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12 Days Tanzania family wildlife and Zanzibar beach
holiday tour
Day 1: Arrival – Arusha
On arriving Kilimanjaro international airport, our guide
will meet you and drive you to Kibo Palace hotel for
overnight stay.
Day 2 : Arusha – Tarangire National park
Breakfast at your hotel followed by a briefing session
on the tour program with Asili Adventure Safaris tour
guide. Depart Arusha town and drive into Tarangire
National Park to arrive in good time for lunch,
Afternoon game drives followed by dinner and overnight
stat at Tarangire Sopa Lodge
This park offers wide panoramas of open acacia woodland
and grass savanna, where huge herds of Elephants (often
two hundred strong) and other unique residents, such as
fringe-eared Oryx and Lesser Kudu roam free, Lion,
Cheetah and Leopard.
Day 3: Tarangire –Serengeti National via Olduvai Gorge
Breakfast then proceed to Serengeti National Park
passing through Ngorongoro Conservation Malanja
Depression towards Olduvai Gorge. This desert like gorge
lies at the foot of the Ngorongoro highlands and is
world-renowned site as a repository for the remains of
vast numbers of animals that roamed these plains years
ago. We will visit the museum featuring the famous Zinj
skull, the Zinjanthropus men of 1.8 million years ago,
whose remaining were found here by Dr. Leakey. We
proceed to Serengeti national park for a full afternoon
gamedrives with picnic lunches. Dinner and overnight
stay at Serengeti Serena Lodge located in Seronera area.
Day 4/5: Serengeti National park
Full days spent exploring the park. Morning and after
noon gamedrives are offered. Dinner and overnight stay
at Serengeti Serena Lodge
Serengeti is Africa’s most famous and Tanzania’s largest
park covering 14,736 sq km and is adjoining with the
Masai Mara National reserve in Kenya. With a wildebeest
population of about 2 million and several other hoofed
species (which include zebra, Thomson’s gazelle, impala,
topi, Grants gazelle, Kongoni, Eland, Kirk’s dik dik,
klipspringer, roan, Oryx, oribi, waterbuck, buffalo,
giraffe and warthog), the Serengeti is sure to attract a
string of prey such as lion, leopard, cheetah, hyena,
golden jackals and bat eared foxes. Elephants are
relatively scarce and the few remaining black rhinoceros
are restricted to the Moru Koppies area.
Serengeti also offers rewarding bird viewing with
ostrich and kori bustard being common, a variety of
larks, finches, and raptors can be seen but the most
distinctive small bird is the lilac breasted roller.
Day 6: Serengeti - Ngorongoro.
We view game as we drive southeast up into the
magnificent Ngorongoro Conservation .Full afternoon
crater tour followed by dinner and overnight stay at a
lodge Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge by the crater rim.
The Ngorongoro crater is the world’s biggest whole
volcanic caldera at 8300 sq km and is arguably the most
stunning arena.
It is frequently described as one of the wonders of the
world, not only because of its geological magnificence,
but also because it serves as an extraordinary natural
sanctuary for some of Africa’s largest populations of
large mammals. Ngorongoro and other freestanding
mountains are volcanic in origin, formed during the
fracturing process that created the Rift valley 15 to 20
million years ago. When it peaked in size 3 million
years ago it was a similar height to Mt. Kilimanjaro
today
Day 7 Ngorongoro – Lake Manyara National park
Depart the lodge soon after breakfast and proceed to
Lake Manyara national park for a full afternoon
gamedrives with packed lunchs. Dinner and overnight stay
at Lake Manyara serena lodge
Lake Manyara is a shallow, alkaline lake that is part of
the Rift Valley wall; the lake is at the base of this
dramatic western escarpment giving it a beautiful and
serene setting. In addition to this peaceful setting,
Lake Manyara’s main attractions are its rich bird life,
tree climbing lions and its hippos, which you can see at
a closer range than many other places. Lake Manyara also
hosts thousands of flamingos at certain times of the
year and has diverse vegetation ranging from savannah,
to marshes and acacia woodland, enabling a variety of
wildlife habitats including butterflies.
Day 8: Lake Manyara – Zanzibar
Breakfast at leisure then proceed to Arusha town where
you take lunch before proceeding to Kilimanjaro airport
to board your afternoon flight to Zanzibar. On arriving
Zanzibar, our representative will meet you and drive you
to Ocean Paradise Beach resort to start your beach
holiday.
Day 9/10/11. Zanzibar Beach Holiday
Days spent sunbathing and relaxing in the white sand
beach resort. Optional excursion to Stone town, Prison
Island, Spice tours, Sunset cruises can be arranged at
an extra cost.
Day 12 – Zanzibar – Nairobi/Kilimanjaro/Departure
Transfer to the airport to board your flight arriving in
good connecting time with your home bound flight.
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