9 Days Tanzania Zanzibar Big Five and Beach Safari Holiday

Highlights

• Lake manyara birds and tree climbing lions
• Views of Mt Kilimanjaro
• Views of the crater and the big five animals inside the Ngorongoro crater
• Big five wildlife game drives in Serengeti national park
• Powdery white sands, turquoise waters and sun in Zanzibar
• Visit to stone town, spices plantation and forest in Zanzibar and the cultures of the people

Day 1

Arrival at JRO (Kilimanjaro international)

Upon arrival at JRO, (Kilimanjaro international airport) you will be met by your driver /guide and taken to the hotel for dinner and overnight. This will give you a chance to rest from the flight and get ready for the safari. Arusha is the starting point for the safari.

• Main Destination: Arusha
• Accommodation: Arusha Hotel
• Mid-range hotel located in or near Arusha
• Meals & Drinks: Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinks not included

Day 2

Arusha to lake Manyara

Your safari begins. After breakfast you will be met by the driver/guide, and start your journey to Lake Manyara National Park. As you drive west across the Maasai plains towards Lake Manyara National park, a dramatic change occurs in habitat as grasslands give way to ground-water forest featuring sausage trees and strangler figs.

Lake Manyara is a shallow alkaline lake, one of the many in the Rift Valley supporting vast flocks of flamingo. Arrive for an afternoon game drive. After a good amount of time spent in the park you will be taken to your lodge for check in, dinner and overnight.

• Main Destination: Karatu Region
• Accommodation: Lake Manyara Serena Lodge
• Luxury lodge located in or near Karatu Region
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included
• Drinks not included

Day 3

Lake Manyara to Serengeti

Today navigate around the crater’s rim descending to Olduvai Gorge, one of the most important prehistoric archaeological sites on Earth. It was here in the 1950’s that Louis and Mary Leakey first discovered the fossilized teeth and skull of one of our early.

After a museum visit and on-site interpretation, continue to Tanzania’s most renowned national park, the Serengeti. Home to the greatest concentration of large mammals on Earth, the migratory herds of wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle roam widely in search of green grass and water. Meals and overnight overlooking the Serengeti savannah.

• Main Destination: Serengeti National Park
• Accommodation: Serengeti Sopa Lodge
• Luxury lodge located inside Serengeti NP
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included
• Drinks not included

Day 4

Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, you will go on an amazing game drive through the great Serengeti where you will see the “big five” in their natural habitat and — if you’re lucky — a hunt and a kill. You will be brought back for lunch to the lodge or you may opt for a picnic lunch within the park. After lunch, you will go on another game drive through a different part of the Serengeti so you can really take in what this piece of wild Africa has to offer. After both AM and PM game drives, you will be tired and dusty so a well-deserved shower and an amazing dinner with night festivities at the hotel will await you.

• Main Destination: Serengeti National Park
• Accommodation: Serengeti Sopa Lodge
• Luxury lodge located inside Serengeti NP
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included
• Drinks not included

Day 5

Serengeti to Ngorongoro conservation area

 After breakfast, travel back south to the Ngorongoro Crater, the Earth’s largest unbroken caldera and one of the wonders of our world. Wildly called a “Garden of Eden” the Crater contains the highest density of carnivores, which includes Cheetah, Leopard, and Lion. This is the only place in East Africa where one can easily observe a natural population of black rhino. Enjoy a full day spent in the crater with picnic lunch.

• Check into the lodge for dinner and overnight.
• Main Destination:Ngorongoro Crater
• Accommodation: Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge
• Luxury lodge located inside Ngorongoro
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included
• Drinks not included

Day 6

Ngorongoro to Arusha to Zanzibar

• After breakfast you will start the journey back to Arusha for a goodbye lunch in town. After lunch we will transfer you to JRO (Kilimanjaro international airport) for your internal flight to Zanzibar. Upon arrival in Zanzibar you will be transferred to the hotel on the North East Coast of the Island.
• Main Destination: Zanzibar Island
• Accommodation:  Blue Bay Beach Resort Spa
• Luxury hotel located in or near Zanzibar
• Meals & Drinks: Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
• Drinks not included

Day 7

Zanzibar Island Sunbathing

• Today enjoy the white sandy beach for miles and take in this beautiful island. You have the option to take a tour in Stone Town (45 mins way) and we can arrange that at an additional cost. We can also arrange a tour of Prison island to see the giant turtles.
• Main Destination: Zanzibar Island
• Accommodation: Blue Bay Beach Resort Spa
• Luxury resort located in or near Zanzibar
• Meals & Drinks: Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
• Drinks not included

Day 8

Zanzibar Island Suntan

• Today enjoy the white sandy beach for miles and take in this beautiful island. You have the option to take a tour in Stone Town (45 mins way) and we can arrange that at an additional cost. We can also arrange a tour of Prison island to see the giant turtles.
• Main Destination: Zanzibar Island
• Accommodation: Blue Bay Beach Resort Spa
• Luxury resort located in or near Zanzibar
• Meals & Drinks: Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
• Drinks not included

Day 9

Zanzibar to Dar es Salaam

• After breakfast depending on your international flight back home we will transfer you to Zanzibar airport for flight to Dar es Salaam airport for international departure.
• Main Destination: Dar Es Salaam
• Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
• Meals & Drinks: Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinks not included
• End of tour

Cost of Tour: Usd 3,855pp sharing

Included

• 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 Taxes/VAT
• Roundtrip airport transfer
• Meals(As specified in the day-by-day section)

Excluded

• 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
• Some meals(As specified in the day-by-day section)
• Drinks​