Tanzania Explorer

Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro International airport, you will be met and transferred to your hotel. The rest of the day is free for you to relax and recover from your flight.

Overnight:

Arumeru River

Meals included:

Dinner

Today you will spend the whole day visiting Arusha National Park. The park is predominantly inhabited by forest animals rather than large herds of plains game. It is a good place to find colobus monkeys and on clear days there is always the chance of photographing the larger animals such as elephant, buffalo and giraffe, with Mount Kilimanjaro in the background. Interesting features include the Ngurdoto crater and Momella lakes where hippo may be found.

Overnight:

Arumeru River

Meals included:

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

This morning we drive on a gradual descent into the Rift Valley and on to Tarangire National Park. In the afternoon you'll take a guided walk and after dinner, an exciting night game drive in the conservation area bordering the park. Tonight and the following night will be spent at Boundary Hill lodge, located high on a hill with wonderful views across the park.

Overnight:

Boundary Hill

Meals included:

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Today you will enjoy a full day game drive in the Tarangire National Park, with its unusual and compelling landscape. Grassy savannah and woodlands, liberally dotted with ancient and massive Baobab trees give the park a slightly surreal and primeval aspect, especially when they have no leaves. The Tarangire River attracts large numbers of migratory animals during the dry season and is an ideal place to see elephant, buffalo, lion, leopard, hyena, giraffe, baboon, warthog and a wide variety of plains game.

Overnight:

Boundary Hill

Meals included:

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

This morning you drive onto Manyara with a stop at Mto wa Mbu village market on the way. In the afternoon you'll take a game drive in Lake Manyara National Park, with its diverse and distinct ecological zones. Look out for the rare tree-climbing lions, monkeys galore in the tropical rain forest, hippo and flamingo near the lake and plenty of plains game grazing on the savannah. Overnight you'll either stay at the Kirurumu tented camp or the Wild Africa Manyara lodge.

Overnight:

Kirurumu Tented Camp

Wild Africa Manyara

Meals included:

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Today consists of a morning drive to the Serengeti National ParK, stopping en route at the small archaeological museum at Olduvai Gorge, where Louis and Mary Leakey found the fossilised remains of some of man's oldest ancestors. After lunch you'll take a game drive into the Serengeti National Park. You'll spend the next three nights in a semi-permanent, mobile type, luxury tented camp in the Serengeti. The location of the camp will depend on the season as the camps are moved twice a year between Ndutu, Seronera and Lobo.

Overnight:

Kuhama Camp

Olakira Camp

Meals included:

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

You'll have two full days game viewing in the Serengeti. Your driver/guide will take you to the areas where there is the most wildlife according to season. The Serengeti ecosystem contains the greatest concentration of wildlife in Africa. The varied topography and seasons create a hugely diverse range of landscapes and changing wildlife habitats. Millions of wildebeest, zebra and antelope roam the plains together with their attendant predators such as lion, cheetah, hyena and jackal. The open short grass plains dotted with rock outcrops "kopjes" dominate the south and provide nutritious food for the wildebeest and their new born calves during December to April. In the centre and western corridor of the park where the acacia savannah dominates, giraffe and other non-migratory animals are more likely to be found. Don't forget to look out for hippo and crocodile along the river banks and leopard in the forests. Heading north to Lobo, the plains give way to wooded hills with rocky outcrops and are a favourite area for elephants.

Overnight:

Kuhama Camp

Olakira Camp

Meals included:

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

You start the day with a drive to the world famous Ngorongoro Crater. After lunch you'll take a guided nature walk along the rim of the crater with spectacular views across the crater or into the Melanja Depression.

Overnight:

Ngorongoro Serena

Meals included:

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Descending into the crater, today you'll enjoy a full day of game viewing with a picnic lunch. A first glimpse of the Ngorongoro leaves one literally breathless. Once a huge volcano, probably lager than Kilimanjaro, it is now a vast circular amphitheatre, spectacularly beautiful and a garden of Eden for huge numbers of wildlife. The animals are resident throughout the year and it is not difficult to find the "Big Five" elephant, lion, buffalo rhino and leopard. Centrepiece of the extensive floor is Crater Lake, with its pink mantle of flamingo and other bird life. In the afternoon you'll leave the carter for a short drive to Karatu to overnight at either Gibb's Farm or Ngorongoro Farm House.

Overnight:

Gibb's Farm

Ngorongoro Farm House

Meals included:

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Today we transfer you to Manyara airport for your early morning flight to Selous National Park, the largest in Africa. The landscape consists of extensive Miombo woodlands, grasslands and the flood-plain of the great Rufiji River. Tall and ancient Borassic palms tower above the river banks, hippo and crocodile abound and the bird life provides never ending colour and movement. Selous is home to huge populations of elephant and buffalo, as well as lion, leopard, giraffe, Sable antelope, Liechtenstein's hartebeest and kudu. Game viewing activities include boat trips along the Rufiji River, game drives and guided bush walks accompanied by a professional guide.

Overnight:

Rufiji River Camp

Meals included:

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Today we transfer you to the airport for your flight to Zanzibar Island and upon arrival we transfer you to your hotel. This beautiful tropical island paradise is situated just of the coast in the warm waters of the Indian Ocean, and will be your home for next three days. It's a great place to unwind and relax before flying home. The rest of the day is free for you to settle in and enjoy the beautiful surroundings.

Overnight:

Pongwe Beach

Extras and options:

Watersports
Scuba diving
Zanzibar city tour
Zanzibar spice tour
Prison Island tour
Jozani forest and Kizimkazi dolphins tour

Meals included:

Breakfast & Dinner

The next two full days are free for you to do as much or as little as you like. There are plenty of options available from half day tous to watersports to Scuba diving, or perhaps you just prefer to relax by the pool and soak up the sun - the choice is yours.

Overnight:

Pongwe Beach

Extras and options:

Watersports
Scuba diving
Zanzibar city tour
Zanzibar spice tour
Prison Island tour
Jozani forest and Kiimakazi dolphins tour

Meals included:

Breakfast & Dinner

Today your tour ends with a transfer back to Zanzibar International airport for you flight home.

Meals included:

Breakfast