8 days Tanzania safari and Zanzibar beach holiday

Day 01 Arrival in Kilimanjaro International Airport, Tanzania

This is the arrival day at Kilimanjaro International Airport where you will be met by your safari guide who will drive you to the Planet Lodge for your dinner and overnight. Our Safari Manager will meet you for a few minutes of safari briefing before your safari starts tomorrow.

In case you do not get a flight to Kilimanjaro and need to fly to Nairobi or Dar es Salaam we can arrange your connection to Kilimanjaro or road transfer via Namanga border for those flying into Nairobi Kenya.

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Day 2 Arusha to Tarangire National Park

Early morning breakfast at your lodge in Arusha then your guide will pick you up from the lodge and transfer you in a 4×4 safari jeep to Tarangire National Park (about 2 hours’ drive from Arusha). It is a scenic drive from Arusha to Tarangire with amazing scenery and sights of the Maasai herdsmen tending for their cattle. Arriving at around  mid-morning you will register at the park’s gate and start on your first safari game drive straightaway in this famous park n Tanzania’s Northern safari circuit.  The Tarangire River  cuts across the park ensuring a constant supply of water and many animals converge at the banks in search of water. Tarangire is characterized by large herds of elephants  and the huge baobab trees that dot the plains of Tarangire. Later in the afternoon after enough game viewing you will be transferred to the Karatu where you will check in at the Marera Valley Lodge. All meals included. 

Day 3 Ngorongoro Crater safari

Breakfast will be taken early this morning or depart with packed breakfast and packed lunch. You will be picked up by your guide guide early this morning who will transfer you to the Loduare (main) gate at the Ngorongoro Conservation Area where you will register for you to enter the NCAA. You will then make you next stop at the Ngorongoro Crater’s View point for fascinating views over the Crater’s floor and a chance to take photos. You will then drive down the winding roads that go down the 600 meter walls towards the floor of the Crater where majority of the animals roam this 21 kilometer wide world’s largest unbroken caldera. The Ngorongoro Crater is famous for it’s large number of cats with large lion prides, large herds of elephants, buffaloes, leopards, large and small antelopes, but also the rare black rhino. You can spot all the big five on one lucky day. Later after satisfactory game viewing you will be transferred back to your lodge at Karatu for dinner and overnight. Overnight at Marera Valley Lodge at Karatu. All meals included.

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Day 4 Lake Manyara – Arusha - Zanzibar

Early this morning after breakfast or with packed breakfast and packed lunch you will descend down the Rift valley escarpment; a very scenic drive and into the floor of the of the Great Rift Valley. You will register at the Lake Manyara National Park’s main gate and enter the park for game drives for the whole morning until around noon when you will take your picnic lunch at the park’s gate again before leaving to Arusha. Lake Manyara is very famous for its legendary tree climbing lions but also large herds of elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, zebras, giraffes, did diks hippos and many more. Lake Manyara is also one of the best birding safari destination with more than 440 bird species spotted and recorded. Later in the afternoon after satisfactory game drives you will be  driven to Arusha Domestic Airport for your domestic flight to Zanzibar Island. On arrival you will be transferred to the beach for relaxation, dinner and overnight. Overnight at Karafuu Beach Hotel. All meals included.

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Day 5 - 7 Beach Stay at Zanzibar

After your memorable African safari adventure in the Northern Tanzania Safari circuit you will spend these 3 full days at leisure enjoying a beach holiday in the Island of Zanzibar. You will be booked on half board with breakfast and dinner included. Lunch can be ordered from the restaurant and paid as extra Overnight at the Karafuu Beach Hotel / Bondeni Rooms. Dinner included.

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Day 8 Transfer to Zanzibar Airport - Departure

Breakfast at leisure in your beach hotel at Zanzibar Island then you will check out around 10 -11.00 Hrs (depending on the hotel’s check out policy) and transferred to the Zanzibar International Airport (ZNZ) for your flight back home. You can be booked on a Day room that expires at 06.00 pm (at extra cost) but only on availability and at the discretion of the hotel.

This marks the end of your 8 days Tanzania Safari and Zanzibar beach holiday.