Zanzibar Island Safaris

• 13 Days -12 Nights - Zanzibar’s Bush and Beach Holiday Adventure
• 10 Days - 9 NightsBest Of Zanzibar’s Beach Holiday Adventure
• 6 Days - 5 Nights - Zanzibar Beach Only Safari
  
  
  

13 Days -12 Nights - Zanzibar’s Bush and Beach Holiday Adventure

Highlights:This lodge safari takes you to the northern circuit which is ideal for the adventure loving visitors as it includes some of the most challenging terrain. However the attractions are by their very nature extremely rewarding, the 7th wonder of the world Mara and finally to the island of Zanzibar which paradise heaven on its own. You will use a popup roof van for your safari part of the journey and provided and with all meals mentioned at the lodges and camp sites.

Itinerary:

Day 1:Arrival- Nairobi:

On Arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi Kenya, You are met and greeted by our tour manager and Transferred to your city hotel after a short briefing .The day is spent in Nairobi visiting sites The Nairobi Museum, Nairobi rail way museum.

Nairobi Museum show cases allot of features, like nature exhibition (geology, natural diversity, evolution of diversity, adaptive radiation and human origins) a hall of wonders and a space for audio visual presentations. In addition, there is a reception area, KMS shop and space for temporary exhibitions. There is additional space provided for the ecological dioramas; culture exhibition including cycles of life, contemporary culture and arts; history of Kenya (and history of Nairobi) and a multipurpose education space.

Dinner and overnight stay at Serena hotel

Day 2:Nairobi- Sweet Waters:

After Breakfast drive to sweet waters and arrive in time for lunch you will make a brief stop at the equator. Take an afternoon game drive the park also offers night game drives.

Ol Pejeta Conservancy is a 90,000 acre wildlife conservancy in the foothills of Mount Kenya incorporating Sweetwater’s Chimpanzee Sanctuary, the only place in Kenya to see chimpanzees. A safari on Ol Pejeta is the ultimate Kenyan holiday experience. It is a chance to see the Big 5: elephant, rhinoceros, buffalo, lion and leopard. You will be accommodated in one of two luxurious facilities and have a unique opportunity to meet a tame rhino, Morani, as well as seeing the only chimpanzees in Kenya.
Lunch,Dinner and overnight stay at a lodge.

Day 3:Sweet Waters- Samburu:

Depart for Samburu and arrive in time for lunch at the camp site. Have an afternoon game drive.

Samburu National Reserve is a wildlife haven. Here you will spot Africa’s big cats - lions, cheetahs and the elusive leopard. Some animals are unique to this northern Kenya Park: Gravy’s zebra, reticulated giraffe, kudu and gerenuk. The Ewaso Nyiro River, the boundary with the neighboring Buffalo Springs National Reserve, is where the elephants, buffalo and other animal species gather for a drink. You will find the scenic semiarid landscape quite dramatic. The reserve is located within the lands of the colorful semi-nomadic Samburu tribesmen.

Dinner,Lunch and overnight stay at Samburu Intrepid Campsite.

Day 4:Samburu & Buffalo Springs Game Reserve:

You will have an all morning game drive Game drives safari .Lunch at the camp site. With a visit to the Samburu community in the afternoon and experience their unique cultural culture through traditional ceremonies, food, dances and sale of traditional crafts.

Camp Samburu Intrepid is a camp with a stunning location on the banks of River Ewaso Nyiro where you can easily site crocodiles the please is rich with culture of the samburu people and a historical spring where a spring was formed after a bomb was dropped after a mistake of identity btw the British and the Italians. The please has a coastal atmosphere.

Dinner and overnight at Camp Samburu Intrepid

Day 5:Samburu & Buffalo Springs Game Reserve:

Full day Game drives with picnic lunch enable us to explore the entire Samburu game reserve in search of the special five greyvis zebra ,Somali ostrich, gerenuk, reticulated giraffe and beisa orxys plus other wild animal including lions and leopards plus wonderful birds and botanical identification.

Dinner and overnight at Camp Samburu Intrepid.

