Trip Info
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Pop-up roof 4x4 vehicle. A transfer from and back to the airport is included
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Easy and moderate
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This tour starts in Arusha and ends in Zanzibar, Tanzania
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Game Drive
Overview
Enjoy a wonderful 9-day/8-night mid-range holiday safari courtesy of Serengeti Greens. In this safari you will be provided with the following crucial facilities to make your safari better and feel comfortable throughout your entire safari: a 4×4 safari vehicle with a roof hatch, a fridge inside the vehicle, an inverter and binoculars.
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.
- 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
Our tour guide driver will greet and pick you up from Arusha Airport with a picnic lunch box, then provide you with a short brief/description of the tour. You will transfer to Tarangire National Park for a game drive. Later, you will transfer for your hotel dinner and overnight stay at Farm of Dream Lodge.
Tarangire National Park it’s very famous for its elephant population. Here you will have a unique experience of seeing nature combined with the original way of life of Masaai. Tarangire offers unparalleled game viewing, and during the dry season, elephants abound.
Main Destination: Tarangire National Park
Accommodation: Farm of Dreams Lodge
Mid-range lodge located 1-2hr drive from Tarangire NP
Meals and drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
You will wake up early and have breakfast. Thereafter, you will leave with your picnic lunch box to Serengeti National Park for a wonderful wildlife game drive. You will have a half-game drive in the park and later head to your lodge/camp for dinner, relaxation and overnight stay. On the next day, you will enjoy a wonderful full-day game drive inside the park.
The Serengeti National Park is a wonder of nature shared between Tanzania and Kenya. Here you will experience and witness the Great Wildlife Migration, which involves over two million wildebeests, zebras and antelopes. It's also an extremely large and wild national park and home to the Big Five of Africa.
Main Destination: Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Kontiki Serengeti Camp
Mid-range tented camp located inside Central Serengeti NP
Meals and drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
After an early breakfast, you will start your beautiful journey to Ngorongoro Crater for a game drive. You will descend down into the crater while enjoying the majestic view of the crater and wildlife animals as well. You will be enjoying your lunch inside the park. Later, you will be transferred to your lodge for dinner, relaxation and an overnight stay.
Travelers visiting the Ngorongoro Conservation Area can enjoy a number of incredible and unique experiences such as: exploring its volcanic craters (one of which is the largest unbroken volcanic caldera in the world). You'll be viewing the dense wildlife populations including the Big Five and observing Ngorongoro's abundant wildlife.
Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater
Accommodation: Farm of Dreams Lodge
Mid-range lodge located 1-2hr drive from Ngorongoro Crater
Meals and drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
After the morning breakfast, while carrying your lunch box, your driver will take you to Lake Manyara National Park for a game drive. You will enjoy the wonders of tree-climbing lions while having your lunch as you edge close to the lake for flamingo viewing. Thereafter, you will transfer to your lodge for dinner relaxation and an overnight stay.
Lake Manyara National Park is well known for the unusual tree-climbing lions and the vast elephant herds. Also get ready to see the shores of the lake, encrusted with pink flamingos and other more than 400 species of birds, many of them waterfowl or migrants. Once you finish the game drive, you will transfer back to your lodge for dinner, relaxation and an overnight stay.
Main Destination: Lake Manyara National Park
Accommodation: Arusha Planet Lodge
Mid-range lodge located in Arusha (City)
Meals and drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (Other 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 air transfer 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: Zanzibar Stone Town (Zanzibar)
Meals and drinks: Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
After breakfast, you will have a full-day Stone Town tour with our local guide. Once you have completed the day's activities, you will transfer to your beach hotel. These two days are spent in Zanzibar at your leisure. Use your time to relax on the beach and at the resort. You'll discover Zanzibar's best beaches, each offering spectacular sunsets, palm-fringed beaches, turquoise waters, white sand, and colourful coral reefs.
In the 19th century back when Zanzibar was the centre of the spice trade, Stone Town was considered to be one of the most important capital cities in the region. Stone Town is still considered to be one of the most important cities in the region in terms of history and artistry with its well-preserved 19th-century colonial buildings and a unique culture that is based on Swahili traditions but with a touch of Arab, Persian, Indian, and European elements.
Main Destination: Zanzibar Stone Town (Zanzibar)
Accommodation: Smiles Beach Hotel
Mid-range hotel located on Zanzibar (Tanzania Beaches)
Meals and drinks: Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
After a morning breakfast, you may wish to spend the last few hours at the resort for relaxation and leisure. We will pick you up at the hotel and transfer you to Zanzibar International Airport where the safari ends. On the way back to Zanzibar International Airport, you can stop at Stone Town to buy souvenirs.
Main Destination: Zanzibar Airport (Zanzibar)
Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals and drinks: Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
Drinking water (Other 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)
- Drinking water
- (On all days)
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)
FAQs
A mid-range safari in Tanzania is typically designed to be affordable but with little compromise in quality of service. This includes comfortable lodge or tented camp accommodation, meals, park fees, and guided game drives. Unlike budget safaris that use basic campsites, mid-range options provide better amenities like private bathrooms, hot showers, and more personalized service.
Top choices include:
- Serengeti National Park – famous for the Great Migration and Big Five.
- Ngorongoro Crater – a UNESCO World Heritage Site with dense wildlife.
- Tarangire National Park – known for elephants and baobab trees.
- Lake Manyara – great for birdlife and tree-climbing lions.
These parks are easily combined in a northern circuit safari, ideal for a 5–7-day mid-range trip.
You’ll typically stay in:
- Lodges – permanent structures with comfortable rooms, en-suite bathrooms, and dining areas.
- Tented camps – canvas tents on raised platforms, with real beds and private facilities, offering a “close to nature” experience with added comfort.
Many are eco-friendly and located inside or near the parks.