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10 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.
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