Welcome to the start of your safari and welcome to Tanzania! You've chosen a fantastic place for your safari journey and we'll get you started with an introductory briefing before we head out to begin the trip you've been dreaming of.Smell the spices, admire the architecture, and let yourself be carried away by the Muslim call to prayer as you explore Zanzibar Stone Town.
Accommodation
Dinner and overnight, Tembo House Hotel & Apartments
Visitors love Nungwi, which has one of the most beautiful beaches on Zanzibar Island. Nungwi is also a top spot from which to watch the sunset. This was a major boat-building center where they once made the traditional wooden sailing boats called dhows. You can learn about turtle conservation while you're here.
Dinner and overnight, Amaan Beach Bungalows
Arusha is an essential part of safari life here in northern Tanzania and most travelers pass through at some stage. Whether you’re on your way out on safari or here for a little longer, you’ll catch a glimpse of streets filled with energy,color and plenty of culture.
Dinner and overnight, Kibo Palace Hotel
Explore one of Tanzania’s most rewarding national parks, a land of big baobab trees, big elephants and big cats. No wonder this ends up being the favorite park in Tanzania for many visitors. Sightings of wildebeest, giraffes, hippos, buffaloes, baboons, vervet monkeys and zebras are also almost guaranteed. Lions are plentiful here – Tarangire is home to one of Tanzania’s healthiest lion populations. While you’ll have to work a little harder to see a cheetah or leopard, it will only enhance your excitement when you do. You can also look forward to classic safari scenery – savannah plains, river woodlands and rocky hills.
Dinner and overnight, Heart & Soul Lodge Manyara
Vast Lake Natron, in Tanzania's far north and next to the Kenya–Tanzania border, is an incredible destination. It's home to flocks of pink flamingos, and the views here can be incredible, especially near the lake's southern end from where you'll see the stunning, perfectly formed volcanic peak of Ol Doinyo Lengai.
Dinner and overnight, Africa Safari Lake Natron
Return to Lake Natron.
Dinner and overnight, Lake Natron
In the Northern Serengeti, you'll see wildlife in a beautiful setting and with not many other people around. There are animals here all throughout the year, but they're everywhere when the migration is passing through. Landscapes in this part of park are also magnificent with plenty of Serengeti Savannah grasslands between the rocky hills and Mara River.
Dinner and overnight, Mara Kati Kati Tented Lodge
Return to the Northern Serengeti to enjoy further this area of the park.
There's no better way for you to see Northern Serengeti National Park than on the guided game drive we'll take you on this morning. Get your camera and binoculars ready, sit back in our vehicle, and enjoy looking for the wildlife.
Dinner and overnight, Mara Kati Kati Tented Lodge
When people dream of the Serengeti, it's probably the Central Serengeti they're dreaming of. That's because you're in the perfect place to see all that the Serengeti has to offer, and this is the area of the park where wildlife is present in the biggest numbers. It's also filled with acacia trees and those Serengeti horizons that seem to go on forever.
Balloon Safari, Northern Serengeti National Park
Up above it all, you'll enjoy some of the best views imaginable when you join us on our balloon safari. As you drift high above the earth, you'll feel like you can touch the far horizon.
Bush Breakfast, Northern Serengeti National Park
Join us for one of the most memorable meals you can imagine when we take you out for a bush breakfast. It's perfectly safe, but you'll feel the thrill of being out in the wild. We also choose the location carefully to make sure you have a lovely view.
Dinner and overnight, Kon Tiki Serengeti Camp
You’ll learn why magical Ngorongoro is unlike anywhere else in Africa. Cloud forests encircle the crater rim, and the view out across the caldera of this former volcano – quite apart from the altitude – will leave you gasping for air. Your drive down a steep trail carries you onto the crater floor where a unique wildlife offering is added to the sheer beauty of the experience. You’ll share the sunken ecosystem of the crater floor with hyenas, lions, elephants, black rhinos and hippos. An ecosystem that has formed in the crater in the millennia since the volcano wrought its terrible fury upon the land. It could just be one of your best safari days ever.Today marks the end of your safari with us. Although it's time to say goodbye, we know that you'll leave as new friends and that you take with you so many happy and amazing memories. We look forward to welcoming you back with us one day.
Airport drop off, Kilimanjaro Airport