SAVANNAH & ZANZIBAR

12 days / 11 nights

Arusha / Tarangire / Ngorongoro Crater / Serengeti / Zanzibar

Day 1: Tuesday: Arusha

You arrive at Kilimanjaro Airport and met by the Simba Representative and transferred to Arusha where you rest and Relax in your lodge.
Overnight: Arusha Coffee Lodge

Day 2: Wednesday: Arusha/ Tarangire National Park

After Breakfast, you will set off on safari with your private car and driver to Tarangire National Park. Named for the river that nourishes the wildlife of a vast ecosystem, Tarangire is home to elephant, zebra, wildebeest, gazelle, buffalo, eland, waterbuck, lion, giraffe, Oryx and an unsurpassed diversity of birds. From June to November, masses of wildlife congregate around the river, but the park is a stronghold for big game year-round. Take your first game drive before retiring to your beautifully designed lodge.
Overnight: Tarangire Safari Lodge (B, L, D)

Day 3: Thursday: Tarangire National Park

Full Day Game drive through the Tarangire National Park. You also visit a Maasai Village.
Overnight: Tarangire Safari Lodge (B, L, D)

DAY 4: Friday: Tarangire / Karatu

After breakfast you drive to Manyara National park with Picnic lunch. A morning game drive through the Lake Manyara National Park. Afternoon, you drive to your beautiful lodge located at a very scenic location in Karatu.
Overnight: Ngorongoro Oldeani Lodge (B, L, D)

Day 5: Saturday: Ngorongoro Crater

Spend a full day exploring the woodlands, lakes and wide-open plains of the Crater floor. Ngorongoro offers unsurpassed viewing of rare black rhinoceros, which are undisturbed by vehicles and allow viewing at close range. Some of its other 25,000 residents include lion, elephant, hyena, wildebeest, buffalo, hippo, ostrich and an abundance of pink flamingos on Lake Magadi. Return to your lodge this late afternoon.
Overnight: Ngorongoro Oldeani Lodge (B, L, D)

Day 6: Sunday: Karatu / Serengeti National Park

The legendary Serengeti Plain is your destination today, a vast rolling plain whose sparse vegetation allows for some of the best wildlife viewing in the world. The annual migration of wildebeest and zebra is one of the park’s great attractions, but throughout the year the Serengeti is excellent for seeing predators such as lion, leopard and cheetah, along with elephant, giraffe, hyena, hippo, rhino, and many varieties of antelopes and birds. On the way visit Olduvai Gorge. Arrive at your lodge for a delicious lunch. Later this afternoon, visit a Maasai village.
Overnight: Four Seasons Lodge (B, L, D)

Day 7: Monday: Serengeti National Park

A thrilling day of game viewing will take you to prime areas for seeing the fullest possible variety of animals. Visit hippo pools in the Seronera Valley, forests where leopard and colobus monkeys live in the treetops, kopjes where lions laze in the shade, and riversides where large animals congregate to drink. Return to your lodge lunch and after some rest you enjoy the presentation “Discover Serengeti”. Late Afternoon game drive after the presentation.
Overnight: Four Seasons Lodge (B, L, D)

Day 8: Tuesday: Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, you drive to the north east part of the seventh gate of vast Serengeti Plain and arrive at your luxury camp. After lunch a game drive. Late afternoon, you do a cultural visit to a Maasai village.
Overnight: Buffalo Camp (B, L, D)

Day 9: Wednesday: Serengeti National Park

A full day of game drives through the vast part of the Serengeti National park with picnic lunch or hot lunch at your camp, late afternoon you return to your luxury camp. Sundowner at the camp and you enjoy a unique experience of a night gamed drive.
Overnight: Buffalo Camp (B, L, D)

Day 10: Thursday: Serengeti / Zanzibar

After breakfast you are driven to the airstrip with en-route game viewing and you fly to Zanzibar via Arusha. You arrive at your lodge in Zanzibar. Late Afternoon, at leisure, At evening, briefing by our Zanzibar Guide about the Zanzibar island.
Overnight: Park Hyatt Zanzibar (B, L, D)

Day 11: Friday: Zanzibar

A full day in Zanzibar Island, today you enjoy spice tour, stone town tour and sundowner cruise in Indian Ocean.
Overnight: Park Hyatt Zanzibar (B, L, D)

Day 12: Saturday: Zanzibar / Dar-Es-Salaam / Return Home

After breakfast you fly to Dar – Es- Salam for your outbound flight to back home.
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