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	Includes: 6 nights camping accommodation as per the itinerary (3 nights in Zanzibar are for your own expense) Meals as per the itinerary English-speaking guide Fully-equipped overland truck Zanzibar Ferry Dar Es Salaam accommodation Zanzibar Island excursion Default insurance Excludes: International flights Visas Items of a personal nature All optional and additional activities Gratuities Serengeti & Ngorongoro Crater excursion - optional Zanzibar accommodation & board Stone Town & spice tour in Zanzibar Local Payment - this covers local tour costs, fresh produce, certain park fees and replenishment.   Notes: This tour also travels in the reverse direction. A local payment is required as part of the tour cost and covers certain local tour items. Speak to your Go2Africa consultant for more information. Board Basis Descriptions :   B BB HB FB DBB LD D -   Breakfast -   Bed & Breakfast -   Half Board -   Full Board -   Dinner, Bed & Breakfast -   Lunch & Dinner -   Dinner

Tanzanian Game Parks and Zanzibar Adventure

Duration:		10 days
Starts:		Nairobi
Ends:		Dar es Salaam
Rates from:
Dates:		Click here for Tour Dates
Countries Visited:		Tanzania
Transport:		Superior Truck
Safari cook:		Included
Tour Add Ons:		Masai Mara Safari

Experience Tanzania's varied geography, diverse cultures and famed wildlife reserves on this overland safari adventure.

Travel along the vast plains of the Serengeti with its abundance of plains game and predators while experiencing the natural spectacle of the Ngorongoro Crater.

Tanzania also has some of the most diverse cultures presenting you with opportunities to interact with a variety of people from the famed Maasai tribes, to the large Muslim population of Zanzibar.

You depart Nairobi and drive South, crossing the border into Tanzania at Namanga and continue to Arusha. This is a pleasant town situated at the base of Mount Meru, and is the starting point for your optional excursion to the Ngorongoro Crater and/or Serengeti.

You conduct these excursions in locally operated Land Rovers, which are specially adapted for safari use. Depending on which option you choose, you will be away from the Arusha campsite for either one or 2 nights.

If you take up the 2-night/3-day option you will depart Arusha in the morning with your vehicles and guides.

The drive to the Serengeti National Park takes you through the Maasai town of Mtu Wa Mbu (Mosquito River) and up into the Ngorongoro Reserve for a glimpse of the Ngorongoro Crater.

Explore the vast Serengeti savannah and be amazed at the abundant herds of plains game. The afternoon will be spent game viewing before setting up camp in the midst of the national park.

After a full morning's game drive in the Serengeti you will return to pull down camp and head back towards the Ngorongoro.

Where we travel up to Ngorongoro Crater's edge to our campsite for the evening. We suggest you pack warm clothes as it can get very cold on the rim of the crater during the night.

For those taking the 1-night / 2-day option you will be collected from Arusha today in the afternoon and transferred to the town of Karatu for the evening. Tomorrow you will join the rest of the group for your Ngorongoro game drive.

This morning you descend into the Ngorongoro Crater. With its 600m walls and 20km diameter, it is a natural wonder, and offers a spectacular view from the rim.

The true size of this caldera is only appreciated from the floor itself and 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 number of animals. After spending the full morning in the crater you will return to the campsite near Arusha for another night. Both optional excursions will follow the same schedule today.

You leave Arusha and head towards the warm Indian Ocean. Travelling through the town of Moshi, you cross the southern slopes of the highest mountain in Africa, Kilimanjaro.

There is also an opportunity to view the snowy summit, weather dependant, but which definitely calls for a photo stop! Continuing south you pass the Usambara Mountains where you encounter vast sisal plantations on the way to Dar es Salaam.

Today is another long day's drive through beautiful lush scenery and palm trees.

On arrival in Dar es Salaam, you stay the night at a beach hotel or set up camp in a site that is situated to the North of the city, and prepare for your departure to Zanzibar the next morning.

A ferry from Dar es Salaam takes you to the "Spice Island", where you will spend 3 nights on this legendary island.

Zanzibar is steeped in history and was one of the major starting points for most East African explorers in their quest for new lands.

Please note: Our crew can organize accommodation for you whilst on Zanzibar, although, from our experience, our clients have felt the need to explore the island on their own. Therefore, accommodation and food are at your own expense whilst on Zanzibar.

History aside, Zanzibar offers a wealth of experiences for the visitor.

Today the quiet streets of old Stone Town retain their Arabic influence, from the Medina-like shops to the palaces of the Sultans, who founded their vast empires on the spoils of the slave and ivory trade.

The island is still famous for its spices, and tours around a spice plantation can be organised. Other options include a trip to the nearby Prison Island with its giant tortoises, and beautiful beaches. Or perhaps you would enjoy the opportunity to hire a motorbike, and explore the more remote areas of the island.

Leaving Zanzibar, you take the ferry back to the mainland and Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania's first city with its colonial buildings and palm-lined port, where you end your safari.