Day
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Arusha
ARUSHA ARRIVAL
Upon arrival in Arusha, check into your hotel and meet your guide. Take preparations for your great experience in Africa’s most iconic centre. Your Guide will provide you with a safari briefing.
Overnight: Arusha
Day
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Lake Manyara National Park
ARUSHA – LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK (B, L, D)
After breakfast, travel further to Lake Manyara National Park. Here, start your first whole day game drive with a picnic lunch included. Enjoy thereby the great view of Lake Manyara and the Great Rift Valley. This impressive park has one of Tanzania largest concentration of Elephants and is famous for its tree climbing lions. After a whole day game drive, drive to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Overnight: Lake Manyara National Park
Day
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Serengeti National Park
LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK – SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK (B, L, D)
Today, you visit the famous Serengeti National Park – Tanzania's original and most frequented game reserve. The Serengeti is renowned for the annual wildebeest migration and immense wildlife population. Enjoy a picnic lunch on one of the kopjes (rock outcropping) and continue to explore the park. Migration of the herds and the time of year are two factors that influence the availability of the wildlife but you can anticipate encountering wildebeest, lions, elephants, giraffes, zebras, monkeys, baboons, hippos, rhinos, antelopes and many birds and other species. If time permits and you are interested, you can choose to ad another optional activity: Visit the Olduvai Gorge, which is a site that holds the earliest evidence of the existence of human ancestors. Paleoanthropologists have found hundreds of fossilized bones and stone tools in the area dating back millions of years, leading them to conclude that humans evolved in Africa.
Overnight: Serengeti National Park
Day
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Serengeti National Park
SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK: GAME DRIVE (B, L, D)
The two whole days are devoted for a spectacular game drive in the Serengeti National park, having the chance to glide in a Hot Air Balloon over the Serengeti plains. Floating silently above the bush while spotting wildlife and enjoying the beautiful scenery of Africa. (Balloon is Optional for an extra cost). Enjoy hot lunch in the lodge followed by a short siesta. In the second day you might want to have a very early morning game drive before breakfast in the plains to see animals just out of the hides in the morning. Have an afternoon sunset game drive afterwards.
Overnight: Serengeti National Park
Day
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Ngorongoro
SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK – NGORONGORO CRATER (B, L, D)
Before you leave the great Serengeti, have another morning game drive. If time permits, you are able to visit a Maasai Village on your way to the Ngorongoro crater. Upon arrival in Ngorongoro, enjoy some free time at your beautiful country home style lodge and a restful afternoon, or take a guided nature walk along the crater rim. You also can join an interesting coffee plantation walk organised by the lodge.
Overnight: Ngorongoro
Day
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Kararu/Mto wa Mbu
NGORONGORO CRATER – MTO WA MBU (B, L, D)
After breakfast, walk into this magnificent crater for a morning half day game drive. Ngorongoro crater is home to an estimated 30,000 wild animals including some of Tanzania’s last remaining black Rhinos. The crater has a dense population of predators like the Lion, Cheetah and the elusive Leopard. The elevated structure encourages the animals to refrain from migrating in and out of the crater which means there is a high possibility of spotting every member of ‘The Big 5’. After enjoying your picnic lunch, continue with the game drive while making ascend out of the crater and drive to Kararu/Mto wa Mbu for overnight.
Overnight: Kararu/Mto wa Mbu
Day
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Arusha
MTO WA MBU – ARUSHA: CULTURAL DAY TOUR (B)
Wake up in the small town of Mto wa Mbu. After breakfast, start your journey into the village and get involve in local people’s lives. Spend the whole day there: bush and farms intimating with the local society in taking part in their daily activities and as well as chance to exchange and share values between you and the local society in Tanzania. Take part of a farm tour which shows you the innovative farming practices of Mto wa Mbu villagers and learn about the local irrigation system that has been invented to sustain local crops including the 32 varieties of bananas. You will have a chance to pick and taste different kinds of fruits in the farm. Continue then with a village tour, where you get an inside into the homes and exquisite craft of the tribes. Learn more about their lives and cultures, but also about the traditions like banana beer, Makonde woodcarvings and the tribal painting techniques. Also, get closer and cook together with the locals. Fetch the woods, start the fires, peel the bananas and help to prepare the meal. After a long day, drive back to Arusha.
Overnight: Arusha
Day
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Zanzibar
ARUSHA – ZANZIBAR (B, L)
In the morning, leave Arusha and fly over to Zanzibar. Upon arrival, check into your hotel in stone town and have lunch before your stone tour starts. This tour takes you through fabled Stone Town, where history appears to stand still. With visits to the Anglican Church and the Arab Fort amongst others, it is a fascinating look at the essence of Zanzibar. You see the Zanzibar’s bustling market, winding alleyways, ornately carved and studded doors, two cathedrals and countless mosques!
Overnight: Zanzibar
Day
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Zanzibar
ZANZIBAR: SOUTH COAST – DOLPHIN TOUR – JOZANI FOREST TOUR (B, L, D)
Today, enjoy a trip to the Southern coast of Zanzibar: Start with a dolphin watching tour. In Kizimkazi are many dolphins to find. It is even possible to swim with hundreds of spinner and bottles. After lunch, continue to the Jozani Forest, where you find the red Colobus Monkeys, natural forest and mangrove forest with the living species of fish underneath. Also visit the Zala Park in order to learn, how the local people became creative to protect the reptiles, before heading back to your Hotel for dinner.
Overnight: Zanzibar
Day
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Zanzibar
ZANZIBAR: SPICE TOUR & BEACH (B, L)
Leave the town behind and start your day with the famous spice tour with in depth information not only about spices, but also about organically grown herbs and a detailed description about their traditional uses in medicine cosmetics and cooking. After the tour, an opulent lunch will be served, where you can taste the spices and fruits. In the afternoon, drive to your beach hotel for your final beach relaxations.
Overnight: Zanzibar
Day
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Zanzibar
ZANZIBAR: BEACH (B)
Spend your last two days at the beach. If you are a fan of swimming, there are beautiful beaches as well as swimming pools; if you like to go for active beach activities, the choice is yours: canoeing, diving, swimming with dolphins, beauty and spa services, body massage, etc. There is a lot to do in Zanzibar but sometimes all you want is a good book and a fantastic beach on which to chill out and unwind
Overnight: Zanzibar
Day
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Zanzibar
ZANZIBAR DEPARTURE (B)
Depending on your flight time, you will be escorted to the airport for your flight home or onward flight.
Mount Meru. Arusha, Tanzania
