Travelpack

Highlights: Arusha - Lake Manyara National Park - Ngorongoro Conservation Area - Serengeti National Park - Zanzibar

Itinerary:

Depart London Heathrow
Depart London Heathrow and overnight in flight

Day 1: Arrival Kilimanjaro – Arusha
Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro Airport at TBA you will be met and transfer to your Arusha city lodge. Rest of the day at leisure on own arrangements and enjoy the lodge facilities. Dinner and overnight stay.

Overnight at Lake Duliti Serena Lodge on Half Board Basis

Day 2: Arusha - Lake Manyara National Park
After your leisurely breakfast at the lodge and you will be met by our driver/guide for safari briefing and drive toward Lake Manyara. Hot lunch will be served at the Lake Manyara Serena lodge. Afternoon enjoy the game drive in Lake Manyara National Park. Evening returning to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Overnight at Lake Manyara Serena Lodge on Full Board Basis

Lake Manyara National Park
Contrasting with the intimacy of the forest is the grassy floodplain and its expansive views eastward, across the alkaline lake, to the jagged blue volcanic peaks that rise from the endless Maasai Steppes. Large buffalo, wildebeest and zebra herds congregate on these grassy plains, as do giraffes – some so dark in coloration that they appear to be black from a distance.
Inland of the floodplain, a narrow belt of acacia woodland is the favoured haunt of Manyara’s legendary tree-climbing lions and impressively tusked elephants. Squadrons of banded mongoose dart between the acacias, while the diminutive Kirk’s dik-dik forages in their shade. Pairs of klipspringer are often seen silhouetted on the rocks above a field of searing hot springs that steams and bubbles adjacent to the lakeshore in the far south of the park.

Manyara provides the perfect introduction to Tanzania’s birdlife. More than 400 species have been recorded, and even a first-time visitor to Africa might reasonably expect to observe 100 of these in one day. Highlights include thousands of pink-hued flamingos on their perpetual migration, as well as other large water birds such as pelicans, cormorants and storks.

Day 3: Lake Manyara National Park – Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Breakfast at the lodge and depart for morning game drive in Lake Manyara National Park. Later proceed toward Ngoronogoro Conservation Area in a time for lunch. Lunch at the lodge. Afternoon at leisure and enjoy lodge facility. Dinner and overnight stay in Ngoronogoro Crater.

Overnight at Ngorongoro Serena Lodge on Full Board Basis

Ngorongoro Conservation Area
The Ngorongoro Crater is often called ‘Africa’s Eden’ and the ’8th Natural Wonder of the World,’ a visit to the crater is a main drawcard for tourists coming to Tanzania and a definite world-class attraction. Within the crater rim, large herds of zebra and wildebeest graze nearby while sleeping lions laze in the sun. At dawn, the endangered black rhino returns to the thick cover of the crater forests after grazing on dew-laden grass in the morning mist. Just outside the crater’s ridge, tall Masaai herd their cattle and goats over green pastures through the highland slopes, living alongside the wildlife as they have for centuries.

Ngorongoro Conservation Area includes its eponymous famous crater, Olduvai Gorge, and huge expanses of highland plains, scrub bush, and forests that cover approximately 8300 square kilometers. A protected area, only indigenous tribes such as the Masaai are allowed to live within its borders. Lake Ndutu and Masek, both alkaline soda lakes are home to rich game populations, as well as a series of peaks and volcanoes and make the Conservation Area a unique and beautiful landscape. Of course, the crater itself, actually a type of collapsed volcano called a caldera, is the main attraction. Accommodation is located on its ridges and after a beautiful descent down the crater rim, passing lush rain forest and thick vegetation, the flora opens to grassy plains throughout the crater floor. The game viewing is truly incredible, and the topography and views of the surrounding Crater Highlands out of this world.

The Ngorongoro Crater and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area are without a doubt some of the most beautiful parts of Tanzania, steeped in history and teeming with wildlife. Besides vehicle safaris to Ngorongoro Crater, Olduvai Gorge, and surrounding attractions, hiking treks through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area are becoming increasingly popular options. Either way you choose to visit, the Crater Highlands are an unforgettable part of the Tanzanian experience

Day 4: Ngorongoro Conservation Area
After an early breakfast depart in 4 x 4 Safari vehicle descend into Ngorongoro Crater for full day game drive with packed lunch. Evening drive back to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Overnight at Ngorongoro Serena Lodge on Full Board Basis

Day 5: Ngorongoro Conservation Area - Serengeti National Park
After your morning breakfast depart for Serengeti National Park. Afternoon enjoy the game drive in Serengeti National Park with picnic lunch. Evening returning to Serengeti lodge for dinner and overnight.

