10 Days Tanzania Big 5 Lodge Safari and Zanzibar Holiday

Safari cost: Per person sharing, first night hotel included 

• 1 Person, consider joining a confirmed group safari for less price 
• 2 People travel together, US$3,375 per person
• 3 People travel together, US$3,175 per person
• 4 People travel together, US$3,075 per person
• 5+ People travel together, US$2,975 per person

Day to Day Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival

On arrival at Kilimanjaro international airport our representative will meet you and drive to Venice Hotel in Arusha. Later our safari manager will come for detailed  safari briefing & leave you to enjoy the nice weather of Arusha  city.

• Meals Plan: Dinner & Breakfast Included
• Overnight at Venice Hotel in Arusha or similar

Day 2: Arusha – Tarangire National Park

Leave the lodge after breakfast for Tarangire National Park, the driving is via Arusha town & along beautiful Masai steppe, drop  your safari chef at Makuyuni junction and enter the park for your first   game drive of the trip. Tarangire runs along the beautiful lines of  Tarangire River and mostly is made up of low lying hills on the floor of   the Great East African Rift Valley. The vegetation in this park is   mainly consists of huge African baobab trees, scattered Acacia   woodland and a large swamp area in the south.

Tarangire  River and the swamp are acting as a refugee’s camp for wild  animal   during the dry season. This park is highlighted with some of  the largest elephant heard found nowhere in Africa, the rare species  of animals like Fringed-eared Oryx and the Great Kudu are also found  here. Tarangire is home to 400 species of bird including the rare Ash  Stalling. In the evening drive to Karatu countryside for dinner &  overnight.

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
• Overnight at Rim View Inn Karatu 

Day 3: Tarangire – Serengeti National Park

After   breakfast depart for Serengeti National Park “The  wild Africa”  driving is cross local villages and along the high laying  farmland of  Karatu  until you reach the Ngorongoro gate. After registration & other  park formalities you will drive up to the  highlands of  Ngorongoro 2,300 meters, stop at the crater view point for  some great  photos of the  crater floor from above. After drive along the  Crater  rim and down to  the endless rolling plains of Serengeti National  Park.

On  the way stop at one of the Masai village where you will be invited  by  Masai warrior for some cultural encounter, you will go in and  around their houses & you will have a brief story of their nomadic  life around this area, you will meet members of the family and kids, you  may ask questions & take pictures with them. Later they will sing a  farewell song which involves jumping high, you are allowed join the  dancing. Afterward drive to Naabi Hills Gate for check in to Serengeti.

Spend   some time for registration and other park formalities, this will be  the time to have your packed lunch and thereafter start your afternoon  game drives in the Serengeti in search of the Great Wildebeest  Migration. Arrive at the Camp during or before the sunset.

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
• Overnight at Tortilis Tented Camp Central Serengeti

Day 4: Full Day Serengeti Wildebeest Migration Safari

We   recommend an early morning game drive starting at 06:30, depart  your   campsite after a cup of coffee carry your breakfast box and lunch  box.  Early morning game drives allows you to witness the beautiful  sunrise   in the Serengeti with possibilities of spotting cat family on the road   as the spend most of their morning time on the road avoiding  the   morning mist.

You can also see  other  predators coming back from their long night of hunting or a group  of lioness planning a morning ambush or eating along  the road. If the  Wildebeest Migration will be packed in Serengeti you will go straight   to where they are and spend much time with them, you can anticipate to   see some animal action like hunting, fighting, eating  even hunting.  Serengeti is still worth a visit with or without the Wildebeest  Migration. Later on, you go back to your campsite during or  before the   sunset.

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
• Overnight at Tortilis Tented Camp Central Serengeti

Day 5: Serengeti – Ngorongoro Crater

On  this day the best camping safari & Zanzibar beach holidays takes  you to the world nature wonder The Ngorongoro Crater. Depart Serengeti   after breakfast, en-route game drive up to Naabi Hills gate  & past Malanja depression, reach Ngorongoro Conservation Area & descent  600 meters into the Crater floor for game viewing.

