Sample Itinerary

Private Safaris Private safaris in the Crater and overnights at the Ngorongoro Crater Lodge on a fully inclusive basis

Located on the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater, the Lodge employs its own army of craftsmen, who work from here to create the chandeliers and endless imaginative wood, glass and brass trimmings and fittings seen in each of the Tanzanian Conservation Corporation properties, and who give this one their elaborate and innovative designs.

Guests enjoy views out over the Ngorongoro Crater itself from the bathtub and shower, and could hardly hope to find such chic and quirky accommodation so conducive to romance, or to satisfying a healthy appetite.

Voted year on year as one of the top ten hotels on the planet, Ngorongoro Crater Lodge is quite rightly the flagship property for the Conservation Corporation. The buildings themselves are bizarre to say the least due to the amalgamation of various different styles. But it all adds up to being a wonderful experience. The butler service and the views from anywhere in your room, will make sure that you remember the crater for a long time afterwards.

Game drives on the Crater floor are an unforgettable experience as is walking around the Ngorongoro Highlands

More details can be found at www.ngorongoro-crater-lodge.com

5 further nights of private game viewing in Sasakwa (there are a multitude of other activities that you can take locally at Sasakwa) including a balloon trip over the Serengeti plains. Overnight in a private cottage on a fully inclusive basis

Sasakwa Lodge is situated on the top of Sasakwa Hill, with awe-inspiring views over the Serengeti plains. The lodge is built in the grand style of an English manor home and comprises seven suites, ranging in size from one to four bedrooms. Each air-conditioned suite features a bedroom, lounge with fireplace, veranda with your own spotting scope, en suite bathroom with bath and shower, dressing area, guest bathroom, heated infinity plunge pool, direct dial telephone facilities and wireless internet access.

The 7 room lodge areas offer a dining room, lounge and bar, garden room, television room with satellite television, DVD player and collection, reading library with internet facilities, billiards room, wine cellar, and Colonial Trading Post, all opening onto wide verandas and sprawling lawns. The lodge also features two tennis courts (clay and grass), a gymnasium, spa with steam room, and a heated infinity swimming pool and Jacuzzi.

The Equestrian Centre is situated a few minutes walk from Sasakwa and is home to sixteen horses. The Centre includes a lunging arena, fenced paddock, and a walled 2.7 kilometer riding track, which can also be used for walking and jogging. More experienced riders can enjoy out-rides onto the Serengeti plains.

More details can be found by clicking here.

Fly from Sasakwa to Zanzibar and transferred to Mnemba island for your final 6 nights on a fully inclusive basis including snorkelling and diving

Located just off the North East Coast of Zanzibar (but visible from it), is a tiny dream island with the impressive accolade of being one of the most romantic and exclusive coral atoll islands in the world.

Mnemba Island Lodge has the best beach on Zanzibar; sandy shores are surrounded by a rich, colourful reef brimming with fish, both small and pretty and large and impressive - such as dolphin, barracuda, tuna and shark-like swimmers.

At the island centre is a cool pine forest, and the eastern coastal aspect feels quite wild and unkempt despite its diminutive size. The lodge is stylishly run by Conservation Corporation Africa as a private and exclusive retreat for serious island hoppers who seek to find a very special kind of island idyll, and aims to provide an ultimate experience of "barefoot luxury" in an entirely comfortable desert island style.

Accommodation is in just 8 roomy thatched beach bandas with bathrooms set back along a soft corridor of woven coconut palm, each set back from the beach in a private clearing in the forest. All bedrooms, verandas and central living areas are atmospherically designed with light cotton nets, soft African prints and cushions, and - once the astronomical rates have been afforded - all fresh tropical cocktails, diving expeditions, water sports and fishing trips are included.

The lodge runs a professional dive school and traditional wooden dhows from which to explore the warm clear waters and coral reefs, and guests return to their island hideaway to enjoy sumptuous feasts of fresh fruit, vegetables, seafood and meats all fabulously prepared and presented. Visitors to this most exclusive of Indian Ocean island hideaways could find themselves sharing cocktails with Mnemba-fan Bill Gates.

More details can be found at http://www.mnemba.com

Transfer from Mnemba to Zanzibar airport in time for your return flight home.

To discuss this or any other African Itinerary please contact one of our consultants at info@tanzaniaodyssey.com.