Our driver, Gao will collect you from Kilimanjaro Airport and whisk you across the safari capital of Tanzania, Arusha into Maasai Land.
You will arrive at Katambuga after 1.45 hrs.
Supper at the hotel.
Hearing Africa wake up from your room is a good start to disconnecting from your normal routine and get in to the rhythm of your East African adventure. Perhaps a quick swim before breakfast with Mt. Meru spectacularly lit up in front of you!
After a tasty breakfast, all locally sourced, you will meet your guide Godson.
In no time you will wend your way towards your first destination - Tarangire National Park. With an expanding elephant population and a diverse mixture of riverine valleys and short grass plains this is a jewel of a park. Magnificent Baobab trees dot the landscape.
After a full day game viewing exit through the Western Gate of Tarangire and into our private concession at the foot of the Malbarrow escarpment.
Drive up to the nearby Kopjies and have sundowners with a view of the escarpment and out to Babati . The view has changed little since Bror Von Blixen had his hunting camp 100 years ago.
Classic safari tents will be your home for the next couple of nights, the ripple of the canvas in the wind and the panoply of stars seen through your mosquito net evoke a bygone age.
A morning excursion to the near by Lake Manyara National Park.
Back early afternoon with time to explore Darakuta sand bottomed rivers and towering forests.
Expect bucket showers (you will quickly master the art of Wet. Wash. Wet.) and kerosine lanterns. The loo is a rustic affair but completely serviceable!
Walk to some nearby Kopjies (rocky outcrops) for Sundowners.
Break camp and head up and over Rift Wall on a little used toursit road with spectacular views. The Mbulu people are fantastic weavers and feel free to stop people to buy them.
Winding your way towards the Highlands tonight you stay at a private house on a coffee estate.
The Old Managers house is full of charm and you can chat to the manager if you would like a tour of the coffee making process.
There are canopy tours in the park and village bicycles, quad biking and zip lines in the little village of Mto wa Mbu availabel as optional extras.
An early start to Lake Eyasi today to connect with some of the last known hunter gatherer tribes the Hadzabe.
You will be able to see their transient homes and go hunting with them. There may be time to see the neighbouring Datoga tribe who are blacksmiths.
Back to Buffalo Ridge for the sundowners, supper and an early night.
Hadzabe Experience
The best time of day is closest to dawn and this is never truer than when on safari! The sunrise will make the early start easier. You will work your way into the Highlands, have a light jumper to hand as it can be chilly. The 'Crater will be visible 10 mins after coming through the gate. In living memory a wheat farm but now preserved as one of the Natural Wonders of the World with a teemingly diverse range of game including rhino.
Tonight your camp will be set on the rim of the Crater in Simba A public campsite.
Into the Serengeti today.
You will have a picnic lunch en route to your next camp on the Eastern side of the great Serengeti. Godson will tease out some wonderful wildlife encounters from the resident game which is always near the Seronera river. depending on the local rains the Migration may be in reach!
Your camp will be set up as usual as you are relaxing into the rhythm of safari life.
A full day to explore the Serengeti.
Back to camp for your last night in the bush.
Break camp for the last time and head for your flight to Znz!
There will be time for a game drive to the airstrip but don't be late - your next point of call has her toes on the iridescent waters of the Indian Ocean!
You will arrive at Znz airport and be transferred across the island to Hakuna Majiwe - the Place without Stones! rather understating the fact that there are miles of white beach instead!
Full blown relaxation!
Snorkle the day away!
Life is a beach
Paje is the place for kite surfing!
Shoes back on today.
Arrange an early transfer and spend the day in Stone town.
Your driver will get you to the airport in good time for your 1715 hrs flight home.
