Day 1: Welcome to Tanzania & Transfer to your Hotel

Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro, your guide for this safari will meet you and start 1hr transfer to Kibo Palace hotel. Settle well in your hotel as you look to start your adventure tomorrow.

Overnight at Kibo Palace Hotel Arusha: HB

Day 2: Drive to Tarangire for a Game Drive

After breakfast, your guide will lead you to search for perfect game viewing spots within this 3,000 square park appreciated for its medieval baobab trees believed to be over 1000 years old. Your game drive will concentrate around Tarangire River, a main source of water in the park that lures many animals around such as giraffes, hippos, buffaloes, zebras, wildebeests, lions etc.

In the afternoon, your driver-guide will lead you to the perfect area for a picnic hot lunch. Then continue scanning for various animals + birds in Tarangire (more than 500 species have been spotted). Continue to your lodge in the late afternoon, relax after an eventful game drive day, awaiting for dinner & overnight.

Overnight at Heart & Soul Lodge: FB

OPTIONAL: NIGHT GAME DRIVE – $230 Per person

Day 3: Game Drive En-Route to Central Serengeti National Park

On the 3^rd day of our Tanzania Adventure, we embark on a morning drive with your picnic hot lunch to Ngorongoro Conservation Area in a search for the recently awarded Africa’s best National Park, Serengeti.

You might have watched Serengeti in the world’s popular documentaries such as; - Surviving in Serengeti, Serengeti Shall Never Die, Tales of the Serengeti, Great Natural Wonders of the World, Lions of Serengeti, Kings of the Serengeti...you name it! But today, the park is going to be unveiled before your eyes, up close! As we drive en route game drive across the heart of Serengeti National Park, you will reach your camp on time for a sundowner, a truly captivating view that safari-goers like.

Overnight at Serengeti Osinon Camp: FB

Day 4: Game Drive En route to the Northern Serengeti

After breakfast at the lodge, you will drive to Northern part of Serengeti, crossing the middle of the Serengeti National Park. This area boasts a sizable number of big cats and as you drive en route to the Northern Serengeti, it won’t be uncommon to spot them along the way. You will arrive at your tented camp in the afternoon on time for lunch and continue to the afternoon game drive along the Mara River.

A search for wildebeests crossing, the crocodiles infested Mara River will start today and go full swing tomorrow. If you’re not lucky to spot this natural wonder of the world today, all good, there is more than meets the eye in Northern Serengeti since it has a good number of cheetahs, hyenas, lions, leopards, giraffes, Topi elands, hippo and a lot more.

Overnight at Moyo Migration Camp: FB

Day 5: Following the Great Migration (North Serengeti)

On the 5^th day of this iconic Great Migration safari, start a day with a short drive to the Mara River. A journey offers a truly unique landscape of acacia woodlands, open savanna, and a lot of wildlife on the way.With stops for game viewing and some great shots along the way, there are chances to witness the herds of wildebeests and their close cousins’ zebras even before arriving at the Mara River banks for a much sought-after event of the river crossing.

As you reach the Mara River, the herds are likely to be congregating on the river banks finding the courage to reach the opposite bank of the river. To reach there, they need to battle the mammoth Nile crocodiles who have been waiting for this much-anticipated event the whole year. This is crocodiles’ festival season, so to speak. Everyone to their own capacity makes sure that they get lion’s share as thousands of wildebeests end in crocodiles’ mouths.

If the nature of the game permits, you will be able to witness this mouthwatering event as the herds cross the river to the far Northern Serengeti and reach neighboring Masai Mara Nature Reserve in Kenya for much-needed greener pasture

Overnight at Moyo Migration Camp: FB

OPTIONAL: BALLOON SAFARI- $540 per person.

Day 6: Full Day Game Drive in the Big Cats Headquarters – Central Serengeti

Serengeti National Park is such a huge park that you can spend days, well even a week and not come close to seeing it all. Today after breakfast, we start a full-day exploration of Serengeti National Park believed to have the highest density of wildlife in Africa. The awe-inspiring central Serengeti, famously known as the Big Cats headquarters, is an outstanding wildlife zone that you can spend weeks without getting tired of it.

Stop around the Seronera Valley for a delicious lunch in the African wilderness as you scan the surroundings for game viewing opportunities. Being the main source of water in the Central Serengeti, the Seronera River attracts thousands of wild animals from ungulates to big predators making overwhelming game viewing moments. For hot lunch, sit in the midst of nowhere and enjoy your delicious meal enjoying the endless plains of the Serengeti. Big cats, elephants, buffalos, giraffes, antelopes, hippos and crocodiles just to name a few are among the wildlife to decorate your eyes today in this award-winning UNESCO World Heritage site.

Overnight at Serengeti Osinon Camp: FB

Day 7: The Big 5 of Ngorongoro Crater

Today we will drive down to one of the 7 natural wonders of Africa, Ngorongoro Crater where you will have an opportunity to search for the big 5 animals, then continue to Manyara Secret in the evening. More than a million years ago, today’s Ngorongoro crater which is the world’s largest inactive caldera used to be among the tallest Mountains in Africa before volcanic forces took their course to dramatically sank it.

After lunch, you will have a chance to find wildebeests, buffalos, zebras, elands, grants and Thomson’s gazelles, old bulls’ elephants, lions as well as scavengers like spotted hyenas, jackals in the park which gives you a glorious opportunity to spot the endangered & rare black rhinos.  After lunch, continue to your tented lodge and relax, dinner is just minutes away!

Overnight at Manyara Secret Lodge: FB

OPTIONAL: CRATER RIM WALK - $50 Per person

Day 8: Optional Complimentary Maasai Village Visit & Fly to Zanzibar

After breakfast, you will have an opportunity to explore Maasai community and experience some of their day to day activities such as milking the cows and bead works. You will get to dive deep into Maasai distinctive history and lifestyle, being among the icons of the Eastern African ethnic group.

After this fascinating experience you will start your journey to Arusha for hot lunch then continue to Arusha Airport where we will board our local flight to Zanzibar and arrive there in the evening.

Overnight at Next Paradise Zanzibar: HB

Day 9, 10 & 11 – At Leisure at Your Resort

In the next 3 days we will set you loose for activities on your own. You will be in the driver’s seat, so to speak. Plan any activity of your choice around Zanzibar. There are a lot of ventures to offer including walking tours, diving excursions, and parasailing, just to name a few. Zanzibar Queen organizes varieties of pursuits like diving, snorkeling, village tours and others that you can book and pay for directly.

Overnight at Next Paradise Zanzibar: HB

Day 12: Stone Town Tour & Transfer to Airport and Fly Back Home.

Today marks the end to your unforgettable experiences in Zanzibar. After breakfast, relax at the hotel until later when you will continue to Stone town for a complimentary tour. You will later be transferred to airport for your connecting flight back home.

A Bit About Stone Town

Stone town the capital of Zanzibar sultanate became famously used as the principal centre of spice & slave trade during the 19th century. Even after the establishment of colonial rule, Stone town remained the main city of Zanzibar.

In Stone Town, you will observe sultans’ history, the culture of Zanzibar, slavery & trade routes as your guide narrates stories behind each point you will be passing in this UNESCO World Heritage site. Among many, you will learn Zanzibarians way of living, then have countless photographing opportunities along the tour.