Enjoy safari experience in Tanzania's best northern national
parks and at the end relax on the beach in Zanzibar. A
Private Safari with knowledgeable and competent
driver/guides.
This trip will give you a chance to experience wildlife safari in stunning National Parks of the Northern Tanzania; including - Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro and Serengeti, and at the end you will have seven days exploring/relaxing on the untouched beaches in the Spice Island of Zanzibar.
Experience and enjoy the nature, wildlife and habitat of small to large mammals, birds and reptiles in their natural areas. Our driver guides are knowledgeable and competent.
Note: We do not place groups together. This way you are ensured the full attention of our guide, but with the added knowledge of our guides’ experiences. It also means that we can start the tour on the day you prefer.
Day 1: Arrival Day Meet and greet at Kilimanjaro International Airport and then transfer to Arusha for dinner and overnight. Meals: Half Board Accommodation: Karama Lodge & Spa or similar
Day 1: Arusha to Lake Manyara Park – 130 km / 2 hrs After your breakfast at 08.30 drive from Arusha with your packed lunch to Manyara park for game viewing. At 1300 hrs take your lunch in the park picnic area, evening drive to your lodge/ campsite for Dinner and overnight at Manyara. Meals: Meals: Full Board Accommodation: Kirurumu Tented Lodge or similar / Campsite
Day 2: Lake Manyara National Park - Serengeti National Park 190 km / 3.5 – 4 hrs After breakfast at 0800hrs drive from Lake Manyara National Park with your packed lunch and game en-route to the Vast Serengeti Plains via Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Late afternoon drive to your lodge / Campsite for the dinner and overnight. Meals: Full Board Accommodation: Serengeti Sopa Lodge or similar / Campsite
Day 3: Serengeti National Park After breakfast leave with your packed lunch for game drive on the Serengeti Park acacia Savannah in the central to the east region. Around 12.30pm and 13.00pm break for your picnic lunch; thereafter proceed with tour afternoon game drive. Evening drive to your lodge / Campsite for dinner and overnight. Meals: Full Board Accommodation: Serengeti Sopa Lodge or similar / Campsite
Day 4: Serengeti National Park After breakfast continue with morning and afternoon game viewing in the Serengeti. Our driver guide will take you to places where there is large concentration of animals. Dinner and overnight at Lodge or camping. Meals: Full Board Accommodation: Serengeti Sopa Lodge similar / Campsite
Day 5: Serengeti – Ngorongoro/Olduvai After breakfast with your packed lunch drive and game en route drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. It is your "Option" whether you pass by Olduvai Gorge a historical site whereby the early man lived and can also pass by the Maasai boma if you are interested in the real African life tradition and culture. Meals: Full Board Accommodation: Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge or similar / Campsite
Day 6: Ngorongoro Crater After breakfast descent into the crater for tour around the unbroken caldera that encloses the wildlife. Lunch Ngorongoro, after lunch is your chance to visit Maasai boma, and evening drive to Tarangire for overnight at Lodge/Camp Meals: Full Board Accommodation: Tarangire Sopa Lodge or similar / Campsite
Day 7: Tarangire National Park After breakfast game drives in Tarangire national park. Hot lunch at the lodge/camp then drive back to Arusha for dinner and overnight. Meals: Half Board Accommodation: Karama Lodge & Spa or similar
Day 8: Arusha to Zanzibar - By Flight (Precisionair) departs Arusha at 1100hrs and arrive in Zanzibar at 1215hrs, meet & greet at the airport and transfer to your hotel in town (Tembo House Hotel) for overnight.
Meals: Half Board Accommodation: Tembo house hotel.
Day 9: Rest and Relax (Stone Town) At leisure and overnight at your hotel in town. With extra cost (optional) you can arrange any two tours mentioned (Spice, Historical stone town, Jozani forest, Prison Island or Sunset cruise). Also dolphin tour can be arranged on request.
Meals: Half Board Accommodation: Tembo house hotel.
Day 10: Rest & Relax (Stone Town) At leisure and overnight at your hotel in town (Tembo House Hotel)
Meals: Half Board Accommodation: Tembo house hotel
Day 11: Stone Town to East Cost After breakfast pick up from the hotel in town and transfer to the hotel in the East Coast (Karafuu Hotel) for overnight.
Meals: Half Board Accommodation: Blue Oyster Hotel
Day 12 & 13: Rest & Relax (East Coast) Spend these two days at leisure and overnight at your hotel in the East Coast (Blue Oyster Hotel)
Meals: Half Board Accommodation: Blue Oyster Hotel
Day 14: Zanzibar - Dar es Salaam - Home Pickup from your East Coast hotel and transfer to Zanzibar Airport for your flight to Dar es Salaam in connection with your departure flight back home
PRICE:
Option 1; USD 2,771 per person - Involves spending nights under tents during wildlife safari (Camping Safari) and using above mentioned hotels in Zanzibar
Option 2; USD 3,874 per person - Involves spending nights at the above mentioned lodges during wildlife safari as well as at the mentioned hotels in Zanzibar
Please note: The price above is valid up to June 2013 for July up to December 2013 price is subject to change.
Price Includes: - Accommodation and meals as specified in the itinerary above - Complementary Arrival day Accommodation on a Half Board basis and one way Airport transfer - Airport transfers as specified in the itinerary above - Sightseeing as specified in itinerary - Transport on wildlife safari in a 4WD vehicle with an open roof - Domestic flights; from Arusha to Zanzibar and from Zanzibar to Dar es Salaam - All parks entrance fees - Service of English Speaking driver guide
Price Excludes: - International flights from your home to Tanzania and return - Tips to the driver guide - Accommodation on the first night upon your arrival (We can arrange on request) - Aiport transfer on your arrival day (we can arrange on request) - Excusions in Zanzibar (we can arrange on request) - And all not mentioned in the safari itinerary
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This is a fantastic tour and a "must do" for any first time visitor to Dar, as I was.
