Katavi
& Mahale National Parks
10
Days/9 Nights Remote Tanzania Safari
Katavi
National Park, Tanzania
|
Katavi
National Park, Tanzania
|
Mahale
National Park, Tanzania
|
Itinerary
Summary
Day
1:
Kilimanjaro – Arusha, Tanzania Arrival
Day
2: Arusha – Fly to Katavi
National Park, Tanzania
Day
3: Katavi
National Park
Day
4: Katavi
National Park
Day
5: Katavi
– Mahale National Park
Day
6: Mahale
National Park, Tanzania
Day
7:
Mahale National Park
Day
8: Mahale
National Park
Day
9: Mahale
–
Fly to Arusha
Day
10: Arusha – Depart
10
Days /9 Nights Tanzania Safari
Prices/Rates
|
April
– May |
Rest
Of the Year |
Double
Occupancy |
US
Dollars |
US
Dollars |
Single
Occupancy |
US
Dollars |
US
Dollars |
Child
rate 2-11 years is 75% of the adult rate
One
Night in Arusha Town
| Three Nights in Katavi National Park
Four
Nights in Mahale Mountains National Park
Safari
Overview
Katavi
& Mahale National Parks
10 Days/9 Nights Remote Tanzania Safari: This
unusual safari takes you far away from the well traveled
tourist routes at the Northern Circuit first to Katavi
National Park. Isolated, untrammeled and seldom visited,
Katavi is a true wilderness, providing the few intrepid
souls who make it there with a thrilling taste of
Africa as it must have been a century ago.
Onwards
you travel to Mahale Mountains set deeply in the heart
of the African interior, inaccessible by overshadowed
by a chain of wild, jungle-draped peaks towering almost
2km above the shore: the remote and mysterious Mahale
Mountains. Due to the schedule of the flights arrival
into Arusha should be on Monday or Thursday during
January/ February and Sunday or Wednesday during the
other months.
Game
viewing in Katavi can be nothing
short of awesome, especially the huge herds of buffalo
and amazing numbers of hippo. Almost everywhere you
look there's something grazing, bellowing, fighting,
mating or hunting. Days in Katavi can be wild beyond
belief. Further north, on the western border and the
edge of Lake Tanganyika, is Mahale Mountain,
another region where the clock seems to have stopped.
The
forested mountain slopes are home to the world's largest
known population of chimpanzees. Other forest residents
include eight other primate species. Each day, you
can venture out into the forest to observe them, our
closest relatives, as they groom, wrestle and forage
across the leafy floor.
Detailed
Itinerary
Day
1
Kilimanjaro
– Arusha, Tanzania Arrival
Upon
arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you
will be met by an African Spice Safaris Driver/Guide
and proceed to your hotel in Arusha. An African Spice
Safari Director will come to meet you for a safari
briefing. Shake off the jet lag and stretch out for
a comfortable night's rest in Serena Mountain Village
Lodge.
Overnight
at Serena Mountain Village Lodge
Meal
Plan {Bed & Breakfast}
Day
2
Arusha
–
Fly to Katavi
National
Park, Tanzania
After breakfast you transfer to Arusha Airport for
a charter flight to Katavi National Park located south
west Tanzania. (Flight departure time from Arusha
is at 08:00 hrs and arrival time at Katavi at around
11:30hrs).Once at Katavi you will proceed on a game
drive en-route to Katuma Bush Lodge for lunch. The
Lodge is situated in the middle of the park, on an
elevated point overlooking the vast plains of Katisunga.
Herds of animals coming in search of fresh grazing
grounds and water provide the perfect view right from
your tent.
Tamarind
and Acacia trees provide shade and the sunsets behind
the distant woodlands surrounding the seasonal lake
provide a perfect background to the stunning scenery.
Your accommodations are spacious, comfort luxury tents.
After lunch our driver guide will give you a briefing
before you start to explore Katavi.
Overnight
at Katuma Bush Lodge
Meal
Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Days
3 & 4
Explore
Katavi National Park
You'll spend the next two days exploring Katavi National
Park, Tanzania's third largest national park on morning
and afternoon game drives. The park lies in the remote
southwest of the country, within a truncated arm of
the Rift Valley that terminates in the shallow, brooding
expanse of Lake Rukwa.
Game
drives will be conducted around woodland areas and
along the seasonal lakes of Chada and Katavi, where
most of the game is found - including the big cats.
You also have an opportunity to take a walking safari
into some of the most spectacular sites in the park,
allowing you to enjoy the unique tranquil bliss of
being a part of nature together with an armed Ranger
Guide
Overnight
at Katuma Bush Lodge
Meal
Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Day
5
Katavi
–
Mahale
National
Park
Morning at leisure until your departure to Katavi
Airstrip (with a packed lunch) for your short scenic
flight to Mahale Mountain National Park located at
the banks of Lake Tanganyika. At Mahale Airstrip our
boat takes you to Kungwe Beach Lodge located on a
long stretch of Lake Tanganyika’s golden sandy
shores beneath magnificent Mahale Mountains. The camp
consists of 10 spacious and luxurious tents with en-suite
facilities overlooking the crystal clear waters of
Tanganyika. This afternoon you go on a short Chimpanzee
Tracking trip in the forest near the camp.
Overnight at Kungwe Beach Lodge.
Meal
Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Days
6, 7 & 8
Discover
Mahale National Park
And for the next three days we explore Lake Tanganyika
and Mahale Mountains. Chimpanzee tracking is the main
attraction at Mahale, and is our priority. Tracking
usually begins early in the morning, with the Guides
usually starting at the area where the Chimpanzees
nested the previous night and tracking from there.
In Mahale tracking can take up to four hours. Chimpanzees
move in search of fruit, and are never far away if
there’s an abundance of fruit nearby.
Other
activities include walking on the beach, swimming
and snorkeling in the crystal clear waters of Tanganyika.
Also fishing trips to Tanganyika being an angler’s
paradise can be arranged with experienced boatmen
of the camp. It is also possible to visit local fishing
villages close to the park and get first-hand experience
of life in a typical African village.
Overnight at Kungwe Beach Lodge
Meal
Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Day
9
Mahale
– Arusha
Morning at leisure at the beach before your boat transfer
to Mahale Airstrip for your charter flight back to
Arusha. (Arrival time is approximately at 17:30) We
transfer back to Serena Mountain Village Lodge.
Overnight
at Serena Mountain Village Lodge
Meal
Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Day
10
Arusha
– Kilimanjaro –
Depart
We have a dayroom at our Hotel in Arusha, relax, enjoy
lunch, take a city tour of Arusha or shop before your
evening departure flight.
Dayrooms
Serena Mountain Village Lodge
Meal
Plan {Breakfast, lunch & Dinner}
NB
– if you plan to proceed to Zanzibar there might
be an option that you are dropped off at Kigoma Town
for overnight and fly to Zanzibar the next day.
Booking
& Reservations for Katavi
& Mahale National Parks 10 Days/9 Nights Remote
Tanzania Safari:
Booking
Office Tel: + 254 (0) 20 2437871
Mobile
: 0721242711
Email:
info@africanspicesafaris.com