Private African Safaris

The Best of Kenya Tanzania and
Zanzibar

A remarkable Private 15 -Day African Safaris and journey through Kenya Tanzania and a Foray into Zanzibar . For our guests who want and can afford the Best . Weekly Year Round

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The Best of Kenya Tanzania and Zanzibar
A Spectacular, 15 -Day Private journey to appreciate the natural beauty of some of the greatest, most pristine wilderness areas in Africa.

SUGGESTED ITINERARY

B = breakfast, L = lunch, D = dinner

Day 1: Departure- USA - Saturday
This is a private tour , you may arrive on any day you wish, yet we may rearrange the program to accommodate your dates.
Board your overnight transatlantic flight. International airfare quoted from New York in economy class . Air Taxes are included. All airfares are subject to penalties and seasonal surcharges and based on availability. Fares also available from other major USA .

Day 2: Sunday -Arrival in Europe. Departure for Nairobi, Kenya
Upon arrival in London or any other major European city we use , day rooms are provided near the airport if your connecting flight to Nairobi does not depart until evening ; if your connecting flight departs for Nairobi in the late morning or early afternoon, your Nairobi hotel room will be available this evening.
Evening arrival in Nairobi. Proceed through Immigration and Customs. After exiting the Customs & Immigrations Hall, please look out for a uniformed Driver / Guide holding a sign with your name or tour name on it. Your guide will assist us with our luggage and transfer us to the elegant Nairobi Serena Hotel, conveniently located near the city centre. All transfers in Africa are AKWAYS on private basis.
NAIROBI SERENA HOTEL

PLEASE LIMIT LUGGAGE WHILE ON SAFARI TO
ONE (32LBS) PER PERSON, PLUS REASONABLE CARRY ON CAMERA EQUIPMENT.
ADDITIONAL LUGGAGE AND/OR PACKAGES MAY BE STORED AT OUR NAIROBI HOTEL.

Day 3 : Monday - AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK - Private Vehicle - Private Chauffeur
After breakfast drive to Amboseli National Park. Close to the Tanzanian border, Amboseli lies in the shadow of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Surely this is the most photogenic backdrop to any wildlife sanctuary in Africa. Your game runs will introduce you to large numbers of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, impala and gazelle - with the resident lions and cheetahs never far behind.
AMBOSELI SERENA LODGE (B,L,D)

Day 4 : Tuesday - AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK - Private Vehicle - Private Chauffeur
Early morning and late afternoon game drives. You may find the park's elephant herds cooling off in the swamp waters and, with luck, the black rhino might be sighted in the bushland. The bird life of Amboseli is rich and varied - over 420 species - 47 of them raptors. Multitudes of water birds can be seen. The Taveta golden weaver is abundant. Ostrich and bustard are seen on the plains, the buffalo and rhino host the oxpecker, while the elephants transport egrets. The lovely crowned crane is common and the sand grouse make quite a spectacle as they arrive at the water place en masse. In the evening, a visual feast...Kilimanjaro at sunset.
AMBOSELI SERENA LODGE (B,L,D)

Day 5 : Wednesday - NGORONGORO, TANZANIA - Private Vehicle - Private Chauffeur
We’ll breakfast with a glorious sunrise and possibly a glimpse of Mt. Kilimanjaro’s snowy peak, and then depart for the Kenya/Tanzania border at Namanga and cross over into Tanzania. We drive to Arusha and after lunch we depart to Arusha, where we stop for lunch, before continuing to the Ngorongoro Crater, famed for its sheer physical beauty and abundance of wildlife, numbering over 30,000. Our accommodation is on the rim of the Crater. NGORONGORO SERENA or SOPA LODGE (B,L,D)

Day 6 : Thursday NGORONGORO CRATER
After breakfast, we’ll descend 2,000 feet along a rocky track into the crater. It's an idyllic day, replete with picnic lunch. There is good game viewing here all year round. Africa’s highest concentration of lions may be viewed in the crater at astonishingly close range amid breathtaking landscapes. The rhinoceros population is easy to spot. We’ll also have a chance to view buffalo, wildebeest, zebra, reedbuck, hippos and elephants.
NGORONGORO SERENA OR SOPA LODGE (B,L,D)

