Itinerary Highlights
- Duration in days: 9
- Itinerary Category: Combo (Safari and Beach Holiday)
- Destinations: Tarangire, Manyara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Zanzibar
- Major Attractions: Big Five, Lion climbing, Great Migration, The Crater, Zanzibar Beach, Jozani Forest and Red Colobus Monkey
- Budget Level: Standard
- Guiding Language: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian
- Start point: Arusha
- End point: Dar es Salaam
- Essential items: DigitalCamera with enough memory space and extra batteries, binoculars, light clothes, safari boot, mosquito repellents, sunhat, sunglasses with ultra violet radiation filtering etc
Itinerary Description by Day
Day 1: Transfer from Arusha to Tarangire National Park for a game drive
Non game-viewing travel time: 2 h 44min
Distance: 152.7 km
After breakfast at the lodge in Arusha you leave early to the Tarangire National park. This is the third largest park in Tanzania. Have a full day game drive in Tarangire National Park. In the afternoon take a break and have lunch in the park. Overnight stay at camping site in Tarangire and dinner included.
Day 2: Drive from Tarangire to Manyara for a game drive
Non game-viewing travel time: 1 hr
Distance: 50.2 km
After breakfast early in the morning depart from Tarangire National Park and proceed to Lake Manyara National Park. Lake Manyara covers two thirds of the park. We will enjoy a picnic lunch in this area, which consists of open grassy areas. Have dinner and overnight stay at booked accommodations near Lake Manyara.
Day 3: Drive from Manyara to Serengeti National Park for a game drive
Non game-viewing travel time: 6 h 29 min
Distance: 350.2 km
Leave the jungle of Lake Manyara National Park behind and start a safari to Serengeti National Park passing through Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Stop for a while in time and place to visit a Maasai village. Continue with a game drive to the endless plains of Serengeti. After the games drive we will go to your preferred booked Lodge/camp site in Serengeti for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 4: Full day game drive in Serengeti National Park
We will have adventure continues with a full day game drive in order to discover more wonders of Serengeti and have lunch enroute. Serengeti is the one most famous for wildebeest migration. Return dusty to your lodge for dinner and the option to game drive at night before rest in your lodge/Tented Camp.
Day 5: Drive from Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater for a game drive
Non game-viewing travel time: 4 h 52 min
Distance: 146 km
After breakfast departure from the Serengeti for an encore game drive in the Ngorongoro Crater. At the top of the crater, the views of the caldera and the scattered animals below are breathtaking. We venture onto the crater floor for an up close view of this World Heritage Site, and enjoy a picnic lunch here. The Ngorongoro Crater provides great game-viewing all year-round. Have dinner and overnight stay at lodge/camp site near Ngorongoro Crater.
Day 6: Half day game drive at Ngorongoro Crater then later drive to Arusha
Non game-viewing travel time: 2 h 40 min
Distance: 154.1 km
Have an early in the morning game drive in the crater. In the afternoon break for a picnic lunch inside the Ngorongoro Crater. After great exploration in crater then we will drive back to Arusha in the evening. Have an overnight stay and dinner at your booked hotel/lodge in Arusha.
Day 7: Transfer from Arusha to Zanzibar for Beach Holiday
Travel time: 1 h 28 min
Distance: 426 Km
After breakfast, we will make our way to the airstrip where an aircraft will be waiting to take us on a flight to Zanzibar where we will stay at the Reef and Beach resort. Having lunch and dinner and relax in Zanzibar beach after exploring Northern Tanzania Circuit for about six days.
Day 8: Beach relaxation at Zanzibar Reef and Beach Resort
After breakfast Relaxing in the Reef and Beach Resort, swimming in the pool or in the Indian Ocean, snorkeling, romantic beach walk, participation in one of the optional excursion, such as swimming with dolphins, sailing trip in an original ‘dhow’,walking through the alleys full of shops and restaurants of the historic Stone Town, Prison Island with the giant tortoises, Joozani Forest with the Red Colobus monkeys and Spice Tour. Return to comfortable room with shower and toilet in the evening for dinner and a rest in hotels in Stone Town.
Day 9: Transfer from Zanzibar to Dar es Salaam
Non game-viewing travel time: 4h 11 min
Distance: 114.4 km
After breakfast in the morning depending on the time of your flight, you can relax and transfer from Stone Town harbor with ferry to Dar es Salaam city where you will take a taxi to the Dar es Salaam Airport for a return to your home country.
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