Tanzania and Zanzibar Safari in 9 Nights 10 Days. Tanzania’s most famous safari destinations – the Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara National Park lie conveniently close to each other creating the best safari experience. Combine a wildlife safari in Serengeti and other top Tanzania national parks with the most perfect ending to any Africa Safari experience, an affordable holiday to Zanzibar Island.
This Tanzania and Zanzibar Safari starts with excellent game viewing in Lake Manyara National Park, then spend a few days on safari in Serengeti National Park. After your Big 5 Serengeti Safari, explore the wildlife-rich Ngorongoro Crater travelling through the Malanja Depression, Maasai villages and the Great Rift Valley on this Budget Tanzania Safari.
Next, fly from Arusha to Zanzibar Island for four nights at a luxury beach resort on the east coast of Zanzibar. This Zanzibar giving you ample time to enjoy the white sand beaches, exciting activities, and exotic culture of the ‘Spice Island’. Optional activities on Zanzibar include scuba diving, boat trips to uninhabited islands, Stone Town tours and tours of the spice plantations.
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Itinerary
Day 1 :
Arusha airport
This day our driver guide will come to pick you up from Kilimanjaro international airport (JRO) at 6:20h then after finish customs program, you will go direct to the Chemka Hotsprings for swimming and relaxing. You will have picnic breakfast at Chemka hotspring area.
Later you will move to find a perfect view of Kilimanjaro with our driver guide before you start to move towards Arusha to check-in and having a hot lunch around 13:00h at Arusha coffee lodge.
Later around 15:00h you will start to make a tour at Coffee Estate which will be organized by Arusha coffee lodge. You will have a dinner and overnight at this hotel.
• Main destination: Arusha city.
• Main activities: Chemka hotsprings and coffee estate tour
• Accommodation: Arusha coffee lodge (https.elewanacollection.com)
• Meals & drinks: All meals included and drinking water
Day 2 :
Lake Manyara National Park
Today after breakfast, you will start your game drive at Lake Manyara national park together with your picnic lunch boxes around 8:00h. This park is one of the attractive parks in East Africa. Lake Manyara offers a good game viewing because you can manage to see the largest baboon troops and flamingo but also there are so many wild animals such as elephants, zebra, hippo, lions, giraffes and wildebeest. Then later after game drive at 16:00h you will drive back to NFTL for dinner and overnight.
• Main destination: Lake Manyara N. Park
• Main activity: Game drive
• Accommodation: Ngorongoro Forest tented Lodge (www.ngorongoroforestlodge.com)
• Meals & drinks: All meals included and drinking water
Day 3 :
Ngorongoro Crater
Early after breakfast, 6:30h you will start your game drive at Ngorongoro Crater while you also carry your lunch boxes. Crater is one of the oldest calderas in the world but also this area is a World Heritage Site. A lot of animals inhabit on this crater such as lions, elephants, leopards, and black rhinos. On this day after picnic lunch at 13:00h, you will start to move towards a camp in Serengeti but before reaching at the camp, you will visit Maasai village around Ngorongoro conservation area.
• Main destination: Ngorongoro Crater
• Main activity: Game drive
• Accommodation: Serengeti Pioneer camp (www.elewanacollection.com)
• Meals & drinks: All meals included and drinking water
Day 4 :
Serengeti National Park
The next two days at Serengeti national park, every day early after breakfast at 6:30/7:30h you will start your game drive from Central Serengeti then heading to other part of Serengeti N. Park then later in the evening drive back to central Serengeti where your camp is located. Serengeti is one of the best destination points in Tanzania and world at large, because a lot of wild animals are here such as elephants, lions, leopards, rhinos and buffalo. This park will give you a lot of experience on how wild animals live in the parks.
• Main destination: Serengeti N. Park
• Main activity: Game drives
• Accommodation: Serengeti Pioneer camp (www.elewanacollection.com)
• Meals & drinks: All meals included and drinking water
Day 5 :
Serengeti National Park
Another full day in the Serengeti National Park.
• Main destination: Serengeti N. Park
• Main activity: Game drives
• Accommodation: Serengeti Pioneer camp (www.elewanacollection.com)
• Meals & drinks: All meals included and drinking water
Day 6 :
Zanzibar Island
Today our driver guide will take you to Seronera airstrip for a flight to Zanzibar island. The Air Excel link company will start to fly at 9:30h and land at Zanzibar airport at 11:45h. First our Zanzibar guide will bring you at one of the restaurants in Stone town for lunch. Then after lunch you will start your stone town tour and cultural tour.
Later before evening they will transfer you at Ocean paradise hotel for dinner and overnight.
• Main destination: Zanzibar Island
• Flight company: Air Excel
• Main activity: Stone town and Cultural tour
• Hot lunch: Lunch at Stonetown
• Accommodation: Ocean Paradise hotel (www.oceanparadisezanzibar.com)
• Meals & drinks: Half board meals included.
Day 7 :
Zanzibar Island: Spice tour at Island
Today after breakfast, our driver guide will come to pick you up from the hotel and starting Spice tour at the Island. This is one of the best activities you have to do in Zanzibar where you will have a chance to local spice farm and experience the tasty of different spices such as cloves, cinnamon, black pepper and turmeric. Lunch will take place at 13:00h.
You will start another tour to Jozani forest after finish your lunch around afternoon.
Later before evening they will transfer you at Ocean paradise hotel for dinner and overnight.
• Main destination: Zanzibar Island
• Main activity: Spice tour & Jozani forest tour
• Hot lunch: Lunch at Spice tour
• Accommodation: Ocean paradise hotel (www.oceanparadisezanzibar.com)
• Meals & drinks: Half board meals included
Day 8 :
Zanzibar Island: Private prison island tour
Today after breakfast, our driver guide will come to pick you up from the hotel and starting private prison (Changu) island tour where you will explore and experience different attraction around the place before going to have lunch at Nakupenda sandbank.
Later after finish with your lunch and tour around 16:00, you will go to The Rock and Magical sunset bar for sunset dinner.
Driver guide will move you back at the hotel after finish your sunset dinner.
• Main destination: Zanzibar Island
• Main activity: Private Island tour
• Hot lunch: Lunch at Nakupenda Sandbank
• Accommodation: Ocean paradise hotel (www.oceanparadisezanzibar.com)
• Meals & drinks: Half board meals included
Day 9 :
Zanzibar Island: Sunset Cruise tour
Free morning for extra optional activities today before you will depart with our Zanzibar guide at 15:00h after lunch to enjoy the private sunset cruise in the Dhow. You will meet with the Dhow crew and start to learn on how they craft and construct dhow before you start to sailing inside it from 16:30h onward.
During the evening you will move back to the hotel for relaxation after a long day activity.
• Main destination: Zanzibar Island
• Main activity: Sunset Cruise tour
• Hot lunch: Lunch at the hotel
• Accommodation: Ocean paradise hotel (www.oceanparadisezanzibar.com)
• Meals & drinks: Full board meals
Day 10 :
Tranfer to Zanzibar Airport
Today you will be transferred to Zanzibar airport at 1:30 for a flight back to home country. The transfer will be scheduled based on your departure flight time.
• Main activity: Transfer
