Tanzania Highlights 11 Days

ARUSHA - TARANGIRE - NGORONGORO CRATER - SERENGETI

Experience an extraordinary journey across volcanic highlands, semi desert and the Serengeti Plains. Here you will find some of the best game viewing in the world because more than 95,000 square miles of extremely diverse ecosystems are protected. Explore Tarangire, which is famous for ancient baobab trees that dot the prehistoric landscape. View elephant herds that often number in the hundreds and perhaps catch a glimpse of one of 35 species of antelope. Take several game drives through Serengeti National Park, where you might watch a pride of lions surround a water buffalo from your safari vehicle. Finally, visit the breathtaking Ngorongoro Crater, the eighth wonder of the world, where you�ll enjoy a vast concentration of wildlife because game viewing is good year-round.

Somak Advantages

� 24/7 travel assistance available through three
   Somak offices in East Africa

� First class accommodation

� Flights between Serengeti -Arusha

� 21 meals in Tanzania as indicated
7 Breakfast(B) - 7 Lunches (L) - 7 Dinners (D)

� Airport transfers

� Safari briefing with a Somak tour director

� Visit at Masai Village

� Guaranteed window seating in Somak safari
Cruise

� 3 nights in the famous Serengeti Plains.

� Game drives in 3 major national Parks .

� Somak Travel Pack including personalized
   itinerary with essential information and travel
   bag

Itinerary

Day 1: Thursday Depart USA
Let the adventure begin when you board your overnight flight to Amsterdam with meals and a movie on board.

Day 2: Friday Amsterdam/Kilimanjaro
Arrive in Amsterdam in the morning and connect to your Kilimanjaro flight. �Jambo!� Welcome to Tanzania. On arrival, meet a Somak Safaris Tour Director who will escort you to your hotel. Serena Mountain Village Lodge

Day 3/4: Sat/Sun Tarangire
A safari briefing at breakfast prepares you for an exciting adventure. Depart for Tarangire National Park, named after the river that flows through the length of the park and provides a constant water source for the thousands of animals making their home here. Enjoy lunch at your lodge and a late afternoon game drive. The next day, take the morning and afternoon to explore the beauty of the park and its wildlife. (BLD) Tarangire Sopa Lodge

Day 5: Monday Ngorongoro Crater
You will have an early morning start to the Ngorongoro Conservation area, host to the �birthplace of man.� It is also home to a unique intact caldera, the Ngorongoro Crater. Arrive in time for lunch followed by a half day game drive at the floor of the crater. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight. (BLD) Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge

Day 6: Tuesday Ngorongoro Crater
Enjoy breathtaking views of the crater as the sun rises. After breakfast, descend
2000 feet below the rim of the crater for game viewing. The crater is home to abundant game, including the �Big Five," as well as the black rhino, jackal and Cape buffalo. Return to the lodge for lunch followed by a visit to Masai village. (BLD) Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge

Day 7: Wednesday Serengeti
This morning drive to Olduvai Gorge for a visit to the site of the remains of prehistoric man. Continue your journey to the world�s best-known park, the Serengeti. Named after the Masai word, �Siringet� for endless plains of short and long grass, the Serengeti is well known for its large prides of lion, cheetah, packs of wild dog and wildebeest. Take lunch at the lodge and later in the afternoon, enjoy a game viewing drive. (BLD) Serengeti Sopa Lodge

Day 8/9: Thur/Fri Serengeti
Enjoy two full days with morning and late afternoon game drives. The next day you have the opportunity to enjoy an early morning balloon safari (extra cost: $400.00 per person) over the Serengeti Plains, which includes a bubbly champagne breakfast upon landing. Or you may take an early morning game drive followed by breakfast at the lodge. Return to the lodge where you have the remainder of the morning at leisure before lunch and a late afternoon game drive. (BLD) Serengeti Sopa Lodge

Day 10: Saturday Kilimanjaro/Amsterdam
After an early morning breakfast you will take a flight to Arusha where you will be met on arrival and transferred to the lodge. The rest of the afternoon is at leisure. After an early dinner you will take an overnight flight to Amsterdam (BLD) Dayroom/Serena Mountain Village Lodge

Day 11: Sunday Amsterdam/USA
You will arrive in Amsterdam and connect to your flight to the United States.

