1: Arusha
Arrival Kilimanjaro airport. Meet with your guide. Visit of Arusha, the market, this extremely growing town, coffee plantations, and views over Mt Meru . If you arrive with a morning flight, after check-in, drive to Arusha National park, one of the smallest but very rich National park. Elephants, buffaloes, hippos, different antelopes, baboons & more are visible. ON 3* hotel in ArushA
2: Lake Natron – Ol Doinyo Lengai
Drive to lake Natron, home of numerous flamingoes (mainly during the raining season). View the Ol Doinyo Lengai (Mount of Heaven). Evening visit the water falls. ON camp. Meals by our very good cook
3: Waso Village
Early morning visit flamingoes and other birds; the proceed to Waso village to see different tribes (Maasai tribes, the Sonjo & Swahil people). ON camp
4: Serengeti National Park – Grumeti River
Drive to Serengeti National park, one of the richest in Tanzania. Here a migration of million hartebeest makes the park rich of predator, looking for their passage as a good hunting period. Crocodiles at Grumeti river wait the migration twice a year. Lion, leopard, chitas and more predator follow too the migration. Elephants, giraffes, zebras, Thomson gazelles, impala, hyenas, warthogs and more make this enormous savannah so interesting. ON camping (or lodges)
5: Serengeti
Game drives in the Serengeti. ON camping (or lodges)
6: Ngorongoro -Masai Village
Morning game drive. Then afternoon drive to Ngorongoro conservational area, visit one Masai village (the Masai are some of the most attractive people living in the Tanzania plains, with very interesting culture). ON in hotel
7: Ngorongoro
Game drive at Ngorongoro: is habitat of lot of animals: elephant, lion, black rhino, buffalo, leopard, chitas, giraffes, hippos, servals, and more. ON in hotel
8: Lake Eyasi – Bush Men
Drive to lake Eyasi, and visit different very interesting tribes as the Datoga, the famous hadzabe {bush men}, the mbulu, and a mixture of swahili tribes because of cultuvation of onions and fishing in the lakes. ON camp
9: Bush Men
Early morning drive to the BUSH MEN, to admire their way of life , you can participate to their hunt and also dance with them. Is really an amazing experience. ON camp
10: Lake Mayara National Park
Drive to lake Mayara National park,with a very nice vegetation at its entrance and then the savannah around lake Manyara. Is the only park where with luck you can spot the famous tree climbing lions. Lot of birds, hippos, and other animals, as elephants, make this park so interesting. ON hotel
11: Tarangire National Park
In the morning drive to TARANGIRE national park. Game drive. Here thousands of elephants, hundreds of baobab trees and many oher animals make your day so exciting. ON SAFARI LOGDE OR SOPA LODGE
12: Arusha – Moishi
Drive to Arusha, and proceed to Moishi. Visit this very nice town under Mr Kilimanjaro. Have lunch. Some shopping. ON Leopard Hotel Moshi or similar
13: Mkomazi Game Reserve – Usambara – Pangani Town
Drive to Mkomazi Game reserve. So proceed to Usambara mountains, for fantastic views and if market days, visit the markets at Bumbuli or Lushoto or Mlalo or Soni, really very colorful. Reach the very interesting Pangani town; and ON Emayani Beach Hotel or other
14: Saadani National Park
The beaches here are so colorful, attractive, wild and free. Views are fantastic. And being able to interact with the local people is fantastic. Proceed then to Saadani National park, the only park in Tanzania with a part of forest and the extremities ending on a beach. Visit hippos and crocodiles (at Wami river), lot of birds as the hamerkop, then giraffes, elephants, and more. ON camp next to the beach, at Saadani Safari lodge, or next to the river, at Kinyonga
15: Bagamoyo – Tanganika – Kunduchi ruins
Proceed to the historic town of Bagamoyo, and admire the dhow traiding with Zanzibar and other places, which bring your mind back in the past and lot of history. Here historians as David Livingstone, Richard Burton, Henry Morton Stanley and many more started and ended their expeditions.
Proceed the tour to DarEsSelam, previous capital of Tanganika. Visit the town, the pugu hills, the beaches, the Kunduchi ruins, and if time permits make shopping at the Msasani splipway weekend craft market. ON 4* hotel (Chosen Breezes hotel or other) (supplement given for 5*)
16: Ferryboat for Zanzibar
Take a ferryboat for Zanzibar (around 1030 am to reach Stone town around 1230 hrs) and board to this fantastic island. Meet your vehicles, which with a short cross of the town, will bring you to your hotel, at the shores of these fantastic beaches. ON Breezes hotel or similar (for upgrading, we propose The Palm as exclusive hotel or the Baraza, luxury accommodations. Or others are/can be proposed
17: Zanzizbar
Relax at your hotels, with activities, diving, swimming, cycling, walking, exploration of the villages, and more. The exploration of Jozani forest for the red colubus monkeys is also organized, if requested. ON Breezes hotel or similar
18: Zanzibar; A guided tour of stone town
A guided tour of stone town include the slaves market, St Joseph’s cathedral, the Beit El-Ajaib & Beit El-Sahel, mosques, Hamamni Persian baths, Livingston house, the spice markets, and much more. Walking into these narrow streets, by visiting how the local people leave-meet-and enjoy, the shops, colors, history and more, are so exciting. Lunch is organized in a relaxed restaurant with view over the sea at stone town. And finally back for a wonderful sunset, relax, dinner, some music and a good night at your hotel. (Breezes hotel or similar
19: Zanzibar; Free day
Free day for relax. Optional trip to visit the dolphins, or an excursion to Prison Island, can be organized, at supplement cost. As also diving (we have the best diving school of Zanzibar), windsurfing, cycling, snorkeling, swimming, and more: enjoy this fantastic African paradise, with white open beaches, nature, a fantastic culture and people and yourself. Explore with walking around the beach and the nearby villages; meet people, entertain yourself with excellent food, drinks and climate. ON Breezes hotel or other
20: Stone Town Airport
Drive to stone town airport for your flight. Extend for the parks in Tanzania or Kenya or Uganda, or for the unique history & cultures in Ethiopia (see our Ethiopian programs) or fly back home
EXTENSIONS FOR THIS TOUR
Ethiopia
The unique history & cultures in Ethiopia (see our Ethiopian programs)
Ethiopia
The unique history & cultures in Ethiopia (see our Ethiopian programs)
Kenya
Kenya
Tanzania
Extend for the parks in Tanzania
Uganda
Uganda
WT-CODE 908
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