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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.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
10.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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