ZANZIBAR
Attractions
- Anglican Cathedral and Slave Market
- Central Market
- House of Wonders (BEIT EL-AJAIB)
- Jozani Chwaka Bay Conservation Area
- Mafia Island
- Mtoni Palace Ruins
- Northern Beaches of Zanzibar
- Palace Museum
- Pemba Island
4-Day Ngorongoro Crater & Zanzibar Family Tour
$1,092 per person (USD)
This Tanzania safari & Zanzibar holiday has been designed to meet the requirement of visitors with limited time to spend in Northern Tanzania and Zanzibar. You will visit the Ngorongoro Crater where it is easy to spot all of the Big Five animals. This tour is based on budget accommodation. Enjoy and relax at the beautiful, white-sand beaches. You will be picked up and dropped off at the airport or your hotel.
Start | Arusha (Day 1) |
Day 1 | Ngorongoro crater |
Day 2 | Stone Town (Zanzibar) |
End | Zanzibar (Beach) (Day 3-4) |
Budget tour
This budget tour uses lodges.
Shared tour
On this shared tour, you will join a group of other travelers. Max 6 people per vehicle.
Can start any day
If availability permits, this tour can start on any day.
Can be customized
You can request changes to this tour.
Not for single travelers
Single travelers cannot join this group tour.
Minimum age of 4 years
The minimum age for this tour is 4 years.
Activities & Transportation;
- game drives, boat trip & beach time
Game drives: pop-up roof 4×4 vehicle and minivan
Getting around: pop-up roof 4×4 vehicle, minivan
A transfer from and back to the airport is included
| Day | Accomodation | Meals |
| 1 | -Panorama Ocean View -Budget lodge | All meals included |
| 2 | -Panorama Ocean View -Budget lodge in or near Stone Town (Zanzibar) | All meals included |
| 3 | -Panorama Ocean View -Budget lodge in or near Zanzibar (Beach) | All meals included |
| 4 | -End of tour -No accomodation | Breakfast & Lunch Included |
ARRIVAL
- You’ll be collected from the airport.
- Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.
Day 1
Arusha – Ngorongoro Crater – Zanzibar
After breakfast at the hotel, depart for the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. It takes 3 hours (172 km) to drive to the Ngorongoro entrance.
While your guide completes the registration at the authority offices, you will have about 10 minutes to look around the area or use the washroom. After registration, your adventure to the Ngorongoro Crater begins. The crater has a unique ecosystem that is inhabited by more than 25,000 resident animals. In grass steppes and acacia forests, you can encounter almost every animal species of the East African savanna, including the Big Five (rhino, elephant, Cape buffalo, lion, leopard).
The crater is also home to big herds of wildebeest and zebra, Thomson’s and Grant’s gazelle, hippo, Cape buffalo, lion, hyena, serval cat, and close to 400 species of birds.
After a great game drive in the crater including lunch at the picnic site, you will exit the park and head back to the airport in Arusha from where you’ll be taken to Zanzibar.
Accommodation:
Panorama Ocean View
- Budget lodge
Meals & Drinks:
- All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
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Day 2
Zanzibar City tour and Prison Island
After breakfast, you will meet your guide and start a city tour. Explore Stone Town including its locals, the buildings, and local markets. Get to know the full history of this archipelago. You’ll also visit the Old Slave Market and learn about its full history, Old Fort, Fred Mercury House, and the first East African building to have an elevator. Experience the different houses built in various styles in Stone Town such as the house of slave master Tip Tip and Princess Salme’s house.
You will also see the doorway styles of Zanzibar (Indian and Arab styles) which were built in early times but are now still available.
At 1:00 pm, we have lunch at the picnic site or at any good restaurant in the city. After lunch, we continue to the breathtaking Prison Island. It’s a very quiet place to visit and is filled with giant tortoises believed to be more than 100 years old. You’ll get a full colonial history of how prisons were run. In the late evening, you’ll be dropped off at your hotel.
Accommodation:
Panorama Ocean View
- Budget lodge located in or near Stone Town
Meals & Drinks:
- All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 3
Safari Blue
At 7:00 am, we have breakfast at the lodge, and at 8:00 am, you’ll be picked up by our guide and briefed about the tour. Safari Blue is among the classic watersport adventures in Zanzibar. This trip involves sailing with a boat to different islands like Fumba, Menai, etc. During the tour, you’ll be offered bites and soft drinks. The tour highly depends on sea weather so it may start even earlier.
It’s a 6-hour excursion where our guide will take you to a nice beach (Nungwi or Kendwa) for sailing. Upon arrival, you’ll be offered all safety and snorkeling gear before boarding a boat. Your captain will stop at 2 potential points where you can snorkel and spot a beautiful coral reef with a lot of fish species and wonderful mangroves.
We have lunch at the picnic site between 1 and 2 pm. After lunch, and if you’re not too tired, our guide may offer you another trip where you can sunbathe and swim until late evening. Later, you will be taken back to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation:
Panorama Ocean View
- Budget lodge located in or near Zanzibar
Meals & Drinks:
- All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 4
Snorkelling at Michamvi
After breakfast, you’ll be picked up and head to Spice Island. On the spice tour, you’ll be taken to an organic farm where spices are planted, cultivated, harvested, packed, and processed throughout the year.
Zanzibar is a small island but one of the best spice producers. Spices and herbs such as clove, lemongrass, turmeric, vanilla, black pepper, jack fruit, chilly, cardamom, nutmeg, cinnamon, and many others are all found in Zanzibar.
After lunch, you’ll have a market trip and a short window shop to see how these fresh spices from the farm after been packed and placed where people from different parts, either within or outside the island, buy spices and herbs (cash only). We do hope that you’ll take some back to your home country.
After the spice tour, you’ll be taken to Kendwa Beach for swimming and sunbathing. Later in the evening, you’ll be dropped off at your hotel or the airport.
Accommodation:
No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks:
- Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
End of tour
Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
- You’ll be dropped off at the airport.
INCLUSIONS IN THE TOUR
- Park fees(For non-residents)
- All activities(Unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation(Unless listed as upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation(Unless labeled as optional)
- All flights during the tour
- All Taxes/VAT
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- Meals(As specified in the day-by-day section)
- Drinking water(On all days)
EXCLUSIONS IN THE TOUR
- International flights(From/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips(Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
- Personal items(Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
Let the waves hit your feet, and the sand be your seat.Welcome to Tanzania and have a wonderfull beach holiday with fantastic memories.