11 Day Tanzania and beach Safari (The best of Tanzania)
This 11 day safari in Tanzania including a beach holiday is one of our bestsellers! This tour will take you to the natural beauty of Northern Tanzania where you will see lots of wildlife and scenic landscapes and to the world’s most beautiful tropical beaches.
This private safari offers you the flexibility to travel at your own pace, exactly the way you like it. You will have a private safari vehicle and guide. The hotels we selected for you during this safari are category A. Let us know if you want more luxury, we have other beautiful accommodations that Zebra-safaris can reserve for you).
Day 1: arrival kilimanjaro – arusha
Upon arrival to Kilimanjaro International Airport, a friendly Zebra-safaris representative will meet you outside the airport and transfer you to the hotel. This is an arrival day and meals are not included. Checkin to the Hotel, situated near thirty active coffee farms on the outskirts of Arusha. The African styled chalets are ideally positioned facing the coffee farm and each has a private deck with an amazing view of the ancient indigenous trees found in large numbers on the farm.
Accommodation: Ambureni coffee lodge – http://amburenicoffeelodge.com-arusha.com/
Day 2 and 3: Tarangire National park
Today you depart after breakfast to Tarangire National Park for a full day game drive The Tarangire River snakes through the park and wildlife travel long distances; drawn to the area’s only permanent river. The 1,096 square miles of protected lands are home to a large variety of game such as: wildebeests, elephants, zebras, gazelles, elands, gerenuks, lions and leopards. Extensive grasslands, dusted with the occasional acacia or baobab tree, provide optimum conditions for viewing wild animals. Bird lovers will have the opportunity to see more than 500 avian species including: Yellowcollared Lovebirds, Rufoustailed Weavers, Ashy Starlings, Stockingthighed Ostriches, and Kori Bustards. Lunch in the Park and after lunch drive to the lodge where you will have time to relax or take a guided nature walk.
Accommodation: Angata Tarangire camp
Day 4: Serengeti National Park
Today Serengeti National park. The park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the location of the famous annual migration of over a million wildebeest. Other wild game includes zebra, gazelle, buffalo, elephant, and giraffe along with predators like lion, cheetah and leopard. Morning and afternoon game drives.
You can observe the migration in several places, depending on the season. We can adapt the accommodation accordingly.
Accommodation: Mbugani Migration Camp – www.mbuganicamps.com
Day 5 and 6: Serengeti National Park
These two days explore Southern or Northern Serengeti depending on the season (Dec-March: Southern and June-October: Northern) with Morning and afternoon game drives searching for wildebeest migration, Cats, Hippos, gazelles and other animals
Accommodation: Mbugani Migration Camp – www.mbuganicamps.com
Day 7: Ngorongoro Crater
Today early in the morning we decend into the Ngorongoro Crater. World Heritage Site and often called the 8th Wonder of the World, Ngorongoro is a sunken caldera, 10 by 12 miles in diameter. Animals are found throughout the year due to the permanent availability of grass and water. Ngorongoro is one of the most spectacular game haunts in Africa, and contains an impressive variety of wildlife including black mane lion, the highly endangered black rhino; herds of wildebeest, zebra, elephant, and hippo, We’ll enjoy a picnic lunch within the crater-Afternoon drive to the lodge in time for sunset. Relax or take a coffee plantation tour within the property
Zebra safaris can also offer accommodation in the crater itself. Prices in the Ngorongoro crater are more expensive than overnight stays outside the crater.
Accommodation: Marera Valley Lodge
Day 8: fly to zanzibar, temba or mafia island
After breakfast, drive to Arusha airport for the flight to one of the beautiful islands.
Upon arrival at the Airport, a Zebra Safari representative will transfer you to your hotel. The distance depends on the choice of the hotel. The car / bus has air conditioning.
Meals: HB (bed, breakfast and dinner)
Resort: Fun Beach Resort Zanzibar
Resort: Pemba lodge or Manta resort
Resort: Mafia island lodge or Butaima Beach hotel
Day 9 and 10: On the beach
For the next two days you can sit back and relax, go swimming, snorkeling, diving or simply do nothing, but enjoy the ocean and the relaxed pace of one of the beautiful islands.
Snorkeling and diving (Optional-with extra charges)
Day 11: depart
Morning at leisure afternoon transfer to airport for the flight back home.
this price includes:
- All arrival and departure transfers.
- All Government taxes and levies.
- Accommodations
- International flights to and from one of the Tanzanian islands
- Game drives through the National Parks
- Luxurious private 4×4 Safari Jeep with pop-up roof and big windows, especially designed for high end safari game drives
- English speaking private guide during the whole safari
- All fees visiting parks includes crater fees
- All fees visiting villages
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner during your safari (full board), excluding day 1, because most likely you will arrive in the evening
- 24/7 service from our local office in Tanzania
- Drinking water in our safari jeeps
Price excludes:
- International flight tickets and visa
- Travel insurance (travel- /cancellation insurance, flying doctors)
- Reservation costs €25
- Covid-19 form