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Crater & Simba Plus Zanzibar Extension 7 Days/ 6 Nights

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This safari is great value: you get to see some of Tanzania’s best at a relatively relaxed pace. You start at Ngorongoro Crater, which supports a year round resident population of a variety of wildlife. It is an attraction in its own right and is one of the wonders of the natural world. You then head to Lake Manyara National Park. This park is famous for the elusive tree-climbing lions and is also an ornithologist's paradise. You will stay in top class accommodations throughout the trip.

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Trip Itinerary

Day 1 - Arusha

 
Arusha / Ngorongoro.
Private Car Service

Pick up at Kilimanjaro Airport (depending on arrival time) Lunch will be served at Impala Hotel, Arusha. You thereafter depart for Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

Food and Dining

You arrive in time for dinner at the lodge. The lodge sits on the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater from where you get awesome views of the collapsed volcano.

Hotel

Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Serena Lodge.


Day 2 - Tanzania

 
Ngorongoro.
Safari

After breakfast you depart for crater tour. The drive commences with the 600 m descent to the crater floor, a magnificent natural amphitheatre. Covering 260 sq.km, the crater is an attraction in its own right and is one of the wonders of the natural world. The crater supports a year round resident population of a variety of wildlife. You will have no trouble spotting lion, elephant, rhino, buffalo and many species of plain animals- wildebeest, zebra, reedbuck, Thompson gazelle and many more. You will have packed picnic lunch on the crater floor.

Hotel

Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Serena Lodge.


Day 3 - Lake Manyara

 
Private Car Service

After breakfast, depart for Lake Manyara National Park to arrive in time for lunch at your lodge.

Safari

Go for an evening game drive in Lake Manyara National Park.

Safari

The park covers 330 sq. km, 70% of which is occupied by the lake. The varied ecosystem consists of ground water forests, acacia woodland and open grassland along the lakeshore and sustains a wealth of wildlife, including the Big Five -lion, elephant, leopard, rhino and buffalo. The park is famous for the elusive tree-climbing lions that inhabit the woodland between the lake and the Rift Valley. It is also an ornithologists’ paradise and is host to over 400 species of birds.

Hotel

You will spend the night at Lake Manyara Serena Lodge. The lodge is perched on the edge of the Mto Wa Mbu escarpment and has great views of the Great Rift Valley and Lake Manyara itself. Dinner and overnight at Lake Manyara Serena Lodge.


Day 4 - Lake Manyara

 
Lake Manyara / Arusha/Zanzibar.
Private Car Service

Breakfast will be offered and later we will drive to Arusha.

Airport Transfer

Lunch at Impala Hotel or KIA Lodge then transfer to Kilimanjaro Airport for your flight to Zanzibar.

Commercial Flight

Flight departs to Zanzibar airport.

Airport Transfer

On arrival, you will be met by our representative and transferred to BlueBay Beach Resort.

All-Inclusive Resort

Bluebay Beach Resort is situated on the finest wide, white, sandy beach on the island of Zanzibar, and is termed “the most beautiful resort in Zanzibar." Accommodations are offered in cottages located on rising ground overlooking verdant gardens, the public areas, the pool, beautiful palm trees, sparkling white beach and the azure sea with its coral reef. Dinner and Overnight at Bluebay Beach Resort.


Day 5 - 6 - Zanzibar

 
Beach

Breakfast at Bluebay Beach Resort. Spend the days enjoying activities at the finest beach of Zanzibar and leisurely pace of life at the Zanzibar coast.

All-Inclusive Resort

Dinner and Overnight at Bluebay Beach Resort.


Day 7 - Zanzibar

 
Zanzibar/Zanzibar Airport.
Airport Transfer

After breakfast depending on your flight schedule, transfer to Zanzibar airport for your International flight home.


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