Overview
This 10-day adventure offers the perfect combination of an exciting wildlife safari and a relaxing beach holiday. Explore Tanzania’s spectacular national parks, where you’ll have the opportunity to spot the iconic Big Five along with many other fascinating wildlife species. Your safari is organized by a professional tour operator based in Arusha and includes full-board accommodation, a dedicated English-speaking guide, and exclusive use of a private 4×4 safari vehicle equipped with bottled drinking water, snacks, charging outlets, and binoculars for an enhanced game-viewing experience. After your unforgettable safari, take a scenic flight to Zanzibar, where you can unwind on pristine white-sand beaches and enjoy the island’s tropical beauty and tranquil atmosphere.
Trip Highlights
- Mid-range tour: This mid-range tour uses lodges and tented camps.
- Private tour: This tour will be organized exclusively for you and won't be shared with others.
- Can start any day: If availability permits, this tour can start on any day.
- Can be customized: You can request minor changes to the accommodations and destinations of this tour.
- Not for solo travelers: Solo travelers cannot book this private tour.
- Minimum age of 5 years: The minimum age for this tour is 5 years.
Itinerary
The safari guide from our office in Arusha will meet you at Kilimanjaro International Airport or Arusha Airport. You are transferred to your hotel in Arusha, where you relax for the rest of the afternoon, enjoy your overnight stay and prepare for the next day's adventure. You can explore the city with our guide at no additional fee.
Main Destination:
Arusha (City)
Accommodation:
Arusha Planet Lodge
Mid-range lodge located in Arusha (City)
Dinner (Breakfast & lunch not included)
Drinks not included
After breakfast, you depart for Lake Manyara National Park. The journey includes a game drive and carried lunch boxes. Once the game drive is complete, we will drive you back to the lodge to relax and stay overnight.
Lake Manyara National Park is famous for its arboreal lions, which hide among tree branches. You will also see numerous troops of baboons living in the forest, accompanying you along the road from the moment you enter the park.
Main Destination:
Lake Manyara National Park
Accommodation:
Marera Valley Lodge
Mid-range lodge located less than 1hr drive from Lake Manyara NP
All meals included
Drinks not included
After breakfast, you will depart for Serengeti National Park on a game drive and enjoy lunch at a suitable place inside the park. We will continue the game drive activity in the afternoon before reaching the lodge. You spend the following day inside the park on game drives.
Serengeti National Park is well-known for its great migrating herds of zebra, antelope, and wildebeest. However, be ready to see resident predators such as leopards, cheetahs, and lions fulfilling their role in the circle of life.
Main Destination:
Serengeti National Park
Accommodation:
Serengeti Classic View Camp
Mid-range tented camp located inside Central Serengeti NP
All meals included
Drinks not included
After breakfast, you depart for Ngorongoro Conservation Area for a game drive inside Ngorongoro Crater while carrying lunch boxes. Once the game drives are complete, we will drive you back to your lodge to relax, have dinner and stay overnight.
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is the area that constitutes the largest uninterrupted caldera in the world and one of the natural wonders of Africa. About 30 000 large mammals are resident all year round (such as buffaloes, lions, elephants, cheetahs, and rhinos), and a wide variety of birds (such as flamingos, eagles, and buzzards). So be ready to see many animals here within a short time.
Main Destination:
Ngorongoro Crater
Accommodation:
Marera Valley Lodge
Mid-range lodge located 1-2hr drive from Ngorongoro Crater
Meals & Drinks:
All meals included
Drinks not included
After breakfast, you can relax at the lodge and, if time allows, take a short tour of Karatu town for shopping before transferring to Arusha Airport. Your flight to Zanzibar will depart from Arusha Airport. Our driver in Zanzibar will be waiting for you at Zanzibar Airport for your private transfer to your hotel in Stone town.
Main Destination:
Zanzibar Stone Town (Zanzibar)
Accommodation:
Tembo Hotel
Mid-range hotel located in Zanzibar Stone Town (Zanzibar)
All meals included
Drinks not included
After breakfast, we take a full-day Stone town tour with our local guide. Once we have completed the day's activities, we will transfer you to your beach hotel.
Admire the narrow streets lined with residential houses that preserve their original Swahili-Omani themes. Exquisitely carved doorways identify the themes with metal studs, overhanging balconies, and latticed windows. Side by side, you will see churches and mosques. The churches are due to the colonial presence in the country and the mosques commissioned by the sultans of Zanzibar. You will also visit other exciting destinations in the town.
Main Destination:
Zanzibar Island (Tanzania Beaches)
Accommodation:
Villa Kiva Hotel
Luxury hotel located at Matemwe Beach (Zanzibar)
Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
Drinks not included
TThese two days are spent in Zanzibar at your leisure. Use your time to relax on the beach and at the resort. Discover Zanzibar's best beaches, each offering spectacular sunsets, palm-fringed beaches, turquoise waters, white sand, and colorful coral reefs.
Main Destination:
Zanzibar Island (Tanzania Beaches)
Accommodation:
Villa Kiva Hotel
Luxury hotel located at Matemwe Beach (Zanzibar)
Meals & Drinks:
Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
Drinks not included
Enjoy the last few hours before you depart from the resort. We will pick you up at the resort and transfer you to Zanzibar Airport, where our service ends.
On the way back to Zanzibar International Airport, you can stop at Stone town to buy souvenirs.
Main Destination:
Zanzibar Island (Tanzania Beaches)
Accommodation:
No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks:
Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
Drinks not included
Includes/Excludes
Cost Includes
- Park fees (For non-residents)
- All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
- All flights during the tour
- All Taxes/VAT
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
Cost Excludes
- International flights (From/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
- Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
- Some meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
- Drinks
FAQs
The 10-Day Manyara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro & Zanzibar Holiday includes visits to Lake Manyara National Park, Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Crater, and the tropical island of Zanzibar, offering the perfect combination of wildlife adventure and beach relaxation.
During the 10-Day Manyara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro & Zanzibar Holiday, you have an excellent chance of spotting the Big Five—lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, and black rhino—along with giraffes, zebras, wildebeests, cheetahs, hippos, flamingos, and many other bird species.
The 10-Day Manyara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro & Zanzibar Holiday typically includes park entrance fees, accommodation, meals during the safari, transportation in a private 4×4 safari vehicle, a professional English-speaking guide, domestic flight to Zanzibar, bottled drinking water, and selected beach accommodation.
Yes, the 10-Day Manyara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro & Zanzibar Holiday is ideal for honeymooners, couples, families, and anyone looking to combine an authentic safari with a relaxing beach getaway.
The 10-Day Manyara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro & Zanzibar Holiday includes exciting game drives, wildlife photography opportunities, scenic views of Tanzania’s iconic parks, and leisure time in Zanzibar where you can relax on the beach, swim, snorkel, or explore the island’s rich culture.
The 10-Day Manyara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro & Zanzibar Holiday is available throughout the year. The dry season from June to October offers exceptional wildlife viewing, while Zanzibar provides warm beach weather and enjoyable coastal activities year-round.
