12 day Safari and Zanzibar

The 12-day Tanzania Safari & Zanzibar Beach Trip starts in the town of Arusha, followed by an overnight stay at a Lake Manyara lodge in Tanzania.From Lake Manyara the next few days are spent exploring the wildlife-rich Serengeti National Park and the Ngorongoro Crater passing through the Malanja Depression and Masai villages. The Tanzania safari then takes you to Arusha via Lake Manyara and the Great Rift Valley, for the flight to Zanzibar Island.The next five nights of the Tanzania and Zanzibar Trip are spent on Zanzibar Island enjoying Zanzibar’s sandy beaches, watersports and cultural or outdoor activities.Activities on Zanzibar include scuba diving, boat trips to Indian Ocean islands and tours of Stone Town or the spice plantations. Accommodation on Zanzibar Island is in Five Star resorts and hotels on the east coast of this scenic tropical island.

Day 01: Arusha – Tanzania

The Tanzania Safari & Zanzibar Beach Trip starts in Tanzania, where you are collected from the Kilimanjaro International Airport and transferred to your 5 Star lodge in Arusha. This growing city lies near the foot of Mount Meru, serving as the travel hub for safaris to Tanzania’s famous Northern Safari Circuit.

• Meal Plan: Bed & Breakfast

Day 02: Arusha to Lake Manyara – Tanzania

On the second day, we travel from Arusha to Lake Manyara National Park, taking an afternoon game drive and stopping for a picnic lunch along the way.This incredibly scenic national park is noted for its tree-climbing lions, large troops of baboons and flamingo flocks. Keep an eye out for buffalos, elephants, zebras, wildebeest and giraffe as well as antelopes such as bushbuck. Lake Manyara also hosts an abundance of birds, including numerous waterbirds.In the late afternoon, we arrive at the 5 Star tented lodge for our overnight stay at Lake Manyara.

• Meal Plan: Breakfast, Picnic Lunch, Dinner
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Day 03: Serengeti National Park – Tanzania

After breakfast, we continue by road from Lake Manyara to the expansive Serengeti National Park via Olduvai Gorge.We stop to visit the Olduvai Museum and Gorge, the archaeological site where fossils of our earliest human ancestors and their tools have been unearthed. There is also the option of visiting a Maasai village to encounter Kenya’s best-known ethnic group – the semi-nomadic Maasai.Then we enjoy an en-route game drive to our 5 Star lodge or tented lodge at the world-renowned Serengeti National Park.

• Meal Plan: Breakfast, Picnic Lunch, Dinner
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Day 04: Serengeti National Park – Tanzania

The entire day is spent game viewing in the beautiful Serengeti National Park on the fourth day of this Tanzania Safari and Zanzibar Beach Trip.The largest national park in Tanzania, Serengeti covers about 14 760 km² of open plains and wilderness. This unique wildlife reserve hosts an awe-inspiring abundance of large mammals including masses of herbivores such as wildebeest, zebra, gazelle, topi, buffalo, and hartebeest among others. The Serengeti Park is also famous for predator populations, especially big cats – lion, cheetah and leopard.Your choice of hot lunch at the lodge or a picnic lunch will be served and the night is spent at a 5 Star Serengeti luxury or tented lodge.

• Meal Plan: Breakfast, Picnic Lunch or Hot Lunch, Dinner
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Day 05: Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater – Tanzania

In the morning we embark on a game drive in Serengeti National Park, stopping for a picnic lunch along the way.Our game drive then takes us through the Malanja Depression, passing various Masai villages en route to the renowned Ngorongoro Conservation Area. We arrive at our 5 Star Ngorongoro lodge in time for dinner and a relaxing evening recounting our adventures on the Serengeti Plains.

• Meal Plan: Breakfast, Picnic Lunch, Dinner