Day 1 – 10 | Family Safari Holiday
Lake Manyara National Park – Game drive
Serengeti National Park – Game drive
Ngorongoro Crater – Game drive
Zanzibar – Beach Relaxation
Day 1: Arusha – Lake Manyara National Park
After breakfast in your hotel, you will be picked up and drive through on tarmac road which lead about two hours to the Lake Manyara main gate. After completing all the payment formalities check in and begin your game drive to this wonderful park well known for its tree climbing lions and over 400 of bird species, primate-filled forests and grassy plains. A large area of the park is covered by the alkaline Lake Manyara, the seasonal breeding grounds for large colonies of flamingos and many more waterfowls. The park is also home to giraffes, hippos, wildebeests, impalas and groups of noisy monkeys and baboons. After an extensive game drive leave the park in late afternoon and drive to the camp for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation at Kirurumu Manyara Tented Camp
Day 2: Lake Manyara – Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, you will travel via the cooler highlands towards the southern Serengeti and at midday you will reach the plains of the Serengeti to Naabi hills gate for check in, (you can have your packed lunch here while checking in), and you are now in Serengeti. After lunch, game drive on your way to the central Serengeti possibly your driver guide will have already known where the big herds are located. Sunset game drives on your way to the camp. This park is the largest in Tanzania and has a diversity of habitats and landscapes – short grass plains, savannah, thick bush, swamps and lakes. Bizarre rock formations called kopjes dot the grassy landscape where predators are often seen. The Serengeti is famous for the yearly migration when hundreds of thousands of wildebeests and zebras trek to find fresh grass and water.
Accommodation at Zawadi Serengeti Tented Camp
Day 3: Full Day Serengeti
Leave the camp early morning with breakfast box for an early morning game drive in the Serengeti to where the big herds are located; you might spot lots of nocturnal animal coming back after a long night of hunting or a group of lionesses planning a hunt or a hard of buffalo lazily grazing before getting hot. Break for breakfast in the bush and proceed with game drives until afternoon. Take your lunch break at Seronera visitor’s center and afterward a little rest before embarking on your afternoon game drive. Later evening drive back to your campsite before or after sunset.
Accommodation at Zawadi Serengeti Tented Camp
Day 4: Serengeti – Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Wake up early morning before breakfast; go for sunrise game drive in Serengeti National park. Later return to the camp around 9am for late breakfast, on your outward journey to the park gate, you will enjoy some more game viewing on the way before you leave the Serengeti Park. While check out at the same time embark on the plains bordering the Ngorongoro Conservation area and head to your camp located on the edge of the crater for breathtaking views over the caldera.
Accommodation at Lion's Paw Ngorongoro Luxury Camp
Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater – Arusha
After early breakfast, leave the camp and descend into the crater floor for about 6 hours of game drive. This massive collapsed volcano is home to over 25,000 mammals ranging from the “Big Five” – lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino and leopard. The area also supports a vast variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeest, zebra, eland, warthog and giant hippos to some of the more than 500 bird species can be spotted in this area. Another big draw card to this picturesque place is its dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard, which sometimes requires a trained eye to spot. After an extensive game drive, you will leave the crater and drive to Arusha.
Accommodation at Gran Melia Hotel Arusha
Day 6: Arusha – Zanzibar
After breakfast, you will be picked up and transfer to the airport to catch your flight to Zanzibar Island. On arrival at Zanzibar airport you will be met by our representative and drive to the beach.
Accommodation at Melia Zanzibar Hotel
Day 7-9: Zanzibar Beach Holidays
The days are spent relaxing on the beach for your unforgettable life event and remarkable safari. You can also take a leisurely walk around the village, swimming in the infinity outdoor pool or rather swimming in the ocean, or just relaxing in the shade with a cool drink. There is a wide range of water sport, any water sport of your choice can be organize in the hotel like snorkeling, diving, wind surfing, fishing with local people or sunset dhow cruise. All nights at the same hotel (but can be customized accordingly)
Accommodation at Melia Zanzibar Hotel
Day 10: Departure
After breakfast, depending on your flight time (Option) you can go for a guided Stone Town tour before going to Zanzibar airport for your flight back home.
This special family safari will definitely leave you and your kids with a lifetime memory of this part of Africa.
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Items included:
Tented camp safari according to the itinerary
Full board accommodation while on safari
All hotel accommodation in Zanzibar
Bed and breakfast basis while on Zanzibar
One way flight ticket to Zanzibar
Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle
Professional, English-speaking driver/guide
Unlimited mineral water
Concession fee
All mentioned activities
All national park fees
Government taxes
Items excluded:
International flights
Optional activities
Beverage drinks and laundry service
Any activities at Zanzibar like snorkeling or diving or tours at Zanzibar