TANZANIA
Tanzania’s natural environment and geographical features have made it one of the best tourist destinations in Africa. Being the biggest country in east Africa, Tanzania has heaps to offer her visitors, including 13 game reserves and national parks. Tanzania also forms part of the world’s largest animal’s movements, the great migration. Inland are the vast Serengeti National Park and the animal-packed Ngorongoro Conservation area, and thousands of people every year fulfil their lifetime achievement of climbing to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, which is the highest mountain in Africa. On the coast, Zanzibar is exotic, intriguing and steeped in the unique Swahili culture.
DAY 7: Musoma (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)
We depart Kenya and head south into Tanzania. After border formalities, our drive takes us through the scenic granite landscapes adjacent to Africa’s largest lake – Lake Victoria. We spend the night at a campsite Tembo Beach Resort with shared ablution facilities (or similar) on the banks of Lake Victoria in the fishing town of Musoma.
DAY 8-9: Serengeti National Park & Ngorongoro Crater (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)
After stocking up on supplies for the next couple of days, we head to the Serengeti National Park, entering the park after lunch. The Serengeti (Masai for “endless plains”) is famous for its enormous concentration of game (especially the big cats) and for the annual migration of millions of wildebeest, zebra and Thomson’s gazelles. The abundance of plains game in this area is truly astounding. We enter the park through the lesser travelled western corridor and game drive en-route to our campsite in the centre of the park. In the morning, we head off for another game drive and explore the landscape in search of the resident wildlife. With some luck, we may see some of Africa’s ‘Big 5’! These two nights we stay in twin-share rooms at the Golden Safari Campsite with en-suite bathroom facilities (or similar).
After an early start on day 9, we pack up our camp and continue our game drive through the Serengeti National Park. We head to the southern part of the park where we have the chance to see the endless plains this park is renowned for. We cross from the Serengeti to the Ngorongoro Conservation area at lunch time and begin our descent into the caldera, known as the Ngorongoro Crater. The Ngorongoro Crater with its 600 m high walls and 20 km width is a natural marvel. The Crater’s rim offers spectacular views, but the true scale of this caldera is only appreciated from the floor itself where the abundance of its animal inhabitants becomes apparent. It is home to nearly every species of African animal and offers a chance to view an incredible concentration of East African mammals, such as elephant, rhino, buffalo, hippo, lion and plain’s game. After spending the morning game driving in The Crater, we continue to our campsite outside Arusha where we spend the evening musing over our thrilling wildlife experience.
DAY 10: Karatu to Arusha (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)
A late start today as we travel onto Arusha where we will stay at the Outpost Hotel (or similar) in twin-share rooms with en-suite bathroom facilities.
DAY 11: Arusha to Nairobi (Breakfast / Lunch)
After breakfast, we begin our journey back to Nairobi. On arrival in the late afternoon, we exchange addresses and part ways, having just experienced a trip of a lifetime!
On this trip where we generally stay you will have the option to upgrade into either tented or hard top accommodation.
WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED?
Flights, Airport departure taxes departure transfer, visas, meals, water & drinks unless otherwise stated, travel insurance, laundry, personal items, sleeping bag, pillow, tips & bottled water, vaccinations and tests required to enter into countries visited.
PLEASE NOTE:
This itinerary should be used as a guide only and may vary from day to day depending on road & weather conditions, political situations and group decisions.
All prices are subject to change.
Due to Tourism Laws in some of the countries we visit, there may be a truck and crew change during the trip. Your arrival transfer is included in your trip price. Should you choose not to make use of this, or in the event that Africa Travel Co was not updated with your arrival details, no refund will be paid for services not used.
Lodgings will be in the mentioned accommodation or similar.
Please ensure you’ve received a copy of our pre-departure information document with information on what to expect on this overland safari.