari through the lake en – route to the airstrip. After lunch you will be driven to Manyara airstrip for your onward flight to the Serengeti, where you will stay at either Serengeti Pioneer Camp or Serengeti Migration Camp.
The choice of Camp will be made in advance of your arrival to Tanzania with the decision based on which location will provide the optimum game – viewing opportunities. Both Camps provide exceptional accommodations and are located close to the migratory path of the Wildebeest Migration. Each Camp benefits from resident wildlife – all – year round.
Enjoy full – day game drives, bush luncheons and dinners as well as evenings under the stars at the Camps.
You will spend the next 2 nights in a luxurious safari tent, on all – inclusive basis After breakfast you will spend a full day exploring the vast Serengeti. Enjoy a lunch in the bush, after which the afternoon will be spent game viewing. You will return to your camp in time for sundowners and dinner.
Luxurious Safari Tent
DAY 7
Watch a spectacular sunrise whilst staying at Pioneer Camp or stretch your legs on a game walk if you are staying at Migration Camp. Lunch will be served at the camp and the reafter a game drive en route to the airstrip for your flight back to Arusha.
DAY 8
Upon arrival you will be welcomed and met with one of our experienced local guides and chauffeured to the Lodge. Depending on your outbound flight details, enjoy the use of a dayroom or head straight for the airport. 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
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…
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.