It helps you understand more about the people who live in Dar and makes what can seem like a complex and intimidating place, accessible, friendly and understandable.
My customized 13-day trip in Tanzania was absolutely amazing!
From breathtaking Ngorongoro hiking to a taste of Kilimanjaro and local village visits, it was truly a life-changing experience.
My driver and tour manager went out of their way to accommodate my whims and made sure that my stay in Tanzania was a pleasant one. Unfortunately I fractured my ankle during one of the hikes I took, but I was taken to the hospital immediately, and taken a great care of.
I would definitely recommend this operator to anyone who's looking for a tour that's much more than just game drives.'
We went on a two day walking – canoeing trip in Arusha National Park. The tour operator also made hotel arrangements for the first three days we were in Arusha.
They stayed in contact for 11 months via email. The person I was in contact with Elifasi and our guide, Apolo Kihwil, meet us at the airport took us to our hotel. On our rest day we visited a school at our request and not part of the paid itinerary this was on their time.
Our guide Apolo was the best we had on our entire trip. He was informative, friendly and had a great sense of humor, we were rewarded with a dream trip my favorite giraffe and several at a time the last bunch we counted eleven, baboons, wart hogs, black and white monkeys, hundreds of thousand of lesser and greater flamingos on big Momella Lake he provide delicious lunches and was infinitely patient while we took photographs.
I would not hesitate to use them on my next trip to Tanzania and would request Apolo as our guide.
We had a most wonderful holiday in Kenya and Tanzania.
They looked after us very well and we were very satisfied with their service. The service provided value for money. The only comment we would make is that the email from them gave us the impression that we would be staying in a lodge but when we arrived we were in a tent. We were satisfied with the tented accomodation, however it could have been made clearer in the original email that it was tented accomodation.
The staff were very kind and helpful.
Tour Operators Reply:
Thank you for the client's feedback and contructive comment/suggestion. We are glad that they were very satisfied with the service we provided to them, despite their impression that they would be staying in a lodge instead of tent.
As per the first enquiry which the clients sent into our company, she stated that she will prefer to stay in Camping “Accommodation Preference: Camping” and the price given to them was based on Camping accommodation, and these was stated in the itinerary that “Dinner and overnight at the camp”
However, there was typing error at the end of the itinerary which indicates Lodge accommodation instead of Camping accommodation.
We will try our level best to make sure that this mistake will not happen again.
After having a wonderful safari in southern Africa organised through your webiste, we decided to return again to Tanzania after 45 years.
We booked a 19 day safari to visit six game parks...Selous, Mikumi, Lake Manyara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro, and Tarangari.
Our guide/driver, Hurumu, met us at the Dar airport and drove us to a hotel for our day of jet lag recovery. We drove to Selous first. We're not strangers to East Africa, having first arrived in 1963. By far, Hurumu is the best guide that we've ever had. He was extremely knowledgeable of wildlife, has great game eyes, a good conversationalist, and was very caring for all our needs. He understood our physical age limitations (74) but was not at all solicitous. Cool water was always available. Hurumu had the ability to always get the Toyota into position for the best photograph.
We made our initial contact the operator in 2009. Elifasi, in the office, worked with me to create the itinerary. He also was most helpful. While at Selous we requested an itinerary change. Elifasi made the changes without a problem.
The entire safari was most enjoyable and problem free.
The best of Kenya & Tanzania and they made that experience a reality. They were always on time, concerned about our well being and would without any reservations recommend them! The scenery and game viewing were all memorable and expectations met. Organizing the tour was also without any hassle
I went solo, a 50 something white woman, and me and _______ (I forget his name), rode around for 5 hours. It was a unbelievable experience.
He was a wonderful guide, I called him the "Mayor" because everybody knew him! He was so popular everywhere we went that I felt completely comfortable, safe, and like an invited family friend.
He showed me 3 or 4 neighborhoods, I met coffee makers, chapati breakfast cooks (had breakfast there with a Masaai family who stopped by!), a traditional herbalist (where I learned the treatment for meconium aspiration, I'm a perinatal pathologist!), herbal pharmacist (where I saw that fenugreek seed is used to facilitate delivery with prolonged labor), local market, fabric seller, and had a delicious lunch at an outside Swahili restaurant. I played with kids, talked with everyone, and really got a great sense of the community.
My guide also is very active in local projects and inspired me to help with a bridge rebuilding project he is spear heading. The bicycle riding was easy and really the only way to get around in these neighborhoods. It was by far the best experience I had in Dar, and one of the best I have had in my many travels in East Africa!
We could not have asked for abetter way to end our incredible adventures in Tanzania. We saw everything and did everything we could have ever imagined. From the big game watching in the Serengeti, Ngorongoro, and Lake Manyara, to ascending the highly active volcano next to Lake Natron, it was all so unbelievably incredible. A total dream come true!
Our guide Huruma had he most expansive breadth of knowledge of the natural environment, he was a pleasure to talk to. He was also extremely flexible with us as lans often changed for various reasons, but ALWAYS for the better. Huruma made us feel safe and comfortable the whole time. Alex our cook as wonderful as well making sure we had the best quality meals possiblemade from the freshest ingredients.
Choosing a safari operator is tough, but I will just say that I will always recommend these guys. They are very professional and will do everything to make sure you have the best trip possible. Thanks again for our lifetime memories. We will be back, so you will hear from us again.
Thanks Elfasi for all your time, flexibility and support in orchestrating this dream trip.
