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TANZANIA SAFARI - ROMANCE EAST AFRICA

10 Days

Tour Type: Fly in Luxury Lodge

Highlights:

Serengeti National Park

- One of the most strategically positioned wildlife sanctuaries in the world. Action packed night game drives and extensive bush walks into the Serengeti. Explore Africa’s most famous park - 5,600 sq. miles. See cheetah, giraffe, lion, leopard, elephant and many more.

Ngorongoro Crater

- Shelters the most beautiful wildlife haven left on earth. Game drives through the emerald plains and forests of the crater floor. Maasai and their cattle co-exist with the wildlife, an ancient interplay between wildlife and man. Magnificent views of the Ngorongoro Crater from your romantic suite.

Mnemba Island

- White beach and candlelit dinners on the shoreline of the island. Stunning beach banda accommodation on a raised platform, made of indigenous woven palm, palm fronds and fine basket weave. Includes scuba diving, snorkeling, kayaking, salt water fly-fishing and windsurfing.

Itinerary

As conducted from Arusha Airport to Zanzibar Airport

Day 1, 2 & 3: Serengeti National Park

Upon your arrival at Arusha Airport you will be met by a safari representative who will assist you in boarding your scheduled flight to Grumeti’s Airstrip.  Your flight departs at 08:00 in the morning and 15:00 in the afternoon.  A short game-drive transfer (10 minutes) will bring you to camp.

Serengeti National Park and Grumeti boasts exceptional year-round game viewing, the Grumeti River crossing during the Great Migration, interpretive game-drives into the Serengeti, the largest mass of free-ranging game on earth, excellent hippo and crocodile viewing, and a stunning remote African Safari experience. Grumeti River Camp Lodge is a splendid safari camp renowned for its stylish, vibrantly African designed tented suites set along the banks of a bywater of the Grumeti River, offering exceptional crocodile and hippo viewing. Grumeti’s spacious tents under makuti (palm frond) canopies and the vibrancy of colourful interiors - including hand-blown Kenyan glassware, African cloth and local sculptured furnishings - bring alive the excitement of Africa. Each tented suite features a large bed made of Tanzanian cypress and comfortable deck furniture both in and outdoors. En suite bathrooms offer separate w.c.s and alfresco showers open to the sun and stars.

Yoruba beaded antique artifacts adorn the sitting areas and domed bar. Spacious decks are perfect for sundowners overlooking the water and game viewing. Delicious Pan-African cuisine - prepared on traditional ëjikos’ (fires) or in stone ovens - is served in the boma or open-fronted dining area. Private dinners may be arranged for any special occasion. Enjoy the sparkling plunge pool, funky guest areas and African crafts shop.

Your stay is on a full board basis including scheduled activities, game drives in the Serengeti National Park and park fees. Explore the Serengeti savanna and woodlands on interpretive, twice-daily game-drives and enjoy excellent birdwatching in and around the camp. Optional excursions to Lake Victoria - Africa’s largest lake - can also be arranged at an additional cost and may be booked directly at the lodge, subject to availability of vehicles.

Day 4 & 5: Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area

Enjoy an early morning game-drive and breakfast before your scheduled flight to Manyara Airstrip.  A representative from Ngorongoro Crater Lodge will meet you for your road transfer of approximately 2 hours to the lodge.

Nearly three million years old, the ancient caldera of the once-volcanic Ngorongoro shelters one of the most beautiful wildlife havens on earth, ringed with towering walls and sheltering forests, grasslands, fresh springs and a large soda lake. Nearby Olduvai Gorge - a famous early archaeological site - is situated to the west of the Crater in the eastern Serengeti Plains. In the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, 42 000 Maasai live and herd their livestock in harmony with Africa’s wild animals.

Ngorongoro Crater Lodge is perched on the edge of the world-famous Ngorongoro Crater at the eastern edge of the Serengeti in northern Tanzania. It lies within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, which covers more than 8 000 square kilometres (3 100 square miles) of pristine African wilderness. Inspired in design by the Maasai mud-and-stick manyatta (homestead), Ngorongoro Crater Lodge is without doubt one of the most architecturally spectacular safari lodges in Africa.

The intimate camp comprises romantic suites perched on the edge of the Ngorongoro Crater with spectacular views. Each suite has a private viewing deck, exclusive butler service, and spacious en suite bathroom. Enjoy extraordinary guest areas and an African gift shop and art gallery. Your stay is on a full board basis including scheduled activities and park fees.