Day 6:Samburu- Masai Mara Game Reserve:

After an early morning game drive and breakfast at Camp, we will flight to the great and famous Masai Mara national park to see the unforgettable wildlife experience (in season). Full day game drives and game walks will be taken.
Special optional early morning balloon safari ride with a champagne breakfast is on offer at an extra cost and weather permitting - please speak to your tour guide to arrange this activity for you.

Lunch,Dinner and overnight stay at Siana springs.

Day 7:Maasai Mara Game Reserve:

Game viewing drives in the morning and afternoon visit to the Masai who live near the park.

The Maasai Mara, now The New 7the wonder of the world and 4th preferred tourist destination in the world is a home to wildlife in such abundance and variety that it is difficult to imagine. The most spectacular event of the natural world takes place here; The annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (Tanzania) in search of water and pasture while being followed on their heels by the predators of the savanna; lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena and vultures.
It hosts over 450 species of animals which include lions, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, giraffe, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, warthogs, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, buffalo, leopard, many kinds of antelopes and elephants.

Overnight and lunch at Siana springs.

Day 8:Maasai Mara Game Reserve- Serengeti National Park:

After morning game drive and breakfast in the camp, you fly to the famous Serengeti National park via Wilson and Kilimanjaro airports, arriving late afternoon at Migration Camp which is located in the northern Serengeti overlooking the Grumeti River, where the chance to witness the famous wildlife migration awaits you.
Lunch,Dinner and overnight stay at Migration camp.

Day 9:Serengeti National Park:

After breakfast experience the exquisite and luxurious Migration Camp which offers wonderful wilderness and excellent unlimited game drives which are conducted by the best qualified African expert Guides either in 4x4 land-rover vehicles or walking on foot.The Serengeti is probably the most famous wildlife sanctuary in the world. Within its 15,000 sq km area it hosts 3 million large mammals. More than 35 species of plain animals- zebra, wildebeest, eland, giraffe, and others are found here. And so for the big five: elephant, lion, buffalo, leopard and rhino. The park is the staging zones for one the most spectacular events in the natural world- the annual migration of wildebeest. This commences around June when over 1 million wildebeest, zebra and gazelle head for the Maasai Mara in Kenya in search of pasture. They are followed closely by the predators of the savanna- lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena and vultures. The Serengeti also has over 500 species of birds.

Dinner and overnight at Migration camp.

Day 10:Serengeti National Park- Ngorongoro Conservancy Area:

After the morning game drives and breakfast, you depart Serengeti national park with a picnic lunch and head towards Ngorongoro Crater the en-route experience driving to Ngorongoro gives you the best feel of the East African safari adventure as you explore the vast plains of Serengeti before arriving at Ngorongoro Crater. In the afternoon, splendid views of the crater can be observed.

Ngorongoro crater Covering 260 sq. km, the crater is a great wildlife attraction. You will have no trouble spotting Lion, Elephant, Rhino, Buffalo and many species of plains animals -Wildebeest, Zebra, Reedbuck, Thompson gazelle and many more. 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.

Lunch,Dinner and overnight stay at Ngorongoro Sopa lodge.

Day 11: Ngorongoro Conservancy Area:

After breakfast your day eleven gives you the full day game drive to explore the breathtaking Ngorongoro Conservancy area with fantastic game viewing of animals in the Crater as well as learning the bush crafts art of the Masai tribe who lived in the Crater with wildlife and their cattle for two hundred years.

Lunch,Dinner and overnight stay at Ngorongoro Sopa.

Day 12- 15: Ngorongoro Conservancy Area- Zanzibar Beach:

After breakfast, you depart Ngorongoro Crater to the lovely spice Island of Zanzibar for your beach relaxation treat for the rest of your tour.
Zanzibar is still the best-kept secret in the Indian Ocean, with its fascinating historical Stone Town and magnificent beaches. Prison Island once the site of a goal for misbehaving slaves, the island lies just off the old stone town. It is fringed with a beautiful coral reef, ideal for snorkeling, and has a lovely white beach for sun-bathing.

Lunch,Dinner and overnight stay at Zanzibar Serena resort.

