13 Days
Tanzania safari and Zanzibar Yoga Retreat
Overview
Enjoy this famous wildlife safari of Tanzania combined with a yoga experience. Leadwood Holidays will take you to the best spots in Tanzania to experience the best of it. You will have the opportunity to hone your yoga and meditation practice alongside a group of people ready to embrace Tanzania and Zanzibar. Starting and ending your days with yoga and meditation sessions, you’ll take part in an 9-day adventure, safari and cultural experience through Tanzania’s renowned northern circuit of national parks. Then spend 4 days on the beach at the tropical island of Zanzibar, located off the coast of Tanzania in the turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean.
Accommodation:
Luxury Camps/Lodges
Type of Safari:
Wildlife safari, Nature, Culture
Arrival Location:
Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO)
Departure Location:
Zanzibar airport (ZNZ)
Best Period:
Throughout the year
Yoga session:
Every morning before starting the day and every evening after game drive, you enjoy a 1.5hrs yoga session with an instructor. At Zanzibar you will enjoy a morning, optional afternoon and evening beach yoga session. Depending with the day’s activity, the timings and duration of a yoga session will vary.
Languages:
English/Spanish speaking driver guide.
Itinerary at glance
| Day | Location | Accommodation | Meal Plan | Activity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arusha | Olerai Lodge | BB | TRSF |
| 2 | Arusha | Olerai Lodge | BBD | TOUR |
| 3 | Manyara Highlands | Marera Valley Lodge | BBD | TOUR |
| 4 | Manyara Highlands | Marera Valley Lodge | BBLD | |
| 5 | Manyara Highlands | Marera Valley Lodge | BBLD | |
| 6 | Serengeti National Park | Osinon Tented Camp | BBD | P |
| 7 | Serengeti National Park | Osinon Tented Camp | BBD | AP |
| 8 | Ngorongoro Crater | Ngorongoro Crater | BBLD | CRT |
| 9 | Ngorongoro – Zanzibar | Villa Kiva Boutique Hotel | BBD | TRSF |
| 10 | Zanzibar | Villa Kiva Boutique Hotel | BBD | LEI |
| 11 | Zanzibar | Villa Kiva Boutique Hotel | BBD | LEI |
| 12 | Zanzibar | Villa Kiva Boutique Hotel | BBD | LEI |
| 13 | Zanzibar | No Accomodation | BB | TRSF |
BB:
Bed & Breakfast
BBLD:
Bed and breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
AI :
All inclusive
TRSF:
Transfer
CRT:
Crater Tour
LEI:
Leisure
A:
Morning game drive,
P:
Afternoon game drive
Day by Day
You will fly into Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) near Arusha, Tanzania. After picking up your bags, our staff will meet and escort you to your hotel in Arusha. You are free to relax at the hotel before dinner, where you’ll have the opportunity to meet the rest of the group, your private yoga instructor and some of the guides for your trip.
- Main destination: Arusha
- Accommodation: Olerai Lodge
- Meals & drinks: Breakfast included (Lunch not included) Drinks not included
In the morning you’ll have the opportunity to participate in a yoga session before breakfast and begining your days tour.
Arrive at TCTP 20minutes from Arusha town around 10:00am meet local guide from Tengeru cultural center who will be waiting for you. On arrival, the guide will great and show you the place to seat and relax test natural prepared lemon grass and ginger tea with some bites, while enjoying the traditional tea you will be briefed about the Meru tribe their fascinating story about the past and how is the situation at present compared to the past.
You will have lecture about the methane gas/ biogas that they produce from cow’s drop and the use of it.
Then you will start hiking through the village, this is the chance to interact with local people in the, where you will share greetings and have some pictures with kids (ask permission before) at the same time heading into the coffee plantations, understand about the origin of coffee, who discovered coffee, how and when coffee was brought to Tanzania then how to plant, harvest and process the coffee. Go back to the center where you will process it locally make a cup of coffee and enjoy a cup of coffee that you made by your own hands.
Enjoy a tradional lunch and you will return to the hotel to rest and in evening join a yoga session.
- Main destination: Arusha
- Accommodation: Olerai Lodge
- Meals & drinks: Breakfast and Dinner included (Lunch and Drinks not included)
After breakfast you will drive south to Mto wa Mbu area (close to Lake Manyara) where you will be briefed by a local guide. With a guide you will start to cycle or walk around the mountainous rugged village overlooking Lake Manyara; the topography is spectacular. There are a lot of bird species and a camera should not be forgotten. A picnic lunch packet will be served. If you wish you can also go for African delicacies near Mto wa Mbu. For meat lovers, this is the best time to try Swahili barbecue (nyama choma).
In the afternoon we drive to our lodge few minutes’ drive away.
Later in the afternoon drive back to Arusha and in the evening, and if time allows you will join a yoga session.
- Main destination: Manyara Village
- Accommodation: Zawadi House
- Meals & drinks: Breakfast and Dinner included (Lunch and Drinks not included)
Today is a free day. You will have the option for a few walking activities nearby the lodge, you can rest and participate in yoga sessions.
- Main destination: Manyara Village
- Accommodation: Marera Valley Lodge
- Meals & drinks: All meals included (Drinks not included)
In the morning you’ll have the opportunity to participate in a yoga session before breakfast and begining your journey to Serengeti.
