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Tour Package Overview
This package includes safari and Zanzibar and it will take you from the shimmering alkaline lakes to prehistoric Ngorongoro Crater then to the heart of ‘wild Africa’ The Serengeti National park before flying to the spice islands of Zanzibar for beach relaxation.
Tips :
- Enjoy an authentic interactions with locals as you visit one of the Masaai village at Ngorongoro highlands
- Explore some of the beautiful landscapes & see enormous variety of animals and birds that you have ever thought possible
- Enjoy warm water of Indian Ocean, Zanzibar white sand beaches & the old town of Zanzibar “The stone town”.
- In this package you can add more days according to your plan
Day By Day
Day 0 :
Arrival In Arusha: Our guide will assist you with your luggage and transfer you to your hotel in Arusha town by a private car. In the evening, our trip leader and your safari driver guide will greet you at the hotel for a safari briefing and welcome dinner/tea/coffee or beer.
Day 1 :
Arusha – Tarangire National Park – Mto wa Mbu: After a short briefing in the morning, your safari will set off towards the Tarangire National Park. This park with its savannah, seasonal swamps and the life-giving Tarangire River is home to huge elephant herds – literally hundreds of animals. Animals gather at the river and besides elephants you should see mongoose, giraffes, bushbucks, hartebeests, dik-diks, waterbucks, warthogs and reedbucks all year round. After an extensive game drive, you will leave the park in the late afternoon and head to your lodge at Mto wa Mbu, Karatu.
Day 2 :
Serengeti National Park : After breakfast you will depart towards the Rift Valley, in the cooler regions of the crater highlands. You will enter the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and stop for a short look into the crater from a viewing point. Continuing your journey around the crater, you will descend the other side, enjoying your free “African massage” on the bumpy road, passing Maasai villages on your way to the Serengeti National Park. At the Naabi Hill entrance gate you can walk to a viewpoint with spectacular views across the plains of the Serengeti savannah. You will then continue towards the Seronera Area in the central part of the Serengeti. The park offers a multitude of wildlife including the Big Five – lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino and leopard.
Late in the afternoon you will arrive to your Tented Camp in the central Serengeti. Lunch will be enjoyed en-route.
Day 3 :
Serengeti National Park : Following breakfast, you will spend the whole day on a game drive in the Serengeti National Park and have lunch at a picnic spot en-route. Depending upon the time of year, you might even have the chance to witness the great migration with hundred thousands of wildebeests, zebras and Thompson gazelles. During the small rainy season in October and November, you will typically see these herds moving from the Kenyan Masai Mara through the northwest of the Serengeti to the plains in the south. After the great rainy season in April, May and June, the herds slowly travel back through the western and north-western part of the Serengeti. With fluctuations in rainfall, this timetable can of course change, resulting in the animals migrating during different times and routes. Your guide will try his outmost to find the animals and will make sure that you can see them from the best spot in the national park. Naturally, the migration also attracts predators and with luck you might see a kill in action.
Day 4 :
Serengeti National Park – Mto Wa Mbu, Karatu : After breakfast at daybreak, you will start early on your outward journey from the Serengeti back to Karatu, leaving behind the beautiful Seronera Valley. As predators are livelier in the cooler hours of the day, you might even see them in action.
If you will have time and energy we can explore the local town of Mto wa mbu, and watch the day to day activities of the people of this village. Learn the A to Z of Maasai life from the people living it. Enjoy a traditional lunch/dinner of Swahili dishes in the Mto wa Mbu and watch the Mto wa Mbu Cultural Center and their local tribal dancing.
Day 5 :
Ngorongoro Crater – Back To Arusha : After early breakfast we will descend over 600 meters into the crater to view wildlife for a half day’s safari tour. Supported by a year round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro Crater supports a vast variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants. Another big draw card to this picturesque national park, is it’s dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard, which sometimes requires a trained eye to spot. We will visit Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the southwestern corner, which is one of the main features of the crater. A large number of flamingos, hippos and other water birds can usually been seen here. In the afternoon after lunch start driving to Arusha in your hotel.
Day 6 :
Arusha – Airport – Zanzibar Island : After leisurely breakfast at your lodge it is time to head to the airport (Arusha or Kilimanjaro International airport) where you will catch your flight to Zanzibar Island. On arrival at Zanzibar airport you will meet our representative and transfer to the Hotel for check-in. We could do a stone town tour on this day if you will arrive early.
Day 7 :
Zanzibar : Morning after breakfast at 09:00hrs, our guide will come to your hotel for stone town tour, Stone town is a part of Zanzibar City which was declared as world heritage site by UNESCO year 2000. With your guide you will walk on the footsteps of old town across the dilapidated buildings of Zanzibar. Explore the wonderful labyrinths of Zanzibar, visit of the most historical sites, the Zanzibar doors, their roles and significance. Return at your hotel at noon.
Day 8 :
Departure : After breakfast at the lodge and depending on your departure schedule we transfer you to Zanzibar airport to catch you flight back home with Great memories of your adventure in Tanzania.