14 Days Best of Tanzania Safari and Zanzibar Beach Holiday is an alround northen circuit Tanzania safari package with a few days of relaxation in Zanzibar that any traveler can book to explore the highlights of Tanzania. This 14 Days Best of Tanzania Safari and Zanzibar Beach Holiday is a great family Tanzania safari tour that takes travelers through to the most sought after northern Tanzania circuit encompassing Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater Tanzania, Tarangire National Park and Lake Manyara National Park. While on this 14 Days Best of Tanzania Safari and Zanzibar Beach Holiday, be sure to also visit the Serval Wildlife sanctuary for a chance to come up-close with animals and even feed the giraffes! Get to unwind at the Zanzibar beach after your safari drives!
Summary Itinerary of 14 Days Best of Tanzania Safari and Zanzibar Beach Holiday
Day 1: Arrival
Day 2: Serval Wildlife Sanctuary Visit
Day 3: Drive to Tarangire National Park, Game Drive in Tarangire
Day 4: Transfer to Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Crater Rim Walk
Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater Drive, Maasai Bomas
Day 6: Drive to Serengeti National Park, Game Drive in Serengeti Park Tanzania
Day 7 and 8: Full day in Serengeti National Park with Hot Air Balloon Safari
Day 9: Drive to Lake Manyara National Park, Walking Safari
Day 10: Morning Game Drive, Flight to Zanzibar
Day 11: Stone Town, Spice Tour, and Prison Island
Day 12&13: Zanzibar Beach Experience
Day 14: Departure
Day 1: Arrival
Upon your arrival at the JRO, you shall be picked up and transferred to your hotel of stay. Check in, relax as you wait for dinner and an overnight stay at Masai Land Safari Lodge.
Day 2: Serval Wildlife Sanctuary Visit
Your Tanzania safari guide shall pick you up at the hotel and welcome you for your Tanzania safari tour. He will give you a short brief about your Tanzania safari and thereafter proceed to the Serval Wildlife Sanctuary located in the Siha District of Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. The park is home to a variety of animals, including lions, monkeys, giraffes, elands, zebras, and ostriches.
This tour offers unforgettable interactions with these free-roaming animals, and you will have the chance of feeding them and taking pictures with them. Also, you will have the opportunity to explore an ecosystem with over 300 hand-planted endemic plants that directly benefit the exquisite animals that reside within Serval Wildlife. At the same time, you will enjoy the mesmerizing views of Mount Meru and Mount Kilimanjaro. After your safari wildlife experience, you will be driven to your hotel for dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation: Masai Land Safari Lodge
Day 3: Drive to Tarangire National Park, Tarangire Game Drive
After having breakfast at your Arusha hotel, you will proceed for a drive to Tarangire National Park which is one of the northern circuit of Tanzania national parks. Tarangire National Park is famous for hosting large herds of elephants as well as ancient baobab trees.
You will have lunch and also engage in an afternoon game drive around Tarangire national park. During your game drive in the national park, you will search for wildlife species such as gazelles, impalas, zebras, waterbucks among others as well as the various bird species which this national park is known for. You will enjoy watching the sunset in the wilderness of the national park and your guide will drive you to your lodge for dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Accommodation: Hhando Coffee Lodge
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 4: Transfer to Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Crater Rim Walk
Breakfast will be served at your lodge at leisure. Thereafter, proceed for a game drive in the conservancy with your lunch boxes which you shall enjoy over a picnic. Look out for animals like giraffes and others that you may miss the next day while at the crater.
Later in the afternoon, enjoy a guided crater rim walk for a chance to come up close with nature and wild game in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: As above
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater Drive, Maasai Bomas
Breakfast will be served at your lodge as you prepare for your transfer to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. With your packed lunch, you will descend into the Ngorongoro Crater which is about 600m deep filled with over 25,000 animals including all the big 5 animals. You will also visit Lake Magadi which is found in the center of the crater. You will engage in a game drive and also search for various wildlife species such as elephants, rhinos, buffalos, lions, leopards, cheetahs, wildebeests, zebras as well as flamingos along the shores of Lake Magadi. Look out for the big 5 animals in the Ngorongoro Crater floor.