Activities include one game-drive on the Crater floor. Additional activities may be booked directly at the lodge, subject to extra cost and availability of vehicles.  Such activities include excursions to Olduvai Gorge and Shifting Sands, a visit to a Maasai village and walks at Empakai Crater.  Massages are offered for those who need to relax after a day’s game-viewing

Day 6, 7, 8 & 9: Mnemba Island - Zanzibar

Enjoy an early morning breakfast.  Transfer to Manyara Airstrip for your scheduled flight to Arusha Airport.  Upon arrival at 12:15, you connect onto your scheduled flight to Zanzibar Airport where you will be met by a representative from Mnemba Island for your road and boat transfer of approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes to the lodge

Mnemba Island Lodge is situated on an exclusive island just 4.5 kilometres (2.8 miles) off the north-eastern tip of Zanzibar in the azure Indian Ocean. Surrounded by an atoll of breathtaking coral reefs, it boasts some of Africa’s most wonderful dive sites. Mnemba is renowned as one of the most romantic ocean destinations in the world, offering a privacy and rustic exclusivity unparalleled on the African coastline.

Mnemba, an Arabic word meaning octopus head, is a 20-minute cruise in a traditional 16 foot flat-bottomed boat from the Island of Zanzibar. Just one-mile in circumference, a pristine swathe of beach halos the island, fringed by a tropical forest.  The Lodge comprises just 10 rustic palm-frond bandas with en suite bathrooms and private verandas nestling in a tropical beach forest fringed by a soft white coral-sand beach. Hand-woven from traditional Zanzibarian palm-matting, each of the secluded bandas on this Indian ocean island is hidden in the shade of a tropical beach forest. A palm-covered walkway leads to an en suite bathroom with shower and basin.  Zanzibar is famous for its intricate, detailed woodcarvings and the scrolled headboards adorning the beds are created by some of the Island's most skilled artisans.

Thatched dining and sitting/bar areas have beautiful open views of the beach and spectacular coral reefs beyond. Baskets of fresh fruit, fish and lobsters are brought by traditional outriggers to Mnemba's shore, to be prepared as exquisite and exotic delicacies. A protection zone surrounds the island, conserving magnificent coral reefs where giant turtles, ghost crabs and spectacular tropical fish drift through the lagoons.

Your stay is on a full board basis including scheduled activities. Activities include scuba diving (2 dives per day), snorkelling, kayaking, salt water fly-fishing and windsurfing.

Optional extras include diving courses, deep-sea fishing, a tour of the ancient Spice Island of Zanzibar, and a range of relaxing massages and therapeutic treatments.

Attractions in and around Mnemba Island, Zanzibar:
• Zanzibar - An idyllic archipelago surrounded by the tropical Indian Ocean…
• Stone Town - Zanzibar's capital, with its bustling streets, has a fascinating history…
• Spice Tour - Heighten your senses and learn about Zanzibar’s main source of industry…
• Ecotourism - The Island keeps firmly in line with stringent conservation principles…
• Diving - The spectacular coral reefs and abundant marine life offer some of the best diving on the East African Coast…

Day 10: Zanzibar

At leisure until your boat and road transfer to Zanzibar Airport where your African Tanzania Safari ends.  

Safari Price: US $7,404 to $10,259 pps

Single Supplement - Email for quote
Closed (End April to End May)

Notes:
Rates are subject to a minimum of two guests travelling, Grumeti River Camp and Mnemba Island are closed from 01 April to 31 May, no single room supplement applicable (with the exception of Mnemba Island) for the first two single rooms booked, per booking.  For three or more single rooms booked a single room supplement is applicable.  

Price Includes:
Meet and greet on arrival, twin / single accommodation, meals on a full board basis, soft drinks, house wine, local brand spirits, local beer, teas and coffees, laundry, scheduled domestic flights: Arusha Airport / Grumeti Airstrip / Manyara Airstrip / Zanzibar Airport, scheduled transfers: Manyara Airstrip / Ngorongoro Crater Lodge / Manyara Airstrip and Zanzibar Airport / Mnemba Island / Zanzibar Airport, scheduled game activities as specified, Tanzania National Park fees, scuba diving (2 dives per day) at Mnemba Island. Guests must provide proof that they hold a valid diving certificate alternatively diving courses are available at an additional cost, snorkelling, kayaking, salt water fly-fishing, and windsurfing at Mnemba Island, airport taxes and fuel surcharges, emergency medical evacuation insurance.  

Price Excludes:
Gratuities and all items of a personal nature, meals and drinks not specified above, champagne, cognacs, cellar wines, cigars and cigarettes, diving instruction (diving course) and deep-sea fishing at Mnemba Island, sightseeing and excursions other than those specified, transfers to Arusha Airport (day 1) and from Zanzibar Airport (day 10), visa fees (if required).  

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