Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Arusha - Tarangire National Park
Arusha - Tarangire National Park
You will depart Arusha in the morning and head to Tarangire National Park, arriving before midday. Once in the park, you will be able to enjoy both a morning and afternoon game drive with a delicious lunch in the afternoon. In the early evening, after your game drive, you will exit the park and make your way to your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Main attractions in Tarangire National Park:
Land of giants - herds of giant elephants and massive baobab trees.
Over 550 different bird species both migratory and permanent.
Abundant biodiversity.
The Tarangire River.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
-
Escarpment Luxury Lodge
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Tarangire - Serengeti National Park
Tarangire - Serengeti National Park
You will depart Tarangire in the morning after a hearty breakfast and make your way to the famous Serengeti National Park. You will enjoy an en-route drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and have a chance to see some views of Ngorongoro Crater before reaching the Serengeti's gate.
After lunch, you will head out on an afternoon game drive for the chance to look for some of the wild game before sunset and some dinner at Embalakai Tented camp.
Main attractions in Serengeti National Park:
Voted the best national park in Africa (2020) by the World Travelers Award.
Home to the Great Wildebeest Migration.
Home to the famous grassland plains.
The high number of predators such as leopards, cheetahs and lions.
Travelers Most Choice.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Embalakai Serengeti Camp
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Wildlife Viewing in Western Serengeti National Park
Wildlife Viewing in Western Serengeti National Park
Today, you will head out early for your morning game drive for a chance to witness a magnificent African sunrise in the bush. You will head out after a cup of coffee and experience the wilderness and its magnificent creatures as they wake up among the dew-covered grasses.
Later, you will head back to camp for breakfast and some relaxing. In the afternoon, you will head out once more for another chance to explore the plains in search of the African wildlife you have come to see as you exit the park and make your way to your accommodation in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Main Attractions of an early morning game drive:
Best time to spot the animals and birds.
Animals are more active than in the afternoon.
The best chance of experiencing predators on a hunt.
Best time to capture beautiful pictures in beautiful light.
- Main Destination:
- Western Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Ngorongoro Lodge Melia Collection
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Ngorongoro Crater - Zanzibar
Ngorongoro Crater - Zanzibar
After some breakfast, you will depart from the lodge with a picnic lunch and descend into the amazing Ngorongoro Crater. You will explore the magnificent world of diversity that lies within, surrounded by the imposing walls that encircle the reserve.
It is possible to see all of Africa's Big Five within the crater among a vast array of other wildlife including hundreds of bird species. You will enjoy a full day in the crater before departing for Arusha in the late afternoon. You will be on your way to Zanzibar (the client can opt for by ferry or plane).
Ngorongoro Crater's main attractions:
Visit the largest unbroken volcanic caldera on Earth.
Home to Africa's Big Five.
Witness Maasai tribesmen living among wild animals.
Exceptional natural landscapes.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- Z Hotel
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Zanzibar City Tour and Prison Island
Zanzibar City Tour and Prison Island
After breakfast, you will meet your guide and start a city tour exploring the Zanzibar City with its locals at Stone Town such as the buildings, and local markets, and get to know the full history of this archipelago.
You’ll explore the Old Slave Market and get a full history, then Old Fort, Fred Mercury House, the first East Africa building to have an elevator. You'll explore the different houses built in different styles in Stone Town such as the house of slave master Tip Tip, and Princess Salome's house.
Also, you'll explore the doorway styles of Zanzibar (Indian style and Arab style) which were once built in early times but now are available.
At 1:00 pm, you'll have lunch at the picnic site/ any good restaurants in the city. After lunch, you'll continue to Prison Island. It’s very quiet and filled with giant tortoises believed to have more than 100 years and you’ll get a fully colonial history of how prisons were ruined. In the late evening, you’ll be dropped off at your hotel.
- Main Destination:
- Zanzibar Island (Tanzania Beaches)
- Accommodation:
- Z Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Zanzibar Island
Zanzibar Island
At 7:00 a.m. you'll have breakfast at the lodge. At 8:00 a.m., you'll be picked up by your guide who will brief you about the tour. Safari Blue is among the classic watersport adventures in Zanzibar.
This trip involves sailing with a boat to a different island like Fumba, Menai, and so on. At the tour, you’ll be offered bites and soft drinks, the tours highly depend on sea weather so it may even start earlier.
Your guide will take you to a nice beach (Nungwi/Kendwa) for sailing on a 6-hour excursion. Upon arrival, you’ll be offered all safety gear and snorkeling gear then board the boat.
On your way, the 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.
You will have lunch at the picnic site. Then after lunch, if not tired our guide may offer you another trip where you can sand bath, and swim till late evening. Later, you will be taken back to your hotel for dinner and an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Zanzibar Island (Tanzania Beaches)
- Accommodation:
- Z Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Snorkeling at Zanzibar Island
Snorkeling at Zanzibar Island
After breakfast, you’ll be picked up and start heading 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, coconut, papaya, black pepper, jack fruit, chilly, cardamom, nutmeg, cinnamon, and many others are all found in Zanzibar.
Then after lunch, you’ll have a market trip and a short window shopping 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 go and buy spices and herbs, cash only. I hope you’ll take some to your mama's country.
After the spice tour, you’ll be taken to Kendwa beach for swimming and sand-bath. In the late evening, you’ll be dropped back at your hotel or airport.
- Main Destination:
- Zanzibar Island (Tanzania Beaches)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
