Adventure Level

No physical difficulty involved so any healthy individual should be able to take part. When travelling in Tanzania you can expect some rough roads and some long full-day drives and be aware that some transfer drives can be combined with game viewing en route. Driving times indicated are estimates only and can vary depending on local conditions and game viewing.  Expect the unexpected!
Minimum age: 8 years.

Climate

A broad pattern, broken down roughly into four seasons - the long dry season (Jun-Oct) is followed by the ‘Short Rains’ (Nov-Dec). During the short dry season (Jan-Feb) it can be very hot and humid. The 'Long Rains' fall Mar-May. Daytime temperatures are generally high 20’s °C from Oct-Apr and cooler during the long dry season (low 20’s). Nights are generally 10-15°C though at our camp on the Ngorongoro Crater rim the temperature can be considerably lower. On Zanzibar the climate tends to be hotter and more humid with average daytime temperatures around 30°C. While the rainy seasons follow the same pattern as the mainland, rainfall is higher.
For worldwide climate information go to www.weatherbase.com

Display Name

2008/09 Itinerary

Domestic Flights

For customers on the extension domestic flights between Arusha, Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam will be operated by one of the following carriers, Precision Air or Air Excel. Tickets obtained from your Group Leader. Flight schedules and preferred airlines can change.

Local Payment

In response to your feedback we want our pricing structure to be as transparent as possible; therefore for departures after 01 January 2008 we have incorporated Local Payments into Family Adventures trip prices. However on many of our African safaris, there are significant park fees, which are subject to change. These are invoiced before departure and are in addition to the brochured tour price. For 2009 departures the Sterling equivalent of the park fees will be £175  per adult and £30 per under 16.

Responsible Travel

We offset the carbon emissions associated with the in-country travel on all of our trips by supporting a solar stove and clean energy project in Madagascar.

However, it is your flight that will have the largest environmental impact on your holiday. We offer you the opportunity to offset your carbon dioxide emissions with a donation to our solar stove and clean energy project in South Africa. The project is run by the non-profit organisation Blue Ventures Carbon Offset and validated by the Tourism Industry Carbon Offset Service (TICOS) as delivering measurable carbon reduction and wider sustainable development benefits for local people. We strongly encourage you to donate to our project, so if you would like to offset the carbon emissions generated by your flight, please contact us.  Offsets start from as little as £4. 

We support the Arusha Children’s Trust, a charity which runs projects in rural communities in the more remote areas of The Rift Valley, seeking to improve the lives of the tribal groups that live there, without imposing Western values on them. The projects aim to help children in a number of areas including education, health services and environmental awareness. If you would like to offer your much-needed help to the project, as well as monetary donations, the trust would be delighted to receive any picture books for young children, games, construction toys, puzzles or sports equipment that you are able to carry out with you.

Since the increase in popularity of bottled water, many countries are experiencing a problem of litter especially where adequate recycling is not available. Please could you try, where possible, to use purification tablets or filters for water or buy bigger bottles of water between group members and decant into your individual water bottles.