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THE BEST GUIDES

• Professional, experienced, licensed, local guides

• English speaking• In depth knowledge of

animals and parks

DURABLE VEHICLES

• Well-maintained, custom, 4x4 Land Cruisers

• Roof hatches for up-close game-viewing

• Equipped with wifi

ALL-INCLUSIVE SERVICE

• All park entrance fees• Accommodations• All meals - breakfast,

lunch and dinner• Staff and transportation

GREATEST WILDLIFE PARKS

• Serengeti National Park• Tarangire National Park• Ngorongoro Crater• Lake Manyara National Park• Arusha National Park

Experience the thrills of an authentic East African safari with Peak Planet® Embark on an unforgettable journey through the country’s most famous national parks and conservation areas. See lions, elephants, buffalos, zebras and more in spectacular landscapes on your trip of a lifetime.

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WHY SAFARI WITH US?Peak Planet® has been arranging the best and most memorable safari adventures for our clients since 2008. Our professional guides will take you to the heart of the action in comfortable, yet rugged 4x4 safari vehicles designed to overcome the most challenging terrain. Come experience the country’s beautiful and diverse wildlife in their

untouched, natural environment.

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SAFARI ITINERARIES

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Serengeti NP P P P P

Ngorongoro Crater P P P P P

Tarangire NP O P P P P

Lake Manyara NP Ü P P P

Arusha NP P

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SAFARI GUIDES

Our safari guides are very knowledgeable, friendly and speak fluent English. They know where the animals are and will make sure you see them all.

SAFARI VEHICLES

We use durable, well-maintained Land Cruisers with roof hatches for unobstructed and up-close game-viewing.

ITINERARIES

We operate a variety of safaris that range from 1 to 6 days and visit Tanzania’s best wildlife parks.

O 2-day Luxury Safari Ü 2-day Standard Safari

Vervet monkeys scurry around the safari parks and the tented camps

Zebras migrate with the gazelles, impalas and buffalo

The hippopotamus wallows around in their own muck during the heat of the day

Our Safari vehicles can hold up to 7 people and are equipped with in-vehicle wifi.

1 DAY SAFARIArusha National Park

2 DAY SAFARIS - LUXURY Ngorongoro Crater and Tarangire National Park

2 DAY SAFARI - STANDARDNgorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara National Park

3 DAY SAFARITarangire National Park, Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara National Park

3 DAY FLY-IN SAFARISerengeti National Park

4 DAY SAFARITarangire National Park, Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti National Park

5 DAY SAFARILake Manyara National Park, Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater and Tarangire National Park

6 DAY SAFARILake Manyara National Park, Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater and Tarangire National Park



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Peak Planet® has designed safari itineraries that visit the magnificent safari parks of Tanzania. Each one is great in its own unique way.

Lake Manyara National Park surrounds Lake Manyara at the end of the Great Rift Valley. The shores of the lake are crowded with wildlife.

Tarangire National Park encompasses the perennial Tarangire River and its banks host a wide variety of animals. It is known for its large herds of elephant.

Arusha National Park is located on the bottom slopes of Africa’s fifth highest Mountain, Mount Meru and has a dense

population of animals in a comparatively small park.

The Ngorongoro Crater is a smaller version of the Serengeti. It is tucked away inside an extinct volcano with all the same animals

plus the protected Black Rhino.

Finally, of course, how can you go to Tanzania without visiting the world

famous Serengeti National Park.

Wildebeest continually migrate around the Serengeti





SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK

Tanzania’s oldest and most popular national park, also a World Heritage Site and recently proclaimed a 7th Natural Wonder of Africa. The Serengeti is famed for its annual Great Migration. This migration averages six million wildebeest, more than 200,000 zebra and 300,000 Thomson’s gazelle journey from the Southern Serengeti Plains of Tanzania to the Maasai Mara Reserve of Kenya. Yet even when the migration is quiet, the Serengeti offers arguably the most amazing game-viewing in Africa.

The Serengeti teams with wildlife such as large herds of buffalo, elephant and giraffe. They are joined by thousands of eland, topi, kongoni, impala and Grant’s gazelle.

Hot air balloon rides are an add-on option on any

Serengeti safari.

The park covers nearly 5,700 square miles. Animals roam freely within its massive borders. A unique combination of diverse habitats enables it to support more than 30 species of large herbivores and nearly 500 species of birds.

Its landscape, originally formed by volcanic activity, has been sculptured by the concerted action of wind, rain, and sun. It now varies from open grass plains in the south, savannas with scattered Acacia trees in the center, hilly, wooded grassland in the north, to extensive woodland and black clay plains to the west. Small rivers, lakes, and swamps are scattered throughout. It is near these small bodies of water that most of the action occurs. You can watch as lioness train their cubs to hunt or stalk an unsuspecting impala. Or perhaps you may witness a crocodile snatch its prey from the banks of a waterhole. The Serengeti is a must-see safari. You will need to book at least a 3-day fly-in or 4-day driving safari to experience everything this park has to offer.

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The Serengeti is home to thousands of animals and hundreds of species

Cheetahs are elusive and fast cats scattered throughout the Serengeti plains

The African Buffalois one of the Big Five Safari animals

Catch a glimpse of the majestic lion or lioness as they stalk their prey from the tall grasses




NGORONGORO CRATER

The Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest unbroken caldera, and home to more than 30,000 wild animals. The unique topography of the region—where one standing on the crater rim can look down onto a vast, circular expanse of grassland—has lead to the Ngorongoro Crater being called the ‘World’s Largest Open Aired Zoo’.

