9 Days Best of Tanzania Safari & Diving in The White Sandy Beaches of Zanzibar

This 9 Days Best of Tanzania Safari adventure leads you to Tanzania’s most famous game reserves, and varieties of wildlife to be seen in different locations. “Best of Tanzania” safari experience will be followed by a scuba diving adventure in Zanzibar providing you a classic safari holiday combining game viewing, scuba diving, snorkeling, and a relaxing beach holiday.

9 Days Best of Tanzania Safari Quotation

• Based on 2 persons sharing services – per person standard rate
• Standard Net rate – based on Midrange Accommodation per person: USD $3,495.00
• For an extra 3rd person or more please contact the office for rates

Note: This program requires arriving at Arusha – Kilimanjaro Int. Airport early breakfast – morning approx. 06h00, to allow for a transfer/drive to Tarangire National Park

Overnight stay options:

If staying in Arusha, please request assistance at the time of booking this safari to allow us ample time to make arrangements. If departing Arusha, the same night, please note’ both by use of charter flight or by road’ returns to Nairobi are always late morning (approximately 11h.00/12h00-by charter flight) or (approximately 16h00-road), please DO NOT book flights departing prior to 16h00 or 22h00 respectively in order to allow time for security, check-in and if any delays due to weather.

Note: Mid-range Tanzania Adventure Safari – Uses a mix of lodges and tented camps for accommodation, rates reflected herein can be amended to fit your luxury requirements on request/the company may change the booked hotel/lodge/tented camp at the time of booking in case the reflected accommodation is full.

9 Days Best of Tanzania Safari highlights

• Day 1: Arrive in Arusha – Meet greet & briefing – transfer to – Tarangire O/nt.
• Day 2: Early start – game – transfer to Lake Manyara NP – game & O/nt camp
• Day 3: Early morning start/game – transfer to – Serengeti NP – evening game O/nt at the Camp
• Day 4: Early start Serengeti/game – Full day activities in Serengeti NP – O/nt at the camp
• Day 5: Early morning start/game – transfer to – Ngorongoro crater – evening game O/nt at the camp
• Day 6: Early start – breakfast –Transfer to Arusha – Flight to Zanzibar Tanzania – overnight
• Day 7: All day at ease – Zanzibar Sand beaches – Evening activities at leisure – overnight
• Day 8: All day at ease – Zanzibar Sand beaches – Evening activities at leisure – overnight
• Day 9: Breakfast, game en-route to Arusha, depending on your time of departure, you will have a city highlights – Drop off to the Airport for departure on time.

Safari Inclusions and Exclusions

Price includes:

• All services in national parks i.e. park entrance fees, guided nature walks, hikes & game drives
• All accommodation and meals as specified in the itinerary (Unless listed as upgrade)
• Full-time exclusive use of a 4 x 4 Safari Jeep/Toyota Land cruiser
• Full-time services of experienced English-speaking drive/guide
• Bottled drinking mineral water, coffees, teas, or soft drinks while on Safaris, game drives, walks, hikes, or transfers
• All Nature/Safari & Community walks as indicated in the itinerary-safari program
• All airport pickups and drop off from Arusha Tanzania, Kilimanjaro Int. airport & back to Arusha Tanzania, Kilimanjaro Int. airport
• All activities indicated & mentioned in the itinerary

Price excludes:

• International flights and airfares (From/to home)
• Roundtrip airport transfer in land charter flights
• Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
• Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, bar bills, phone calls, etc.)
• Any Government imposed or increase taxes and/or park fees
• Some meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
• Laundry service in different hotels we stay
• Personal insurance and medical bills
• Airfares
• All other services of a personal nature
• All services marked as Optional in the itinerary
• Driver/guides/hotel staff or any other person’s gratuity (Tips and tipping guidelines US$10 pp per day)

Detailed 9 Days Best of Tanzania Safari

Day 1: Arrive in Arusha – Meet greet & briefing – transfer to – Tarangire O/nt.

An early arrival/meet/greet/ and after briefing you will head off to Tarangire National Park. As you enter the park, en route you will do a game viewing experience be for you reach your camp for check-in. Tarangire National Park’s landscape is made up of seasonal marshes and a seemingly endless savannah with mighty baobab trees as well the park is home to the largest elephant herds in northern Tanzania. Enjoy an extensive game drive that will offer you the best opportunity to view the breathtaking scenery and wildlife species found in this magnificent park. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

(Meal plan L/D)

Accommodation options: Lake Burunge Tented Lodge. (Mid – Upper range)

Day 2 of 9 Days Best of Tanzania Safari: Early start – game – transfer to Lake Manyara NP – game & O/nt camp

A Sunrise start, morning game drive, and after breakfast begin your journey to Lake Manyara National Park which is set between the Rift Valley’s western escarpment and the shallow alkaline waters of Lake Manyara. Utilize a full-day game drive in the park with a picnic lunch. Lake Manyara is perhaps best known for its flamingos, pelicans, and cormorants, and is home to over 400 other species of birds, making it a bird watcher’s paradise. Mammals in the park include wildebeests, zebras, bushbucks, waterbucks, tiny Kirk’s dik-diks, hippos, giraffes, leopards, lions, baboons, and troops of noisy blue monkeys. Retreat in the evening for dinner and overnight at the camp.