Day 13: Zanzibar Beach-Departure:

After your breakfast, you are transferred to Zanzibar Airport for your Nairobi scheduled flight to connection to your deprture flights.



10 Days - 9 Nights Best Of Zanzibar’s Beach Holiday Adventure

Itinerary:

Day 1:Arrival-Nairobi-Arusha-Serengeti National Park;

On arrival at the Jommo Kenyatta International Airport you will be met by our tour manager who will brief you on your safari and thereafter you will depart for Arusha town by shuttle bus via Namanga border town for immigration formalities and arrive in time for lunch.After Lunch, you depart for Serengeti National Park via stopping en route at Olduvai Gorge. After a visit of Olduvai Gorge continue driving north game viewing en route to your campsite situated in the Nyarboro Hills in the south west of the Serengeti National Park,arriving in the late evening.

The Olduvai Gorge is the site of Dr. and Mrs. Leakey’s discovery of Zinjanthropus bosei. The Gorge was discovered accidentally by a German butterfly collector, Professor Kattwinkle, in 1911, but it was not until 1959 that Dr. Mary Leakey unearthed the Zinjanthropus skull believed to be 1.8 million years old.

Dinner and overnight stay at Seronera Wildlife Lodge or a tented Camp.

Day 2: Serengeti National Park;

After breakfast enjoy the magnificent views across the Serengeti plains and explore the area in your vehicle while driving south, arrive in time for lunch at Ndutu lodge.

The Serengeti National Park is a continuation of the Maasai Mara game reserve in Kenya. It is one of Tanzanian’s largest and most famous national parks covering an area of 14,763sq.km the greatest spectacle of annual wildlife migration in the world happens in the two adjoining parks as about a million Wildebeest cross north and south looking for greener pasture. The Serengeti also boasts of its lions and Cheetahs whereas zebras number about 200,000 other animals include giraffes grant and Thomson’s gazelle Impalas, elands, warthogs and klipspringers. It is also rich with bird life.

Dinner and overnight at Seronera Wildlife Lodge or a tented Camp.

Day 3:Serengeti National Park- Ndutu Area;

After breakfast have a full day game viewing in Ndutu Area.

The Ndutu area is in southern Serengeti is the best place to be for the annual wildebeest migration. For up to seven months of the year the huge herds remain in and around this area. A striking characteristic of this area is the stunning acacia woodland, which is immediately surrounded by the short grass plains. Within this wooded area is Lake Ndutu – one of the Rift Valley’s soda lakes. At the height of the wildebeest migration, and when heavy rains have fallen, often lines of wildebeest can be seen crossing the lake. Accompanying the wildebeest are large numbers of zebra and Thomson gazelles. Other animals that you are likely to see in this area are Elephants, lion, cheetah, leopard, buck, hyena, bat eared fox, African wildcat etc., are here all year round. The woodland provides a wonderful habitat for lots of different bird species.

All meals and overnight stay at Seronera Wildlife Lodge or a tented Camp.

Day 4: Ndutu Area - Ngorongoro Conservation Area;

After breakfast, you will drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area arriving in time for lunch at your lodge or campsite located on the crater rim. After lunch visit an authentic Maasai village (the enkang) in Ngorongoro area.

The Maasai are well known widely for maintaining their culture. They believe that all cattle in the world belong to them, even though some may have temporarily found themselves in the possession of others. Thus, the Maasai are always justified in raiding their non-Maasai neighbors in order to "return" the cattle to the rightful owners. The Maasai have very elaborate rites of passage traditions. Boys are circumcised in their early teens in a ceremony attended by the entire village. The boy who flinches during this procedure brands himself as a coward and disgraces his family. Once circumcised, the young man becomes a member of the warrior class – a Moran – and must live apart from the village (the Manyatta) with the other warriors. Eventually, at some point in his late teens or early twenties, a Moran is chosen to become a junior elder, earns the right to marry and returns to live in the village. For centuries the Maasai have hunted the lions on both as a test of manhood and to protect their cattle. The lions have learned to recognize the red robes and instinctively keep their distance. This explains why the Maasai love the red. Starting from the head where they cover it with red ochre up to dressing themselves with red stunning attire.

