12 Days Lake Manyara/Ngorongoro/Serengeti/Tarangire/Zanzibar beach
holiday
Day 1. Lake Manyara.
Leave Arusha arriving in time for lunch; proceed to Lake Manyara
national park for afternoon game drive. Stretching for 50km along
the base of the rusty gold 600-metre high Rift valley escarpments,
Lake Manyara is a scenic gem, with a setting extolled by Ernest
Hemingway as ?the loveliest I had seen in Africa?. The compact game
viewing circuit through Manyara offers a virtual microcosm of the
Tanzanian safari experience. Afternoon game drive to explore the
park. Dinner and overnight at Serena lodge.
Day 2. Ngorongoro.
Morning game drive in Lake Manyara, after breakfast depart for
Ngorongoro, one of the natural wonders of the world. The Crater is
one of the world's greatest natural spectacles; its magical setting
and abundant wildlife never fail to enthral visitors. It borders the
Serengeti National Park to the north and west. A few hours drive to
the east takes you to the town of Arusha, which nestles at the foot
of Mount Meru, within view of Mount Kilimanjaro. Arusha is known as
the gateway to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and the Northern
Parks. Dinner and overnight at a lodge.
Meals and overnight at Sopa lodge.
Day 3. Ngorongoro crater.
After breakfast you will be taken 2000ft down the crater by a 4wheel
drive vehicle for a full day crater tour, picnic lunch at crater.
The Crater is also referred to as ?the eighth wonder of the world?
and stretching across some 8,300 sq km, the Ngorongoro Conservation
Area in northern Tanzania boasts a blend of landscapes, wildlife,
people and archaeology that is unsurpassed in Africa. The volcanoes,
grasslands, waterfalls and mountain forests are home to an abundance
of animals and to the Maasai people. In the evening ascend to the
lodge for dinner and overnight at Sopa lodge
Day 4. Serengeti.
After breakfast depart for Serengeti passing through Olduvai Gorge-
the site of Leakey?s family discovery of fossils of human and animal
ancestors dating back to almost two million years. The Serengeti
ecosystem is one of the oldest on earth. The essential features of
climate, vegetation and fauna have barely changed in the past
million years. Early man himself made an appearance in Olduvai Gorge
about two million years ago. Some patterns of life, death,
adaptation and migration are as old as the hills themselves. Meals
and overnight at sopa lodge.
Day 5. Serengeti.
Full day in Serengeti plains with morning and afternoon game viewing
and drive. Search for wild game you might have missed the previous
game drive. It is the migration for which Serengeti is perhaps most
famous. Over a million wildebeest and about 200,000 zebras flow
south from the northern hills to the southern plains for the short
rains every October and November, and then swirl west and north
after the long rains in April, May and June. So strong is the
ancient instinct to move that no drought, gorge or crocodile
infested river can hold them back. Meals and overnight at lodge.
Day 6. Tarangire.
After breakfast drive to Tarangire to arrive in time for lunch.
Afternoon game viewing and drives to explore this famous park. The
fierce sun sucks the moisture from the landscape, baking the earth
into a dusty red, the withered grass as brittle as straw. The
Tarangire River has shriveled to a shadow of its wet season self but
it is choked with wildlife. Tarangire's pythons climb trees, as do
its lions and leopards, lounging in the branches where the fruit of
the sausage tree disguises the twitch of a tail. Meals and overnight
at lodge. for wild game you might have missed the previous game
drive. It is the migration for which Serengeti is perhaps most
famous. Over a million wildebeest and about 200,000 zebras flow
south from the northern hills to the southern plains for the short
rains every October and November, and then swirl west and north
after the long rains in April, May and June. So strong is the
ancient instinct to move that no drought, gorge or crocodile
infested river can hold them back. Meals and overnight at Sopa
lodge.
Day 7.Arusha-Zanzibar
After breakfast, depart to Arusha town- Safari Destination; it is a
starting point for safaris in the northern circuit arriving in time
for lunch. After lunch transfer to the airport for flight to
Zanzibar, met at the airport and transfer to Ocean paradise beach
hotel/Blue bay beach club/Breezes beach club/Similar.
Day 8.Zanzibar.
Full day in Zanzibar enjoying optional beach activities dinner and
overnight at Ocean paradise beach hotel/Blue bay beach club/Breezes
Club/Similar.
Day 9,10 & 11.Zanzibar
Full day in Zanzibar enjoying optional beach activities dinner and
overnight at Ocean paradise beach hotel/Blue bay beach club/Breezes
beach club/Similar.
Day 12.Zanzibar –Kilimanjaro airport.
Morning at leisure afternoon transfer to the airport for flight to
Kilimanjaro International airport, connect for your flight out.
Price per person sharing $3925
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