On this combined Tanzania and Zanzibar Island safari, you will explore three main parks of the Northern Circuit which are Lake Manyara National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Serengeti National Park led by Regional Tours & Safaris' professional guide. The accommodation is in lodges or luxury mobile tented camps for a close encounter with nature and wildlife. Moreover, Zanzibar is an idyllic beach holiday island, its pristine reefs, sandy white beaches, and clear blue waters are among the best in the world.

Airport transfer included: Kilimanjaro International Airport

DAY 1: ARUSHA, TANZANIA’S SAFARI GATEWAY

You will arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) will transfer  to Arusha city. Located below Mount Meru on the eastern edge of the eastern branch of the Great Rift Valley, Arusha has a temperate climate.

The city is close to the Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Lake Manyara National Park, Olduvai Gorge, Tarangire National Park, Mount Kilimanjaro, and Arusha National Park on Mount Meru. Arusha City is a major international diplomatic hub. You will be given a briefing about your wildlife and wilderness safari. You will stay overnight

DAY 2: LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK AND NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA

After breakfast, you will depart for Lake Manyara National Park, en-route game drive, and picnic lunch served in the park. Nestled at the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment, Lake Manyara is one of the most beautiful places in Africa. The park is dramatically marked off by lush green vegetation consisting of tall trees of the ground water forest, which provide the home to troops of baboons and blue monkeys.

Further down, the forest opens up into woodland, grassland, swamps, and beyond, the soda lake itself where over 350 species of birds, including the lively flamingo, pelican, sacred ibis, grebe, and stork can be viewed. At the southern end of the park are hot sulfur springs called MajiMoto. Manyara is noted for its numerous buffalo, elephant, giraffe, impala, hippo, as well as a great variety of smaller animals, and of course the very elusive tree-climbing lions. In the afternoon, you will proceed towards Ngorongoro.

DAY 3: NGORONGORO CRATER AND SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK

After breakfast, you will descend to the crater floor for a game drive, lunch at the hippo pool picnic site. The bottom of the crater dotted with watering-holes, shelters almost 30,000 animals in an area naturally enclosed by the slopes of the volcano. Ngorongoro is the largest unbroken caldera in the world and surrounded by very steep walls rising 610 meters from the floor. Covering an area of 259 square kilometers, it is considered to be one of the Wonders of the Natural World and is a veritable haven for wildlife.

In the afternoon, you will proceed towards Serengeti National Park which is probably the greatest park on earth. This park, undoubtedly the most famous in the world, covers over 14 000 square kilometers and offers, among many other things, the biggest concentration of big cats in the world such as cheetahs, lions, leopards, wild cats, birds, and impala. You will get dinner and overnight at Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp.

DAY 4: SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK

You will get an early morning game drive in Serengeti National Park before your breakfast. You will also get mid and afternoon game drives, followed by a picnic lunch served in the park. Many different landscapes can be found in the Serengeti, savannah with the big plains to the south, hills and woods to the west, the kopjes area to the east, and bushland to the north. Important rivers also run through the park. Many different species of mammals can be spotted during game drives. Elephant, buffalo, giraffes, antelopes, hippo, and crocodile can also be found. You will get dinner and overnight at Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp.

 DAY 5: ZANZIBAR BEACH VACATION

After breakfast at the lodge, you will be transferred with a game drive en route to Seronera Airstrip for a flight to Zanzibar. Regional Tours & Safaris’ driver will meet you at Zanzibar Airport and transfer you to the Magical beach of Nungwi (North Coast). The Swahili culture was born there in the seventh century.

Stone Town is the ideal place ‘to feel’ the atmosphere and the soul of Zanzibar. Elegant trader’s houses, old coral stone buildings set behind large carved doors, some with Koranic inscriptions in Arabic, narrow alleyways with covered balconies, wonderful shops and tiny stalls, spice and fish market, and in the evening, sounds and smells from the Forodhani Gardens where fish and lobster are grilled on barbecues.

Zanzibar is known as the Spice Islands. A guided tour to spice farms and plantations is an option here. Zanzibar is an idyllic beach holiday island, sandy white beaches, and clear blue waters are among the best in the world. You will stay overnight (bed and breakfast).

DAY 6-7: ZANZIBAR BEACH VACATION

Breakfast is served at the hotel. The full day is at your leisure and optional a visit of the historical Stone Town, spice tour, Prison Island, Safari Blue, sandbank picnic, and many more. Zanzibar is known as the Spice Islands and was once the world’s leading producer of cloves.

Here you can see, smell, and taste aromatic scented plants species. Among them are guava, mangoes, vanilla, cloves, nutmeg, ginger, chilies, black pepper, and cinnamon. Zanzibar is an idyllic beach holiday island, its pristine reefs, sandy white beaches, and clear blue waters are among the best in the world. You will stay overnight (bed and breakfast).

 DAY 8: ZANZIBAR AIRPORT

After breakfast served at the hotel. The morning is free at your leisure around the beach of the hotel. You will be transferred to the airport or seaport according to the time of your departure back home.

Cost Includes

     All applicable game Park Entrance fees

    All meals and activities as stated in the itinerary

    Professional English Speaking safari Guide/Driver

    Game viewing in a safari van

    Airport pick ups on arrival and transfer back on departure

    Round trip transport from Nairobi to the designated National Park

    Government taxes

    Bottled drinking water

    Extensive Game drives

  Cost Excludes

     Visas

    Airport taxes

    Tips/Gratuities

    Drinks, personal travel and baggage insurance

    Telephone bill, laundry and items of a personal nature