KLEIN'S CAMP
NORTHERN SERENGETI TANZANIA

• Exclusive private wildlife concession
• Just 10 cottages with spectacular views
• Bordering the game-rich Serengeti National Park
• Thrilling day and night game-drives
• Extensive three-hour bush walks
• In the path of the Great Migration
• Commitment to conservation

General information

Klein's Camp's 10,000-hectare (24,800-acre) private wildlife concession - leased from our Maasai landlords - is allotted for the exclusive use of the camp's 20 guests, offering you the ultimate personal Tanzanian safari.

With Kenya's Masai Mara National Park to the north and the Serengeti to the west, Klein's is one of the most strategically positioned wildlife sanctuaries in the world. The camp is set on the edge of the Kuka Hills, commanding breathtaking views of the valley through which hundreds of thousands of wildebeest and zebra migrate, in addition to excellent year-round game viewing. Action-packed night game-drives and extensive bush walks into the Serengeti are unique in Tanzania and an absolute highlight.

Accommodation

EXCLUSIVE SAFARI CAMP, NORTHERN TANZANIA, EAST AFRICA

Intimate safari cottages: Set on the edge of the Kuka Hills, Klein's Camp is world-renowned for its classic safari accommodation in an exclusive private wildlife concession.

• Just 10 spacious cottages
• En suite bathrooms (with shower and w.c.)
• Private verandas with spectacular views
• Elegant guest areas with breathtaking views
• Sparkling swimming pool
• African crafts shop

Each cottage features rich wooden floors and serene, classic interiors. From the private verandas and spacious guest areas, a diversity of resident wildlife, including huge elephant herds, can be viewed in the valley below. The camp has a large, beautifully furnished bar/sitting area, swimming pool and African crafts shop featuring locally made Maasai crafts. Fresh vegetables picked from the camp's shamba - an organic African garden - accompany wholesome Pan-African meals. Dinners are served in the main dining area, which is graced by a large open fireplace, or enjoyed in a spectacular clearing in the African bush.

Exhilarating safari activities: From day and night game-drives in open 4x4 safari vehicles and extended three-hour bush walks to visits to local Maasai manyattas, you will be spoiled for choice

Activities

SAFARI ACTIVITIES AT KLEIN'S CAMP, TANZANIA, EAST AFRICA

Specialist Safaris

This unique Specialist Safari is an unforgettable way of experiencing Tanzania's northern safari circuit, accompanied throughout by a professional guide and private safari vehicle. Each day is a tailor-made adventure, as you choose your own itinerary and choice of accommodation from our spectacular lodges set in Tanzania's wildlife highspots - Klein's Camp, Lake Manyara Tree Lodge, Ngorongoro Crater Lodge, and Grumeti River Camp

Thrilling safari activities

Experience exciting daily game-drives, night drives and interpretive bush walks, unique to Tanzania, visits to local Maasai manyattas (homesteads) and exciting bush banquets at no additional cost

Exhilarating day and night game-drives

The Lodge's expert rangers and guides will lead you on interpretive game-drives in open 4x4 safari vehicles in Klein's private wildlife concession and into the Serengeti National Park - a photographer's dream. Action-packed night game-drives are unique to Tanzania, offering guests extraordinary game viewing from lions or leopards hunting to an array of nocturnal species such as genet, civet and owls etc

Interpretive bush walks

Klein's is the only camp in Tanzania to offer exciting one- to three-hour wilderness walks led by the Lodge's skilled guides and Maasai trackers. Views on the crest of the Kuka Hills are exceptional - thousands of buffalo and elephant herds may be seen grazing in Klein's private concession or in the Serengeti to the west. Learn more about Maasai medicines made from trees, plants and seeds, and view spectacular bird life including the magnificent Verreaux black eagle.

Maasai cultural visits

Visits to local Ololosokwan Maasai manyattas offer a rare insight into the ancient customs of tribal life.

Bush banquets

Enjoy exciting bush breakfasts, sundowners, and romantic bush dinners on the quartzite hills with magnificent views over the northern Serengeti.

Game viewing

Exceptional year-round African wildlife: Klein's Camp's location in an exclusive wildlife concession bordering the game-rich north-eastern Serengeti National Park offers exciting game viewing, as well as the only night game-drives and bush walks in the Serengeti ecosystem.

• Excellent year-round lion, leopard and cheetah viewing
• Great Migration of thousands of zebra and wildebeest (typically in July)
• Huge buffalo and elephant herds
• Soaring eagles, hawks and vultures glide past the hilltop camp
• Rich birdwatching in seasonal marshland
• Five distinct habitats
• Safaris to Lobo Hills and Seronera in central Serengeti

Kleins Camp Habitats

The camp itself is set on the rocky slopes of the Kuka Hills. Acacia and desert date trees dominate the open woodland savanna. Grassland savanna comprises tall grass with scattered trees, and an evergreen riparian forest fringes the Grumeti River. Commiphora, ficus, rhus and cordia are among the trees found on the rocky hillsides. Large quinine and Kirk's acacia trees fringe the seasonal marshland.

