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Tanzania:
Great Tour and Zanzibar Beach Holiday
This Safari covers the highlights of Tanzania: the migration in the Serengeti,
the stunning Ngorongoro Crater and the wild and adventurous Selous Park.
At the end of this trip you will stay in a beach
Starting
in: Tanzania
On-Route: Zanzibar
Ending in: Tanzania
Duration: 19 days
Persons: min (2)
Accommodation: Lodge
Game Parks: Lake Manyara NP (Tanzania)
Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)
Serengeti NP (Tanzania)
Udzungwa NP (Tanzania)
Ruaha NP (Tanzania)
Selous GR (Tanzania)
19 days:
This Safari covers the highlights of Tanzania: the migration in the Serengeti,
the stunning Ngorongoro Crater and the wild and adventurous Selous Park.
At the end of this trip you will stay in a beach hotel in Zanzibar.
Tour Highlights:
Safari Game Drives: View the Big Five on game drives in our open-top safari
vehicles in Lake Manyara National Park, Serengeti National Park, Mikumi
National Park, Udzungwa National Park, Ruaha National Park and Selous
game reserve – great for photography!
Enjoy an African Sundowner: Experience authentic African safari “sundowners”
at exclusive Tanzanian game reserves.
Last 5 days in Zanzibar for leisure: Think of Zanzibar and pictures of
romantic dhows with white sails, endless, palm fringed beaches, veiled
women, ancient ruins and exotic spices float
before your eyes. The island have a thrilling history, which reflects
today in the culture and traditions of the Zanzibaris. Zanzibar has more
to offer than just fantastic white tropical beaches!
ITINERARY:
Day 1: Arrival
Kilimanjaro Airport
Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport. Meet and greet at the airport
with our driver guide and transfer to Meru Simba Lodge for dinner and
overnight
Meals: Dinner
and breakfast
Accommodation: Meru Simba Lodge.
Day 2: Arusha
to Lake Manyara Park – 130 km / 2 hrs
After break fast drive to Lake Manyara National park for full day game
drive, in the afternoon you will stop for picnic lunch and then proceed
with game viewing. Dinner and overnight at Serena lodge
Meals: Lunch,
dinner and breakfast
Accommodation: Lake Manyara Serena Lodge
About Manyara:
A major attraction of the Lake Manyara National Park is the tree - climbing
lions. Unfortunately there is no guarantee that you will spot them. However,
there are other things to see - elephants, hippos, zebras, impalas, buffalos,
baboons, plains animals as well as huge variety of birdlife, both resident
and migratory.
At certain
times of the year, Lake Manyara is home to thousands of flamingos (attracted
by the Lake itself), which form a shimmering pink zone around the lake
shore. Other birds found here include ostriches, egrets, herons, pelicans
and storks. Also seen are African spoonbills, various species of ibises,
ducks and the rare pygmy geese. The most noticeable of the landscape within
this park are the very impressive baobab trees with their huge trunks.
Day 3: Lake
Manyara National Park - Serengeti National Park 190 km / 3.5 – 4 hrs
After breakfast at 0800hrs drive from Lake Manyara National Park with
your packed lunch and game en-route to the great Serengeti Plains via
Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Late afternoon drive to your lodge for dinner
and overnight
Meals: Lunch,
dinner and breakfast
Accommodation: Serengeti Serena Lodge
About Serengeti:
Endless Plains of Nature's Wonders: The Serengeti National Park, covering
14763 square kilometers is one of the world's largest wildlife sanctuaries.
One of the most breathtaking events in the animal kingdom, the migration
of thousands of wildebeest
takes place here every year. The Serengeti, 320 kilometers from Arusha,
was gazetted in 1951. It was accepted by the World Heritage Convention
as a World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve in 1981.
Day 4: Serengeti
National Park
After breakfast leave with your packed lunch for game drive on the Serengeti
Park acacia Savannah in the central to the east region. Around 12.30pm
and 13.00pm break for your picnic lunch; thereafter proceed with tour
afternoon game drive. In mid January to February, march to mid April,
95% of females of wildebeest mate to a total of 60000 then 8 to 8.5 months
later those females that conceived give birth on the same southern plains
after a long travel. Evening drive to your lodge for dinner and overnight
Meals: Lunch,
dinner and breakfast
Accommodation: Serengeti Serena Lodge
Day 5: Serengeti
National Park – Ngorongoro/Olduvai
After breakfast with your packed lunch drive and game en-route to Ngorongoro
Conservation Area. It is your option whether you pass by Olduvai Gorge
a historical site whereby the early man lived and can also pass by the
Maasai boma if you are interested in the real African life tradition and
culture, after your lunch en-route adds to the crater rim for your dinner
and overnight.