Day 7 : Friday OLDUVAI GORGE / SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
Today we enter the Stone Age and witness the origin of mankind at Olduvai Gorge. Under the direction of Louis and Mary Leakey, this area has yielded abundant fossil material dating back over two million years. Then we continue to the Serengeti Plains. Africa’s most famous park is unequaled in its primitive natural beauty and fantastic abundance of plains game. Throughout the ages naturalists and writers have singled out this very special sanctuary in their paeans of praise. And with good reason! Here, since time immemorial, the world's most astonishing annual migration takes place. Herds of plains game numbering more than a million stretch to the horizon in long slender lines. Naturally some hosts of predators follow along. No words can adequately describe this stronghold of wildlife.
SERENGETI SERENA OR SOPA LODGE (B,L,D)

Day 8 Saturday & Day 9 Sunday : SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK - Private Vehicle - Private Chauffeur
During our game drives we're sure to sight a variety of plains’ game, ostrich, and giraffe. Hyenas and jackals wait patiently near feasting predators. Elephants trundle through the woodland and the cheetah is sighted more often than not. The Serengeti has some of the world’s best bird-watching, with more than 500 species identified. During his famous study of the Serengeti lion, George Schaller counted no less than 3,000. We'll travel the leopard circuit. The chances of sighting this animal are greater here than anywhere else in Africa.
SERENGETI SERENA OR SOPA LODGE (B,L,D) daily

Day 10 : Monday ARUSHA / ZANZIBAR
This morning we transfer to the airport for our flight to Zanzibar, air fare is included of course in our rate , Zanzibar lies just off the coast of Tanzania. Upon arrival we'll be met by our local representative and transferred to our hotel, the Zanzibar Serena. Located on the seafront of Zanzibar's historic Stone Town, this latest addition to the Serena collection of hotels.

Zanzibar is a paradise that nestles in the sun about 25 miles off the coast of Tanzania. It's very name evokes a romantic past. The different races that have settled in Zanzibar over the centuries; Summarians, Assyrians, Hindus, Egyptians, Phoenicians, Southern Arabians, Chinese and Malays, have left their impact on the people and the architecture.

The "House of Wonders" (once the Palace of the former Sultan) and the narrow streets of the old town are just some of the vivid reminders of the island's long and colored history. A guest walking in Zanzibar, smelling the scent of cloves in the air, recalls that he is on "The Island of Spices" where nutmeg and cinnamon are also grown. Beautiful white beaches hug the shoreline and the various first class accommodations entice guests to indulge in water sporting and marine activities present.
SERENA BEACH HOTEL (B,D)

Day 11 Tuesday , Day 12 Wednesday , & Day 13 Thursday : ZANZIBAR
The Zanzibar Serena Inn has been created by renovating and rehabilitating two of the romantic and historic buildings in the heart of Zanzibar's classified Stone Town. It provides fifty-two ocean facing, air-conditioned rooms, each with its own private balcony and bathroom, a seafront restaurant and bar and a spacious and secluded swimming pool. The Zanzibar Serena Inn constitutes, for the discerning traveller, an ideal base for exploring the natural and historic wonders of this famous spice Island. The hotel can provide a full local excursion service for optional Stone Town tours, Island tours, diving and snorkeling trips and day-boat excursions to Zanzibar's nearby famous beaches and islands. These excursions are to be booked and paid for directly . Days at leisure for activities in and around the hotel.
ZANZIBAR SERENA INN (B,D - daily)

Day 14 : Friday ZANZIBAR / NAIROBI / DEPART
Today we transfer to the airport for our flight to Nairobi where we connect with our onward flight. Air fare Zanzibar Nairobi is of course included in our rate.
After check-in, we’ll have some time for last minute shopping at the Duty Free Shops near our departure gate. Then it’s Kwaheri to Africa (a Swahili goodbye) as we depart on our late evening flight home.If your flight leaves late, your room is available until 6 p.m.
Accommodations : Nairobi Serena Hotel (day room) ( B )

Day 15 : Arrival Home- Saturday - USA
Your homebound flight arrives today.

Rate Includes

• Airfare from the USA to Africa and back , with tax included , in economy class

• Internal airfare: Serengeti/Kilimanjaro/Zanzibar/Nairobi.
  
• Safari accommodations as indicated in the itinerary, including hotel taxes and service charges.
  
• All meals as indicated in the itinerary (B=Breakfast L=Lunch D-Dinner).
  
• Welcome reception, safari briefing, and farewell dinner as indicated.
  
• Services of a professional safari driver/guide in Kenya & Tanzania.
  
• Private vehicle for your Safari transportation with roof hatches.
  Except in the Masai Mara where camp’s own four wheel drive vehicles are used and a window seat may not be guaranteed.
  
