12 Days: Tanzania and Zanzibar

Day 1

Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport, meet your guide & drive to Arusha for overnight.

Day 2

Drive to Tarangire park for game drive to witness big herds of elephants, lions, leopards, cheetahs, zebras, giraffes and antelopes. Tarangire river provides water for a plethora of animals and birds throughout the year. Stay in the park for overnight while listening to the bush music! (sounds of animals)

Day 3

Drive to the Serengeti National Park, which is home to the greatest concentration of large mammals on earth. Watch millions of wildebeest and zebras migrate over huge flat plans. Be ready to find lions, cheetahs, leopards, hyenas and other small predators in action. Enjoy your evening game drive and experience sleeping in the middle of the Serengeti.

Day 4

Experience a full day at the Serengeti and see the world-famous migration. Break the day into morning and afternoon game drives or take lunch boxes for a full day game drive.

Day 5

Drive out early in the morning to find predators on the move. After lunch drive to Ngorongoro crater rim for overnight.

Day 6

Descend into the crater for early game viewing. Ngorongoro crater is an animal’s paradise, with enough food supply and water throughout the year. It is the only unflooded and unbroken crater on the planet. Enjoy your full day game drive including lunch by a pond of Hippos. Overnight on the crater rim.

Day 7

Enjoy a walking safari along the rim of the Ngorongoro crater. Here you are likely to see a range of small animals, birds and local flora & fauna. Enjoy your lunch before commencing your drive to lake Manyara. Overnight on top of the Great Rift Valley escarpment.

Day 8

Drive to Lake Manyara National park, often described as one of the hidden gems of Tanzania. This park is famous for its tree-climbing lions and large herds of elephants (which are not shy to come straight up to the vehicle)!

Day 9

After your morning game drive, commence your drive back to Arusha to catch your flight to Zanzibar. After one and a half hours of flight arrive in Zanzibar. Upon arrival you will be met by our guide and transferred to the hotel on the reef beach. Spend time on leisure relaxing while enjoying a nice breeze from the shore of Indian ocean and then overnight.

Day 10

Enjoy an entire day on the beach, including a snorkeling trip and swimming with the dolphins

Day 11

After breakfast depart the hotel and travel to stone town. Enjoy a walking tour around town, discover the history of ancient dominion of Sultan, traditions, clothes, fragrance and the colors of Zanzibar. Shop at local markets and stop at a local restaurant for lunch. Visit the local fish market in the afternoon before heading back to the hotel for overnight.

Day 12

After breakfast, prepare to be transferred to the airport in time for your flight back home.
NOTE: Ask for options to fly via Zanzibar International Airport or Dar es Salaam (JK Nyerere) International Airport.