Meals: Lunch,
dinner and breakfast
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Serena lodge
About Ngorongoro:
Eight Wonder": NEARLY two million years ago, Ngorongoro Peak towered
almost as high as Kilimanjaro. Both these Mountains formed the highest
peaks in Africa at that time. The Ngorongoro Volcanic peak collapsed beneath
the volcano to form a caldera, the largest unbroken and unflooded in the
world today. Although a geological feature formed by the withdrawal of
molten in this manner is correctly called a caldera, many people are traditionally
used to the term Crater and hence Ngorongoro Caldera is
described as crater in all the records available. Ngorongoro Crater is
one of the few natural places in East Africa where one can guarantee sightings
of the rare black rhino in their natural setting. Visitors to Ngorongoro
can enjoy walking around the area. Long walking safaris and short hikes
are both adventurous and rewarding. Within the Ngorongoro Conservation
Area are ore about the cultures and traditions of the Maasai, a pastoral
tribe allowed to herd their cattle within the protected area.
Day 6: Ngorongoro
Crater
After breakfast drive to Ngororngoro Conservation Area with your lunch
box, descend into the crater floor for full day game viewing. The crater
is rich in wildlife and the day will be filled with sights and sounds
of the wild echoing within the crater walls.
Your packed
lunch will be served on the crater floor at the picnic site near Lerai
forest or hippo pool. Many crater visitors want to see rare species, “the
Black rhinoceros’, this is the right time, because during the dry season
is very hard to see them as they are afraid of sun burn. Late afternoon
ascend the crater and then drive to Arusha for your dinner and overnight
Meals: Dinner
and breakfast
Accommodation: Meru Simba Lodge
Day 7: Arusha
– Dar es Salaam
After breakfast, transfer to Kilimanjaro Airport and connect to 1100hrs
flight to Dar es Salaam OR transfer by 4WD vehicle. Meet at Dar es Salaam
Airport and transfer to Holiday Inn Hotel for dinner and overnight.
Meals: Dinner
and breakfast
Accommodation: Holiday Inn Hotel
Day 8: Mikumi
National Park
Transfer from Dar es Salaam to Mikumi by road for a game drive. Mikumi
National Park is the closest National Park to Dar es Salaam and is nestled
between the Uluguru Mountains to the northeast, and the Rubeho Mountains,
Udzungwa Mountains and Rift Valley escarpment to the south west. As part
of the Selous ecosystem, it benefits from the highest game density of
the entire conservation area. Dinner and overnight at Vuma Hills tented
Camp
Meals: Lunch,
dinner and breakfast
Accommodation: Vuma Hills Tented Camp
About Mikumi:
Swirls of opaque mist hide the advancing dawn. The first shafts of sun
colour the fluffy grass heads rippling across the plain in a russet halo.
A herd of zebras, confident in their camouflage at this predatory hour,
pose like ballerinas, heads aligned and stripes merging in flowing motion.
The open horizons and abundant wildlife of the Mkata Floodplain, the popular
centrepiece of Mikumi, draw frequent comparisons to the more famous Serengeti
Plains. Lions survey their grassy kingdom – and the zebra, wildebeest,
impala and buffalo herds that migrate across it – from the flattened tops
of termite mounds, or sometimes, during the rains, from perches high in
the trees. Giraffes forage in the isolated acacia stands that fringe the
Mkata River, islets of shade favoured also by Mikumi's elephants.
Mkata Floodplain is perhaps the most reliable place in Tanzania for sightings
of the powerful eland, the world’s largest antelope. The equally impressive
greater kudu and sable antelope haunt the miombo-covered foothills of
the mountains that rise from the park’s borders.
More than 400 bird species have been recorded, with such colourful common
residents as the lilac-breasted roller, yellow-throated longclaw and bateleur
eagle joined by a host of European migrants during the rainy season. Hippos
are the star attraction of the pair of pools situated 5km north of the
main entrance gate, supported by an ever-changing cast of waterbirds.
