Tarangire | Serengeti | Mara River | Ngorongoro Crater
Tour Overview
Each year, millions of wildebeests, gazelles and zebras thunder across the Serengeti plains in search of green grass and fresh water. Our experts in combining a northern Tanzania safari with a Zanzibar holiday. The safari to northern Tanzania with an extension to the island of Zanzibar offers a great experience of two of the major highlights of a holiday in Tanzania - bush and beach. You will be immersed in the unspoiled nature of real Africa.
Day by Day Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival and Transfer to Karatu Town
Our safari guide from our office will pick you up at Kilimanjaro International Airport or Arusha Airport and transfer you to your hotel in Karatu town for relaxation and overnight. If time allows, you can experience a city tour with our safari guide for free.
Day 2 Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, we depart for Central Serengeti for wildlife sightings. We will enjoy lunch in a suitable place inside the park. In the afternoon, we will continue the game drive before reaching the camp. The next day, we will spend a full day inside the park for game drives.
You'll be exploring the extraordinary heart of the Serengeti. The Central Serengeti has the largest wildlife populations, and it's especially good for seeing all three species of big cats. Here, you'll also get to experience the classic savannah grasslands and acacia trees, the signature landscapes of the East African safari.
Day 3 Northern Serengeti for Migration
Get up early and enjoy breakfast. We will then drive to the Northern Serengeti area around the Mara River, where the great migration is happening. Our safari guide will find the best spot for the great migration.
The great migration is the largest herd movement of wildebeests, zebras and other animals. They cross the crocodile-infested Mara River to the Masai Mara in Kenya.
Day 4 Northern Serengeti for Migration
After an early breakfast, you will go on a game drive in the northern Serengeti, keeping a special lookout for the great migration. The wildebeest and zebras must survive the Nile crocodiles and fast-flowing water before facing the lions waiting on the other side. This time of year, game viewing is sensational, impressive and dramatic.
Later, we will drive back to Central Serengeti, where you will have dinner and an overnight stay.
Day 5 Ngorongoro Crater
Today, we'll take you out onto the savannah plains of the Serengeti. We'll show you the beauty of this park on an early morning game drive en route to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area for a game drive inside the Ngorongoro Crater with a picnic lunch.
The crater shelters close to 30,000 animals, including the Big Five. It teems with zebras, buffaloes, lions, wildebeests, warthogs, baboons, elephants, flamingos, ostriches, hippos, cheetahs and a small population of the rare black rhino. The beautiful colours and dancing clouds make the crater almost surreal. Because of its natural beauty, the Ngorongoro Crater is chosen as one of Africa’s Seven Natural Wonders.
After a long day with great memories, drive back to your lodge in Karatu for relaxation, dinner and overnight.
Day 6 Transfer to Arusha Airport to Connect to a Flight to Zanzibar
After breakfast, relax at the lodge and, if time allows, take a short tour of Karatu town for shopping. You will then transfer to Arusha Airport and fly to Zanzibar. Our driver will be waiting for you at Zanzibar Airport for a private transfer to your hotel in Stone Town.
Day 7 Stone Town Tour and Transfer to the Beach Hotel
After breakfast, we dedicate this day to the Zanzibar Stone tour with our local guide.
Admire the narrow streets lined with many residential houses that preserve their original Swahili-Omani themes with exquisitely carved doorways with metal studs, overhanging balconies and latticed windows. Side by side, you will see churches that are evidently continental due to the colonial presence and the many mosques commissioned by the olden Sultans of Zanzibar. You will also visit other interesting destinations here. Once we are done, you will be transferred to your beach hotel.
Day 8 Relaxation on the Beach
Zanzibar Island is Africa's tropical paradise with the world's most beautiful beaches. It offers laid-back beach life but also a vast variety of activities.
It’s a chance to charge your batteries, organise your photos and enjoy replenishing your energy levels.
Day 9 Relax on the Beach
Today is another beautiful day dedicated to enjoying and relaxing on the beach. You'll discover Zanzibar's best beaches with their spectacular sunsets, white-sand beaches and warm, pale blue waters, palm-fringed beaches, turquoise waters, and colorful coral reefs
Day 10 Transfer to Zanzibar Airport
Even the best safaris must come to an end. You will be picked up on time from your resort and then transferred back to Zanzibar Airport for your flight home. We're sure that you travel home with a suitcase full of happy memories, and we hope that you will join us again sometime in the future.
Tour Includes
- Park fees
- All activities (game drive)
- All accommodation (during safari)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
- Drinking water (On all days)
Tour Excludes
- International flights
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips (tipping for guides)
- Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees