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The Travel Tanzania Lodge Safari uses very comfortable, international-style hotels and safari lodges as bases to visit Tarangire, Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater. Each has a great location with stunning views, well-appointed en-suite bedrooms, buzzing buffet restaurants and a bar.
Guides
Your lodge safari will be lead by your own driver-guide, who has a wealth of experience in the bush. He will have a good level of English and will happily share his knowledge of wildlife with you.
Safari lodges
Throughout your safari in Tanzania you will stay in the international-style chain of Sopa Lodges, all of which have between 70 and 100 en-suite bedrooms. Each hotel is slightly dated but has a great location, good food and service, and very spacious comfortable rooms.
Your first stop is the Tarangire Sopa Lodge which has a great location right in the heart of the park. The rooms are comfortable - well-appointed, self-contained suites - and there is a large pool for cooling off in the heat of the day.
In central Serengeti, the Serengeti Sopa's rooms are located in two wings, either side of the main areas. Each room is spacious with two double beds, a nicely tiled en-suite with flush toilet and hot-and-cold shower, and a view out over the Serengeti plains. There is a bar and terrace to enjoy a few drinks, a large bustling restaurant that can seat around 200 people and an inviting swimming pool.
Your two nights at the Crater are spent in the Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge - which has a great location on the quiet eastern rim. There are far fewer accommodation options on this side and so the access road into the Crater is far less congested. The rooms are designed like Maasai rondavels (round chalets), in two-storey buildings with a room on each level. Though they lack a little in style they are huge and very comfortable, with spotlessly clean en-suite bathrooms.
Bathroom facilities
The bathroom facilities at each Sopa Lodge are very much what you would expect from any international- style hotel. At each one you have an en-suite bathroom, with flush toilet, shower, and hot and cold water.
Meals
Breakfast usually consists of fresh fruit, cereals, fresh toast and a cooked breakfast with eggs of your choice. Tea and coffee and fresh fruit juice are also on offer. For lunch you will often have a packed lunch which allows you to spend the day travelling from one area to another, or to head out on a full day's safari without having to return to your hotel. You will also have the odd day where you do return to the lodge for lunch in which case you can expect a small starter such as soup and a main of salads, pasta salads, cold meats and bread, followed by a light dessert. Dinner is also a three-course meal and might include a few choices for each course, or occasionally it might be a self-service buffet. Due to the sheer number of people in the restaurants, the food often has a 'buffet' taste to it but it is quite flavoursome and there is always more than enough!
Vehicles
The vehicles used on these safaris are custom-made 4WD Land Cruisers. The pop-top roof allows for unobstructed game viewing and also provides some welcome shade. These cars have been stretched so have more leg room and space for additional comfort and each traveller is guaranteed a window seat.
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