• Hotel/airport transfers, always with a Private Vehicle and a Private Chauffeur
  
• All sightseeing, game viewing, entrance fees and park fees as indicated in the itinerary.
  
• Baggage handling.
  
• Membership in the Flying Doctors' Society.
  
• A comprehensive assortment of pre-tour planning materials and amenities.

Zanzibar Isalnd

NOT INCLUDED:

• Any international airport departure taxes.
  
• Passport and visa fees
  
• Travel insurance, please ask us for the flyer.
  
• Excess baggage charges.
  
• Shipping charges
  
• Other items of a personal nature such as gratuities to drivers and guides, porters, telephone/telex/fax charges, laundry, and beverages.

• General info on : Airport departure taxes: ( Subject to change without notice)
• Botswana P45pp, Zimbabwe Departure Tax US$20 pp payable in cash - NB No US$100 notes accepted, Zambia US$20pp, Mauritius Rs400pp, South African Airport tax R34pp for domestic departures, South African Airport for regional departures R77pp, South African Airport tax for international departures R100pp, South African Government tax for regional departures R50pp, South African Government tax for international departures R100pp, (these South African taxes should be included in the cost of your ticket).
• Personal expenses including but not limited to beverages, laundry, communication costs, excess baggage fees (baggage is restricted to 26 lbs (Modify as required) per person in a soft sided bag where charter flights are included) ·
• Traveler's insurance (the purchase of travel insurance is required to protect your investment in case of unanticipated curtailment or cancellation of your tour).
• Medical expenses, medical insurance ( passenger must show proof of insurance or ask for the flyer to be mailed).
• Gratuities to drivers, guides or tour managers.
• Any sightseeing, safari activities, meals, or other activities not specified in the itinerary or indicated as optional.
• Please note that tipping is discretionary, however, the following guidelines are provided: $5-$10 per day for professional safari guides; $3-$5 per day for camp staff, e.g. waiters, housekeepers, which is a communal tip that is shared among the staff); porters - $1; driver/guides - $2-$5); restaurant waiters/waitresses - 10% of bill; hotel housekeeping - $2 per day.
• Excess baggage charges, shipping charges, items of a personal

Prices are subject to change due to currency fluctuations, increase in fuel prices, or other fees imposed by the government or tourism industry not within our control.

DEPARTURE DATES
Weekly departures year round .

Terms and conditions as per our web site & our brochures. More Safari Tips.

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Tanzania is classic Africa – Kilimanjaro, the Great Rift Valley, Masai homelands and the celebrated game-filled plains of the Serengeti. The country’s wildlife parks and reserves are unrivalled for their abundance of game. It is here that the ancient ritual of the largest wildlife migration in the world plays out annually. Huge herds of zebra and wildebeest, along with the predators and other species that follow them, move across vast Serengeti plains from December to May, and can be views on a Tanzania safari. Tanzania is also the site of Africa’s highest mountain, Kilimanjaro; the continent’s largest wildlife sanctuary, Selous; and Africa’s deepest lake, Tanganyika. Ngorongoro Crater serves as home to a host of animals, including big game as well as astonishing bird life. Nearby, trace the footsteps of man’s earliest ancestors at Olduvai Gorge. In the north, Masai tribes strive to maintain and share their cultural traditions with visitors. Both Lake Manyara Reserve and Tarangire Park feature fabulous bird-watching opportunities. Southern Tanzania’s lesser known game parks such as Ruaha, Katavi and Mikumi National Parks are still uncrowded and present travelers with quieter and more personal encounters with nature and wildlife. The remote Udzungwa Forest is sometimes compared to the Galapagos for its endemic plants and animals such as the Iringa (Uhehe) red colobus monkey and the Sanje Crested Mangabey. The latter was only discovered in 1979. In addition to wildlife viewing, Tanzania boasts miles of white sand beaches on the legendary island of Zanzibar and other tropical, clove-scented islands.

List of Sultans of Zanzibar:

• Majid bin Said (1856–1870)
  
• Barghash bin Said (1870–1888)
  
• Khalifah bin Said (1888–1890)
  
• Ali bin Said (1890–1893)
  
• Hamad bin Thuwaini (1893–1896)
  
• Khalid bin Barghash (1896)
  
• Hamud bin Muhammed (1896–1902)
  
• Ali bin Hamud (1902–1911) (abdicated)
  
• Khalifa bin Harub (1911–1960)
  
• Abdullah bin Khalifa (1960–1963)
  
• Jamshid bin Abdullah (1963–1964)
  

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