Ngorongoro Crater the Eden of Africa was formed some million years ago due to  internal forces, after eruption it left a huge caldera which mistakenly  called Crater. Supported by yearly around water supply from the highland of Ngorongoro and enough fodder the Crater supports a larger  variety of wildlife include herds of wildebeest, zebra, elephant,  hippos, buffalo, topi, eland & the rare black rhino.

This picturesque crater has a dense population of predators like  hyenas,  lion, Cheetahs, jackals and the mysterious leopard which needs  sharp   and trained eye to spot. Birds are abundance from aquatic to  forest  birds, with a bit of luck the so called Big Five can be seen in  the   course of one day of game drives.

Apart   from animals the Crater to larger number of bird species both  aquatic   and terrestrial birds. You will visit the hippo pool & a  large  but shallow alkaline lake on the Southwest corner of the crater  frequently  visited by some flocks of flamingo & hippos. Break for  lunch & later drive to Rhino Lodge at the Crater rim for dinner  & overnight.

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
• Overnight at Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge in the Crater rim

Day 6: Ngorongoro – Arusha – Zanzibar

After   leisurely breakfast, pack your stuff & take nice pictures of  the   famous Rhino Lodge before starting your way back to Arusha   Airport/Kilimanjaro Intl Airport for your flight to Zanzibar at around   noon. If you like you can visit some of Masai market or curio shops on   the way to Arusha town. Breakfast & lunch included.

Arriving   at Zanzibar airport, you will meet our representative who will  transfer  you to Sunshine Hotel Zanzibar on the North East of Zanzibar  Island.

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
• Overnight at Z – Hotel in Zanzibar at Nungwi beach on the Northern part of the Island

Day 7-8: Zanzibar beach

Relax and enjoy the beaches of Zanzibar, if you wish you can organize some water sports with the lodge. (Option)    you can arrange a visit to the spice plantation and the stone town in    one of these days or you can do the spice tour on your way to stone   town  on day 9, and may be the stone town tour on day 10 if you have   late  flight if you have late flight.

• Meals Plan: Dinner & Breakfast Included
• Overnight at Z – hotel in Zanzibar at Nungwi beach on the Northern part of the Island

Day 9: Zanzibar Beach to Stone Town

On this day after breakfast you will depart for stone town en-route (Optional)    you can do the famous spice tour which include lunch (Zanzibar dishes    cooked with spices) after tour you will drive to Tembo House Hotel in    stone town. In the afternoon you can walk around stone town on your  own   or you can arrange a boat ride to Prison Island and come back  during  the  sunset. 

• Meals Plan: Breakfast Included
• Overnight at Tembo House Hotel in Stone Town

Day 10: Departure

Depending on your flight time, after breakfast (Optional)   you can do a guided stone town tour or relax and walk around until  your   departure time to Zanzibar airport for your flight back home.   Breakfast included.

Accommodation in Zanzibar subjected to availability.

Price Includes:

• Arrival Airport transfer 
• Return airport transfer
• 1 night at Venice hotel in Arusha town
• All Park/entry fees
• All Government taxes including the VAT
• Your Driver Guide salary
• Full board lodge accommodated Safari
• Plenty of Bottled drinking water
• English speaking driver-guide
• 4WD Modified Safari Land cruiser
• 2 airport transfers in Zanzibar
• Zanzibar Hotel Accommodation on Bed & Breakfast basis
• All historical sites entry fees
• Zanzibar tour guiding service

Price Does Not Include:

• Your last night hotel accommodation in Arusha town
• Local/International flights
• Tips for your safari driver guide
• Soft drinks
• Alcohol drinks
• Travel Insurance
• All items of personal nature
• Public/private taxi transports while in Zanzibar (Except for the 2 airport transfers which is already included in the tour cost)
• Tipping your Zanzibar tour guide