Mammals at Kleins Camp

Individually recognisable leopard and cheetah are regularly located in their known territories. Tens of thousands of zebra and wildebeest pass through the Klein's valley on their annual migration to and from Kenya's Masai Mara. Huge herds of buffalo and breeding herds of elephant offer exceptional game viewing. Bohor reedbuck and Defassa waterbuck favour marshland fringes. Chandler's reedbuck and rock hyrax inhabit the rocky slopes above the camp. Silver galago (of the black melanistic form) favour taller riverine trees.

Birds at Kleins Camp

There are 345 species recorded at Klein's. A pair of handsome Verreaux's (black) eagles have an eyrie within sight of the camp. Various eagles, vultures and other birds of prey utilise mountain updrafts to soar past the camp. Pygmy falcon, pearl-spotted owlet, slate-coloured boubou and spot-flanked barbet are common in woodland and bush-clumps. Grey crowned crane, wattled lapwing and malachite kingfisher are among species attracted to marshlands. African green pigeon, Schalow's turaco, Narina trogon and white-headed barbet are among fruit-eaters in riparian forest.

Other Wildlife

Large leopard tortoises inhabit rocky areas where African rock python also find refuge. Aquatic terrapins live in marshlands and streams. Brightly-coloured, flat-headed mwanza agama bask on rocks around the camp. A rich variety of butterflies, moths, dragonflies and other insects are to be seen.

Conservation

KLEIN'S CAMP, TANZANIA, EAST AFRICA

Klein's Camp is committed to the core principles: Care of the Land, Care of the Wildlife, Care of the people.

The core focus is

Community equity, income generation, education and health care are a primary concern. In consultation with community organisations such as the Africa Foundation - a not-for-profit rural development organisation - Klein's Camp has contributed significantly towards improving the prosperity and living conditions of the local Ololosokwan community.

Klein's Camp leases its 10,000-hectare (24,800-acre) private wildlife concession from the Ololosokwan , who receive a significant portion of the camp's revenue. The camp shares part of the sanctuary with the local Maasai pastoralists who traditionally graze their herds alongside the wildlife.

KLEIN'S CAMP COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENTS

• Numerous employment opportunities created
• Community social services improved
• USD98 000 invested in community projects
• Conservation lessons involving 170 students
• Bee-keeping programme
• Anti-poaching initiatives
• A two-roomed clinic built and ambulance supplied
• Support for a doctor and nurse from the clinic
• Ololosokwan Primary School: three classrooms refurbished
• Desks, cupboards and teaching materials supplied
• Edu-peg - a self-corrective early learning tool - implemented at the school
• Emanyatta Secondary School's tractor repaired
• Aid and support Emanyatta shamba - organic African vegetable garden
• Footbridge built over the N'dang Iting River

Ecotourism in Africa

Guests play a critical role in helping realise the dream and vision: to create a model in wise land management, integrating international travellers and rural people to their mutual benefit and demonstrating that wildlife can be preserved on a sustainable basis by all.

Positive Health Programme

Our partner CC Africa strongly believes in its people and was recently listed as one of three finalists in the Investor in People category of the 2005 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards. The October 2005 edition of Africa Geographic featured an article on AIDS and conversation, and highlighted the activities and programmes that various African companies are implementing in order to increase AIDS awareness and, in doing so, empower the communities taking care of some of the world's richest wilderness regions.

"Probably the most attractive program ... is that of CC Africa... CC Africa launched a Positive Health program in 2003 and in April and May last year ran two seven-day courses.... Their approach focuses on home-based care, gardens, counseling techniques and gender issues.... The health of the habitat is critical to the health of the individuals in it.... The conservation industry is uniquely positioned to take the treatment of HIV/AIDS in radically new directions.... Benefits [of the program] include acquiring 'hard skills' such as maintaining clean water, producing food, and home-based methods of dealing with illnesses that are not life threatening.... It takes only the will of ecologically minded people to make sure that the wild places are not lost."
Africa Geographic, October 2005

Getting there

Klein's Camp is easily accessible by a daily morning scheduled flight from Arusha, followed by a 45-minute game- drive to camp. We can pre-book and package all of your regional/internal flights and transfers, and provide a meet and greet service at all airports.

• There are daily international flights from Europe and South Africa to Nairobi and Kilimanjaro International Airports
• Daily scheduled flights from Nairobi's Wilson Airport via Kilimanjaro to Klein's airstrip, followed by a short game-drive to camp
• If you arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will overnight in Arusha, departing early the next morning on a scheduled flight to Klein's airstrip, followed by a short game-drive to camp
  Let Amanzi Travel arrange your flights for you

What is included

• Accommodation
• Three meals daily
• Soft drinks, house wines, local brand spirits, and beers
• Teas and coffees
• Refreshments on game drives
• Laundry
• Scheduled safari activities
• Emergency medical evacuation insurance
• Transfers from Klein's airstrip to Klein's Camp

What is not included

• Telephone calls
• Safari Shop purchases
• Champagne, cognacs, fine wines, premium brand spirits, and cigars
• Gratuities
• Transfers not stipulated above
• National park fees and Klein's Camp conservancy fees [these are charged for a 24-hour period (i.e., should guests arrive on the morning flight and depart the following day on the afternoon flight, park fees for two days will be charged)

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