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Day 1: PM Arrive Kilimanjaro International Airport, transfer to Arusha for dinner and overnight at The Arusha Hotel. Day 2: 0830hrs After breakfast, meet and greet with your driver/guide. Safari briefing. Depart for Lake Manyara National Park. 1230hrs Lunch at Lake Manyara Hotel 1400hrs Afternoon game drive of Lake Manyara National Park, with the possibility of sighting the famous tree-climbing lions. Here you can see a variety of habitats and diverse animals and birds. Witness the large flock of flamingoes descending on Lake Manyara. Dinner and overnight at Lake Manyara Hotel. Day 3: 0800hrs After breakfast, depart for Serengeti with picnic lunch PM Afternoon game drive in Serengeti National Park Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Sopa Lodge. Day 4: 0800hrs After breakfast, full day game drive of Serengeti National Park with picnic lunch. Here can be found the largest concentration of plain animals – 4 million and five hundred species of birds. You can hope to see predators chasing their prey and enjoying their kill, and scenery is spectacular. Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Sopa Lodge. Day 5: 0800hrs Another full day game drive in Serengeti National Park with picnic lunch. Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Sopa Lodge. Day 6: 0830hrs After breakfast, short game viewing in Serengeti National Park. 1100hrs Depart for Ngorongoro via Olduvai Gorge, site of archeological findings, where traces of pre-historic man dating back to 3.5 million yearsago have been discovered. Picnic lunch on the way. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge. Day 7: 0800hrs After breakfast, descend down the crater for full day game viewing in Ngorongoro. Here you can see a spectacular concentration of wildlife, including the big five. Drive across the dense forest and near the soda lake and enjoy viewing a variety of bird life. Ascend to the lodge from the 2000ft. deep crater. Picnic lunch on the way. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge. Day 8: 0800hrs After breakfast, depart for Tarangire National Park en route game viewing way to the lodge. Lunch at Tarangire Sopa Lodge. 1400hrs Afternoon game drive of Tarangire National Park. During the dry season, Tarangire is spectacular in its concentration of wildlife. Many of the migratory species come back to the permanent waters of the Tarangire river, from which the park derives its name. Large herds of wildebeest, zebras, elephants, eland and oryx gather until the beginning of the rains when they migrate to other areasfor grazing. Dinner and overnight at Tarangire Sopa Lodge. Day 9: 0800hrs After breakfast, short game drive of Tarangire National Park. 1100hrs Depart for Arusha, arrive Arusha in time for lunch 1230hrs Lunch and safari debriefing at The Arusha Hotel. 1330hrs Transfer to Kilimanjaro Airport for flight to Zanzibar 1425hrs Check in for Precision Air 1530hrs Depart for Zanzibar 1625hrs Arrive Zanzibar International Airport, transfer to Tembo Hotel Dinner and overnight at Tembo Hotel Day 10: Full day at leisure. Optional Stone town tour, Spice Island tour, Prison Island tour, Dolphin tour, etc. Dinner and overnight at Tembo Hotel. Day 11: 0900hrs After breakfast, transfer to Bluebay Beach Resort on the East Coast of Zanzibar. Day at leisure Dinner and overnight at Bluebay Beach Resort. Day 12 & 13: Relaxation at Bluebay Beach Resort Dinner and overnight at Bluebay Beach Resort. Day 14: Morning at leisure 1300hrs Transfer to Zanzibar Seaport 1445hrs Check in for ferry to Dar es Salaam (you are booked on first class deck) 545hrs Depart for Dar es Salaam. 1715hrs Arrive Dar es Salaam Seaport, transfer to Holiday Inn Overnight at Holiday Inn – Dar es Salaam. Day 15: After early breakfast, transfer to Dar es Salaam International Airport for your flight back home. |