Suggested itineraries Serengeti National Park Ngorongoro Crater
Arusha Arusha
Lake Manyara Mahale Mountains Airstrip
TANZANIA Zanzibar Dar es Salaam
Zanzibar
Mahale Mountains Dar es Salaam Ruaha National Park
Dar es Salaam
Katavi National Park
TANZANIA Selous Game Reserve Mafia Island
TANZANIA
ZAMBIA
Classic Northern Tanzania
Classic Southern Tanzania
This trip is a classic exploration of Tanzania’s most famous parks. It is ideal for a first time visitor to Africa as it encompasses dramatic landscapes, prolific wildlife and a variety of different activities. A guide will drive you in a modified Landrover into Lake Manyara National Park, the Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti Game Reserve. Each reserve is different both in terms of landscape and the wildlife found there. En route you’ll have the chance to stop off at local towns, barter in markets and visit Maasai in their traditional villages. After an adventurous safari in the north, you fly to Zanzibar where you can spend a week relaxing on the beach.
This trip explores Selous and Ruaha in Southern Tanzania and is suited to wildlife enthusiasts. The camps have been chosen for their locations in the heart of the parks and their excellent guiding. The Selous offers fabulous birding and boat trips whilst the main focus of Ruaha is big game viewed from open 4x4s. The trip ends at Kinasi Lodge on Mafia Island which is particularly good for snorkelling. Sail out to the reefs in Chole Bay by dhow and see parrotfish, potato groupers, batfish, butterflyfish, angelfish and more. This is a wonderful trip for those looking to immerse themselves in the wilderness.
Day 1
Fly from the UK to Nairobi overnight.
Day 2
Arrive in Nairobi and fly to Arusha. Meet your guide and drive to Onsea House for one night.
Day 3
Guided drive to Lake Manyara National Park for a full day game viewing. Onward drive to Plantation Lodge for two nights.
Day 4
Full day’s game viewing trip to the Ngorongoro Crater.
Days 5-7
Drive to the Serengeti Game Reserve for three nights at Olakira Camp. Explore the Serengeti on game drives.
Day 1
Fly from the UK to Dar es Salaam overnight.
Day 2-4
Arrive in Dar es Salaam and fly to the Selous Game Reserve for three nights at Selous Safari Camp. Explore the Selous on game drives and boat trips.
Day 5-7
Day 8-13
Day 14
Fly to Ruaha National Park for three nights at Kwihala. Game viewing in Ruaha National Park. Fly to Mafia Island for six nights at Kinasi Lodge. Time relaxing or enjoying activities on Mafia Island. Fly to Dar es Salaam and on to the UK. Arrive in the UK in the early evening.
Chimpanzees of Western Tanzania Western Tanzania is extremely wild and well suited to people who have been to Africa before. Travel to the west is not cheap, but a trip here is a once in a lifetime experience. Katavi has herds of thousands of buffalo, rivers with mud holes full of enormous crocodiles, and pods of hippo by the hundred. The beauty of Mahale defies belief: virgin rainforests filled with chimpanzees drop to white sand beaches and the clear waters of Lake Tanganyika. After time in the west we have suggested four nights at one of Zanzibar’s luxurious beach retreats – a perfect end to the trip. Day 1
Fly from the UK to Nairobi overnight.
Day 2
Connect with a flight to Arusha and drive to Onsea House for one night.
Days 3-5
Fly to Katavi National Park for three nights at Chada Camp. Explore Katavi on game drives and walking safaris.
Day 6-9
Fly to Mahale Mountains Airstrip and take a boat to Greystoke Camp for four nights. Chimpanzee tracking in Mahale Mountains.
Days 10-13 Fly to Zanzibar for four nights at Matemwe Bungalows. Swim, snorkel and relax beside the pool or on the beach. Day 14
Days 8-14 Fly to Zanzibar for seven nights at Breezes Beach Club & Spa, Zanzibar. Swim, snorkel and relax beside the pool or on the beach. Day 15
Fly to Dar es Salaam and then on to the UK. Arrive in the UK in the early evening.
Stay longer Instead of ending your trip on Zanzibar, you could fly to the Mafia Islands instead. These islands are ideal for a really peaceful hideaway. Whilst the beaches are not as spectacular as those on Zanzibar, the snorkelling and diving is some of the best on the East African coast. You can immerse yourself in village life, meeting the residents or watching the local dhow builders at work. At night, look across Chole Bay where fuzzy faced fruitbats leave their roost on Chole Island to feed on the fruit trees of Mafia and other islands.
Stay longer One way to extend this itinerary would be to add three nights at a beautiful beach lodge on the Tanzanian mainland. Ras Kutani is a 20 minute flight south of Dar es Salaam and is the ideal place in which to recover from an international flight. The lodge has beautiful rooms with ocean views, and a long sandy beach. Cuisine is excellent at Ras Kutani, with an emphasis on seafood. and fresh lobster, crab, squid and prawns are often on the menu.
Fly to Dar es Salaam and on to the UK, arriving in the early evening.
Stay longer Before flying to the west of Tanzania, enjoy some time on safari in the Serengeti. From December to May thousands of wildebeest converge on the southern plains of the park to breed and calve before starting the long journey north to the Masai Mara. Watch this spectacular sight from a mobile tented camp placed in the heart of the migration. The Serengeti provides a real contrast to both parks in the west and makes an ideal addition to this trip.
Wild dog in the Selous
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