Tanzania Safari and Zanzibar

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1. Day1 Athens to Arusha: East Africa awaitsAthens → Arusha

   Fly from Athens to Kilimanjaro airport on a scheduled flight with one connection. Your coordinator meets you on arrival and the transfer takes you to Arusha, at the foot of Mount Meru, to a 4★ lodge set in gardens. Dinner and a welcome briefing: the safari plan, life in the 4x4 and tips for photographing wildlife.

   • Flight
   • Dinner
2. Day2 Tarangire: elephants and baobabsArusha → Tarangire

   After breakfast you set off in the 4x4 for Tarangire National Park. On the first game drive, among ancient baobabs and acacias, you meet large herds of elephants, zebras, wildebeest, giraffes and, with luck, lions stretched out in the shade. In the drier months the animals gather along the river. Lunch in the park, then dinner and a night in a lodge on the edge of the park.

   • 4x4 vehicle
   • Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner
3. Day3 To the Serengeti: the road across the highlandsTarangire → Ngorongoro → Serengeti

   A long day's drive north-west: across the Ngorongoro highlands, past Maasai herders with their flocks, through Olduvai Gorge, where important remains of our ancestors were found, and finally onto the endless Serengeti plain. Gazelles, zebras and jackals appear beside the road. Arrival at the tented camp in the park, among the sounds of the savannah.

   • 4x4 vehicle
   • Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner
4. Day4 The Serengeti: a full day on safariSerengeti

   A day devoted to game drives in a 4x4 with a pop-up roof, at dawn and in the afternoon, when the animals are most active. You look for the great predators, lions on the rocks, cheetahs on the plain and, with a little luck, leopards in the acacia branches, along with herds of zebra, wildebeest, buffalo and elephants. A lunch break in the shade of a tree and back at camp as the sky burns on the horizon.

   • 4x4 vehicle
   • Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner
5. Day5 The Serengeti: dawn on the savannah and the riversSerengeti

   Another dawn on the savannah, with pink light warming the grass and animals moving slowly. The safari follows the watercourses: hippos in the pools, crocodiles on the banks, birds of prey and large herds on the move. If you wish, you can request, as an optional extra, a hot-air balloon flight over the plain. Dinner at camp.

   • 4x4 vehicle
   • Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner
6. Day6 From the Serengeti to the Ngorongoro rimSerengeti → Ngorongoro

   A last sunrise safari in the Serengeti, then you leave the plain and climb towards the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. In the afternoon, from the crater rim, the view drops into an enormous caldera, green and almost unreal, with a glittering lake on the floor. Dinner and a night in a 4★ lodge in the crater area, with fresh highland air and mist.

   • 4x4 vehicle
   • Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner
7. Day7 The Ngorongoro Crater and flight to ZanzibarNgorongoro → Arusha → Zanzibar

   An early descent into the crater, about six hundred metres deep: on the floor, grasslands, lakes and a dense concentration of wildlife, lions, elephants, hippos, hyenas and, with luck, the rare black rhino. After lunch you return to Arusha and fly to Zanzibar. Transfer to Stone Town for dinner and the night.

   • Flight
   • Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner
8. Day8 Stone Town, spices and a dhow at sunsetStone Town → north coast

   Morning in Stone Town, the old seafront quarter: narrow lanes, carved wooden doors studded with brass, bazaars and the site of the former slave market, now a memorial. Then a spice-plantation tour: cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon and vanilla to touch and smell. Transfer to the white-sand beach on the north coast and a dhow sail at sunset.

   • Coach
   • Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner
9. Day9 A last morning on the beach and flight homeZanzibar → Athens

   A last breakfast with the sea in front of you and free time for a swim in the turquoise water or a walk on the white sand. Later in the day, transfer to Zanzibar airport and the flight home to Athens with one connection, the safari still vivid in your mind and the scent of spices in your luggage.

   • Flight
   • Breakfast