Once you land, an Oltumure tour guide will come pick you at Kilimanjaro and take you to your hotel. This specialist will help you settle fast answering some of your introductory questions and at least help you get what it means to say, ‘Hujambo.’ Just relax and get ready for your first safari next morning. The package includes hotel and breakfast, your arrival day dinner is not catered for as you will probably arrive late. Any other meal you take in our hotels is included in our package.

Today, you will take a rest and just enjoy a moment of leisure in a local Tanzanian way. This will help you get attuned to the new environment, climate, and people in the city. You can choose to just relax in and around the lounge and may be have a time to swim. Your guide will pay you a visit at the lodge to brief you about your tour. In case you’d like to have some activities, talk to us and we’ll plan. Here are some activities that you can keep yourself busy with, canoeing, swimming, nature walking or just having a small tour around the city.

Your safari officially starts today after breakfast. Your guide will pick you up at the hotel and drive you to Arusha National Park. The park is not only rich in wildlife but also a diversity of landscapes. There are lakes, swamps, waterfalls, volcanos and mountains. You can rest assured of an awesome moment in the tropical rainforest environment. The environment attracts hundreds of birds species including, the pink hued flamingos and the silvery-cheeked hornbill. It is also the sole place where black and white colobus monkeys can be spotted easily. In Arusha National Park you will have an opportunity to see wildlife up-close as you do some nature walk under the guard of an armed ranger. Another popular activity in this park is canoeing.

Today is another day that you will enjoy around Arusha. You can still choose to have some leisure around the pool in the lounge or pick one of the following activities: • Bike riding tour to the villages and through beautiful nature • Nature walk or canoeing at Lake Duluti • Visit the Materuni Waterfalls at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro • Visit a local market • Walking tour through coffee plantations • Horse riding

Touring Tarangire National Park is a full-drive-day. The journey will start immediately after a sumptuous breakfast. Although this is one of the parks that are not widely known in the world, the park offers you an authentic and exciting tour atmosphere. Call this third day. As our executive tour vans journey over the hilly landscape, lofty Baobab trees and the blue sky consume you into a wander world technically reducing the distance with up to a third. Here, you will be enjoying awesome views of herds of elephants, with some moving in groups of about 300. This is common around Tarangire River where elephants ‘meet-up’ for a drink or just to refresh in a mud bath. Other animals such as Leopards, Lions and Cheetahs are also available in Tarangire, not to mention Pythons. The bird-lovers (I wonder who isn’t) are more than taken care of in this same park. It has uncountable bird species giving you a whole paradise of dissimulation of birds- it’s a beautiful sight.

Today, the tour changes course to the Serengeti National Park. You probably have watched at least a documentary from this park; most nature documentaries available on Africa were shot here. The endless plains of Serengeti and existence of wildlife in high numbers makes its sight just peculiar. The over one million Wildebeest migrating around this park is an annual event that you wouldn’t want to miss. Other wildlife that will bring your trip to and around Serengeti to accomplishment includes lions, leopards, cheetahs, gazelles and zebras. These you will be able to see clearly across the expansive Serengeti Plains. A balloon safari would give your wildlife view another perspective. It is always an amazing experience to drift luxuriously above the plains full of herds of wildlife.

Our tour chauffer will drive you to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. The travel route gives you a chance to see various types of wildlife. This trip will get you to the rim of the crater. Viewing the crater floor from this point raises your guts to go down there; I mean, the view is simply indescribable! Descending the crater is an experience that you will never get to forget. It is both exciting and challenging, but the whole activity is total fan. The landscapes are awe-inspiring, beautified even more by the availability of several wild animals. Some of these include Elephants, Buffaloes, Hippos and Lions. You will also find Black Rhino, the rare species here. Basically, Ngorongoro is a home for all the Big Five. Viewing the base of the crater from up is one of the awe-striking views you will live to remember. The natural beautiful features of Ngorongoro Crater have earned it a position in the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa. At Ngorongoro, you will have an opportunity to visit a Maasai village just to have a feel of the local culture. You will also get an experience in the Elephant caves.

This is a good moment to visit Zanzibar Island. You will loosen up in the serene of the tropical climate of the famous island. The expanse of sandy beaches, the beauty of palm trees all over and the cerulean clear water covering of the Indian Ocean naturally relaxes your mind. During this period, we have no specific activities planned just to give you an ample time to explore and enjoy your stay to the fullest. You can have the company of tropical reef fish as you swim or choose do some diving, surfing, snorkeling, or sunbathing. More information on Zanzibar Link Zanzibar on Islands

You will be free in the morning. Your driver then transfers you to the airport for departure. We trust you’ll get home safely on Day 18. In case you would like to extend your tour, you can consider other immaculate islands, precisely Pemba or Mafia.