Backpackers Special – Wild Tanzania

9 Nights / 10 Days Budget Safari of Northern Circuit and Zanzibar

Itinerary

Day 1:
Meet and Greet upon arrival at Dar es Salaam Airport. Your attendant will assist you to obtain the visa upon arrival if you have not got one in advance. Your vehicle will be awaiting you once you are cleared through immigration and customs. You will now be transferred to Sleep Inn Hotel for overnight stay on Bed and Breakfast basis.

“Sleep Inn Hotel is a unique room boutique hotel that combines modern design with the ultimate in contemporary facilities and personalized service. The Hotel’s restaurant, having calm surroundings and peaceful atmosphere serving Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and offering both Buffet and A La Carte menu in and Indoor and Outdoor (Skylight) environment”.

Day 2:
Your adventure begins today. Very early morning breakfast and pick up from the hotel for your transfer to the bus station for your ride to Arusha. Your 8 hour drive will be full of scenic views of mountains and long stretches of sisal plantations. Upon arrival you will be picked up from the station and transferred to Arusha Naaz Hotel for accommodation for the night based on bed and breakfast.

“The Arusha Naaz Hotel was established in the year 1973 and since then has been providing its customers with satisfaction and joy that has led to the hotel’s success. The Hotel currently has twenty one rooms, each one eloquently designed and furnished to provide persons from all backgrounds the most comforting of stays in this bustling safari capital of East Africa. Its perfect location, situated in the centre of the city of Arusha, makes it ideal for all, with restaurants and supermarkets being only within walking distance from the hotel”.

Day 3:
You will be picked up from your hotel soon after breakfast by your driver guide and depart to Lake Manyara, arrive lunch time, straight go for a gamedrive in Lake Manyara National Park, overnight Twiga Campsite.

Twiga Campsite:
“Twiga is an excellent campsite located near Mto wa Mbu village, just a short way from the entrance to Lake Manyara Park. This is the best campsite to stop at on the way to Lake Manyara National Park. Facilities available include, well kept lawns, toilets, showers, small bar, restaurant, evening entertainment, clean bandas (huts) with double bedded rooms, en suite shower, mosquito netting. Covered cooking and dining areas”.

Wildlife in Lake Manyara National Park
“Apart from the tree climbing lions and large concentration of elephants, Large buffalo, wildebeest and zebra herds congregate on these grassy plains, as do giraffes – some so dark in coloration that they appear to be black from a distance. Squadrons of banded mongoose dart between the acacias, while the diminutive Kirk’s dik-dik forages in their shade. Pairs of klipspringer are often seen silhouetted on the rocks above a field of searing hot springs that steams and bubbles adjacent to the lakeshore in the far south of the park”.

Day 4:
After breakfast depart for Serengeti via Oldupai Gorge, afternoon gamedrive in Serengeti National Park, overnight Seronera Campsite.

Seronera Camsite
“The Seronera campsites are well-located for game viewing in the Seronera area and provide the basic facilities required for campers including covered cooking areas, showers, toilets and camping areas. There several small campsites to choose from. The water supply at the campsites has frequently been disrupted by thirsty elephants so the showers do not always work”.

Day 5:
Full day gamedrive in Serengeti National Park, overnight Seronera Campsite.

Wildlife in the Serengeti National Park
The Serengeti is home to thousands of plant and animal species. While many visitors focus on charismatic species including lion, cheetah, elephant and leopard, there are many other mammal species that roam the plains by the thousands. These include giraffe, topi, bushbuck, warthog, hippo, rock hyrax, Grants gazelle and impala. These animals are viewed in herds or alone, and cover all ecosystems of the Serengeti.

Day 6:
Depart with picnic breakfast for early morning gamedrive, after lunch departure to Ngorongoro Crater rim en-rote gamedrive in Serengeti National Park, overnight Simba Campsite.

Simba Campsite
“A very simple campsite overlooking the crater. At night in can be quite cold and misty because of the altitude. Facilities include covered cooking area and basic dining area, cold shower and toilet.
Since new park regulations will restrict Crater Floor visits to half a day the advantages of staying here have been reduced. Nevertheless a useful staging point on the way to the Serengeti”.

Day 7:
After breakfast descend to the Ngorongoro Crater floor for gamedrive, afternoon ascend to the crater rim for Arusha airport for flight to Zanzibar. Pick up from the airport and transfer to Kendwa Breezes for three nights on HB basis.

