FOLLOWING MT. KILIMANJARO, L.VICTORIA, MASAAI MARA AND ZANZIBAR
21 DAYS CAMPING AND LODGE SAFARI IN KENYA AND TANZANIA
DAY 1 - ARRIVE TANZANIA
Arrival at Kilimanjaro Airport where you will be met by our representative,
and transferred to your hotel in Arusha. Meal Plan: HB
DAYS 2/3 - TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast, you will depart by road to your private tented
camp, situated at the boundary of Tarangire National Park. Tarangire,
Tanzania’s third largest national park is known for its
majestic baobab trees that dot the landscape, dwarfing the animals
that feed beneath them. The park supports a great diversity of
wildlife, especially during in the dry season of July to Novmeber,
when the Tarangire River provides the only permanent water supply
in the area. During this season wildlife, including up to 6.000
elephants concentrate along the river.
For a cultural experience, walking in the area and visits to some
neighboring tribes is offered. Maasai live in the area as well
as the Datoga, another tribe of semi-nomadic pastoralists who
migrated into this area many decades ago, looking for good grazing
land. The Dataoga have resisted neighbouring tribes' cultural
infiltrations. The women still wear fat treated goatskin gowns
and carve their faces and bodies to beautify themselves. Learning
about their history is as fascinating as the views are breathtaking
from the several hilltop peaks in the area. Overnight at a campsite.
Meal Plan: FB
DAY 4 - TARANGIRE - LAKE MANYARA
After breakfast you’ll drive across the floor of the
Great Rift Valley to Lake Manyara National Park. This beautiful
park with its lush vegetation and tropical forests of giant fig
and mahogany trees, takes its name from the Maasai word for "euphorbia
tirucalli", a bush which is used to make a thorny hedge to
protect their cattle. Elephant, giraffe, buffalo, zebra and a
variety of antelope inhabit the park as well as a variety of monkeys
and a large population of hippos. . If you are lucky you may see
the Manyara lions, well known for their tree climbing habits,
lazily resting on the branches of an "Acacia tortilis"
tree. The birdlife is also abundant, with flamingoes, pelicans,
hornbills and plenty of forest species.
After a game drive and a picnic lunch in the park you’ll
depart for the Ngorongoro highlands and your overnight accommodation
at Karatu. Overnight at a lodge. Meal
Plan: FB
DAY 5 - NGORONGORO CRATER
this morning your drive takes you the short distance to the "eighth
wonder of the world", the Ngorongoro Crater, the largest
unbroken caldera on earth. The floor of this collapsed volcano
spreads for 102 sq. miles and the walls are 2000ft high, a truly
awesome sight. The crater floor is a virtual "Noah's Ark",
inhabited by almost every species of wildlife indigenous to East
Africa including the black named lion and the endangered black
rhino. The crater contains a river, several swamps, and a soda
lake - complete with flamingoes, a forest and open plains. With
a picnic lunch you will descend the crater walls and spend the
afternoon and early evening wildlife viewing on the crater floor.
Overnight at a campsite. Meal Plan: FB
DAYS 6/7 - SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast depart for Serengeti National Park with a
stop enroute at Oldupai Gorge. Oldupai is the famous archeological
site where the Leakeys discovered remains of Australopithecus,
Homo Habilis and Homo Erectus, bringing crucial understanding
to the study of the evolution of the human species.
From Oldupai you’re off to the “Great Serengeti”,
likely the most famous wildlife sanctuary in the world. The vast
Serengeti plains cover an area of over 14,763 square kilometers
and during the months of the migration, is the habitat of huge
numbers of wildebeest, zebra and Thomson’s gazelle with
estimates of up to 1.5 million. From December through March they
concentrate at the Ndutu and Salei plains, where the calving season
takes place, attracting the attention of predators like lion,
cheetah and hyena. In June and July they move into the western
corridor and in October and November the herds can usually be
found in the northern Serengeti. The Serengeti "Kopjes",
massive boulder islands of granite standing in a sea of grass,
provide shelter to a great variety of plants and animals, from
the elusive leopard to the tiny dik dik. Overnight at a campsite.
Meal Plan: FB
DAY 8/9 – Lake Victoria
Game-drive to Lake Victoria. In the afternoon drive into the nearby
hills to take a look at rural Africa, passing through the small
villages of the Sakuma people, who grow cotton, ground nuts, sorghum
and cassava as well as keeping livestock. Life carries on simply
as it has done for centuries, but with a few poignant reminders
of the 20th Century! See the local school and take a stroll to
the top of a small kopje. Overnight at a campsite. Meal Plan:
FB
DAY 10/11 MASAI MARA
After breakfast, we head for the Masai Mara, Kenya's premier wildlife
reserve. The Masai Mara is picture book Africa, endless plains
punctuated by flat top acacia trees and home to an array of wildlife.
Check into Mara Sopa Lodge, home for the next 2 nights. After
lunch, relax before embarking on an afternoon game drive. Overnight
at a campsite. Meal Plan: FB
DAY 12 LAKE NAKURU
Early afternoon and head north into the Rift Valley
and Lake Nakuru famed for its vast flocks of flamingos. Enjoy
a game drive in Nakuru National Park home to rhino, lion, leopard,
buffalo and numerous species of plains game. Overnight at a campsite.
Meal Plan: FB
DAY 13 - NAIROBI – ZANZIBAR
After breakfast you will be transfered to the airport in Nairobi,
for your flight to Zanzibar the spice island. Transfer and overnight
in the middle class hotel in North Coast or East Coast. Meal
Plan: HB
DAY 14 – 18 BEACH HOTEL ZANZIBAR
Relax at leisure and enjoy the beaches of Zanzibar. There is a
wide range of water sport activities you can do, like snorkeling,
scuba diving, boat trips and more. Meal Plan: HB
DAY 19 ZANZIBAR – STONETOWN
After breakfast transfer to the hotel just in the heart
of Stone Town. On the way we will do the famous Spice Tour. We
have developed a special Spice Tour with in depth information
not only about spices, but also organically grown herbs and a
detailed description about their traditional uses in medicine
cosmetics and cooking. After the tour we invite for an opulent
lunch at our guides' home, where you can taste the spices and
fruits. The Spice Tour is also the cheapest place to purchase
spices and clove oils. Dinner and overnight at your Hotel. Meal
Plan: HB
DAY 20 CITY TOUR
Today we will show you Stone Town on our Historical
Stone Town Tour. This tour takes you through fabled Stone Town,
where history appears to stand still. With visits to the House
of Wonders, the Palace Museum (People's Palace), Dr Livingston's
House and the Arab Fort amongst others, it is a fascinating look
at the essence of Zanzibar. You will see Zanzibar's bustling market,
winding alleyways, ornately carved and studded doors, two cathedrals
and countless mosques! Overnight Dinner and overnight at
your Hotel. Meal Plan: FB
DAY 21 ZANZIBAR – AIRPORT
In the morning departure to airport Zanzibar for your flight
back home.
END OF THE PROGRAM
The package includes
- all airport transfers in private car
- international flight Nairobi – Zanzibar
- Transport and wildlife drives in modified 4WD
Land Cruiser or Land Rover with photographic roof hatch
- Services of a professional safari guide
- All wildlife reserve entry fees
- All accommodations as per itinerary, on Safari
full board, on Zanzibar on half board basis.
- All tours on Zanzibar as per itinerary
- ‘flying doctor’ insurance
The Package does not include
- Other International airfare & flights
- All items of a personal nature
- Gratuities for safari guide
- Airport departure tax
- Travel insurance
- Visa and Passport fees
- Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and beverages in lodges
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