Day 9: Udzungwa
National Park
After breakfast drive to Udzungwa excursion area for full day game drive.
Udzungwa landscape includes several small isolated mountain ranges. Each
of these have a unique mixture of habitats and animal species and none
more so that the Udzungwa Mountains National Park . Home to at least ten
species of primate and several recently discovered species of bird, a
rainforest trek here will be one you never forget. Lunch at Udzungwa.
Returning to Vuma Hills at night
Meals: Lunch,
dinner and breakfast
Accommodation: Vuma Hills Tented Camp
About Udzungwa:
Brooding and primeval, the forests of Udzungwa seem positively enchanted:
a verdant refuge of sunshine-dappled glades enclosed by 30-metre (100
foot) high trees, their buttresses layered with fungi, lichens, mosses
and ferns. Udzungwa is the largest and most biodiverse of a chain of a
dozen large forest-swathed mountains that rise majestically from the flat
coastal scrub of eastern Tanzania. Known collectively as the Eastern Arc
Mountains, this archipelago of isolated massifs has also been dubbed the
African Galapagos for its treasure-trove of endemic plants and animals,
most familiarly the delicate African violet. Ornithologists are attracted
to Udzungwa for an avian wealth embracing more than 400 species, from
the lovely and readily-located green-headed oriole to more than a dozen
secretive Eastern Arc endemics. Four bird species are peculiar to Udzungwa,
including a forest partridge first discovered in 1991 and more closely
related to an Asian genus than to any other African fowl. Of six primate
species recorded, the Iringa red colobus and Sanje Crested Mangabey both
occur nowhere else in the world – the latter, remarkably, remained undetected
by biologists prior to 1979. Undoubtedly, this great forest has yet to
reveal all its treasures: ongoing scientific exploration will surely add
to its diverse catalogue of endemics
Day 10: Ruaha
National Park
Fly from Mikumi to Ruaha for the full day game drive. Ruaha National Park
, remote with a dramatic topography of mountains, river and plains. It’s
ragged beauty is only outmatched by the variety and density of wildlife
and exotic birdlife. Dinner and overnight at Ruaha river Lodge.
Meals: Lunch,
dinner and breakfast
Accommodation: Ruaha River Lodge
About Ruaha:
Considered to be one of the great "undiscovered" wilderness
areas of East Africa, Ruaha National Park is one of Tanzania's least accessible
parks, and as result it is totally untouched and remains one of the most
exciting game reserves. Located in south central Tanzania, it is the third
largest game conservation area after Selous and Serengeti. The terrain
is varied and fascinating with wild fig trees, rare baobab forests and
gorges of glowing orange sandstone. A visual treat with wild landscapes
of miombo forest and rolling woodlands, hills, rivers and plains, Ruaha
is accessible only by aeroplane or with a pre-booked safari
The main feature of the park is the Ruaha river, which rises in the swamps
to the south and sweeps north and eastward through the park. Its deep
pools, gorges and swirling rapids make for excellent fishing. The River
features large numbers of hippos and crocodiles as well as the clawless
otter.
Other animals include the reedbuck, waterbuck and buffalo, with their
predators - the lion, leopard, jackal, spotted hyena, and the distinctive
African hunting dog. In the grasslands live animals like the kudu, large
herds of elephant, eland, impala, Grant's gazelle, dik dik, zebra, warthog,
mongoose, wild cat, porcupine and shy civet. Over 350 species of birdlife
have been recorded including kingfisher, plover, hornbill, green wood
hoopoe, bee-eater, sunbird and egret as well as birds on their migratory
routes.
Day 11: Ruaha
National Park
After breakfast continue with morning and afternoon game drive at Ruaha.
Overnight at Ruaha River Lodge.
Meals: Lunch,
dinner and breakfast
Accommodation: Ruaha River Lodge
Day 12: Ruaha
National Park
After breakfast continue with morning and afternoon game drive at Ruaha.
Alternatively you may go for morning game drive and after lunch you may
rest at your lodge. Overnight at Ruaha River Lodge.