Wildlife in the Ngorongoro Crater
“A population of approximately 25,000 large animals, largely ungulates along with reputedly the highest density of mammalian predators in Africa, lives in the crater. These include the black rhinoceros and the hippopotamus, which is very uncommon in the area. There also are many other ungulates: the wildebeest, zebra, eland and Grants and Thomsons Gazelles. Thre crater has the densest known population of lions. On the crater rim are leopards, elephants, mountain reedbucj and buffalo.

In summer, enormous numbers of Serengeti migrants pass through the plains of the reserve, including 1.7 million wildebeest, 260,000 zebra, and 470,000 gazelles. Waterbuck occur mainly near Lerai Forest; Servals occur widely in the crater and on the plains to the west. Common in the reserve are lions, hartebeest, spotted hyenas and jackals”.

Day 8:
Choose from the whole lot of activities the hotel has to offer. Be it relaxing on your verandah that faces the sea, or enjoying some of the scrumptious dishes the hotel has to offer or simply sunbathing on the white sands on Nungwi. The day is at leisure for you. Overnight at the hotel on HB basis.

“Kendwa Breezes has been topographically built on the descending Kendwa rocks all with a non-stop view of the Indian Ocean panorama. The unique design of these chalets have been inspired from the ARAB FORT (which was built in Zanzibar between 1698 and 1701) but architecturally structured to create a modern ambience”.

Day 9:
Still a lot of activities to choose from, whether you wish to use the internet facilities to write home, enjoy the In house diving and snorkeling services or shop souvenirs from the boutique shop, the choice is yours. Overnight at the hotel on HB basis.

Day 10:
After breakfast, you will be picked up from the hotel and transferred back to stonetown for a city and spice tour.

City Tour:
“The three and a half-hour tour begins with a visit to Zanzibar’s colorful market, alive with the buzz of locals bartering. You may shop your souvenirs from here. Later on you will be taken to the site of the Anglican cathedral, its foundations built on the very spot where slaves were once sold and traded,. Afterwards, visit Zanzibar Museum where David Livingstone’s first impression of the island can be read through his written journals and potent letter back home. From there, visit Tippu Tip House, Africa House (the former British Club), the Old Fort. The tour ends with an amble through the narrow, winding streets of Old Stone Town”.

Spice Tour:
“While spices no longer dominate Zanzibar’s economy as they once did, there are still numerous spice plantations in the centre of the island, which make an interesting visit. Friendly and informed guides will escort you on a walking tour of the spice farms, picking bunches of leaves, fruit and twigs from bushes and trees, inviting you to smell or taste them to guess what they are.Almost all the ingredients of the average kitchen spice rack can be found on this tour. Local children weave small ‘gifts’ from palm leaves as they follow you around and will quickly scamper up a coconut palm to cut a fresh coconut for you”.
This is a great opportunity to find out why Zanzibar is known as the ‘Spice Islands’.
This is a half-day tour and includes transfers, guide and admission fees.

After the tours, you will be transferred to the seaport for a two hour boat ride to Dar es Salaam. Pick up from the port and transfer to the airport for your international flight back home.

Cost:

2 Passengers (Sharing)	4 Passengers (Sharing)	6 Passengers (Sharing)
USD 1,995.00 per person	USD 1,695.00 per person	USD 1,495.00 per person

Cost Includes:

• Scheduled bus ride DAR-ARUSHA
• Transfer from bus station to hotel in Arusha
• Domestic Flight KILIMANJARO-ZANZIBAR.
• Boat transfer Zanzibar – Dar.
• 1 night accommodation on bed and breakfast basis at the Sleep Inn Hotel.
• Meet and greet and Airport transfers in Dar es Salaam.
• Camping Equipments, meals, cook and camping fees.
• 1 night accommodation on Fullboard basis at the Lake Manyara Twiga Campsite.
• 2 nights accommodation on Fullboard basis at the Serengeti Seronera Campsite.
• 1 night accommodation on Fullboard basis at the Ngorongoro Simba Campsite.
• Transfers to the parks and back.
• Park fees
• Game drives
• Driver/Guide and his allowance.
• 3 nights accommodation on HB basis at Kendwa Breezes Beach Resort
• Spice and City Tour
• Airport/Seaport transfers in Zanzibar.

Cost Excludes:

• Meals not mentioned in the itinerary
• Drinks / Tips and any other cost of personal nature.

For more information contact on safaris [ at ] zedsafaris.com

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