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Welcome to Authentic Explore Safaris. Our company is part of extended family business. Authentic explorer is owned and operated by Tanzanians born citizens. Its owned by two brothers, one part is being operated from Brussels, Belgium and partly from Arusha, Tanzania. Authentic Explorer Safaris is second generation of family of Tour guides and nature enthusiast. Inherited the passion and trained skills in Tourism we grew up watching our father guide different groups of people to National parks including Mount Kilimanjaro, who has been guiding since the eighties and who has been an inspiration to us and many other in the tourism industry. We are proud to be a part of growing travelling trends, to create and give good service using our expertise in organizing and guiding trips to National parks and major and untouched Tourist attractions some of which has been developed by us using our own initiative. We are a small operation and still efficient enough to provide you with the best personalized services to cater for your needs. We are specialized Natural enthusiast to the National parks, Mountain and other major attractions found in our beautiful country of Tanzania.

We deal with Safaris to Tanzania only the place we know best. With more than half the land under government protection in Conservation Act, Tanzania is the only country where National, game reserves and conservation area are being created to date. Tanzania is the only destination in the world with more Wildlife reserve and big density of Animals living in harmony with the environment.

We would like to invite you to take a look at our custom made Itineraries to get a glimpse at what we can offer, also what can be found and experienced in Tanzania. Also visit the page of our National park description to review the overview details of the National and choose which one you might like to visit. The website has dedicated a separate section of Accommodations which are found inside and outside the National parks from Luxury high end Lodges, Basic lodges to luxury Tented camps, and the adventurous public camping site found in every National park. We have created a separate webpage, mysafariplan.com to give you an opportunity to create your own itinerary to fit your desires, needs and mostly important your time. From a day trip to months in Tanzania or just a couple of weeks in Tanzania , let us know and we will work together to give you what you want to experience. We will help to put shape into what you have created and still keep it in your style of travelling. After you submit your plan we will get back to you with availability and how best to execute your trip We have a good reputation of giving personalized services to our customers. We will make sure we give you what you need to the best of our abilities. Our trips are escorted and guided by the experienced driver and Mountain guides. These are trained at Professional Tour guide School(PROTS), National Outdoor Leadership School(NOLS), with seasonal seminars by the Ministry of Tourism and Natural Resources. They have extensive knowledge in Wildlife Ecology and Natural History, Tour guiding skills with extensive Basic First Aid training. They are dedicated people and will be at your service throughout the trip from beginning to the end. They are all equipped with cellular phones and Radio call communications to help in any case of emergency. There will be someone available whenever you need help and ready to assist in any way possible.

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Authentic Explorer Safaris welcomes you to Tanzania, The land of Kilimanjaro and Spice Island of Zanzibar, the land of unique cultures and immense Wildlife inside untamed environments overlooked by highest peak the Mount Kilimanjaro-The highest free-standing mountain in the world and the golden endless beaches of Zanzibar. We would like to you to some basic facts and figures below of our beloved country.

Can any one mental snapshot encapsulate the Tanzanian experience? Thousands upon thousands of wildebeest that march in mindless unison on the annual migration through the Serengeti, perhaps? Or a family of elephants wading across the wide, muddy Rufiji/Tarangire River? What about a pride of well-fed lions sunbathing on the grassy floor of the majestic Ngorongoro Crater? Certainly, it is such images that tend to spring to mind when one thinks of Tanzania. And properly so!

Tanzania, truly, is a safari destination without peer. The statistics speak for themselves: an unparalleled one-quarter of its surface area has been set aside for conservation purposes, with the world-renowned Serengeti National Park and incomprehensibly vast Selous Game Reserve heading a rich mosaic of protected areas that collectively harbour an estimated 20 percent of Africa’s large mammal population.

And yet there is more to Tanzania than just safaris. There is Mount Kilimanjaro and Meru, respectively the highest and fifth-highest peaks on the continent. And Lakes Victoria, Tanganyika and Nyasa, the three largest freshwater bodies in Africa. Then, of course, there is the magical ‘spice island’ of Zanzibar, the highlight of a vast Indian Ocean coastline studded with postcard-perfect beaches, stunning offshore diving sites, and mysterious mediaeval ruins.

It doesn’t stop there.

Rising from the sandy shores of Lake Tanganyika, the forested Gombe Stream and Mahale Mountains National Parks vie with each other as the best place in the world to track wild chimpanzees. Closer to the coast, the isolated massifs of the underpublicised Eastern Arc Mountains have been dubbed the ‘African Galapagos’ in recognition of their wealth of endemic plants and animals. And Tanzania’s daunting natural variety is mirrored by a cultural diversity embracing 120 distinct tribes: from the iconic Maasai pastoralists of the Rift Valley, to the Arab-influenced Swahili of the coast, to the Hadzabe hunter-gatherers of Lake Eyasi.