Overnight at Serengeti Serena Lodges on Full Board Basis

Serengeti National Park
A million wildebeest... each one driven by the same ancient rhythm, fulfilling its instinctive role in the inescapable cycle of life: a frenzied three-week bout of territorial conquests and mating; survival of the fittest as 40km (25 mile) long columns plunge through crocodile-infested waters on the annual exodus north; replenishing the species in a brief population explosion that produces more than 8,000 calves daily before the 1,000 km (600 mile) pilgrimage begins again.

Tanzania\'s oldest and most popular national park, also a world heritage site and recently proclaimed a 7th world wide wonder, the Serengeti is famed for its annual migration, when some six million hooves pound the open plains, as more than 200,000 zebra and 300,000 Thomson\'s gazelle join the wildebeest’s trek for fresh grazing. Yet even when the migration is quiet, the Serengeti offers arguably the most scintillating game-viewing in Africa: great herds of buffalo, smaller groups of elephant and giraffe, and thousands upon thousands of eland, topi, kongoni, impala and Grant’s gazelle.
The spectacle of predator versus prey dominates Tanzania’s greatest park. Golden-maned lion prides feast on the abundance of plain grazers. Solitary leopards haunt the acacia trees lining the Seronera River, while a high density of cheetahs prowls the southeastern plains. Almost uniquely, all three African jackal species occur here, alongside the spotted hyena and a host of more elusive small predators, ranging from the insectivorous aardwolf to the beautiful serval cat.

Day 6: Serengeti National Park (Central Serengeti)
After morning breakfast and depart in 4 x 4 Safari vehicle for morning and afternoon game drive in Serengeti National Park with picnic lunch. Evening returning to Serengeti lodge for dinner and overnight.

Overnight at Serengeti Serena Lodges on Full Board Basis

Optional Cost – Serengeti Balloon Safari – Quoted Separately

Day 7: Serengeti National Park (Western Serengeti)
After an early breakfast check out and depart in 4 x 4 Safari towards Western Serengeti. Enjoy the afternoon game drive in Western Serengeti National Park with picnic lunch. Evening returning to Serengeti camp for dinner and overnight.

Overnight at Kirawira Serena Camp on Full Board Basis

Day 8 to 14: Serengeti National Park (Western Serengeti) - Zanzibar
Morning breakfast you will be transferred to Grumeti Airstrip (Srengeti) for your flight departing ETD10h30 to Zanzibar. Upon arrival ETA 14h30 at the Zanzibar airport you will be met and transfer to your beach resort.

Stay 7 nights in Luxury Junior Suite at Hideaway of Nungwi Beach Resort & Spa on All Inclusive Basis

At Hideaway of Nungwi Beach Resort - All Inclusive Meal Plan offers:

Breakfast, lunch and dinner included at the Aqua Restaurant
Soft drinks, house wine, local beer, juices, water, tea, Coffee served in the Aqua restaurant.

Breakfast: Buffet Breakfast service from 07:30am to 10:30am

Lunch: Buffet and a la carte main course. Lunch service from 12:30pm to 3.00pm

Dinner: Buffet and a la carte main course. Dinner service from 7:30pm to 10:30pm

A’ la carte Restaurants (dinner only and reservation required): “The Ishi – Teppanyaki” and “The Carnivorus & more”:
Open from 07:30 pm to 22:30 pm (closed on Tuesday and Friday because there is Gala dinner)

The a la carte Restaurants SET MENUS ARE INCLUDED for ALL ROOM CATEGORIES.
Additional menu choices at EXTRA CHARGE.

Meals and In-house beverages included
Extensive wine and beverages list available at extra charge.

In-Room stocked minibar:
Soft drinks, local beer and water.
Free welcome drink for all arrivals.
Beach Towels, sunbeds and umbrellas

Sunset bar Living & Pool Area
Offers snacks throughout the day, Soft drinks, in-house wine, cocktails, local beer, juices, water, tea, Coffee.
From 10.00 am to 00.00pm

Horizon Terrace Shisha & Cigar Lounge
Open from 06:00 pm to 00.00 pm

The Makuti Beach Bar
It offers morning and afternoon teas and cool drinks, soft drinks, juices, throughout the day

Day 15: Zanzibar – Depart
Morning breakfast at the resort and transfer to Zanzibar Airport for your onward international flight to London Heathrow with sweet memoires of Tanzania experience.