Meals: Lunch,
dinner and breakfast
Accommodation: Ruaha River Lodge
Day 13: Selous
Game Reserve
Fly from Ruaha to Selous game reserve for full day game drive. Selous
is the largest game reserve in Africa - 4 times the size of the Serengeti.
It possesses a diverse landscape from hot volcanic springs, sporadic lakes,
channels from the Great Ruaha and Rufiji rivers. Walking is permitted
(with an armed ranger) which with over 350 species of bird and 2,000 species
of plants to see makes this the most heavenly sanctuary to explore. Also
Selous is famous for its elephant, hippopotamus and rhino.
The park
has a broad range of game: buffalo - the largest population in Africa;
Nyasaland gnu; brindled gnu; hartebeest; Greater Kudu; sable antelope;
eland; reedbuck; bushbuck; waterbuck; warthog; zebras; giraffe; and wildebeest.
Also: lion, leopard, the spotted hyena and hunting dog are in abundance;
cheetah are rare; there are over 350 species of bird and reptiles such
as crocodiles and various snakes and lizards. Overnight at Rufiji River
Camp
Meals: Lunch,
dinner and breakfast
Accommodation: Rufiji River Tented Camp
Day 14: Selous
Game Reserve
In the morning after an early light breakfast at 0730hrs you may go either
for walking safari or for morning game drive (2hrs), then return to the
lodge for proper breakfast at 1000hrs. Then at 1100hrs go for game drive
for the rest of the day with your picnic lunch. At 1630hrs you may go
for boat safari (optional with additional of US$ 60). Overnight at Rufiji
River camp.
Meals: Lunch,
dinner and breakfast
Accommodation: Rufiji River Tented Camp
Day 15: Selous
– Zanzibar (Stone Town)
After breakfast fly back to Dar es Salaam to connect to your flight to
Zanzibar. Meet at Zanzibar Airport with our representative and transfer
to Tembo House Hotel for Overnight
Meals: Dinner
and breakfast
Accommodation: Tembo House Hotel
About Zanzibar:
The beautiful, evergreen spice island of Zanzibar Tanzania is known for
its spectacular architecture, meandering lanes, luscious tropical fruits,
aromatic spices and charming friendly people. Lying off the coast of Tanzania
in the Indian Ocean, it is famous for once being the commercial centre
of East Africa and the last place to abolish the slave trade. Today it
combines ancient Islamic ruins, noble Arabic houses with miles of white
sandy palm fringed beaches and coves. The breathtaking beauty of its coastline
and the magnificence of the historical Stone Town make this one of the
world's famous touring destinations.
Day 16: Excursion
in Zanzibar
In the morning after breakfast you will be picked up from the hotel for
Prison Island Tour and Spice Tour. In the evening return to your hotel
for overnight
Meals: Dinner
and breakfast
Accommodation: Tembo House Hotel
Day 17: Stone
Town – East Coast
In the morning after breakfast you will be transferred from Stone Town
to the hotel in the East Cost, the hotel is situated just on the white
sand beach of the Indian Ocean. Overnight at Pongwe Beach Hotel
Meals: Dinner
and breakfast
Accommodation: Pongwe Beach Hotel
Day 18: East
Coast
Spend the whole day for leisure at your hotel. Overnight at Pongwe Beach
Hotel
Meals: Dinner
and breakfast
Accommodation: Pongwe Beach Hotel
Day 19: Zanzibar
to Kilimanjaro Airport
After breakfast pick up from Pongwe Hotel and transfer to Zanzibar Airport
to connect to your late morning flight to Kilimanjaro International Airport.
The flight arrive Kilimanjaro after about an hour.
End of our
service
PRICE:
US$ 5,828 per person (Minimum 2Pax)
Price above
includes:
- All parks entrance fees
- All transfers as per itinerary
- Transport on 4WD vehicle with a pop-up roof
- Accommodation and meals as per itinerary above
- Domestic flights; Kilimanjaro – Dar es Salaam, Mikumi – Ruaha – Selous
– Dar es Salaam – Zanzibar - Kilimanjaro
- Ngorongoro Crater fees
- Mineral water 1.5lt per day on safari
- Service of English speaking driver guide(s)
- Activities as per itinerary above
Price above
exclude:
- International flights
- Hot and cold drinks
- Tips to the driver/guide
- All items of personal nature/use
- Passport and visa
- And all not mentioned on the plan.
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