So, how to define the experience offered by a country with highlights as unique and diverse as Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar, Lake Tanganyika, Serengeti and Selous? An experience that might for some entail long days hiking in sub-zero conditions on the upper slopes of Africa’s most alluring peaks; for others a once-in-a-lifetime safari followed by a sojourn on an idyllic Indian Ocean beach; for others still the thrill of eyeballing habituated chimpanzees, or diving in the spectacular offshore reefs around Mafia, or backpacking through the time-warped ports and crumbling ruins of the half-forgotten south coast?

Well, the one thing that does bind Tanzania’s diverse attractions is, of course, its people, who take justifiable pride in their deeply ingrained national mood of tolerance and peacefulness. Indeed, Tanzania, for all its ethnic diversity, is practically unique in Africa in having navigated a succession of modern political hurdles – the transformation from colonial dependency to independent nation, from socialist state to free-market economy, from mono-partyism to fully-fledged democracy – without ever experiencing sustained civil or ethnic unrest.

Tanzania has also, over the past 20 years, emerged from comparative obscurity to stand as one of Africa’s most dynamic and popular travel destinations: a land whose staggering natural variety is complemented by the innate hospitality of the people who live there.

How to define the Tanzanian experience? Surprisingly easy, really. It can be encapsulated in a single word, one that visitors will hear a dozen times daily, no matter where they travel in Tanzania, or how they go about it: the smiling, heartfelt Swahili greeting of “Karibu!” – Welcome!

Overnight in either Serena Lodges,Sopa Lodges and Hotels and Lodges properties(Wildlife Hotels) as described below, Arusha Town overnight will be either at Impala Hotel or African Tulip Boutique Hotel depending on the options described below.

Beach Holidays are mostly custom-made itinerary depends on ones time and there is a sample Itinerary which is also shown below for seaside extension after the Safari Itinerary.

Day 1: Arrival and transfer to Arusha
We will pick you up at the Arusha Airport or Kilimanjaro International Airport
You will be Met and Greeted and then Transfer to Arusha with your private car.
Overnight at Arusha Hotel (HB).

DAY 2: Arusha to Tarangire National Park.
Your tour starts with the drive from Arusha to Tarangire national park, Tanzania’s third largest national park and sanctuary for an unusually large elephant population. Majestic baobab tree are an interesting feature of the park, dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. Animals concentrate along the Tarangire River, which provides the only permanent water supply in the area. There is a great diversity of wildlife including lion, leopard, cheetah, and up to six thousand elephant……
Overnight at Tarangire Sopa Lodge. All meals included (FB).

Day 3: Tarangire to Lake Manyara National Park.
After early morning breakfast drive to lake Manyara National park, located close to Mto wa Mbu a small village of few thousand of people and comprises of all the tribes found in Tanzania (125 tribes).Arrive around mid morning.
After registration drive inside Lake Manyara National Park for full day game drive with picnic lunch inside the park picnic site overlooking the Lake Manyara full of different species of Animals and Birds.
After lunch do afternoon games drive where there is a possibility of spotting rare Tree climbing Lions in the forest and in the evening drive out and proceed to Lake Manyara Serena Lodge for dinner and overnight. All meals included (FB).

Day 4: Lake Manyara National Park to Serengeti National Park.
Rise up very early in the morning and after breakfast drive to Serengeti National Park. Arrive around late afternoon with picnic lunch at the park gate while the guide assist you in registering for entrance accompanied with a short rest, the drive will take us inside the park to the lodge with game drive on the way, in the evening a short game around the lodge for Birds watching and Animals. Drive back to Serengeti Serena Lodge for dinner and overnight. All meals included (FB).

Day 5: Morning game drive inside Serengeti National Park.
After an early breakfast in the morning do morning game drives inside Serengeti National Park with picnic lunch inside park and after picnic lunch proceed to afternoon game drive in Serengeti National Park, in the evening start driving back to Serengeti Serena Lodge for dinner and overnight.
All meals included (FB).

Day 6: Serengeti to Ngorongoro Conservation Area via Olduvai Gorge.
Early Morning game with good chance of seeing predator animals and herbivores in action during the morning hours. Game drive until late morning then drive back to the hotel for Breakfast.
After breakfast continue game driving on your way to Naabi Hill Gate and towards Ngorongoro Conservation Area via Olduvai Gorge Archaeological site, with the museum behind Olduvai’s viewing platform provides some further clues as to the secrets of our first ancestors. The prehistoric site with bones of extinct animals exhibited at the museum.
Dinner and overnight Ngorongoro Crater Serena Lodge.
All meals included (FB).