Accommodation

	The only �tree hotel� ever to be built on the slopes of Kenya�s legendary Mount Kenya, Mountain Lodge offers a matchless game viewing opportunity whilst combining a glorious panorama of mountain vistas with the primordial splendours of an ancient rainforest. Floating 2,195 m high on the flanks of Kenya�s highest mountain and secreted deep within her largest forest reserve, the lodge offers not only the champagne-clarity of mountain air, the tranquility of the forest and a colourful cavalcade of wildlife but also the chance of scaling the icy peaks of Africa�s second-highest mountain.
Serena Mountain Village Lodge

	Tarangire Sopa Lodge is an all-suite lodge of 75 suites, with scenic views and good game viewing possibilities. The lodge is located on the eastern side of the Tarangire River opposite Tarangire Hill. The Tarangire National Park is 75 miles from Arusha, and is one of Tanzania's most easily accessible conservation areas. The park is 900 square miles area of remarkable beauty and rewarding game drives, and is on the traditional migration route of several species of wildlife. The lodge is 20 miles from the park entrance gate, about an hour's drive through an area rich in wildlife.
Tarangire Sopa Lodge

	Perched on the rim of the collapsed volcano, the Ngorongoro Crater, a world heritage site, often referred to as the eighth wonder of the world. It has the most magnificent views over the crater floor, which is home to vast herds of buffalo, wildebeest, zebra, the rare and endangered black rhino, elephant, cheetah, leopard, lion and herds of gazelle and wildebeest. Its position on the Eastern rim allows the most spectacular and uninterrupted views of the sunset.
Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge

	Nestled in the acacia woodland on the edge of the escarpment overlooking the plains of the south-western Serengeti National Park, one of the most famous parks in the world, and host to the largest and most spectacular annual migration of the wildebeest.
Serengeti Sopa Lodge

Dates and Prices

Highlights of Tanzania Safari Tour Code HTS

2008 Guaranteed departures: Thursdays

Departure Dates Per Person Single
Supplement Round Trip
Airfare from

Jan 17, 24 $4030 $595 $1685

Feb 14, 28 $4030 $595 $1685

Mar 14, 28 $3835 $595 $1685

Apr 10, 24 $3285 $255 $1685

May 08, 22, 29 $3285 $255 $1685

Jun 12, 19, 26 $3835 $595 $2185

Jul 03, 17, 31 $4030 $595 $2285

Aug 07, 14, 28 $4030 $595 $2185

Sep 04, 18, 25 $3835 $595 $2185

Oct 09, 16, 30 $4030 $595 $1685

Nov 06, 20, 27 $3835 $595 $1685

Dec 11, 18, 25 $4030 $595 $2185

International airfare from New York in Economy Class

Add-on fares available from other cities

**2009 Guaranteed Departures: Thursdays

Departure Dates	Per Person	Single Supplement	Round Trip Airfare from
Jan 08, 22	$4330	$640	$1785
Feb 12, 26	$4330	$640	$1785
Mar 12, 26	$4135	$640	$1785
Apr 02, 16	$3585	$335	$1785
May 07, 21, 28	$3585	$335	$1785
Jun 04, 18, 25	Call
Jul 09, 23, 30	Call
Aug 06, 13, 27	Call
Sep 03, 17, 24	Call
Oct 08, 15, 22	Call
Nov 05, 12, 19	Call
Dec 03, 10, 17	Call
**Prices from June 2009 onwards will be available after May 31, 2008

Notes:

� Prices are per person double occupancy

� Airfares are subject to availability at the time of reservations

� Airfares are subject to airlines penalties should you cancel or change your air

reservations before or after your departure

� Easter, Christmas and New Year Holiday supplements: $285.00 per person

� Discounts available for children, families and groups

Land only prices include:

� Meet and greet on arrival and all airport transfers in Tanzania

� 21 meals as indicated (B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner)
� Game drives as indicated in the itinerary.
� Park entrance fees, hotel taxes and service charges
� Accommodation in standard rooms
� Services of a professional English-speaking Somak guide/driver
� Guaranteed window seat for best game viewing

� Time saving flight from Serengeti to Arusha.

� Visit to Masai village

� Hotel dayroom on you last day of safari

� Somak Travel Pack including personalized itinerary with essential travel information

on Tanzania and travel bag

Not included in land only price:

International airfares and departure taxes, Visa fees and associated costs, items of personal nature such as phones calls, faxes, meals not specified, laundry, beverages, bottled water, tips to driver/guides, waiters and porters, medical and trip cancellation insurance, excess baggage or shipping charges, optional excursions and any airport departure taxes in Tanzania.

ZANZIBAR Extension from $990

Zanzibar is a perfect and delightful way to end your East African Safari. Somak offers a choice of the two best hotels on the island. The package includes:

3 nights hotel accommodation, breakfast and dinner daily, airport transfers and round-trip flights from Nairobi.

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