ITINERARY
Lake Manyara/ Serengeti National Park/ Ngorongoro Crater/ Olduvai Gorge/ Tarangire National Park. Duration:7 Days/ 6 Nights
Day 1: Kilimanjaro International Airport-Arusha or Moshi
Our representative will receive you on arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport and transfer you to Arusha/Moshi overnight.
Meals: Bed and Breakfast
Accommodation:AUSHA: Arusha Coffee Lodge. MOSHI: Sal Salinero Villa Hotel.
Day 2: Arusha-Lake Manyara National Park
In the morning after breakfast and briefing about the safari, your tour guide will pick you up from the hotel and drive to Lake Manyara National Park. Upon arrival, your lunch will be at Lake Manyara Serena Lodge. Afternoon game drives in Lake Manyara National Park, famous for its tree-climbing lions and greenish round the year.
Meals: Lunch, Dinner, and Breakfast.
Accommodation: Lake Manyara Serena Lodge/Lake Manyara Hotel.
Day 3: Lake Manyara National Park – Serengeti National Park
After breakfast depart for Serengeti passing through Olduvai Gorge, the site of the Leakey family discovery of fossils of human and animal ancestors dating back to almost two million years.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Accommodation: Serengeti Sopa Lodge or Serengeti Serena Lodge
Day 4-5: Serengeti National Park
Full day in Serengeti plains, viewing the wonder of the endless plain, mixed with the savannah vegetation. Serengeti National Park is the largest national park in Tanzania which accommodates a large number of wildlife and birdlife elsewhere in Tanzania and perhaps in Africa. Also, Serengeti is famous for its annual great migration of wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle to a contiguous park of Masai Mara in Kenya.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Accommodation: Serengeti Sopa Lodge / Serengeti Serena Lodge
Day 6: Serengeti National Park – Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast drive to Ngorongoro Crater and upon our arrival you will be having normal formalities of registration before descending to the crater floor. The crater has 2000ft above sea level and accommodates a permanently large number of wildlife and birdlife. In the afternoon you will have your picnic lunch short rest and then continue with the afternoon game drive. Late afternoon you will ascend back to Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge or Serena Lodge for dinner and overnight.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge or Serena Lodge
Day 7: Ngorongoro Crater – Tarangire National Park – JRO
After breakfast drive to Tarangire National Park and upon your arrival you will have a game drive with our picnic lunch. In the afternoon you will have another chance to explore the park before starting driving back to Arusha. We will have an evening meal before preparation for transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport for connection of International flight back home.
Ngorongoro Crater / Serengeti & Lake Manyara National Parks / Zanzibar Island
Duration: 11 Days / 10 Nights
Day 1: JRO-Arusha/Moshi
Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport and be met by our representative. Transfer to a hotel in Arusha/Moshi for an overnight stay:
Meal plan: {BB}
Day 2: Arusha-Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast, your tour starts and you drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Lunch and then descend 2000 feet (over 600 meters) to the floor of the crater for a half-day crater tour. Explore the forest areas that are inhabited by monkeys and elephants, the lake area, where you may see the flamingos, and the open savannah where the lions hunt for food. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge/ Ngorongoro Serena Lodge.
Meal plan: {L,D}
Day 3: Ngorongoro Crater –Serengeti National Park
Drive to Serengeti National Park via Olduvai Gorge. Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Serena Lodge/ Serengeti Sopa Lodge.
Meal plan: {B,L,D}
Day 4-5: Serengeti National Park
Enjoy morning and afternoon game viewing in the endless plains of the Serengeti for a chance to see the great herds of wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles or a pride of lions lounging in the shade. Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Serena Lodge/ Serengeti Sopa Lodge.
Meal plan: {B,L,D}
Day 6: Serengeti National Park – Lake Manyara National Park
After breakfast, you will be departing to Lake Manyara National Park, whose inhabitants include hippos, monkeys, tree-climbing lions, flamingos, and other varieties of birdlife. Dinner and overnight at Lake Manyara Serena Lodge/ Lake Manyara Hotel/ Kirurumu Tented Lodge.
Meal plan: {B,L,D}
Day 7: Arusha-Zanzibar
After an early breakfast, you depart from Lake Manyara National Park and arrive in Arusha before lunch. Lunch at a restaurant in Arusha town and transfer to airport for a scheduled afternoon flight to Zanzibar. Meet at Zanzibar Airport and transfer to Bluebay Beach Resort/Breezes Beach Club.
Meal plan: {HB}
Day 8-10: Zanzibar
There are varieties of excursions that can be organized directly by our representative. They include all water sport games, spice tour, Stone town tour, and much more. Accommodation at Bluebay Beach Resort/Breezes Beach Club.
Meal plan: {HB}
Day 11: Zanzibar-Fly Home
Transfer from the hotel to the airport/Seaport to catch your international flight home at DAR ES SALAAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
Includes:
• All activities as noted
• All ground transportation in 4×4 vehicles with viewing roof
• Services of professional English-speaking driver/guide and lodge/camp staff
• Accommodations
• All meals
• All National Park fees
• Government taxes
• 1 liter of bottled water/daily/person in the vehicle
Exclude:
• Tips for guides and lodge or camp staff
•Meals in
• Optional Maasai Village visit
• Airport transfers
• Holiday supplement of $40/person/night for mid-range and $65/person/night for luxury accommodations December 20 – January 5
• 10% discount for kids under 15 years old
• Personal expenses (drinks, Internet, visa, etc.)