The legendary Serengeti Plain is your destination today (220 km), hailed as the premier safari destination and home to the annual migration of over a million wildebeest, Serengeti offers prime opportunities to view breathtaking vistas teeming with wildlife.You will continue on a half-day game drive to your overnight location, overlooking the plains of Serengeti.
Upon arriving at camp, you’ll have the option of joining a sunset yoga and meditation session before dinner.
- Main destination: Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation: Osinon Tented Camp
- Meals & drinks: Breakfast and Dinner included (Lunch and Drinks not included)
In the morning you’ll have the opportunity to participate in a yoga session before breakfast. Then head out for a full-day game drive, stopping for lunch in the park. Today, there will be the option of heading back to camp early to spend time relaxing or joining a special afternoon yoga and meditation session with a view of the Serengeti plains. If you choose to continue on the game drive you’ll return to your premium accommodations in time for dinner and a relaxing evening.
- Main destination: Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation: Osinon Tented Camp
- Meals & drinks: Breakfast and Dinner included (Lunch and Drinks not included)
In the morning you’ll have the option of joining a sunrise yoga session before breakfast.
After breakfast drive and we descend some 610 meters into the crater, which is home to an abundance of wildlife and a photogenic paradise, for a full day of game viewing drive with picnic lunch at a private scenic site (hippos pool). Ngorongoro Crater, the largest intact caldera in the world teams with an abundance of wildlife permanently resident on the crater floor. Prides of lions, herds of Cape buffalo, impala, Thompson gazelles, rhino, golden and black backed jackal, zebra, cheetah, leopard and the spotted hyena freely roam on the crater floor plains. Unmatched for its natural variety and breath-taking beauty, there are few places on earth where such a tremendous diversity of landscapes exists inside a region this size. Apart from its wildlife riches, the crater is also home to hundreds of bird species, refreshing in the small lakes in the crater floor.
In the afternoon ascend and drive to our lodge for a sunset yoga and meditation session before dinner.
- Main destination: Ngorongoro Highlands
- Accommodation: Marera Valley Lodge
- Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Today marks the beginning of the second leg of your adventure in Tanzania; three days in paradise. After breakfast and an optional yoga session, you will drive to Arusha airport where you’ll catch to Tanzania’s most famous island. Zanzibar is known for its idyllic white sand beaches, fresh-caught sea food, spectacular reefs for diving, and fascinating culture and history.
When you land in Zanzibar, you’ll be heading right to one of the most beautiful beaches in the north of the island where you will stay. At the beach you will have the opportunity to take part in daily yoga and meditation.
- Main destination: Zanzibar Island
- Accommodation: Villa Kiva Boutique Hotel
- Meals & drinks: Breakfast and Dinner included (Lunch and Drinks not included)
In the morning you have the option of joining a yoga and meditation session on the beach before breakfast. Then, spend the day relaxing on the beach or by the pool, exploring the local village, or taking part in one of the many activities offered which you can arrange directly with the hotel (e.g. snorkeling, scuba diving, spa treatments, swimming with dolphins, etc.).
Your stay at your premium accommodations includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner. If you decide to eat outside the lodge you will be responsible for any costs incurred. Before dinner you have the option of joining a yoga and meditation session.
- Main destination: Zanzibar Island
- Accommodation: Villa Kiva Boutique Hotel
- Meals & drinks: Breakfast and Dinner included (Lunch and Drinks not included)
In the morning, you’ll enjoy your final yoga and meditation session by the beach. Take a last dip in the blue-green waters and soak up the sun one final time before you head to the airport to return home.
- Main destination: Zanzibar Island
- Accommodation: End of tour (no accommodation)
- Meals & drinks: Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included) Drinks not included
- Price includes
- Transport whilst on Transfers and short tours in a shared mini-coach.
- Transport whilst on safari in 4 x 4 safari Land cruiser with pop up roof for game viewing.
- Full board accommodation on the safari.
- Transfer upon arrival and departure.
- All national park fees and government taxes.
- Service of an English speaking professional driver/guide.
- All game drives as detailed in the itinerary.
- Complimentary drinking water while on the Safari.
- Price Not includes
- Flights.
- Tips and gratuities to driver/guide, hotel/camp and restaurant staff, room service .
- Items of a personal nature i.e. Laundry, bottled water and other alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.
- Yoga mats
- Room upgrades.
- Change in itinerary.
- Any other extras not detailed in the above itinerary.
- Passenger information
- Passengers should bring soft sided bags on safaris as our vehicles have limited luggage space.
- Bring your own yoga mat.
- All the passengers must have identification card/passport with them for any internal flights.
- Baggage on internal flights is strictly limited to 20kgs per person (including hand luggage). Any excess baggage will be charged by the airline at check-in.
- Passengers arriving in tanzania will be asked to present a valid yellow fever vaccination certificate. Please check with us if you are exempted.
- Passengers should bring soft sided bags on safaris as our vehicles have limited luggage space.
- Bring your own yoga mat.
- All the passengers must have identification card/passport with them for any internal flights.
- Baggage on internal flights is strictly limited to 20kgs per person (including hand luggage). Any excess baggage will be charged by the airline at check-in.
- Passengers arriving in tanzania will be asked to present a valid yellow fever vaccination certificate. Please check with us if you are exempted.
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