Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Arrival in Arusha
Arrival in Arusha
Upon your arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) and after immigration formalities, Wild Pride Safaris’ Driver-guide will meet you and transfer you to Arusha. Depending on your arrival time, you will hopefully have time to relax and prepare for your Tanzanian and Zanzibar safari. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Kahawa House.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha (City)
- Accommodation:
- Kahawa House
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Arusha – Tarangire National Park
Arusha – Tarangire National Park
After breakfast, you will be picked up from your hotel and drive to Tarangire National Park game drive in the park with a picnic lunch.
Tarangire National Park (2,600km2) has an unrivaled landscape of open plains, dotted with thousands of baobabs. It is located about 120 km south of Arusha. Tarangire is known for its lions and very big herds of buffalo. This is one of Africa’s little-known gems and should be on the itinerary of all lovers of wilderness and solitude. The animals include zebras, wildebeests, buffaloes, elephants, Maasai giraffes, and fringe-eared oryx (gemsbok). Predators include lions, cheetahs, and leopards. Birders will want to look out for the endemic ashy starling, rufous-tailed weaver, and black-collared lovebird.
Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Maramboi Tented Lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Maramboi Tented Lodge
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Tarangire – Lake Manyara National Park
Tarangire – Lake Manyara National Park
After breakfast, you'll drive to Lake Manyara National Park.
You will enjoy a game drive in the park with a picnic lunch. This is one of the most diverse of Tanzania’s national parks, a tiny (325 sq km) combination of Rift Valley Lake, dense woodlands, and steep mountainside. Manyara is a birding paradise (more than 380 species), especially for waterfowl and migrants and the forests are one of the best places around to see leopards. Lions hunt on the grassy shores of the lake. Most visitors tailor a visit to Manyara to fit in with a trip to one of the Big Three parks (Serengeti, Tarangire, and Ngorongoro).
Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Kitela Lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
- Kitela Lodge
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Ngorongoro Crater – Serengeti National Park
Ngorongoro Crater – Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, you will drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area for a morning crater tour with a picnic lunch. You'll descend 2000 feet (over 600 meters) to the floor of the crater (more precisely a caldera). This enclosed ecosphere was formed some two or three million years ago in the massive explosion of a volcano once higher than Kilimanjaro and offers the best game-viewing opportunities in all of Tanzania. You'll explore the forest areas inhabited by monkeys and elephants, the lake area, where you may see the flamingos, and the open savannah where the lions hunt for food. With some 25,000 large mammals within the caldera, you will have the opportunity to see, in addition to Big Five (elephant, lion, rhino, buffalo, and leopard), wildebeests, gazelles, reedbucks, bushbucks, hartebeests, hippos, antelopes, both Grant’s and Thompson’s gazelles, impalas, as well as over 500 bird species.
After lunch, you'll drive to Serengeti. Your dinner and overnight stay at Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5-6
Game Drives in Serengeti National Park
Game Drives in Serengeti National Park
You'll have morning and afternoon game drives in the park (or a full day with a picnic lunch).
The Great Migration (also referred to as "Serengeti Migration") is arguably the greatest wildlife show on earth. It is the largest single movement of wildlife on earth in search of water, pasture, and breeding grounds. Other than the great migrating herds you seek, you may also see cheetahs, lions, leopards, buffalos, elephants, wildebeests, hartebeests, topis, elands, crocs, Thomson’s and Grant’s Gazelles. With over five hundred bird species identified, the park is a veritable ornithological paradise, ostrich abound, secretary bird, marabou stork, and the largest flighted bird on Earth, the kori bustard. You'll seek out these creatures with the keen intuition and experience of our wild guide. As the day draws to a close, you'll make your way to the lodge to unwind, dine, and take your ease by the fire under the African sky.
Your meals and overnight stay will be at Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Serengeti National Park – Zanzibar Island
Serengeti National Park – Zanzibar Island
After breakfast, you will depart for a morning game drive transfer en route to the airstrip for your scheduled flight to Zanzibar.
ETD11:30 am, ETA 2:20 pm.
You will arrive at Zanzibar Airport, meet, and transfer to Diamonds Mapenzi Beach Resort for a 5-night stay.
Your accommodation is in a beach villa on an all-inclusive basis.
- Main Destination:
- Zanzibar Island (Beach)
- Accommodation:
- Diamonds Mapenzi Beach
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8-13
Leisure in Zanzibar Island
Leisure in Zanzibar Island
These days will be spent at leisure at Diamonds Mapenzi Beach Resort.
Your accommodation is in a beach villa on an all-inclusive basis.
You'll relax and enjoy the sparkling Zanzibar beaches. If you wish you can organize some water sports at your Resort ranging from diving, snorkeling, fishing, and many more (payable directly).
- Main Destination:
- Zanzibar Island (Beach)
- Accommodation:
- Diamonds Mapenzi Beach
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 14
Departure
Departure
After breakfast, you will be picked up from the hotel and transferred to Zanzibar Airport.
Depending on your flight time, (optional) we can take you for our guided Stone Town tour, where you can visit most of the historical sites like the Central market of Zanzibar to see some fresh fish coming from different angles of the Island, the Former Slave Market, the House of Wonders, the Old Fort, The Palace Museum, and interesting walks along the narrow lanes of the stone town where you can still shop around on the way.
Later, you will be transferred to Zanzibar Airport for your international flight.
- Main Destination:
- Zanzibar Airport (Zanzibar)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