Dinner & overnight stay at Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge or a tented Camp.

Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater:

After breakfast, descend into the crater for a full day of game viewing. A picnic lunch will be taken on the crater floor.

Ngorongoro crater supports up to 25,000 large mammals. Grazers dominate, for example, the zebras, wildebeest (accounting for almost half the animals), gazelles, buffaloes, elands, hartebeests and wart hogs. There are examples of some grazers and browsers that they find this environment not suitable such as Giraffes, for example, they stay away because there is insufficient food at tree level; topi because they compete directly with wildebeest. Another interesting characteristic of this conservancy is that almost all of the populations of crater elephants are bulls. Breeding herds – comprising large numbers of females and their young with a few attendant older males – are probably unable to find sufficient quality food in the crater. Ngorongoro has carnivores in quantity, drawn by the large herds of prey. It has probably the densest population of large predators, mainly lions about 100 and more and 400 spotted hyenas, living in eight clans of up to eighty individuals. Both lions and hyenas will scavenge from each other, depending on weight of numbers and lack of enough food

Dinner & overnight stay at Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge or a tented Camp.

Day 6:Ngorongoro- Stone Town,Zanzibar:

This morning you will depart from the Ngorongoro and be transferred to Arusha, where you will enjoy lunch before catching a regional flight to Zanzibar.

Lunch,Dinner and overnight stay at Stone Town hotel.

Day 7: Zanzibar Beach:

After breakfast you will be transferred to Mapenzi Beach Club, where you will stay for the next 3 nights. This is the perfect end to a safari as you relax and laze away the days on the white beaches or in the turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean.

Lunch,Dinner and overnight stay at Mapenzi Beach Club.

Day 8: Zanzibar Beach:

After breakfast you have the option of lying on the beach or making use of the facilities offered at Mapenzi, such as playing tennis, snorkelling or relaxing in the Jacuzzi.

Lunch,Dinner and overnight stay at Mapenzi Beach Club.

Day 9: Zanzibar Beach:

Have breakfast and prepare yourself for an optional morning or afternoon scuba dive. Just off the shores of Zanzibar lie many different coral reefs, home to many colourful tropical fish. One can spend hours exploring the underwater world and its inhabitants. Relax for the rest of the day.

Lunch,Dinner and overnight stay at Mapenzi Beach Club.

Day 10:Zanzibar Beach-Departure:

After breakfast you will be transferred to Zanzibar Airport for your flight to your next destination.


6 Days - 5 Nights - Zanzibar Beach Only Safari
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Day 1: Arrival-Nairobi-Zanzibar:

On Arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi Kenya, You will be met by our tour manager who will brief you on your tour and then a transfer to a flight departing for Zanzibar.

Lunch,Dinner and overnight stay at Stone Town hotel.

Day 2:Zanzibar- Sand Bank Picnic:

After breakfast, you'll sail away for a full day with a traditional dhow crew for a sand bank picnic.

Dinner and overnight stay at Stone Town hotel.

Day 3: Zanzibar-Stone Town Shopping and Spice Farm:

After breakfast, a pick up is scheduled for a city tour of Stone Town including shopping at the Antique stores and gifts shops. Lunch is served at Mtoni Marine Restaurant, followed by the Spice Farms tour.

Dinner and overnight stay at Stone Town hotel.

Day 4:Zanzibar- Jozani Forest and Dolphins:

After breakfast ,pick up from hotel for a full day at Jozani Forest. The Kizimkazi Dolphin tour will take place first, followed by lunch at the Kizimkazi Restaurant. After lunch you'll explore the invigorating nature of Jozani Forest.

Dinner and overnight stay at Stone Town hotel.

Day 5: Day at your leisure:

Spend the day at your own pace. Go snorkelling, redo a favourite tour, take a sunset cruise, or simply relax on the beach.

Lunch,Dinner and overnight stay at Stone Town hotel.

Day 6: Zanzibar- Departure:

Breakfast is served. Departure transfer to the Seaport/Airport to catch a flight to your next destination.