8 Days Wildlife and Cultural Budget Experience

Day 1:  Manyara National Park

On arrival you will be met by our Gusa Africa Naturalist guide and drive to Lake Manyara National Park to arrive in good time.  The park is well known for its tree-climbing lions and large flocks of flamingoes along the lake. You will see the Great Rift Valley escarpment, flowering plants, an evergreen forest and the shallow alkaline Lake Manyara that makes the park spectacular with many photographing opportunities as the park is blessed with abundant flora and fauna. A mesmerizing variety of wildlife can be found around the soda lake, including buffalos, warthogs, giraffes, wildebeest, zebras and plenty of pink flamingos. The shallow Hippo Pool offers excellent opportunities for hippo sightings as well as spectacular views of the Rift Valley Escarpment.

 You will have lunch in the parks’ designated area then you proceed with game drive. During the evening you will drive back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 2: Game enroute to Serengeti

After breakfast, set off for a scenic drive to Serengeti National Park known for its famous wildebeest migration and a large concentration of wildlife. On the way to Serengeti, you will have an enroute game viewing in Tanzania’s oldest park and UNESCO World Heritage Site as the route is famous for spectacular wildlife spotting chances. You will get to lodge for lunch, rest and head out again for an afternoon game drive in Serengeti wilderness and get to enjoy scenic views of this award-winning endless plains and abundance wildlife. The endless plains and abundance of wildlife that call the Serengeti home are unsurpassed. The Wildebeest Migration with more than a million wildebeest is probably the highlight of the Serengeti. It is a true spectacle and impressive to watch millions of wildebeest, zebras and gazelles thunder across the endless plains of the Serengeti.

You will drive back to the lodge during the evening whilst enjoying the beautiful sunset for dinner and overnight.

Day 3:  Serengeti National Park

Today is fully dedicated to Serengeti National Park, perhaps the world’s most enchanting and breathtaking park on the planet. There may be few destinations that should top everyone’s bucket list to visit over a lifetime, however, Serengeti tops most of the adventure lovers. You have an opportunity to go an optional balloon ride that ends with a champagne breakfast in the midst of the bush.

After breakfast, at 7:00 am, depart the lodge for full day game drive. Your guide will take you through different parts of Serengeti in search for the best wildlife viewing spots.

At around 11:30 you will head back to the camp for lunch, rest a bit before you head out again for an afternoon game drive. You will continue searching for various animals to explore from the Big Five to giraffe, antelopes, hyena, cheetah and many more. You will enjoy sunset while driving back to camp in good time to shower and have a relaxed time around campfire before dinner.

Day 5: Drive Back to Arusha

Every good thing has to end! You are about to end your natural wildlife and cultural experience. However, one last adventure is left: the drive to Arusha. This is your opportunity to find something special as you drive to Arusha after an amazing breakfast.

Once you get to Arusha you will drive to Asilia lodge for a hot relaxing lunch, freshening up as you wait to transfer to Arusha Airport to catch your flight to Zanzibar.

As soon as you touch the ground of the spice islands of Zanzibar you will be transferred to the hotel for overnight. Dinner on your own.

Day 6: Morning in leisure/ optional Stone town tour/ Optional Sunset cruise

After breakfast you will have the morning on your own to explore the stone town. During the afternoon you will have lunch in one of the Local Restaurant along the Beach and experience local Zanzibarian dishes, flavored with array of homegrown spices such as cloves, vanilla, saffron, cinnamon, nutmeg and black pepper, the meals are full of unique and intriguing flavors.

In the late afternoon at 4:30 pm to pm you will go for a splendid sunset cruise in Nungwi beach that ends at 6:45. The sunsets viewed from a dhow are beautiful and timeless, making a spectacular and unforgettable experience as you cruise along the coast. After the cruise you will transfer to the hotel for dinner and overnight.

Day 7: Day in Leisure / Optional Snorkeling and Dolphin tour with barbecue lunch

Today, you will be in the driver’s seat and plan any activity of your choice around Nungwi beach or Zanzibar Island in general. This gorgeous beach has a lot of ventures to offer including walking tours, diving excursions, and parasailing, just to name a few. The hotel organizes a lot of pursuits like diving, snorkeling, village tours and others that you can book and pay for directly

Day 8: Morning in leisure, transfer to Zanzibar Airport

Enjoy your last breakfast & sunrise in Zanzibar and get prepared for the airport transfer for your departure flight depending on your home flight departure time.