Excludes: Tanzania visa, travel insurance, health requirements (yellow fever, malaria), park entrance fees, gratuities, all items of a personal nature and any service not specified.

Please note that prices are subject to change due to airfare increases or any other unforeseen circumstance.

Health requirements - Yellow Fever inoculations are necessary (this must be done no later than 10 days prior to departure). Anti-malaria tablets are also necessary. Please enquire for details of travel clinics operating in your area.

Visas - Should you be travelling on a South African passport you will need a visa for Tanzania. This takes approximately 3 working days and can be done at the Tanzania High Commission in Pretoria. We can make the necessary arrangements on your behalf, alternatively they can be contacted on telephone: or at 822 George Avenue, Arcadia, Pretoria. You will need a valid passport (your passport must have at least 3 blank pages), 1 passport photograph and 1 completed form. Other nationalities - please check with our office or the Tanzania High Commission. It is also possible to obtain a visa on arrival.

Travel Insurance - We strongly recommend that you take out Travel Insurance for the duration of your holiday. Please contact us for further details.

ITINERARY:

Day 1 - (Daily departures) Depart Johannesburg on Air Tanzania flight at 13h40 to Kilimanjaro via Dar es Salaam, arriving Kilimanjaro 20h35. On arrival you will be met by our local representative and transferred to Arusha. Overnight at the Arusha Hotel, or similar, on a bed and breakfast basis. First built in 1927 by Kenyon Painter, an American coffee farmer, 'The Arusha' hotel has been home to many travellers on their journey from Cape to Cairo. Having recently undergone an extensive renovation and refurbishment program it is now considered to be the only 5 star hotel in town. Set in landscaped gardens in the central shopping and business area of Arusha town, it is just 45 minutes from Kilimanjaro International.

Day 2 - Our representative will meet you at reception after breakfast, and transfer you to Arusha airport, where you will board a short 25 minute flight to Lake Manyara. Continue by road (approx. 2.5 hours at game drive speed) to Lake Manyara Treelodge. Spend 1 night here including all meals and activities. Activities include game viewing drives with expert guides and nature and birding walks in the forest along a perennial river down to the lakeshore. Characteristic wildlife species of the area include tree-climbing lion, elephant, buffalo, flamingo, wildebeest, hippo and Coke's hartebeest.

Day 3-4 - Depart after breakfast by road to the Ngorongoro Crater (+- 4 hours drive including game viewing for the first 2 hours). Spend 2 nights at Ngorongoro Crater Lodge including all meals and activities. Activities include game viewing drives into the crater and Ngorongoro Conservation Area, excursions to Olduvai Gorge and Empakai Crater, bush breakfasts, bush lunches and sundowner cocktails in the crater. Characteristic species to be sighted include elephant, black rhino, lion, leopard, cheetah, buffalo and hippo.

Day 5-6 - Depart Ngorongoro late morning to Manyara airstrip (+- 2 hours drive). Continue by light aicraft to Grumeti (+- 50 minute flight). Spend 2 nights at Grumeti River Camp including all meals and activities. Activities include game viewing drives with experienced guides, sundowner cocktails with views over the Serengeti Plains and Lake Victoria and excursions to Lake Victoria (extra charge).

Day 7 - Afternoon flight to Arusha via Seronera and Manyara. Transfer to the Arusha Hotel, or similar, for overnight on a bed and breakfast basis.

Day 8 - Early morning you will be met and transferred to Kilimanjaro International Airport. Depart at 08h00 on Air Tanzania to Johannesburg via Dar es Salaam. Arrival time in Johannesburg is at 13h00.