14 Days Highlights of Northern Tanzania and Zanzibar archipelago
No of Days
14 Days | 13 Nights
Price From
$ 2570 Per Person
Departure dates
Any day of your choice
Safari Overview
Tanzania’s rich wildlife, cultural heritage and Zanzibar Island. This special offer is a complete holiday package and combines wildlife, cultural and beach experience with tours to help you discover the amazing game parks of northern Tanzania and Zanzibar beach relaxation .The package covers the highlights of Tanzania: Tarangire, Lake Manyara Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater.
In Zanzibar you will be able to explore – Stone Town, Spice Tour, Johazi Forest. Ruins of palaces and ancient mosques, a Sultans harem, the Mangapwani slave caves and the spice plantations after which Zanzibar takes its trade name. Nature lovers will be delighted by Jozani Forest, one of the few remaining sanctuaries of the red colobus monkey.nLet us help you discover Tanzania with our best value prices for your Tanzania Vacation
Full Itinerary
Arrival at Kilimanjaro airport in Tanzania
Up on your arrival at Kilimanjaro airport in Tanzania where you’ll be met with your driver who will drive you to hotel/lodge in Arusha for meals and overnight.in the lodge our senior staff met you for short safari briefing. Some activities can be arranged depending on your arrival time i.e. Walking around the local village, visit the local market or cycling around the village.
Kilimanjaro airport is located at the foot of the highest mountain in Africa and is the main door to the major attractions in the northern circuit of Tanzania. It is Tanzania’s second busiest and largest airport after the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam. After your breathtaking journey, you will check in and have the rest of the day to rest and enjoy dinner at the lodge.
Tarangire National Park
You will depart for Tarangire National Park for a day game drive.Tarangire is a park of giant baobab trees, rolling savannah and acacia parkland. Home of the rare tree-climbing pythons,
Tarangire National Park is spectacular in the dry season when many of the migratory wildlife species come back to the permanent waters of Tarangire River. Huge herds of wildebeest, zebras, elephants, eland and Oryx gather to stay in Tarangire until the onset of the rains when they migrate again to good grazing areas.
The park covers approximately 2600 square kilometers and, in the dry season, is second only to Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area in concentrations of wildlife. Tarangire lies to the south of the large, open grass plains of southern Maasailand, and derives its name from the Tarangire River, which provides permanent water for wildlife in the area.
And just like many parks in Tanzania, this one also has an abundant array of 550 or more species of birds setting the stage to an incredible bird watching experience.
Meals and overnight lodge/ tented camp.
Lake Manyara National Park
After breakfast, leave with picnic lunches for Lake Manyara national park for game viewing, Lake Manyara National Park has a wonderful mosaic of different habitats, which attracts a whole host of animals including a high density of elephants. Look out for monkeys, antelopes, zebras and hippos too.
There are also lions and some have developed the unusual behavior of climbing trees for their afternoon snooze. However, they have not mastered the art of dragging their kill high into the branches, as the leopard is so adept at doing.
Birdlife is fascinating at Lake Manyara and numbers are at their peak during the rainy season when seed-eaters, insect-eaters and water birds thrive. Nomadic quelea (finch-like birds), gather in breeding flocks of many thousands and fly across Lake Manyara National Park in vast twittering clouds.
Pelicans, storks, geese, herons and cormorants share their water world with migrant flamingoes, which come and feed on the algae rich water and turn the crystalline edges of the soda lake a vibrant pin
Tucked between the majesty of the Rift Valley wall, Lake Manyara National Park is a thin green band of forest. There is surprisingly varied vegetation which supports a wealthy wildlife. Deep in the south of the as hippo wallow near the lake park, hot springs bubble to the surface
Meals and overnight at Lodge/tented camp
Serengeti National Park
Early morning breakfast in Manyara then at 1300hrs drive to the Great Serengeti National Park via Olduvai Gorge with lunch and game drives en-route. Afternoon game drives in the park a home to lion, leopard, Elephant, Cheetah, Buffalo, Zebra, Wildebeest, Eland, Wild dog, Gazelles, Crocodiles and more. Lot of birds includes the Eurasia migrants.
Serengeti Park covers 14,763 sq. km of endless rolling plains, which reach up to the Kenyan border and extends almost to Lake Victoria. The park is flourishing with magnificent wildlife. An estimated 3 million large animals roam the plains. People of the Maasai Tribe called it Sirenget – ‘the place where the land moves on forever.’ The Serengeti is known as one of the best wildlife sanctuaries in the world. Meals and overnight at Serengeti lodge/tented Camp.
Olduvai Gorge is an archaeological site located in the eastern Serengeti Plains. The gorge is a very steep sided ravine roughly 30 miles long and 295 ft. deep. Exposed deposits show rich fossil fauna, many hominid remains and items belonging to the one of the oldest stone tool technologies, called Olduwan. The time span of the objects recovered date from 2,100,000 to 15,000 years ago.
The main Olduvai Beds are in a lake basin about 16 miles in diameter. The rocks under the basin date to 5.3 million years ago.
Tracking the Migration in Serengeti Park
Breakfast at your Lodge, full day game viewing in the Serengeti plains following the migration trails, about 2million wildebeest migrating through to Serengeti and sharing the park crossing the border to Maasai mara game reserve in Kenya side. Afternoon break your packed lunch in the bush evening meals and overnight at lodge/ tented camp.
