Serengeti and Zanzibar Safaris – 9 Days

Day by Day Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival to Kilimanjaro Airport.

You will arrive at Kilimanjaro Airport and here our drive will take you from Kilimanjaro Airport at to Arusha for dinner and overnight at Arusha Crown Hotel, or Similar. You will arrive at Hotel for dinner and overnight.

Day 2: Tarangire National Park

After early breakfast at the hotel, your actual wildlife safari starts with a 2 hour drive to Tarangire National Park which is famous for its large herds of elephants and the massive baobab trees. After a few minutes registration at the gate you will embark on your first game drive right away in search of the big game and spend the whole day in the bush with picnic lunch taken at one of the picnic sites. At Tarangire you expect to have a highlight of all the Tanzania safari with a lot of possibility to spot the elephants, zebras, giraffes, buffaloes, impalas, gazelles, the rare gerenuks and with a little bit of luck you can spot the cats like cheetahs, leopard and lions but also the rare fringe eared oryx. Tarangire National Park is also famous for birds including rare ones like the Ashy starlings and many more.

Day 3: From Karatu to Lake Manyara National Park

Enjoy an early morning breakfast, then proceed to Manyara Ranch Conservancy. The Conservancy offers night game drives in four by four open safari vehicles. A game drive is a special experience because you will get to spot nocturnal animals like leopards, Dik-dik’s, aardvarks, serval cats, civets, and bush babies. Later in the noon drive from Manyara to Serengeti National Park.

Day 4: Full Day Serengeti National Park

You will wake up early in the morning for breakfast then we set off again further in the wilderness to Serengeti National Park, the land of the big cats and home to the famous Great Wildebeests Migration. Game drives will go on until late in the afternoon when you will check in at your tented camp Serengeti.

MEALS: Lunch, dinner, bed and breakfast

ACCOMMODATION: Serengeti Bush Camps

Day 5: From Serengeti to Mto wa Mbu for Cultural Tourism.

Maasai BomaTour

After breakfast in the Serengeti Bush Camps we will drive on the way back to Arusha. We will have a break to Mto wa Mbu which is situated on the way from Arusha to the national parks in northern Tanzania, just at the foot of the Rift Valley. It is an ideal resting place for most safari travellers. Here you will be able to walk around the village and visit a local school. You will see different types of bananas growing in the fields and then see the market place..You will see a workshop where wood carving are done and you will see local homes. You watch banana beer being made and then we get to experience a lunch cooked by local village women. This will be a good educational experience that is helpful for learning about the Tanzanian way of life. Later evening you will be transfer to Arusha. You will have dinner and overnight at Arusha Crown Hotel

Day 6: Transfer to Kilimanjaro Airport for Zanzibar Flight ( This depends on flight time.

The drive will pick you up from the hotel early in the morning for Kilimanjaro flight to Zanzibar. If the flight is very early in the morning You will have to wake up early so that you can’t miss the flight. At Zanzibar Airport you will meet with the drive from the hotel to pick you up and drive to the Karamba Resort in Zanzibar.

The remaining days you will be spending at Zanzibar. I have lived the days as they are in the itinerary. In case you need any activities please don’t hesitate to consult me so that I can make changes.

Day 7: Beach Vacation

You will be enjoying the beaches of Zanzibar and all what Zanzibar has to offer. All dinner and overnights will be at Karamba Resort or Similar, booked on half board basis; with breakfast and dinner included. All the days you will be relaxing at the beach and enjoy the wonders of Tanzania.

Day 8: Beach Vacation

You will be enjoying the beaches of Zanzibar and all what Zanzibar has to offer. All dinner and overnights will be at Karamba Resort or Similar, booked on half board basis; with breakfast and dinner included. All the days you will be relaxing at the beach and enjoy the wonders of Tanzania.

Day 9: Transfer to the airport for Flight

After the breakfast at the beach resort you can stay around the beach resort till time to transfer to the Airport for your flight back home.

End of your 9 days Tanzania and beach in Zanzibar package.

 

PRICE INCLUDES

PRICE EXCLUDES

• Tanzania VAT on tourism activities and park fees •  Transfers • Hotel before and after the climb, • All Park gate fees, camping fees. • Kilimanjaro National Park rescue fees • Emergency oxygen (for use in emergencies only – not as summiting aid) • Basic first aid kit (for use in emergencies only) • Qualified mountain guide, assistant guides, porters, and cook • Salaries for the mountain crew. • Breakfast, lunch, and dinner, • Camping equipment (tents, camp chairs, tables & sleeping mattress • Water for washing up daily • Porter to carry your duffel bag (max weight 15kg / 32 lbs) • Chemical Portable toilet • Flying Doctor Service

• Flights and airport taxes • Items of a personal nature • Compulsory tips for guides, porters, and cook • Highly recommended travel and medical insurance. • Personal hiking/trekking gear – we can rent some of the gear from our equipment store in Tanzania • Snacks, personal medicine.