Summary of Itinerary

  • DAY 1. Arusha to  Lake Manyara National Park
  • DAY 2. Full day Crater Tour
  • DAY 3. Karatu to Tarangire National park
  • Day 4. Tarangire to Arusha airport.
  • DAYS 5.-7. Indulge yourself in a Beach Hotel…….
  • DAY 8. Fly Zanzibar to Dar es Salaam then connect your flight back home.

Highlights

Lake Manyara

Ngorongoro Crater

Tarangire.

 

General Info

ZANZIBAR.

ZANZIBAR.

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WEAR *
INCLUDED
Private safari converted vehicle with driver-guide on safari Service of an English-speaking guide/cook
NOT INCLUDED International flights

Tipping is voluntarily and at your own discretion, however generally much appreciated if you are happy with the services of your driver/ guide and cook we generally recommend a tip of about $15 per day per person

Additional information

Duration7 Days

DAY 1. Arusha to Manyara National Park

06:00hrs you will be picked up by your driver guide and transferred  to Lake Manyara National Park, packed lunch will be provided.

This park is well known for its tree-climbing lions, it is a magical, beautiful park where you will be able to do walking safari with in the park. You will wind your way around a mainly forested driving route between the banks of the soda lake and the impressive rise of the Great Rift escarpment. The park covers 390 square km and is sanctuary to over 400 species of bird including: pink flamingos, pelicans, storks, Ibis and Egyptian Geese. Late afternoon leave the park to Karatu Simba Lodge in Karatu wait for dinner and overnight.

Meal plan full board.

DAY 2. Full day Crater Tour

After breakfast depart for full day Ngorongoro Crater tour with packed lunch. The Crater is a perfectly intact volcanic caldera and known as the ‘Noah’s ark’ of game reserves. During our morning game drives, again there is the chance to view the ‘big 5’, lion, leopard, elephant, rhino and buffalo, as well as plains game peacefully grazing including, zebra, gazelle, impala and wildebeest. Hippopotamus are found lolling in the pools and Lake Magadi can be rimmed with the pink of greater and lesser flamingo.

Late afternoon leave the crater and drive to Karatu Simba Lodge for dinner and overnight.

Meal plan: Full board.

DAY 3. Karatu to Tarangire National park

After breakfast check out and drive to Tarangire National Park packed lunch will be provided, proceed with an excellent game viewing. Tarangire is a small park which offers some excellent sights. Generally, in the dry seasons Tarangire comes alive as wildlife and bird life congregate on the Tarangire River, which is a permanent source of water. Late afternoon leave the park and transfer to Tarangire Safari Lodge for dinner and overnight.

Meal plan: Full board.

Day 4. Tarangire to Arusha airport.

After breakfast check out and depart for final game drive in Tarangire National Park Mid-afternoon leave the park and drive to Arusha airport for your flight to Zanzibar at 15:15hrs. On your arrival at Zanzibar airport met our car transfer and take you to Swahili Beach Resort overnight, booked on bed and breakfast giving you a choice of eating in their excellent restaurant or the local pub.
Meal plan: Bed and breakfast.

DAY 5.-7. Indulge yourself in a Kendwa Rocks Beach Hotel…….

Spend three nights allowing you to take advantage of the activities on offer about the island, water sports are available organized direct from Hotel reception on additional cost.
Meal plan: Bed and breakfast.

DAY 8. Fly Zanzibar to Dar es Salaam then connect your flight back home.

After breakfast car transfer will take you to Zanzibar Airport for your flight to Dar at 11:30 hrs, on arrival transfer will be arranged to International terminal, wait to board your flight back home.

End Services.

Lions in Ngorongoro Crater
Balloons over the Migration
Safari Vehicle at migration crossing
Eland and Zebra
Vulture Looking at dust over the Wilderbeeste migration
Lions & hyenas with a kill and herd in the distance
Vulture tree with migration background
Wildebeaste migration morning dust...
Wildebeeste Sunrise
Wildebeeste in the morning light
Serengeti Migration at Sunrise
Massing Wildebeeste - the great migration.
Zebra & Wildebeeste Migration Serengeti
Wildebeeste Migration Seronera
Approach to the migration
Serengeti Migration
Migration
Lionesses on a kill
Lionesses and Kill
Lions below Ngorongoro Crater wall
Lions in Ngorongoro Crater
Ngorongoro Lions
Flamingos on Lake Manyara
Flamingos on Lake Manyara
Flamingos on Lake Manyara
Pelicans & flamingos
Manyara Wildebeest
Wildebeest, Pelicans and Flamingos
Birds on Lake Manyara
View from the hot springs
Child looking at Flamingos Lake manyara
Giraffe before flamingos
Lake Manyara National Park
Elephants bathing
Elephants in the stream
Rift Valley View
The Rift Valley
Lake Manyara
Hiking above Isoitok