18 DAYS TANZANIA VILLAS EXPERIENCE (SAFARI & BEACH)

Highlights:
Tanzania, 18 Holes Golf-Course, Sunbathing
Horse Riding, Walking Safari, Maasai Village,
Balloon Safari, Great Migration, Big 5,
Stone Town, Beaches, Free yoga class, Water sport activities,
Fly In-Fly Out, Luxury and Relaxation

ITINERARY

DAY 1
Arrival in Arusha
Welcome to Kilimanjaro Intl Airport, Tanzania! Clear the customs and retrieve your baggage. Upon arrival, be greeted by our tour guide at the airport with welcome juice
and garland flowers. You will be transferred for dinner and overnight stay. Arusha, also known as “A” Town by the locals, is situated at the foot of Mount Meru, Africa’s 5th highest mountain. The altitude gives the city a pleasant climate and lush green environment. However, the natural charm of the Tanzanians and the buzz of a fast-growing city mean that Arusha has plenty to offer for those who are prepared to see and beyond. Your 2-nights stay will be in a villa on an all-inclusive basis (includes all meals, house wines and spirits, local beers, soft drinks, juices, water, laundry service and wifi except premium drinks),

Approx transit time: JRO Airport 40 min
Meals: All inclusive

Accommodation: Killi Villa Luxury Retreats

DAY 2
Leisure Day in the lodge
Leisure breakfast and lunch at the villa and depending on your day activities. You may opt to play golf, guided walking safari, horse riding, or spend the day sunbathing by the pool. All meals and overnight at the Villa.

Meals: All inclusive

Accommodation: Killi Villa Luxury Retreats

DAY 3
Arusha – Tarangire
Will be picked up from the lodge and transfer to Dolly Airstrip (Kil Golf) for the flight to Tarangire National Park departing at 9:50 AM and arriving at 10:15 AM. Its 25-minutes flight to Kuro Airstrip in Tarangire. The safari guide will meet/greet you upon arrival in Tarangire NP where will begin your game viewing in the park including a hot lunches. After lunch proceeds with an afternoon game drive, balance of the day will eat dinner and overnight. Your 2-nights stay will be in a villa on an all-inclusive basis (includes all meals, house wines and spirits, local beers, soft drinks, juices, water, laundry service and wifi except premium drinks),

Approx transit time: Flight 25 min
Meals: All inclusive

Accommodation: Lemala Mpingo Ridge tented lodge

DAY 4
Leisure Day in the lodge
Today, you will have a leisure breakfast at the lodge. After breakfast, you may choose to have a walking safari guided by an experienced guide and in the afternoon, back to the lodge for lunch. The true safari experience is evident everywhere. A handful of luxury vintage tents guarantee an intimate experience with this untamed land. Unfenced territory sees animals move through the camp. Game drives on open-air safari vehicles offer unforgettable moments: watch cheetah sprint across the savannah; observe elephants herds on the move; thrill at the rare sight of tree-climbing lions.

Meals: All inclusive

Accommodation: Lemala Mpingo Ridge tented lodge.

DAY 5
Village Tour
After breakfast from the lodge, transfer to Kuro Airstrip for the flight to Lake Manyara. On arrival 20 minutes later at Lake Manyara Airstrip the guide will pick you up and drive to Mto wa Mbu Village. Today will have a full day cultural tour in the village. Mto wa Mbu is a good opportunity to get a sense of the people and their daily lives in a guided walk tour, the program is run entirely by the local people. Hot local lunch will be served today. This is a tour that you will get to learn and understand the full culture of Tanzania while enjoying the beautiful nature and wildlife. End of the day transfer for dinner and overnight. Your 2-nights stay will be in a villa on an all-inclusive basis (includes all meals, drinks except premium drinks), laundry service. wifi

Meals: All inclusive

Accommodation: The Manor Ngorongoro luxury lodge

DAY 6
Ngorongoro Crater
After an early breakfast, depart the lodge with packed lunches and drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Descend into the Crater floor (19.2 km of diameter, 610m deep, 304 sq km) spending the rest of the day exploring the crater. It is one of the world’s greatest natural spectacles, its magical setting and abundant wildlife never fail to enthrall visitors including the last remaining Black and flamingos on the Soda lake. All the “BIG FIVE”; Lion, Leopard, Rhino, Buffalo and Elephant could be spotted in this caldera. Picnic lunches will be served at the hippo pool site. You will explore the crater before heading back to the Manor for SPA, evening cocktails, dinner and overnights

Approx transit time: 30 min
Meals: All inclusive

Accommodation: The Manor Ngorongoro luxury lodge

DAY 7
Serengeti
After breakfast from the lodge, transfer to Lake Manyara Airstrip for your onward flight to Serengeti National Park. Meet/greet by the guide upon arrival at Seronera Airstrip, we’ll proceed with game drive en route to the central part of the park. Optional hot lunch or picnic lunches. You will spend the next 4 nights in a luxurious safari villas, on all-inclusive basis (includes all meals,
soft drinks, house wines, well spirits and local beers, laundry service, wifi) This part of the park is well-known for its healthy stock of other resident wildlife, particularly the big five named for the five most prized trophies taken by hunters. Some of these are Lions: the Serengeti is believed to hold the largest population of lions in Africa due in part to the abundance of prey species. More than 3,000 lions live in this ecosystem.

