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Shrike Safaris
Rufiji Street
Mwanza +255
Tanzania
ph: +255756243686
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New experience safari
New exprerience safari
The best wildlife safari for youngs and strong people during their Africa holiday, most guests do their safari booking based on serengeti camping.
New Experience Safari
Day 1
Mwanza (City tour)
After having your breakfast at Pizzeria.
What to do?
-Drive/ walk around the city.
-Visit 3 markets of Mwanza.
i.e Mlango mmoja, Mwaloni fish market and city market.
- Stop over at Bismark rock, the universal icon of Mwanza.
- Bujora Sukuma Museum (Optional)
- Walk along the lake Victoria, keep your eyes open to see
African Fish Eagle, Kingfishers, Herons and other water birds.
Dinner and Overnight in Mwanza Approx. Full day tour.
Day 2
Mwanza / Rubondo Island National Park in Lake Victoria.
After having an early breakfast (pre-sunrise breakfast) at the hotel.
What to do?
-Depart early for the first ferry catch up,
-Sail to the other side of the lake,
-Drive to Nkome village and ride a boat to Rubondo Island
-Reach at the Island around noon.
-After lunch, go for walking in African bush with Armed Ranger.
Dinner and Overnight at Banda / Tented Lodge. Approx. - 3 to 4 hrs walking
-2 to 3 hrs sailing
-3hrs driving
Day 3
Rubondo (full day )in Lake Victoria
After having your sumptuous breakfast.
What to do?
-Board a boat for boat riding in Lake Victoria.
-Stop over at the ‘bird island’ breeding site for variety species of birds.
- Watch out for the hippos and Nile crocodiles.
-Ride back for hot lunch.
- Sport fishing for Nile perch and tilapia, in the afternoon .
Dinner and Overnight at Banda / Tented Lodge. Approx. - 3 to 4 hrs sailing
Day 4
Rubondo Island / Serengeti stop over
After breakfast at either Banda or tented Lodge.
What to do?
- Board the Boat and ride back to Nkome Village.
- Drive back to Mwanza then straight to the Western Corridor of the Serengeti.
Dinner and Overnight at the out side Serengeti. Approx. – 2 to 3 hrs sailing
-5hrdriving
Day 5
Serengeti (full day)
After having an early breakfast at 07:00 am start heading to
the World famous Serengeti ( only 2 minutes drive).
What to do?
-Check in via Ndabaka entrance gate.
-Game viewing around Grumet River.
-Picnic lunch.
- Enjoy the hungry Nile crocodile
-Walk across the hanging bridge.
-Have a glance at the school of hippo.
Dinner and overnight at Seronera, the heart of Serengeti. Approx. Full day game viewing.
Day 6
Serengeti (full day)
Depart for early morning game drive at 0600hrs (the best time for game viewing),
drive back for breakfast then proceed with the evening game viewing
What to do?
- If booked in advanced, go for hot-air balloon safari.
-Drive around the Kopjes, an island in the sea of grass
-Explore uncountable number of animal.
-Discover all the hidden secrets with our skilled safari guide
-Hot lunch at the lodge/campsite.
-Enjoy this an extraordinary game viewing.
-Dinner and Overnight in the Serengeti Approx. Full day game viewing.
Day 7
Serengeti / Ngorongoro crater
After an American breakfast depart at 8.00a.m start driving to Ngorongoro crater
via south-east part of the Serengeti.
What to do?
-Explore the endless plains of the Serengeti where wildebeest migration originates
-Brief stop at either Olduvai Gorge or Masai village (Optional)
-Picnic lunch.
-Experience the World's largest unbroken caldera 'Ngorongoro crater’
-100 species of birds that not found in the Serengeti have been recorded in the crater.
- Supports life of about 30,000 animals despite its size of about 10 miles diameter.
-Soda lake suitable for flamingos
-Easily find big carnivores like lions, cheetah and hyena.
-Search out for the rare seen black rhino.
Dinner & Overnight at the rim of the Crater Approx. Full day game viewing.
Day 8
Ngorongoro / Empakai Crater.
After an American breakfast depart at 8.00a.m for Empakai crater
What to do?
- Hike down into the crater floor
- Explore the soda lake having great concentration of lesser flamingo
- A rarely visited place you will discover some wilderness hidden secrets.
- Picnic lunch.
- Feel the genuine taste of nature that most of guests in Tanzania miss it,
Dinner & Overnight at Empakai Camp Approx. Half day game walking.
Day 9
Masai Land (full day)
After breakfast spend the day hiking down into the Great Rift Valley
What to do?
- Explore the Great Rift Valley
- Walk through the Maasai land
- Explore this rarely visited place
- Guided tour accompanied by a local Maasai warrior
Dinner & Overnight at Acacia Camp Approx. Full day game walking.
Day 10
Lake Natron (half day)
After breakfast spend some few hours hiking down into the foot of the Great Rift Valley,
Where Lake Natron lies
What to do?
-Explore Lake Natron, ‘the Breeding site for lesser flamingos’
-Hot lunch.
-Sunset guide walk around the lake.
Dinner & Overnight at the tented Camp Approx. Half day game walking.
Day 11
Lake Natron / Mid-night hiking to Oldoinyo Lengai.
After a sumptious breakfast depart at 8.00a.m for Engaresero Water fall
What to do?
- Stretch your legs towards this rare visited Water fall.
- Feel the genuine flavor of nature.
- Back for hot lunch
- Spend afternoon for leisure and relax
- Get prepared for Mid-night hiking to Oldoinyo Lengai.
Masai word meaning ‘the mountain of God’
Last eruption was in 2008
-Mid-night drive to the foot of Oldoinyo Lengai
-Start mid-night hiking (seriously, very challenging consider your fitness).
-Reach summit during sunrise, have a glance at the “Hell” volcanic crater.
-Congratulations!!!
-Short ceremony at the summit.
Dinner & Short-rest up to Mid-night at the Camp Approx. 10 hrs (Ascending and descending)
Day 12
Lake Natron / Lake Manyara (Mto wa Mbu village).
After descending this challenging Mountain.
What to do?
-Drive to the Camp for breakfast and Shower.
-Drive to Mto wa Mbu village close to Lake Manyara
- Interact with different people at Mto wa mbu (about 100 tribes living together)
- Get to know African culture.
- Either half day cultural tour or bicycle riding. (Optional)
Dinner & Overnight at the tented Camp Approx. Half day walking.
Day 13
Lake Manyara (full day)
After an American breakfast depart at 8.00 depart to Lake Manyara National Park.
(less than an hour drive)
What to do?
- The lake itself covers about 2/3 of the park.
-The Great Rift valley escarpment
-400 species of birds including flamingos
-Underground natural forest.
-Natural hot Spring water (you may boil an egg)
-Hippo pool
-Soda Lake, supports blue green algae suitable for Flamingos
-Picnic lunch while viewing the lake.
-Troops of baboons and monkey including black and white baboon
Dinner & Overnight outside the park. Approx. Full day game viewing.
Day 14
Lake Manyara / Moshi then transfer to the Airport
After having your breakfast at the Lodge/campsite,
What to do?
- Drive to Moshi through the Masai steppe.
- Spectacular view of Mount Kilimanjaro.
- Kwa heri lunch in Moshi
- A day room preparation
- In the evening get transferred to Kilimanjaro International Airport.
A day room and Farewell lunch in Moshi Approx. Half day driving.
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'Mark, you are really very compepent as a guide and you know a lot of interesting details about animals and nature in general'
Yvonne Heinrich
Shrike Safaris
Rufiji Street
Mwanza +255
Tanzania
ph: +255756243686
safari