Overview:
- Destination: Northern Tanzania & Zanzibar Beach
- Trip Duration: 8 days/ 7 nights
- Areas Visited: Arusha, Tarangire, Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Zanzibar
- Activities and Interest: Cultural, Beach & Wildlife
- Tour Style: Comfort/budget
- Tour Type: Private Tours
- Wear: Comfortable clothing
Arrive in Arusha-Tanzania
Day 1: Free airport pick up!
Our guide will pick you up from Kilimanjaro International Airport and take you to our office in Arusha then to a hotel in Arusha outskirt where you will spend the night.
Our local guides know the country so well so you will be in safe hands from the moment you arrive till the departing time.
Meals: Dinner and breakfast
Accommodations: Hotel
Day 2: Arusha to Tarangire National Park
After breakfast at your hotel, we will depart for Tarangire National Park via Arusha city for any last-minute purchase. The driving is along Masai steppe & villages, this park is located along the Great Northern highway and it runs along Tarangire river. Its main vegetation consisting of huge African Baobab trees and scattered acacia woodland and a swamp areas in the south.
Animal species includes herds of giraffe, wildebeest, zebra, warthog, buffalo, African elephant & many more. You may also spot a number of predators with include lion, leopard, cheetahs, hyenas, jackals & others.
The park is highlighted with some of the largest elephant herds in Africa & it is also home to some rare species of Great Kudu, Fringed-eared Oryx and the Ash Starlings.
Late afternoon drive to our lodge or camp with brief stop at the Great East African Rift Valley for sunset & nice pictures of Lake Manyara & its forest.
Meals: Lunch, Dinner, Bed and breakfast
Accommodations: Lodge, Camp or similar
Day 3: Tarangire-Ngorongoro Crater-Serengeti National Park
After early breakfast, Mado Tours Africa guide takes you to Ngorongoro Crater via the high lying farmlands of Karatu & many villages then up to Ngorongoro gate, after park formalities drive to Crater
Ngorongoro Crater is a remarkable wildlife sanctuary and UNESCO’s World Heritage, the crater is sometime referred by many as the 8th nature wonders of the world. As very few animals moves in and out of the crater you may expect to spot herds of African elephant, zebra, wildebeest, buffalo, warthog, eland, top, hippos & if lucky the rare black rhinos. Many bird species can also be seen in the crater including flamingos, ibises, goose, ostrich & others.
At the Caldera there is a denser population of predators which include lion, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs & the ever-elusive leopard that sometimes require sharp eyes to spot.
Break for lunch before starting your way out & drive to Serengeti National Park, on the way visit one of Masai village whereby some Masai warriors invites you & take you in & around their houses with some stories of their nomadic life around this area.
Later they will sing a farewell song which involves dancing & jumping high. Afterward drive further & reach Naabi gate for check in, then is a sunset game drives towards Serengeti National Park in search of Great Wildebeest Migration & the big cats. Late afternoon during or before sunset drive to the Camp/lodge for dinner & overnight.
Meals: Lunch, Dinner, Bed and breakfast
Accommodations: Lodge, Camp or similar
Day 4: Serengeti National Park
On this day, in Serengeti we take you for an early morning game drive starts at 6:30 (leave with breakfast box & lunch box), early morning game drive allows you to witness the sunrise in the Serengeti plains and spot most of the cut family on the road as they avoid the morning mist.
You may also see some other predators coming back from their long night of hunting and sometime eating or playing along the road. You may expect to see a lot of animal actions like fighting and sometime killing. If the Wildebeest Migration will be in Serengeti you will spend much of your game drive following their movement. Late afternoon during or before the sunset drive back to the camp for dinner & overnight.
Meals: Lunch, Dinner, Bed and breakfast
Accommodations: Lodge, Camp or similar
Day 5: Serengeti-Zanzibar Islands
After breakfast drive to Seronera airstrip for your flight to Zanzibar with en-route game drive reach the airstrip at least half an hour before the flight. Arrive in Zanzibar, meet our representative and transfer to a Beach Resort on the Southeast of Zanzibar island.
Meals: Dinner, Bed and breakfast
Accommodations: Resort
Day 6 &7: Zanzibar Beach Holidays
Relax and enjoy the white sand beaches of Zanzibar, various water sport can be arranged at your resort or you may visit the Stone town & do some excursion, see Zanzibar tour packages page.
Meals: Dinner, Bed and breakfast
Accommodations: Resort
Day 8: Departure Transfer.
After breakfast you will be transfer to Zanzibar airport to catch your flight back home (depending on your flight time) you can do our famous stone town tour or the Spice tour before going to the airport.
If departing from Dar es Salaam international airport a domestic flight will be needed. Our private safari in Tanzania & Zanzibar beach ends up here.
Karibu Sana!
The Price includes:-
-8 Days Private Safari in Tanzania & Zanzibar for 2 to 7 person
-All transfers in Arusha & Zanzibar
-4 Day 3 night Private Tanzania safari for 2 to 7 person
-1 HB at a hotel in Arusha or similar
-3 FB at safari lodges & a Tented Camp
-3 HB at resort in Zanzibar or Similar
-Wildlife game drives in modified 4 x 4 Land Cruiser with pop up roof hatch
-Experienced local safari driver guide
-All accommodation & meals as per itinerary
-All wildlife reserve entry fees & concession fees
-All game drives as mentioned in the itinerary
-All activity as per itinerary
-1.5 l mineral water per person per day during game drives
-Domestic flight Serengeti – Zanzibar including taxes
-Value Added Tax by Tanzania Revenue Authority
The Price does not includes:-
-Any domestic connection flights on arrival or departure
-International Flights
-Drinks and beverages in lodges
-All items of a personal nature
-Travel insurance if applicable
-Tips for safari guide and lodge staff (please tip separately)
-Hot Air Balloon Safari at Serengeti (589 US$ per person), including concession fees
-Visa fee (50 US$ /100 US$ for American or Irish Passport holders – to be paid upon arrival)
-Any activities at Zanzibar like snorkeling or diving or private tours at Zanzibar
join us again for a breathtaking Private safari in Tanzania & Zanzibar beach. Karibu!