As you enjoy the beautiful scenery of Ngorongoro, visit the Maasai Bomas and interact with the locals that co-exist with the animals! Your guide will drive you to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: As above
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 6: Drive to Serengeti National Park, Game Drive in Serengeti Park Tanzania
After breakfast at your lodge, your guide will drive you to Serengeti national park which is also located in the northern part of Tanzania. You will enjoy searching wildlife species such as the big 5 (elephants, lions, leopards, rhinos, buffalos) during your safari in the national park, as well as chance to witness the great wildebeest migration. Dinner and overnight stay at the lodge.
Accommodation: Central Serengeti Tanzania Bush Camp
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 7 and 8: Full day in Serengeti National Park with Hot Air Balloon Safari
You will start your day with breakfast at your lodge in Serengeti national park as you prepare for your morning game drive. You will also enjoy seeing a variety of wildlife species which are very active during the morning and can be seen grazing around the national park. One morning you shall enjoy a hot air balloon safari over the Serengeti National Park being rewarded with amazing sunrises over the Serengeti and also a bush breakfast experience!
After your morning game drive, you will have lunch and later engage in another game drive and enjoy looking out for wildlife species grazing in the open savannah of Serengeti national park like elephants, giraffes, cheetahs, impalas, gazelles, buffalos, elands, antelopes, zebras, wildebeests, hippos among others. You will have dinner and overnight stay at the lodge.
Accommodation: As above
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 9: Drive to Lake Manyara National Park, Walking Safari
You will have breakfast at your lodge and your guide will drive you to Lake Manyara national park. Lake Manyara national park is known for its tree climbing lions. You will also enjoy views of the rift valley escarpment during your safari in the national park, as well as a variety of wildlife and birdlife, let alone the amazing views of Lake Manyara and the large flocks of pink flamingos.
You will have your lunch and then head out for a late afternoon guided walking safari for an opportunity to see the wild game up front. Get up close with nature, animals and follow on foot the wild animals. Return to the lodge for a bush dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation: Twiga Lodge
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 10: Morning Game Drive, Flight to Zanzibar
You will have breakfast at the lodge and with your packed lunch head out for a game drive in the park. After, your guide will drive you to Arusha to catch your flight to Zanzibar.
Upon your arrival at the Zanzibar Airport, your guide shall pick you and transfer you to the hotel. Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.
Accommodation: Nungwi Dreams Hotel
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 11: Stone Town, Spice Tour, and Prison Island
Wake up to a sumptuous breakfast at the hotel, which you shall enjoy at leisure. Thereafter, you shall be picked up by your guide, and taken on a Stone Town tour to through some of the historical hallways, and landmarks. Thereafter, you shall have a spice tour where you shall get an opportunity to smell and taste, or even purchase if you will, some of the famous Zanzibar spices like nutmeg, cinnamon, among so many others. Take a boat to visit Prison Island, and see some of the world’s oldest tortoises. Return to the hotel thereafter, relax as you wait for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: As above
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 12&13: Zanzibar Beach Experience
You shall spend this day at leisure, relaxing the beach. Get to stroll, at leisure, through the white sand beach with amazing views of the endless turquoise blue waters of the Indian Ocean. Meals shall be enjoyed at the hotel
Accommodation: As Above
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 14: Departure
After breakfast at the hotel, you shall be picked up from your hotel for a transfer to Zanzibar Airport from where you shall catch your flight back to home, bringing your 14 Days Tanzania Safari and Zanzibar Holiday to an end.
End of 14 Days Tanzania Safari and Zanzibar Holiday
Quotation Based on 2 People
Price includes:
- All airport transfers
- Park fees and activities listed in the itinerary
- Private 4×4 safari land cruiser during the safari
- Private English speaking driver guide
- Concession and crater fees
- Hot air balloon fees
- Meals and accommodation during the safari
- Flight from Arusha to Zanzibar
- Drinking water during the safari
- Zanzibar activities mentioned
- Government taxes
Price excludes:
- International Flights and visa
- Items of personal nature (laundry, beverages, telephone, tips and souvenirs, etc.)
- Any hotel accommodation before / after the safari
- Travel insurance
- Anything else not included in the itinerary
