Key Information:
Tour Duration: 14 days
Group Size: 2
Destination(s): Lake Manyara/ Ngorongoro/ Serengeti
/ Machame and Zanzibar
Specialty Categories: Wildlife Viewing
Season: January - December
Airfare Included: Yes
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Day 1: Meet our driver guide in the airport
and then transferred to Karama lodge for Dinner and
overnight. In the lodge you will be given a brief
for your tomorrow Safari with your guide.
Day 2: Arusha to Lake Manyara After breakfast depart for Lake Manyara National
Park. This beautiful park with it’s lush vegetation
and tropical forests of giant fig and mahogany trees,
takes its name from the Maasai word for "euphorbia
tirucalli", a bush which is used to make a thorny
hedge to protect their cattle. Elephant, giraffe,
buffalo, zebra and a variety of antelope inhabit the
park as well as a variety of monkeys and a large population
of hippo’s. . If you are lucky you may see the
Manyara lions, well known for their tree climbing
habits, lazily resting on the branches of an "Acacia
tortilis" tree. The birdlife is also abundant,
with flamingoes, pelicans, hornbills and plenty of
forest species.
After a game drive and a picnic lunch in the park
you’ll depart for the Ngorongoro highlands and
your overnight accommodation at Gibb's Farm or Ngorongoro
Farm House. This delightful farm is situated on the
outer slopes of Ngorongoro Crater and is renowned
for their friendly service and excellent cuisine.
In the evening a hike is possible to the coffee plantation
or to the water fall. Overnight - Gibb’s Farm/Ngorongoro
Farm House (Full board).
DAY 3: NGORONGORO CRATER This morning your driver takes you the short distance
to the "eighth wonder of the world", the
Ngorongoro Crater, the largest unbroken caldera on
earth. The floor of this collapsed volcano spreads
for 102 sq. miles and the walls are 2000ft high, a
truly awesome sight. The crater floor is a virtual
"Noah's Ark", inhabited by almost every
species of wildlife indigenous to East Africa including
the black maned lion and the endangered black rhino.
The crater contains a river, several swamps, a soda
lake - complete with flamingoes, a forest and open
plains. With a picnic lunch you will descend the crater
walls and spend a half day game drive and in the afternoon
you will drive out of the Crater and en-route to Serengeti
National park. While on the way enjoy the game viewing
and spot some rare birds. Dinner and overnight at
Serengeti Sopa Lodge / Serengeti Serena.
Day 4: SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK After breakfast with picnic lunch go for a full
day game viewing at Serengeti. “Great Serengeti”,
likely the most famous wildlife sanctuary in the world
it cover an area of over 14,763 square kilometers
and during the months of the migration, is the habitat
of huge numbers of wildebeest, zebra and Thomson’s
gazelle with estimates of up to 1.5 million. From
December through March they concentrate at the Ndutu
and Salei plains, where the calving season takes place,
attracting the attention of predators like lion, cheetah
and hyena. In June and July they move into the western
corridor and in October and November the herds can
usually be found in the northern Serengeti. The Serengeti
"Kopjes", massive boulder islands of granite
standing in a sea of grass, provide shelter to a great
variety of plants and animals, from the elusive leopard
to the tiny dik dik.
Dinner and overnight at the Lodge.
Day 5: Serengeti to Machame Today after break fast depart for for Arusha with
a stop enroute at Olduvai Gorge. Olduvai is the famous
archeological site where the Leakeys discovered remains
of Australopithecus, Homo Habilis and Homo Erectus,
bringing crucial understanding to the study of the
evolution of the human species. Picnic Lunch at Olduvai
Gorge then proceed with your Journey to Machame Via
Arusha. Dinner and overnight at Aishi Protea Hotel
Machame/ Home stay.
Day 6- 7: A village stay on the slope of Kilimanjaro The Machame cultural village is situated on the
slopes of the Kilimanjaro Mountain on the high altitude
of which gives a panoramic view of the low lands.
The weather are cool and very friendly. In this village
you will a privilege to meet with local people and
experience their way of life.
Dinner and overnight at Home stay or the Aishi Protea
Hotel.
Day 7: Transfer to Zanzibar After lunch you will be transferred to Kilimanjaro
International Airport for the flight to Zanzibar.
In Zanzibar our guide will meet you at the airport
and transfer you to your Hotel in stone town. Spend
the remaining hours of the days at the Hotel for relaxation.
Dinner and overnight at Dhow Palace Hotel.
Day 8: Stone town Today after breakfast with your guide you will
be taken for a stone town tour. Stone town the Historical
town with lots of Old architect which tell exactly
of the Zanzibarian Life style in old time. In this
tour which will only take you half a day you be able
to visit the Slave Market, The House of wander, Zanzibar
Museum and many other historical places. Enjoy the
door drawings when walking along the street in stone
town. Spend your Afternoon hour relax at the Hotel.
l Day 9: Beach Hotel After the breakfast you will be transferred to
the southern Coast Via Jozan Forest National. Visit
the Forest and the only place where you can see the
red colobus monkey in East Africa. Lunch at the lodge
which is in the park. Proceed with your Journey to
the Southern Coast up to Karamba Hotel. Enjoy the
remaining hours of the day at the lodge.
Day 10 -13 Spend days at the Hotel enjoy the sun bathing.
There will be optional activities while in here. You
may choose to go for a Dolphin tour, Diving and snorkeling
and the village walk.
The southern coast is one of the best coast in Zanzibar
with Natural environment yet un destructed and un
conjusted beach with crystal water and sand.
Day 14: Transferred to Zanzibar/ Dar Es Salaam
International airport
Depending with your flight schedule today you will
be transferred to Zanzibar international airport for
your returning flight back home or with a boat to
Dar Es Salaam then to Airport for your flight back
home.
End of Safari
Cost of safari includes:
-Flight from Kilimanjaro International airport
to Zanzibar
-All transfers done by roads in Arusha to all the
National Parks include the transfer from ---Serengeti
to Machame and from machame to the airport
-All road transfers done in Zanzibar as it indicated
in the Itinerary.
-The cost for Accommodation in the National Parks
for a full board basis and Accommodation In Arusha
Town and Zanzibar for Bed and Break Fast Basis.
-Accommodation in Machame is also Included in the
Cost and it is a Bed and Breakfast Basis.
-Boat Safari for Dolphin tour
-All Park fees
-all government taxes, all service charges,
-services of an experienced english-speaking
-driver-guide.
-Complimentary drinking water while on Safari to Serengeti,
Manyara and Ngorongoro.
Fee and service charges for the visit in the local
community in Machame Village.
Not Included
Transfer either by boat or air from Zanzibar to Dar
Es Salaam.
Alcoholic drinks at the Hotels or lodge
All services of the personal nature.