Bordered by a ring of extinct volcanoes, the Ngorongoro Crater is an 11-mile-across, 2,000 ft. deep natural amphitheater where animals tend to remain for the duration of their lives. With the enclosed bowl comprising of a lake, forest and grasslands, there is a rich diversity of species that have come to call this unique environment home – including all of the Big Five as well as hippopotamus, crocodiles, antelopes and an incredible population of bird life.

Tarangire is second only to Serengeti in its

concentration of wildlife.

TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK

Known as the “Land of the Giants” due to the abundance of elephants and Baobab trees, the Tarangire National Park is an undiscovered gem of Tanzania. Not as popular with tourists as the better-known safari parks, Tarangire offers a superb level of game viewing without the crowds. Named after the Tarangire River, the reserve is situated west of Arusha and is easier to access than both the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater National Parks.

The landscape of Tarangire provides breathtaking photographic opportunities. the silhouetted trees provide breathtaking photographic opportunities. Herds of up to 300 elephants scratch perennially dry river beds for underground streams, while migratory wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, impala, gazelle, and eland crowd the shrinking lagoons. It has the greatest concentration of wildlife outside the Serengeti ecosystem.

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Large herds of Elephant can be seen at most of the safari parks, but are the largest in Tarangire

The Black Rhinoceros Is now only found in The Ngorongoro Crater due to poaching

Tarangire is second only to the Serengeti in its concentration of wildlife.

Ngorongoro Crater is said to have been taller than Kilimanjaro before it erupted and collapsed




ARUSHA NATIONAL PARK

Arusha National Park is a multi-faceted jewel, often overlooked by safari goers, despite offering the opportunity to explore a diversity of habitats just 40 minutes from Arusha town. The park is made up of three particular features: lush swamps of the Ngurdodo Crater, changing colors of Momella Lakes and rugged alpine peaks of Mt Meru. Habitat ranges from highland montane forest to lowland swamp.

Arusha National Park is famous for its 575 species of bird life, both migrant and resident. It is also the only place on the Northern Circuit where one can easily find the black and white colobus monkey. Other animals frequently seen in the park are baboon, giraffe, buffalo, hippopotamus, hyena, warthog, zebra and many antelope species.

“ ...the loveliest I had seen in Africa. ” —Ernest Hemingway,

Describing Lake Manyara

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The Maasai Giraffe is the tallest land mammal and can be seen eating the leaves off the thorny Acacia trees

LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK

Lake Manyara National Park is two thirds actual lake. This aquatic haven is an expanse of Acacia woodland and groundwater forest and was formed by a gigantic fracture in the Earth’s crust millions of years ago. The shallow alkaline waters of the lake support a plethora of wildlife species, and are most famed for its elephant, flamingo and elusive tree-climbing lion populations.

Lake Manyara is a scenic gem, with some of the most spectacular views in all of Africa. Ernest Hemingway stated that its landscape was “the loveliest I had seen in Africa”. The compact game-viewing circuit through Manyara offers a virtual microcosm of the Tanzanian safari experience.

The seldom seen Tree Climbing Lion may be spotted at Lake Manyara and Tarangire National Parks

Lake Manyara is located at the end of the eastern branch of the Great Rift Valley

Arusha National Park sits in the shadow of Mount Meru, the second highest peak in Tanzania




We offer two safari choices to suit both your schedule and style: Standard and Luxury. The accommodations for these safaris are a mixture of tented camps, standard lodges, and luxury lodges.

LUXURY LODGES

Luxury lodges (above) are the ultimate in terms of location, service, and accommodations. They may be bungalow style or part of a building, but they are almost always located close to the action, in the best areas with the best view.

STANDARD LODGES

Standard lodges are more of your typical style hotel accommodation. They are part of a larger building constructed with bricks and mortar. They have a bedroom with double, twin or single beds.

TENTED CAMPS

Tented camps are permanent or semi-permanent camps located right on the edge of the safari parks. Animals are frequently seen strolling through camp. These rooms are covered in a canvas tent and include a sleeping area and a separated bathroom.

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Standard Lodge

Tented Camp

Luxury Tented Camp




You will be up close and personal to some of the greatest animals on earth. Make sure you bring a good camera with at least a 300 mm lens to capture the amazing wildlife.

THE BIG FIVE

Lion, Leopard, African Buffalo, Elephant, Black Rhinoceros

CHEETAH

Elusive, fast and scattered due to the large packs of hyena.

HYENAS AND SERVAL

Scavengers that will snatch the vultures prey right out from under them.

JACKALS

Related to the coyote, they are proficient scavengers.

MONKEYS

Colobus, Vervet and Blue Monkey scurry freely in the parks and lodges.

BABOONS

Are noisy creatures that will snatch food right off the table in front of you.

HIPPOPOTAMUS

Are highly aggressive and unpredictable animals that have been known to attack humans.

GAZELLES, IMPALAS, DIK DIK AND WATERBUCK

Move in packs along the plains of the Serengeti providing food for the carnivores.

WARTHOGS

Are the only pig species that has adapted to grazing the savannas of the parks.

BIRDS

Flamingos, Ostrich, Kori Bustard, Goshawk, Vultures and African pygmy kingfisher are some of the most noteworthy.

REPTILES

Monitors and Crocodile inhabit the waterholes whereas the Agama Lizard hangs out more in the rocky dry areas.

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What they lack in size they make up for in attitude and will drive away lions from their prey

The multi-colored Agama lizards enjoy posing for a picture

Gazelles are a popular choice on the menu for the many predators

A wildebeest narrowly escapes the jaws of a crocodile at a watering hole in the Serengeti