The annual wildebeest migration of herds in Northern Tanzania and Kenya is one of the world’s most spectacular wildlife events. Often referred to as the ‘Greatest Show on Earth’, The Great Wildebeest Migration is a movement of approximately 1.5 million wildebeest and zebra throughout the Serengeti and Masaai Mara ecosystems.
Despite the wealth of maps and illustrations showing the path of the migrating herds, as with anything in nature, the actual day to day pattern is unpredictable. As a trip.me expert we have studied and planned itineraries to fit in with the moving herds for over ten years, but cannot hope to say exactly where they will be next year!
Serengeti Park to Ngorongoro
Ngorongoro crater – The Collapsed volcano
After breakfast, depart for a morning game drive in the Serengeti National Park with your packed lunch. Break your picnic lunch at Naabi hill gate then proceed with game en-route to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. On the way you will stop in a Maasai village for photos and learn a bit more about their culture.
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area boasts the finest blend of landscape and wildlife often called ‘African Eden’ and the ‘eighth wonder of the natural world’.
Dinner and overnight lodge/tented camp
The World’s Largest Unbroken Caldera -Ngorongoro Crater
Early breakfast at your lodge then descend into the crater for a day tour of the crater. This area’s main attraction is the Ngorongoro Crater, fondly known as “Africa’s Garden of Eden”. A candidate for the new Seven Wonders of the World, this massive crater holds its own in that category.
Being the world’s largest unbroken caldera, Ngorongoro is home to over 25,000 animals. It is considered one of the best game viewing spots in the world with a chance to see the big five, zebras and wildebeests. The crater holds almost every individual species of wildlife in East Africa including the extremely rare and critically endangered Black Rhino evening drive to your lodge/hotel for dinner and overnight.
Strangely enough the Crater is sometimes visited by the Maasai with their cattle who are capable of co-existing and sharing the rich grazing with the wild animals. Young Maasai warriors – (Moran) – escort their herds and protect them from lions and leopards, which in the olden days; they had to kill in order to prove their manhood.
Arusha - Zanzibar Island
Breakfast at your lodge in Arusha, morning at leisure till afternoon then drive to Arusha or Kilimanjaro airport for your flight to Zanzibar, just one hour by flight from Arusha to Zanzibar, land in Zanzibar, meet with your driver who will drives you to hotel located in the heart of Stone town Meals and overnight.
Spice Island
After breakfast pick up from hotel and transfer to Kizimbani Village for the Spice Tour. For much of the year the scent of cloves is carried in the breezes from the clove buds drying the sun on road reside mats. The Spice Island as it is affectionately called has over forty of the most valuable tropical aromatic plants that were introduced over the last two centuries by the Oman Arabs. The spices are grown in the spice grades in the hills north of Stone Town. Our knowledgeable guides will take you through this fascinating tour. Spices can be tasted and even purchased.
Stone town is one of the few intact historical Swahili coastal trading towns of East Africa. Stone Town was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000. The tour includes the central market, the former slave market with the Anglican Cathedral, Tippu Tip House, the House of Wonders, the Old Fort, the Palace Museum, former residence of the Sultan and princess Salme, and the Maruhubi Palace Ruins meals and overnight at hotel in stone town.
White Sand Beach of Zanzibar Island
Breakfast at hotel then your driver will pick you up and transfer to beach hotel for relaxation on the white sand beach of the Zanzibar island .At the beach hotel you will be able to do any of the activities i.e. diving, snorkeling and more. All the activities will be done at your own cost. Meals and overnight at beach hotel.
Rest and Relaxation at Beach
Spend the days enjoying and relaxing in the beach of Zanzibar and the Swahili way of living or at the resort’s swimming pool. Scuba diving or diving courses for beginners are available (at an Extra cost).Meals and overnight beach hotel.
At Leisure and Relaxation at Beach
Spend the days enjoying ,relaxation at the white sand or have option at the resort’s you can do activities like Scuba diving or diving course for beginners are available (at an Extra cost),walking along the beach. Meals and overnight at beach hotel/lodge.
Relaxation at the Beach
Morning Relaxation Later Departure
Today, East Africa bids you farewell! Morning relaxation at your beach lodge late afternoon your will drive through Zanzibar’s Stone town for shopping at the local market. Then you will proceed to Zanzibar Airport for your international flight back home.
Price Per Person
| No.of Pax | Price Per Person |
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2 |
USD 5000 |
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3 |
USD 5000 |
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4 |
USD 5000 |
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5 |
USD 5000 |
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6 |
USD 5000 |
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Inclusions
- Arrival and departure Airport Transfers
- All entrance fees.
- Bed and Breakfast accommodation in Zanzibar
- Service of an English speaking driver guide and Local guide
- Transport based on an excellent 4 x 4 Landcruiser/Landrover
- Driver’s Salary and allowances and park fees for vehicle and driver
- Game drives as per the Itinerary
- Complementary bottle of mineral water daily while on Safari
- Government taxes
- Flight from Arusha – Zanzibar
Exclusions
- Extras at the lodges i.e. drinks, laundry, etc.
- Activities in Zanzibar
- International flight
- Tips to drivers
- Visa
- Two meals in Zanzibar (Lunch, Dinner)