Meals: All inclusive

Accommodation: Serengeti Four Season lodge

DAYS 8-10
Serengeti
Begin your full days for game viewing in the park (14,763 sq km or 5,700 sq miles) with morning and afternoon game-drives as well as with picnic lunch On this day, you may wish to take a picnic lunch or hot lunch at the villas and go for the whole day en route according to game locations to see the migration of wildebeest, zebras, as well as gazelles, great herds of buffalos, elephants, giraffes, lots of birds, all three African jackal species found here and the spectacle of predators. (Game viewing is best in the early morning and late afternoon when animals are active).
All meals and overnights at Four Seasons villas.

Meals: All inclusive

Accommodation: Serengeti Four Season lodge
NOTE:
On the morning you will have a Balloon Safari. The balloon staff will pick the ballooners up at 0500 and proceed to the launch site to watch them inflate. After the flight and a bush breakfast, will drive you back to the lodge for a rest or proceed with viewing.

DAY 11
Serengeti- Zanzibar Island
After a leisurely breakfast, will be transferred to Seronera Airstrip for the flight to Zanzibar. Arrival at Zanzibar Airport and transfer to Zanzibar Stone Town. The Zanzibar Stone Town is the old city and cultural heart of Zanzibar where very little has changed in the last 200 years. It is a place of winding alleys, bustling bazaars, mosques and grand Arab houses whose original owners vied with each other over the extravagance of their dwellings. Your 2-nights stay will be in a villa on an all-inclusive basis (includes all meals, drinks except premium drinks), laundry service. wifi

Approx transit time: Flight 2 hrs
Meals: HB

Accommodation: Park Hyatt Zanzibar

DAY 12
Stone Town/Changuu Island Tour
Today we take you to the most scenic parts of the Old Town. The tour takes you to the former site of the slave market; the cathedral (Cathedral Church of Christ) built in its site in 1874, the Sultan’s palace (Palace Museum), House of Wonders, and Arab Fort and natural museum where you will have enough time to explore these historical monuments. You will also see Zanzibar’s bustling market, and studded doors. UNESCO has recently declared Stone Town as one of the world’s historic cities, and it’s now a protected area in Zanzibar. After the Stone Town Tour, our guide will drop you off at the restaurant for lunch (Own account and to be paid directly at the restaurant). In the afternoon, proceed to the wharf to catch a local boat (with outboard engine) to visit Changuu (prison) Island. Changuu is charming little Island which is located about 5 km off to Zanzibar Stone Town and is about half an hour boat ride from Stone Town. This used to be a private place of detention for recalcitrant slaves. The island has the added attraction of several giant aldabra tortoises and beautiful peacocks which are living and breeding on the Island.

Meals: HB

Accommodation: Park Hyatt Zanzibar

DAY 13
Spice Tour- Beach
After breakfast, we go to Kizimbani Village for the Spice Tour. The Spice Island has over forty of the most valuable tropical aromatic plants that were introduced over the last two centuries by the Oman Arabs. The spices are grown in the spice grades in the hills north of Stone Town. Our knowledgeable guides will take you through this fascinating tour. You will see tropical fruits such as jack fruits, bread fruits, karambola, pineapple, lychees, etc. You can try these fruits if they are in season. Also you can check out various plants such as henna bush, perfume tree, lipstick tree and spice such as cardamon, cinnamon, clove, black pepper, nutmeg and many others. The landscape around the Kizimbani will give you a good impression of the life of Zanzibar. After the Spice Tour transfer to the North or Central East Coast of the Islan Where will check-in at the Beach hotel. You will spend the next 5 nights in a luxurious beach villa, on all-inclusive basis (includes all meals,
soft drinks, house wines, well spirits and local beers, Free Zuri cocktail, laundry service, wifi)

Approx transit time: Stone Town to Coast 1 hr
Meals: All inclusive

Accommodation: Zuri Zanzibar Hotel & Resort

DAYS 14-17
Leisure in the Beach
On your own in the coast for your leisure at the beach hotel to relax Water sport activities or excursions are available at additional cost, can arrange and organize at the hotel desk while you are there** snorkeling, scuba diving or take one of the many tours available on the island.

Meals: All inclusive

Accommodation: Zuri Zanzibar Hotel & Resort

DAY 18
Departure
After a leisurely breakfast, transfer to the Zanzibar Int’l Airport for your outward flight back home or other destinations.

Approx transit time: 1 hr
Meals: B

Accommodation: No accommodation
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