Day 7: Ngorongoro Crater Tour Half Day.
After early morning breakfast you will descent into the crater for a wonderful half day game drive (with a picnic lunch) inside the Ngorongoro Crater often described as one of the wonders of the world. It is the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera and a natural sanctuary for some of Africa’s densest animal populations. It is one of the few places where the black rhino can be observed in their natural setting. As very few animals migrate in and out of the crater with its 2000ft.high walls, you can expect to see Lions, African Elephants, Zebras, Hippos, Flamingos, Jackals, Rhinos, Antelopes, many birds and other species. With a bit of luck the ’Big Five Animals’ can be spotted during one game drive only. And then drive back to Arusha for Overnight at the Hotel with dinner included.

Day 8: Arusha and Fly back Home
After breakfast, you will rest at the hotel or do some shopping around the city. In the afternoon or evening we will drive to the airport for your flight back home.

End of Our Services.

DAY 2: TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK.
Your tour starts with the drive from Arusha to Tarangire, Tanzania’s third largest national park and sanctuary for an unusually large elephant population. Majestic baobab tree are an interesting feature of the park, dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. Animals concentrate along the Tarangire River, which provides the only permanent water supply in the area. There is a great diversity of wildlife including lion, leopard, cheetah, and up to six thousand elephant……
Overnight Tarangire.
All meals included (BLD).

DAY 3: GAME DRIVE INSIDE LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK.
You will be driving from Tarangire to Lake Manyara National Park located close to Mto wa Mbu a small village of few thousand of people and comprises of all the tribes found in Tanzania (125 tribes).
After registration drive inside Lake Manyara National Park for full day Game drive with picnic lunch inside the park overlooking the lake Manyara full of different species of Animals and Birds.
After lunch do afternoon games drive where there is a possibility of watching rare Tree climbing Lions in the forest and in the evening drive out of the Park. Overnight Lake Manyara.
All meals included (BLD).

DAY 4: A DAY DESCENT INSIDE THE NGORONGORO CRATER.
After early morning breakfast, You will be driving from Lake Manyara to Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority gate for registration and then you will descent into the crater for a wonderful half game drive (with a picnic lunch) inside the Ngorongoro Crater often described as one of the wonders of the world. It is the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera and a natural sanctuary for some of Africa’s densest animal populations. It is one of the few places where the black rhino can be observed in their natural setting. As very few animals migrate in and out of the crater with its 2000ft.high walls, you can expect to see Lions, African Elephants, Zebras, Hippos, Flamingos, Jackals, Rhinos, Antelopes, many birds and other species. With a bit of luck the (Big Five Animals) can be spotted during one game drive only. After game drive, drive back to Arusha, Overnight at Hotel in Arusha (HB).

Day 5: Arusha and Fly back Home
After breakfast you will be transferred by our staff to Kilimanjaro International Airport.

Day 01: Lake Manyara national park.

After early lunch drive to Lake manyara national park through Mto wa Mbu a small village of few thousand and comprises of all the tribes found in Tanzania(125 tribes).

After a brief stop drive inside Lake Manyara national park for a full day game drive with park views overlooking the lake full of different species of birds and Hippopotamus in Hippo Pool.

After evening game drive, drive out and proceed for Dinner and overnight.

Day 02: Serengeti National Park via Ngorongoro Crater rim.

After breakfast drive to Serengeti National park via Ngorongoro crater rim and on the way game drive around Ndutu area and drive to the entrance gate in Serengeti.

Picnic Lunch at the gate and after registration proceed inside the park with evening game drive.

Overnight in Serengeti.

Day 03: Serengeti National Park, Olduvai Gorge and Simba Campsite in Ngorongoro.

Early small breakfast and proceed for morning game drive, and it’s the good timing for game viewing whereby a lot of carnivores and herbivores are active during these hours.

Drive back to the campsite for Brunch around late morning.

After brunch and packing of all equipment go for another game drive in the afternoon and proceed to the gate and exit to Ngorongoro Conservation area.

On the way stop by Olduvai Gorge (The cradle of mankind) for brief history about where the first man footsteps where found.

Overnight at the Ngorongoro crater rim.

Day 04. Ngorongoro Crater Tour.

After an early breakfast drive inside the Ngorongoro crater for a full day game drive inside the crater with picnic lunch inside the crater, the Ngorongoro Crater its 20 km wide and host an amazingly 20,000 different species of resident animals, including rare species like Black Rhino only found in the crater for protection as they are endangered species.

After lunch another game drive in the crater and drive out around late afternoon and proceed back to Arusha for dinner and overnight.