On arrival in DAR ES SALAAM you will be met by our Agents and continue by internal flight to ARUSHA, dominated by the awe-inspiring MOUNT KILIMANJARO. Here you will spend your first night at MOUNTAIN VILLAGE LODGE**. This is a perfect place to start your tour with its unique African style and views over LAKE DULUTI.

You will then spend 2 nights in a private game reserve bordering Tarangire National Park and the Maasai Steppe, with views to Lake Manyara and the Rift Valley wall. Teeming with wildlife, the park is home to huge herds of elephants, zebra and lions, together with the prolific birds that congregate along the river. You will stay at Tarangire Treetops in lavishly furnished suites perched high up in age-old Baobab and Marula trees. This lodge has a swimming pool and overlooks a waterhole. Natural materials are blended with contemporary 'Africana' decor to provide guests with a unique and most memorable experience.

From here you will drive to Gibbs Farm ***, an oasis nestling against the slopes of the NGORONGORO HIGHLANDS and surrounded by lush tropical flowers, lawns and trees. This farmhouse overlooks a coffee plantation, and its ten-acre vegetable garden provides nearly all the fresh ingredients for the excellent meals you will have during your 2 night stay. Here you can spend a leisurely day enjoying the prolific birdlife, take a nature walk in the surrounding area or visit the coffee estate and vegetable garden. Rooms with private shower rooms are in simple, comfortable cottages.

This is the land of the MAASAI tribes, their elders in bright red clothes with spears, the women with their beaded jewellery and the young male warriors with painted faces, who tend their herds of cattle, goats and sheep.

The world-famous NGORONGORO CRATER with its 600 metre walls and crater area of 100 square miles, houses an enormous concentration of wildlife and birds who rely on LAKE MAGADI for their water. Rhino, lion, cheetah, leopard, elephant, baboon, buffalo, hartebeest, wildebeest (gnus), hippo, zebra, jackal, hyena, gazelle, warthog and many birds live here. You will stay for 2 nights at the Serena Ngorongoro Lodge *** perched on the rim of the crater with stunning views. All rooms are spacious with private shower room and balcony overlooking the crater.

On the way to the Serengeti, a visit will be made to the OLDUVAI GORGE known as the ‘cradle of mankind’ where many fossils have been found, including a skull believed to be 1.7 million years old.

THE SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK has over 6000 square miles of plains and one of the largest concentrations of abundant bird and wildlife in the world. The wooded areas and rocky outcrops of ‘Simba’ country are home to many prides of lioneopards, cheetah, columns of wildebeest, buffalo, zebra, hippos, giraffe, elephants and many more can be seen here. The Serengeti MIGRATION CAMP, where you will stay for 3 nights, is hidden among thr rocky outcrops of the vast Northern Plains and exudes the decadence reminiscent of 'old Africa'. You will stay in lavish tents with en suite facilities and verandah, and there is a swimming pool. Whilst staying here you will have an opportunity to take an optional hot air balloon safari over the SERENGETI.

Your journey will then take you to ZANZIBAR, an exotic island of history, romance and mystery, where Arabia meets Africa. You will see Arabian dhows sailing by, men in long white robes, colourful markets and beautiful old buildings in Stone Town in danger of crumbling away.

You will stay for 3 nights at Bluebay Beach Resort ****, in a lovely setting on a magnificent white sandy beach on the north east coast. Accommodation will be in superior double or twin- bedded rooms with fan, air-conditioning, safe deposit box, minibar, private shower room and balcony. There are restaurants, bars and a large swimming-pool, all set in tropical gardens leading down to the Indian Ocean.

After your stay on the coast, you will drive to STONE TOWN for a city tour, visit a spice farm and have lunch by the sea at the Mtoni Marine restaurant. Accommodation for 1 night will be at the Zanzibar Serena *** on the waterfront in Stone Town where all rooms have air-conditioning and there is a swimming-pool. On the following morning you will return to Dar Es Salaam for your flight back to the UK.