Tanzania

Ngorongoro Crater Lodge

The Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area, within the Serengeti, is home to more than 30,000 protected animals. It is an area of spectacular beauty and excellent game viewing, a unique safari destination in Africa.

Enjoy an early morning game drive and a tantalizing breakfast before being driven back to the airstrip for your scheduled Tanganyika Flying Company flight to Manyara Airstrip. Upon landing you will be met by a representative who will drive you to the lodge.

The Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area, within the Serengeti, is home to more than 30,000 protected animals. It is an area of spectacular beauty and excellent game viewing, a unique safari destination in Africa.

The Ngorongoro Crater, once a gigantic volcano, is the largest intact caldera in the world. Some maintain that before it erupted, it would have been higher than Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa. Today, having collapsed and eroded, it is an extensive highland area with the famous 600-metre deep Ngorongoro Crater as its focal point.

Nearly three million years old, the ancient caldera shelters one of the most beautiful wildlife havens on earth. Fresh springs and a large soda lake quench the thirst of all inhabitants. Black rhino are protected within its rim, giant tusked elephants wander the forests, black-maned lions stalk the grasslands, and flamingos crowd the soda lakes.

Serengeti Under Canvas

It is Tanzania’s oldest game reserve, renowned for the part it plays in the annual Great Migration, when an estimated 3 million antelope migrate to Kenya’s Masai Mara Game Reserve.

Depart by road to Manyara Airstrip for your scheduled Tanganyika Flying Company flight to &Beyond Serengeti Under Canvas. Serengeti, which means “endless plains” in Masai, is undoubtedly one of the world’s most celebrated wilderness areas and is an ongoing source of inspiration to writers, filmmakers and photographers.

It is Tanzania’s oldest game reserve, renowned for the part it plays in the annual Great Migration, when an estimated 3 million antelope migrate to Kenya’s Masai Mara Game Reserve. This epic, seasonal journey is a deeply moving experience and a wonderful photographic subject.

Here visitors to the park can roam its sprawling plains on exhilarating game drives or hop into a hot-air balloon ride for an once-in-a-lifetime wilderness adventure. The Serengeti National Park is also home to the Olduvai Gorge, where groundbreaking archaeological discoveries have been made, as well as the breathtaking Ngorongoro Crater.

Azura Selous

Secluded and off-the-beaten track, Selous offers visitors a slice of undisturbed wilderness, teeming with a spectacular array of fauna and flora.

Enjoy a lunch to go provided by Serengeti Under Canvas. You will be transferred to the airstrip for your Coastal Aviation flight to Lower Selous (via Dar es Salaam) to Azura Selous.

Secluded and off-the-beaten track, Selous offers visitors a slice of undisturbed wilderness, teeming with a spectacular array of fauna and flora. It was declared a World Heritage Site due to its dramatic landscapes and great diversity of wildlife.

The Selous Game Reserve is one of the only big game reserves to allow hiking, offering wildlife enthusiasts the chance to explore Tanzania’s pristine landscapes on foot. This is a superb and extremely exciting safari experience, in Tanzania’s largest conservation area, and should not be missed.

Azura Quilalea

Dotted along the Mozambican coastline are 32 idyllic islands that make up the Quirimbas Archipelago. Here a plethora of marine life, ranging from turtles and dugongs to whales and dolphins, and a thriving coral reef beckon to diving enthusiasts.

You will be transferred to the airstrip for your Coastal Aviation flight to Pemba Mozambique via Dar es Salaam Airport, and transferred by helicopter to Azura Quilalea.

Dotted along the Mozambican coastline are 32 idyllic islands that make up the Quirimbas Archipelago. Here a plethora of marine life, ranging from turtles and dugongs to whales and dolphins, and a thriving coral reef beckon to diving enthusiasts.

The magnificent Quirimbas National Park offers nature lovers the opportunity to explore a vast expanse of enchanted forest. The Quirimbas boast enormous cultural and historical value. The islands represent a cultural melting pot of Portuguese, Arabian and African influences, while historic landmarks such as the old fort on Ibo Island tell tales of slavery, pirates and the ivory trade.

Quirimba Island is home to the Gessner family, who has lived there since 1936. The family settled on the island and created a flourishing coconut plantation, which they continue to farm to this day.

Departure

Dar es Salaam is Tanzania’s largest and busiest city. It is the country’s most important business and commercial hub and is situated right on the Indian Ocean.

You will be transferred to the airstrip for your scheduled charter by helicopter from Azura Quilalea to Pemba Mozambique, where you will connect to your Coastal Aviation flight from Pemba Mozambique to Dar es Salaam Airport.

Dar es Salaam is Tanzania’s largest and busiest city. It is the country’s most important business and commercial hub and is situated right on the Indian Ocean. It is the main port of call for most visitors, as it is an ideal location from which to access both the wilderness areas and the beaches of Tanzania and Zanzibar.

Most visitors en route to the better-known Tanzanian attractions are surprised by the charm of this unassuming city and find themselves yearning for more days to explore its hidden secrets. Must-see attractions include the beautiful beaches of Kunduchi, Mjimwena and Mbwa Maji, Dar es Salaam’s spectacular harbor and the local markets.

Upon arrival at Dar es Salam Airport, you will be warmly welcomed and transferred to the city center for dinner (meals and drinks for your own account), before you are transferred to Dar es Salaam International Airport for your departing flight.