10 Days 9 Nights Tanzania and Zanzibar Safari

Upon your arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will be welcomed by our driver who will transfer you to your lodge in the outskirts of Arusha for dinner and overnight stay.

After breakfast, your safari guide will pick you from your lodge to proceed to Tarangire National park. Often overshadowed by the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater, Tarangire has immense concentrations of game in the peak months of July through to October.

With a game viewing area that is roughly ten times the size of nearby Manyara, the park is most famous for its elephant migration, birding and quiet authentic safari atmosphere in a unique surrounding of baobab trees. We will enjoy a game drive exploring the park. Lunch will be taken in a picnic site overlooking the Tarangire River.

In the afternoon we proceed to our tented lodge. Leisure time by the pool, dinner and overnight at you lodge on full Board Basis.

Waking up in the southern part of Serengeti is something really special. Sights, sounds and smells of Africa are all around us, and ahead is a full day of adventure in the world’s most famous national park.

We will have a full day game drive from the southern part to central Serengeti in search of the “big five”. The Serengeti eco-system is home to the "big five" (lion, African elephant, cape buffalo, leopard, rhinoceros).

The other main species include zebra, wildebeest, various species of gazelles and antelopes, giraffes, cheetahs, hyenas, elephants, hippopotamus, crocodiles and some primate species such as vervet monkeys and olive baboons. It is also an endemic bird area, with a total of 505 species being documented so far.

In the afternoon we will be heading to the central park area, known as the Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park, featuring the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species.

We arrive in time for lunch and enjoy an afternoon game drive exploring the wildlife of Serengeti. With its wide-open spaces, bright blue skies and creature-filled landscape, over the next three days we will discover why the fabled Serengeti typifies the dream of “Old Africa.” Large prides of lions laze in the long grasses; plentiful families of elephants feed on acacia bark and trumpet to each other across the plains, while giraffes, gazelles, monkeys, eland and the whole range of African wildlife present themselves in awe-inspiring numbers. At sunset we will proceed to our tented camp in the heart of this famous Seronera Valley.

At sunset, we will arrive at our Tented Camp in Central Serengeti for dinner and overnight stay on Full Board Basis.

Morning breakfast then we continue with a short day game drive to our exciting destination being a name familiar to everyone – the Great Serengeti. In the Maasai language, "serenget" means "endless plain". The park stretches for over 15,000 square kilometers.

Serengeti National Park is quite simply the most magnificent wildlife sanctuary in the world— unparalleled in natural beauty and wilderness. From vast, open plains casting idyllic, golden sunsets, to steamy riverbanks and towers of granite boulders, the Serengeti throbs with life in the endless rhythms of the animals.

In the afternoon we drive to Seronera Airstrip for our flight to Zanzibar Island. Upon arrival at Zanzibar Airport, you will be welcomed by our driver guide who will transfer you to the Beach Hotel, Evening at leisure by the beach, dinner and overnight stay.

Due to long days of your wildlife safaris today you will have your full day while enjoying the beautiful view of the Beach

You will have free program at the island to enjoy leisure time by the beach combined with optional activities as per your interests.

•••• Optionally for your lunch, we recommend “The Rock” restaurant. http://www.therockrestaurantzanzibar.com/

Combined with the lunch at The Rock, you can visit the Jozani forest and/or visit a Spice Plantation:

Jozani Forest. A guided journey through the forest and you will quickly learn about its uniqueness and witness the different species of monkeys unique to Zanzibar (and yes, without a thumb). After your forest tour on a short hop to the other side of the national park, there is an opportunity to uncover the magical world of the Zanzibar Mangroves. A walk along the wooden trail, and you will see the thousands of crabs at work under the mangroves and if you’re lucky you might even be able to hear the mangroves talking. See for yourself.

Spice Plantation tour: At a Spice plantation you can sample various types of tropical fruits, root crops, flowering trees and spices i.e. ginger, cardamom, lemon grass and cinnamon among many.

The spices are the highest export products of Zanzibar. You therefore get to know why Zanzibar is popularly known as the “spice Island”. You sample the fruits that are in abundance in the farms. This is also the best place to buy locally made perfumes and oils in good rates.

Breakfast will be served at the hotel, then relax on the beach or laze yourself by the poolside

Breakfast will be served at the hotel, then relax on the beach or laze yourself by the poolside.

Recommended activity of the day: Safari Blue We hope you are prepared to swim as today you will go snorkelling on our guided, Safari Blue Tour.

Travel to three different banks that disappear upon sunset. View the beautiful coral and fish as you snorkel and swim in the beautiful sea.

Afterwards, you will have a special seafood lunch prepared for you before heading to the natural lagoon and heading back to shore.

Our Last and departure day where after breakfast you will check out from the hotel while our driver guide will be waiting outside to transfer you to Zanzibar airport for your flight back home.

Recommended activity of the day: Guided tour in Stone Town

•••• Optionally, we can depart early and do a guided tour at the historical sites of Stone Town, before dropping off to the airport. (This will depend on your flight schedule).

During the guided tour, you will experience the town & the true culture of Zanzibar; visit the famous house of wonder, the sultan palace, the old museum and the old market where you can shop for various fruits and spices.

You will also see the cathedral church and the old dispensary. You may continue with a free walk in the alleyways of the old town, watching the everyday local life and find beautiful handmade souvenirs in the small shops before heading back to Zanzibar Airport for your flight back home.