12 Days Tanzania Safari and Zanzibar Beach Holiday
12 Days Tanzania safari and Zanzibar beach holiday is one of the best Tanzania safari packages to book for an ultimate Tanzania safari experience. This 12 Days Tanzania safari and Zanzibar beach holiday is perfect for honeymooners, and travelers after experiencing the top highlights of Tanzania which are the African big five and the Zanzibar beaches. This 12 Days Tanzania safari and Zanzibar Beach Holiday takes travelers to the beautiful Zanzibar Island doing a number of Zanzibar Island activities like snorkeling among so many others, as well as to the famous and most sought after Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti National Park, and Lake Manyara National Park famous for tree climbing lions and over 1 million pink flamingos.
This 12 Days Tanzania safari and Zanzibar beach holiday is a perfect Tanzania safari from Zanzibar, having you stay in some of the best lodges and resorts depending on your budget. You can customize this 12 Days Tanzania Safari and Zanzibar Beach Holiday as per your liking, and budget. Get in touch for a favorable price.
Summary of 12 Days Tanzania Safari and Zanzibar Beach Holiday:
Day 1: Arrival in Zanzibar
Day 2: Stone Town Tour
Day 3: Zanzibar city tour, Spice tour and visit the Prison Island
Day 4: Safari Blue experience
Day 5: Dolphin Tour
Day 6: Zanzibar Beach Experience
Day 7: Fly to Lake Manyara National Park
Day 8: Walking safari in Lake Manyara National Park, Cycling in Mto wa Mbu
Day 9: Ngorongoro Crater drive
Day 10: Walking Safari in Ngorongoro Crater, Game drive
Day 11: Full day Serengeti National Park
Day 12: Departure
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival in Zanzibar
On arrival at the airport in Zanzibar, you will be picked up and driven to your hotel for check in. your guide will welcome you to Zanzibar, and brief you about the safari. You will spend the rest of the day relaxing at your hotel where you will have dinner and overnight at Kendwa Rocks Hotel.
Day 2: Stone Town Tour
You will have breakfast at your hotel as you prepare for a Stone town tour for an opportunity to get to know about the history and culture about Zanzibar.
Enjoy walking through the alleyways of Stone town and enjoy seeing various landmarks around this historical town. After your stone town tour, you will return to your hotel for dinner and overnight at Kendwa Rocks Hotel.
Day 3: City tour, Spice tour and visit Prison Island
After breakfast at your hotel, you will enjoy a city tour of Zanzibar, a spice tour on Zanzibar Island which is also referred to as the spice island where spices such as cloves, nutmeg, vanilla, and cinnamon as well as various fruits like coconuts are grown.
You will also visit Prison Island during your Zanzibar holiday where you will encounter the giant tortoises while on the Prison Island. After this experience, you will return to your hotel for dinner and overnight at Kendwa Rocks Hotel.
Day 4: Safari Blue experience
You will enjoy the best boat tour on the island is which is a truly amazing experience sailing in the beautiful traditional Dhows. You will enjoy a boat ride, enjoy delicious buffet and drinks, fresh tropical fruits and snacks, snorkeling and also visit Menai Bay. This activity starts in Fumba village. After the experience, you will be driven back to your hotel for dinner and overnight stay at Kendwa Rocks Hotel.
Day 5: Dolphin trip
Today after your leisurely breakfast at the lodge, you shall go out for a dolphin trip where you shall enjoy snorkeling and encountering dolphins. After your experience, you shall return to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay at Kendwa Rocks Hotel.
Day 6: Zanzibar Beach Experience
You will have a day to relax at the white sand beaches of Zanzibar Island and enjoy views of the Indian Ocean. Dinner and overnight at the Kendwa Rocks Hotel.
Day 7: Fly to Lake Manyara National Park
On the last day of your Zanzibar holiday, you will have breakfast at your hotel ahead of your transfer to the airport. From Zanzibar Airport you shall catch a flight to Lake Manyara Airstrip. You shall be picked up by our company guide from the airstrip, and take you on an amazing game drive in Lake Manyara National Park famous for the tree climbing lions and over 2 million pink flamingos living in and around the soda lake, Lake Manyara. You shall head to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay at the lodge.
Accommodation: Karatu Tented Lodge.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 8: Walking safari, cycling tour
having enjoyed your breakfast at the lodge, you shall together with your lunch boxes head out for a walking safari in Lake Manyara National Park. A walking safari is done in guidance of a ranger, and gives you a chance to come up close with animals. After lunch, enjoy yet another game drive looking up all the while to spot the famous tree climbing lions as you proceed to Mto wa Mbu for a cycling adventure in the community and plantations. Dinner and overnight stay at the lodge
Accommodation: Karatu Tented Lodge.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 9: Ngorongoro crater Drive
You will have breakfast as you prepare for a drive to the Ngorongoro crater where you will descend 600 meters into the crater and engage in a game drive as you look out for elephants, lions, buffalos, leopards, zebras, hippos, wildebeests, hyenas, dik dik, antelopes, and warthogs
among others.
You will also enjoy amazing views around the Ngorongoro crater during your game drive and also see flamingos along the shores of the alkaline lake found in the crater. After your game drive, you will return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Tanzania Bush Camp-Ndutu
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 10: Walking safari in Ngorongoro Crater, Game drive
You shall proceed for a morning walking safari in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, in the company of a ranger guide. You shall get an opportunity to come up close with nature yet again, and appreciate the beauty of the largest inactive caldera in the world, as well as see a number of animals while on foot! You shall again go for a game drive in the Ndutu area, for a chance to witness the calving season. After your game drive, you will be driven you to your lodge for your dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Tanzania Bush Camp-Ndutu
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 11: Full day Serengeti National Park
After an early breakfast, you will proceed to Serengeti National park, and get to enjoy a full day of exploring Serengeti national park and engage in a morning game drive as you look out for wildlife species like giraffes, wildebeests, zebras, gazelles, lions, leopards, elands, wildebeests, zebras, hippos, cheetahs among
others.
You will also enjoy your lunch in the wilderness and later engage in another game drive. Your guide will later drive you back to your lodge where you will relax in the comfort of your room as you prepare for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Osinon Camps and Lodges
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 12: Departure
Enjoy your breakfast at the lodge, and proceed to check out of the lodge for a transfer back to Arusha bringing your 12 Days Tanzania and Zanzibar Safari to an end.
End of Safari
Price Includes:
- All day game drives as per itinerary
- Accommodation for the duration of the safari
- Meals that is Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
- Transportation in a 4×4 land cruiser safari vehicle while on safari in Tanzania
- Professional safari guide / driver
- All Zanzibar activities as indicated in the itinerary
- Flights to Lake Manyara airstrip
- All national park fees
- All meals on the safari
- Crater fees
- Walking fees
- Drinking water in the safari vehicle
- Government taxes
Price excludes
- International Flights
- Entry visas
- Travel insurance
- Items of personal nature (laundry, beverages, etc.)
- Any hotel accommodation before / after the safari
- Tips and gratuities
- Any items not included in the itinerary, and optional activities
- Coivid-19 related tests
