12 Days Tanzania and Zanzibar Holiday Safari

The 12 Days Tanzania and Zanzibar Holiday Safari Tour is the ideal combination tour that takes you to the best national parks in Tanzania, such as Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro Conservation Area. It also takes you to stunning beaches surrounding Zanzibar, as well as other destinations to tour, like Stone Town and Spice Tour.

Highlights of Safari

Day 1: Arrive at Tarangire National Park and enjoy a full day of game viewing

Day 2: Travel to Lake Manyara National Park; go on a canopy walk and game drive.

Day 3: Journey to the National Park of Serengeti

Day 4: A full day of Serengeti National Park game drives

Day 5: Enjoy a second day of Serengeti game viewing

Day 6: Make your way to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and take a cultural tour with the Masai people.

Day 8: Fly to Zanzibar and make your transfer to Arusha.

Day 9: Tour to Zanzibar City, including a visit to Stone Town, Prison Island, and Spice Island

Day 10: Beach adventure in Zanzibar and the Safari Blue adventure

Day 11: Unstructured day for leisure

Day 12: Departure

A Comprehensive Schedule for the 12-Day Tanzania and Zanzibar Vacation Safari

Day 1: Arrive at Tarangire National Park; take a game drive in the afternoon.

Depending on where you are in Arusha, you will start your first day of the 12-day Tanzania and Zanzibar Holiday Safari early and go to Tarangire National Park, which is located in the northern region of Tanzania. The drive there takes around three hours.

Tarangire National Park is well known for being home to enormous herds of elephants and old baobab trees. As soon as you get to the lodge in Tarangire National Park, you get ready for an afternoon wildlife drive and lunch.

Expect to see a wide variety of wildlife on your game drive in the park, including gazelles, impalas, zebras, waterbucks, and many more, in addition to a large number of bird species. Observing the sunset in the national park’s woods will also be enjoyable. Drive back to the Karatu lodge you had reserved after that. Dinner and the night before.

Meal schedule: Dinner and Lunch

Day 2: Travel to Lake Manyara National Park and engage in a canopy walk and game drive.

After breakfast at the lodge on the second day of your 12-day Tanzania and Zanzibar holiday safari, you will check out and head to Lake Manyara National Park for yet another breathtaking wildlife drive. During the park’s game drive, you can see a variety of wildlife species, including the unusual tree-climbing lions, elephants, gazelles, buffaloes, and hippos. Among the animals are waterbucks, hartebeests, warthogs, giraffes, hyenas, elands, and impalas. During your game drive in Lake Manyara National Park, you will also be able to observe a variety of bird species.

You will go on a canopy walk later in the day. After that, head back to your lodge for the evening and the night.

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner meal plans

Day 3: Journey to the National Park of Serengeti

After breakfast in the morning, check out and make the roughly five- to six-hour drive to Serengeti National Park, stopping along the way at views overlooking Lake Manyara and Ngorongoro. You can also make a visit at the Olduvai Gorge, an archeological site where Dr. Mary and Louis Leakey found evidence of early human evolution.

After having a delicious lunch on route, continue on to Serengeti National Park. Proceed to your resort while taking a game drive through the expansive plains of the savannah. After dinner, head back to your resort for the night. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner meal plans

Day 4: Serengeti National Park wildlife drive for the entire day

After a hearty breakfast and a packed lunchbox, you will wake up and be picked up by your driver guide at the lodge for a full day of game viewing. If you arrived during a month other than those that are dazzling with the wildebeest migration event, you will begin in the extreme north, along the Mara River. The migration typically begins in the Serengeti after it is missed from the Kenyan side of the Mara, providing the greatest. If you spend the entire day at the park, you will be able to see a variety of animals, including zebras, hippos, and all night. Telopes, buffalos, giraffes, lions, hyenas, and raptors. Return the vehicle to the lodge for supper and Breakfast, lunch, and dinner meal plans

Day 5: Enjoy a second day of Serengeti National Park wildlife drives

Go explore the park to the fullest after eating breakfast, which is given with delectable snacks. You will see a variety of animals there, including the big five mammals—lions, leopards, buffalo, rhinos, and elephants, among others. Along with them, a variety of other wildlife species will be visible, including buffalo, kudus, hippos, antelopes, wildebeest, and waterbucks.

You will go to the Retinal Hippos Pool, where you will view a large number of hippos swimming in a pool and other predators in the national park’s savannah, most of which are perched atop rock formations known as Kopjes. Arrive back at the lodge late at night, unwind, eat dinner, and spend the night. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner meal plans

Day 6: Travel to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Take a Cultural Tour with the Masai People

After a hearty breakfast in the morning, check out and make the approximately one-hour drive back to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. You will make a connection to see the Masai Bomas of Ngorongoro and discover their fascinating way of life. Take pleasure in a game drive and crater viewpoint in the Ngorongoro region. After checking in at the resort, unwind as you wait for supper and your overnight stay. Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner meal plans

Day 7: Crater Rim Walk and Ngorongoro Crater Drive

Enjoy a delicious breakfast at your accommodation before being driven to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. You will be able to explore Lake Magadi, which is located in the crater’s center, by going down into the crater during your tour. During a game drive, you will look for a variety of wildlife species along the banks of Lake Magadi, including flamingos, wildebeests, zebras, lions, leopards, buffalos, rhinos, and elephants.

Following a strolling safari in the conservancy, you will drive to the resort for dinner and an overnight stay. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner meal plans

Day 8: Fly to Zanzibar and make your way to Arusha

After a hearty breakfast, head to the airport in Arusha with your packed lunch in hand to catch your flight to Zanzibar.Utilizing Flight Link for flights Tanzania offers regular flights to Zanzibar from Arusha. There are several choices for flight and arrival times. Set out around 1300 hours and reach Zanzibar at 1415.When you arrive, your driver will greet you and take you to the hotel that you have reserved so you can unwind, check in, have dinner, and spend the night.

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner meal plans

Day 9: Tour of Zanzibar City

Including a visit to Stone Town, Prison Island, and a spice tour You will begin your day’s activities at your hotel after breakfast. Travel from Stone Town to Changuu Island, commonly known as Prison Island, by private boat. While on the island, you will witness the endangered giant tortoises and get the opportunity to go snorkeling.

Following that, you will return to Stone Town by boat from Changuu Island. Along with exploring the plantations and learning about the various applications of spices, including cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, and many more, you will also take part in a space trip. Drive back to the hotel and unwind after your tour of Spice and other places. Dinner and the night before.

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner meal plans

Drive to an island where you may have the best sailing excursion in the stunning traditional Dhows after having a leisurely breakfast. Together with a delectable buffet, beverages, snacks, and fresh tropical fruits, you will enjoy a boat cruise.

You will get a day to unwind on Zanzibar Island’s white sand beaches while taking in breathtaking views of the Indian Ocean. Enjoy dinner and spend the night.

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner meal plans

Day 12: departure

As you get ready for your transfer to the airport to conclude your 12-day Tanzania Safari and Zanzibar Holiday Tour, enjoy a delicious breakfast at your hotel. Day 10: Zanzibar beach and the Safari Blue Experience

12 Days Tanzania and Zanzibar Holiday Safari