Day 1 - Arrive Arusha

Arrive Kilimanjaro International Airport. After clearing customs and immigration formalities, you will be met by our representative and transferred to Arusha Coffee Lodge.

Arusha Coffee Lodge lies cradled in the endless acres of Tanzania's largest coffee plantation. The lodge is surrounded by some of Africa's most famous landscapes and national parks. Beautifully positioned below the rugged peaks of Mount Meru this is the perfect sanctuary to immerse yourself in pure luxury. A peaceful pre-safari retreat to relax and unwind. This exclusive, boutique lodge has been designed around the farm's original plantation homes, radiating the warmth and invitation of the old colonial plantation homes historically distinctive to the coffee plantations. There are 21 individual chalets built on raised platforms with private sitting rooms, en suite bathrooms and log fireplaces, large balconies overlooking Mount Meru and the coffee fields.

Overnight: Arusha Coffee Lodge

Day 2 - Fly to Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, you will be met at the lobby of the hotel and transferred to the airport where you will fly to the Lamai airstrip.

Lamai Serengeti sits tucked amongst the rocks of Wokgakuria Kopje with panoramic views of the surrounding landscape, just a few miles from where the wildebeest cross the Mara River.  For roughly a quarter of the year, between late July and October, this is where you'll find the migration.  Each unit has been designed to fit into the complex geometry of the kopje and to make the most of this sensational location, its views and its natural space and light.

There are 12 rooms in Lamai Serengeti.  These are split between two entirely separate lodges, the Main Lodge of eight rooms and the smaller Private Lodge of four rooms. Each site has been carefully thought out to take maximum advantage of the view, the sun, the wind and even the rain, when it comes. 

 Overnight: Lamai Serengeti Tented Camp

Meal Plan: B,L,D

Day 3 - Game viewing in the Serengeti

The northern Serengeti’s star attraction is the Mara River, filled with hippos and crocodiles. Driving through the area on your game drive today you will have the chance to see lion, leopard, cheetah, elephant and herds of topi and bat eared fox. If you would like to maximize your time game viewing you can take a picnic lunch out into the park and enjoy a meal out in the vast savannah before returning to your lodge later in the day.

Overnight: Lamai Serengeti Tented Camp

Meal Plan: B,L,D

Day 4 - Fly to Mahale on the shores of Lake Tanganyika

Your light aircraft flight from Lamai to Mahale will take approx. two hours.

Greystoke Mahale sits on a pristine, white sandy beach overlooking the turquoise water of Lake Tanganyika, with the forested slopes of the 8000 ft  Mahale Mountains rising behind. For many years the camp in Mahale consisted of just simple tents.  So when Greystoke Mahale was built, while the designers wanted it to be as unique as its setting, it was important that it didn't dominate its sensational natural surroundings. That's why the rooms were tucked back into the forest line, so that your only view is of beach and the lake beyond.  It's also why the designers chose to make the rooms almost entirely from sustainable materials sourced here on Lake Tanganyika.

All the wood was reclaimed from wrecked or retired dhows bought (after much haggling) from villages along the lakeshore. Old fisherman's canoes as ladders, were used, and thatch from palm trees gathered outside the national park for the roofs. The main mess is the only structure on the beach and it's the focal point of camp.  Here is where you can look out over the lake to the mountains of the Congo in the haze beyond. Your days can start there, eating breakfast whilst waiting to hear news of the chimps and deciding what to do with your day. Evenings end with sundowners on the rocks of the headland, where drinks are served around the lamp-lit bar whilst the mountains, rising behind camp, disappear into the darkness.

Overnight: Greystoke Mahale

Meal Plan: B,L,D

Day 5 - Chimp trekking

Mahale Mountains is famous for containing some of the last remaining wild chimpanzees in Africa and is located on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika. The terrain is mostly rugged and hilly, and is dominated by the Mahale Mountains chain that runs from the northwest to the southeast across the park. 

Enjoy this rare opportunity to track the chimpanzees in their natural habitat, walking through the forest for an hour or two or maybe more. Once you find the chimpanzees, sit quietly on the forest floor for the next hour watching them go about their daily life. As time progresses, you will notice the different relationships, gestures, sound and expression of the various chimps and watch the young fall about the floor and play remarkably human games.

Overnight: Greystoke Mahale

Meal Plan: B,L,D

Day 6 - Full day in Mahale Mountains

Today you may like to hike the forest paths looking for birds and butterflies, as well as the other shy mammals that quietly live there. Swim in cool pools up in the mountain waterfalls, take a kayak out for a dawn paddle towards the middle of the lake, and enjoy the sunrise coming up over the mountains. Go for sundowners on the old wooden dhow, lazily following the shoreline. 

Overnight: Greystoke Mahale

Meal Plan: B,L,D

Day 7 - Fly to Zanzibar

Fly from Mahale to Zanzibar crossing the width of Tanzania. On arrival you will be met by a representative and transferred from Zanzibar Airport to your hotel.

Baraza lies on the south eastern coast of Zanzibar, along Bwejuu beach, voted as one of the top 30 island beaches in the world.  It might be mistaken for a whitewashed sultan's palace, with shimmering mosaic interiors, lots of creamy, carved marble and battered brass lanterns. It is wonderfully grand and Arabic in style, alluding to the past yet up to date on both comfort and design.  Private plunge pools and lush gardens blend with Swahili style ensuring Baraza standards of luxury unparalleled on the Island of Zanzibar.

There are 14 one-bedroom villas and 15 two-bedroom villas, as well as one Presidential two-bedroom villa.  The spacious villas feature luxury interiors, beautiful fabrics, hand-carved furniture and brass lanterns. The bedrooms are large with a spacious terrace and private plunge pool.

Overnight: Baraza Zanzibar

Meal Plan: B,L,D

Day 8 - Day at leisure

A dive and recreation centre makes sure you make the most of the crystal clear waters surrounding Baraza.  Kitesurfing, sailing, windsurfing and kayaking are just a few of the activities on offer for you to take part in.

Overnight: Baraza Resort and Spa

Meal Plan: B,L,D

Day 9 - Day at leisure

Stay active with a lap pool with underwater music, fitness centre, yoga classes and tennis courts or unwind at the Dhahaba bar and lounge. The Frangipani Spa features indoor and outdoor treatment rooms where specialists from Bali, Thailand and India will treat you to massages, facials, scrubs and body wraps.

Overnight: Baraza Beach Resort and Spa

Meal Plan: B,L,D

Day 10 - Depart

Enjoy your last moments on the beach before being transferred to Zanzibar Airport for your onward flight.

Meal Plan: B