(Meal plan F/B)

Accommodation options: Lake Manyara Wildlife Camp. (Mid – Upper range)

Day 3: Early morning start/game – transfer to – Serengeti NP – evening game O/nt at the Camp

After breakfast depart for Serengeti National Park. Along the way, you will make a brief stop for a picnic lunch at OL Dupai Gorge, where DR Leakey discovered the fossils of mankind’s earliest ancestors. Proceed on with your journey to Serengeti arriving on time for the afternoon game drive. The location of this camp allows for easy access to one of the best game viewing areas in Serengeti. Alongside the beautiful nature, guest service here is very personalized and the staff is all very friendly and helpful. Dinner and overnight at the camp

(Meal plan F/B)

Accommodation options: Serengeti Tortilis Camp. (Mid – Upper range)

Day 4 of 9 Days Best of Tanzania Safari: Early start Serengeti/game – Full day activities in Serengeti NP – O/nt at the camp

Today you will enjoy game drives in the Serengeti which is home to the largest animal migration on the planet and is best known for its abundance of wildlife, natural beauty, and scenic value. Game drives here allow you to explore fascinating nature and wildlife in this world-famous wildlife habitat. Large animal herds here include elephants, buffaloes, lions, cheetahs, hyenas, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests, topi, Grant’s and Thomson’s gazelles, and many more. Retire in the evening for dinner and overnight at the camp.

(Meal plan F/B)

Accommodation options: Serengeti Tortilis Camp. (Mid – Upper range)

Day 5: Early morning start/game – transfer to – Ngorongoro crater – evening game O/nt at the camp

After breakfast makes your way to Ngorongoro Conservation Area for a whole day game viewing experience with a picnic lunch. Here grass steppes and acacia forests are home to almost all the animal species found in the East African Savannah. In only a few hours you will have the chance of spotting the entire “Big 5”: lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino, and leopard. After game viewing at the floor of the crater, drive to the camp for dinner and overnight.

(Meal plan F/B)

Accommodation options: Enduro Lodge Camp. (Mid – Upper range)

Day 6 of 9 Days Best of Tanzania Safari: Early start – breakfast –Transfer to Nairobi – Flight to Zanzibar Tanzania – overnight

After breakfast, you will drive back to Arusha arriving early afternoon. You will be transferred directly to Arusha Airport for your scheduled flight to the Spice Island of Zanzibar. Upon arriving at Zanzibar Airport, you will be met and transferred to your beach resort for the start of your beach holiday at Paradise Boutique Beach Resort which overlooks a sparkling expanse of the Indian Ocean.

Note: that the safari price includes the fixed budget for flights. If flights increase in price, your safari quote will reflect this.

(Meal plan F/B)

Accommodation options: Next Paradise Boutique Resort. (Upper range)

Day 7: All day at ease – Zanzibar Sand beaches – Evening activities at leisure – overnight

At leisure, breakfast as you will spend whole a day relaxing at the Paradise. The lush gardens here drop down onto one of the finest and most unspoiled beaches on the island. All rooms and suites have private terraces and stunning views over the inspiring gardens and the Indian Ocean. They are designed to cater to guests looking for seclusion, luxury, and space.

(Meal plan H/B)

Accommodation options: Next Paradise Boutique Resort. (Upper range)

Day 8 of 9 Days Best of Tanzania Safari: All day at ease – Zanzibar Sand beaches – Evening activities at leisure – overnight

A sun-rise breakfast at Next Paradise, a perfect diving destination in Zanzibar with plenty to excite both professional and beginner divers alike. Dives are conducted daily and frequent over twenty stunning sites. Overwhelming numbers of tropical fish proliferate among the coral gardens that form a lagoon around Next Paradise.

(Meal plan H/B)

Accommodation options: Next Paradise Boutique Resort. (Upper range)

Day 9: Breakfast, morning at leisure, afternoon departure drops off at Zanzibar Airport for departure.

This morning indulge in a fresh international breakfast buffet spread. Spend the rest of the morning at leisure relaxing on the unspoiled beach at Next Paradise. Immerse yourself in the resort’s fresh-water swimming pool, enjoy a drink at the beach bar, or visit the water sports center for an unending variety of beach activities. Later you will be transferred to Zanzibar Airport for your departure flight.

(Meal plan B/B)

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