Tanzanian Explorer
| 14 Days | |
|---|---|
| Nairobi | Mountain Lodge (HB) |
| Day 1: Upon arrival at the airport you will be met by our representative and your driver guide. Then you will be transferred to the hotel to relax before connecting a flight to Arusha. Dinner and overnight. | |
| Arusha - Tarangire N/P | Tarangire Treetops Lodge (FB) |
| Day 2: After breakfast, you depart Arusha for Tarangire N/P for full day game drives. Tarangire is a park of giant baobab trees, rolling savannah and acacia parkland. It is famous for its dense wildlife population, which is most spectacular in the dry season between June and September. Birds are also abundant here and over 550 species have been recorded. | |
| Ngorongoro Crater N/P | Ngorongoro Serena Crater Lodge (FB) |
| Day 3: After breakfast depart for Ngorongoro Conservation Area where you will have lunch at your lodge. After a short rest break, proceed for an afternoon tour of the crater that is an attraction in its own right and is one of the wonders of the natural world. You will have no trouble spotting lion, elephant, rhino, buffalo and many species of plain animals- wildebeest, zebra, reedbuck, Thompson gazelle and many more. | |
| Serengeti N/P | Mbuzi Mawe Tented Camp (FB) |
| Day 4: After breakfast, drive to Serengeti National Park passing via Olduvai Gorge. Olduvai Gorge is the prehistoric site where Dr. Louis Leakey discovered the remains of Homo habilis (Handy man) regarded as mankind’s first step on the path of human evolution. You arrive in time for lunch at your lodge. Later in the day afternoon game drives in the park. The park is the staging zones for one the most spectacular events in the natural world- the annual migration of wildebeest. This commences around June when over 1 million wildebeest, zebra and gazelle head for the Maasai Mara in Kenya in search of pasture. The Serengeti also has over 500 species of birds. | |
| Western Serengeti N/P | Bilali Kempinski Lodge (FB) |
| Day 5 to 6: 0630 hrs- depart for an early morning game drive. Return for breakfast, collect lunch boxes and proceed at 1000 hrs for a full day of game viewing in the Serengeti. You will have a picnic lunch in the course of the day. Proceed to the camp at 1700 hrs. | |
| Lake Manyara N/P | Maji Moto Luxury Tented camp (FB) |
| Day 7: 0630 hrs- depart for an early morning game drive in the Serengeti. After breakfast, drive at 1000 hrs to the Ngorongoro Highlands. You will have lunch at Gibbs Farm, formerly a working coffee farm. Then proceed for an afternoon visit of the waterfalls en-route to Lake Manyara to arrive in time for dinner at your lodge. | |
| Lake Manyara N/P | Maji Moto Luxury Tented Lodge (FB) |
| Day 8: After breakfast, depart at 0830 hrs for a morning game drive in Lake Manyara National Park. The park covers 330 sq. km, 70% of which is occupied by the lake. The varied ecosystem consists of ground water forests, acacia woodland and open grassland along the lakeshore and sustains a wealth of wildlife, including the Big Five -lion, elephant, leopard, rhino and buffalo. The park is famous for the elusive tree-climbing lions that inhabit the woodland between the lake and the Rift Valley. It is also an ornithologists’ paradise and is host to over 400 species of birds. | |
| Arusha | Zanzibar Kempinski |
| Day 9: Drive to Kilimanjaro airport to connect a flight to Zanzibar. | |
| Zanzibar | Zanzibar Kempinski |
| Day 10 to 13: Zanzibar is a archipelago off the main Tanzania coast it has some of the most interesting attractions for a discerning tourist and so far the perfect hide out on the indian ocean Islands. Zanzibar holidays are full of excitement with visits to Stone town which is Zanzibar’s largest and town as well as the capital, then the Nugwi the paradise of resort life on the northern tip of the island and then Kendwa where fishing in Zanzibar is done. Among the most interesting activities include walking tours around the islands on the sandy beaches, scuba diving in the crystal clear water and deep sea fishing. | |
| Nairobi | Departure |
| Day 14: Early transfer to the airport for a flight to Nairobi. Have city excursion to various attractions, and dinner at Carnivore Restaurant. Later you will be transferred to the airport for departure. | |