13 Days Great Migration Tanzania and Zanzibar Beach Safari
This is a 13 Days Tanzania Safari Holiday where you will enjoy the bush and Zanzibar with a chance to see the Great Migration and other interesting animals. All this with the assistance of a tour operator based in Arusha. This 13 Days Tanzania Safari Holiday provides full board accommodation while on safari, a personal English-speaking guide, and private use of a 4×4 Jeep (with cold drinks, snacks, power sockets, and binoculars supplied). Finally, after the 13 Days Tanzania Safari Holiday, you will fly to Zanzibar and relax on the beach.
13 Days Tanzania Safari Holiday Highlights
- Day 1: Kilimanjaro/Arusha Airport to Arusha City
- Day 2: Arusha to Tarangire National Park
- Day 3: Tarangire to Central Serengeti National Park
- Day 4: Central to Northern Serengeti National Park for Migration
- Day 5: Northern Serengeti National Park
- Day 6: Central Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater
- Day 7: Karatu to Arusha Airport for Flight to Zanzibar Stone Town
- Day 8: Stone Town Tour and Transfer to Your Beach Hotel in Zanzibar Island
- Day 9-12: Relax on the Zanzibar Island Beach
- Day 13: Transfer to Zanzibar Airport
Detailed 13 Days Tanzania Safari Holiday
Day 1: Kilimanjaro/Arusha Airport to Arusha City
Our 13 Days Tanzania Safari Holiday guide will pick you up at either Kilimanjaro International Airport or Arusha Airport and transfer you to your lodge in Arusha. You can relax at the lodge and prepare for the following day’s adventure. Your overnight stay will also be at the lodge. Feel free to explore the city with our 13 Days Tanzania Safari Holiday guide at no additional cost.
- Main Destination: Arusha (City)
- Accommodation: Arusha Planet Lodge – Mid-range lodge located in or near Arusha
Day 2: Arusha to Tarangire National Park
You will be picked up early in the morning from the lodge and start a beautiful 13 Days Tanzania Safari Holiday journey to Tarangire National Park while carrying lunch boxes.
Tarangire National Park is well-known for its large elephant herds and diversity of landscapes. The landscapes you will see include seasonal swamps and savannahs, with the Tarangire River winding its way through the parklands. You may see lions stalking their prey and/ or leopards relaxing in the trees above. Once the game drives are complete, we will drive you to the lodge to relax, have dinner and stay overnight.
- Main Destination: Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation: Marera Valley Lodge – Mid-range lodge located outside Ngorongoro Crater
Day 3: Tarangire to Central Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, you will depart for Central Serengeti National Park for wildlife sightseeing. You will enjoy lunch in a suitable place inside the park. In the afternoon, you will continue with the game drive activity before reaching the camp. The next day on the 13 Days Tanzania Safari Holiday will spent inside this park enjoying game drives.
Serengeti is more well-known for its great migrating herds of zebras, antelopes, and wildebeests. Be ready to see resident predators, leopards, cheetahs, and lions, fulfilling their role in the circle of life.
- Main Destination: Central Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation: Kon Tiki Serengeti Camp – Mid-range tented camp located inside Central Serengeti
Day 4: Central to Northern Serengeti National Park for Migration
You will get up early and enjoy breakfast. Then, you’ll drive to Northern Serengeti around Mara River where the Great Migration is happening. Our 13 Days Tanzania Safari Holiday guide will find the best spot point for the Great Migration.
The Great Migration is the largest herd movement of wildebeests, zebras and other animals crossing the Mara River to Masai Mara in Kenya. The migration crosses the Mara River which is full of crocodiles. The best time to visit is from July to early October every year.
- Main Destination: Northern Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation: Heritage Mara Camp – Mid-range tented camp located inside Northern Serengeti NP
Day 5: Northern Serengeti National Park
You will get up early and enjoy breakfast. Then, you’ll continue with a game drive in Northern Serengeti with a special eye on the Great Migration. Later, you will drive back to Central Serengeti where you will stop for an overnight stay.
The Great Migration is the largest herd movement of wildebeests, zebra and other animals crossing the Mara River to Masai Mara in Kenya. Migration crosses the Mara River which is full of crocodiles. The best time to visit is from July to early October every year and enjoy the 13 Days Tanzania Safari Holiday.
- Main Destination: Northern Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation: Kon Tiki Serengeti Camp – Mid-range tented camp located inside Serengeti NP
Day 6: Central Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast, you will depart to Ngorongoro Conservation Area for a game drive inside Ngorongoro Crater while carrying lunch boxes. Once the game drives are complete, we will transfer you to your lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area constitutes the world’s largest uninterrupted caldera and one of Africa’s Natural Wonders. Around 30,000 large mammals are resident all year round (such as buffaloes, lions, elephants, cheetahs, and rhinos), and various birds (such as flamingos, eagles, and buzzards). So be ready to see many animals in a short time.
- Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation: Marera Valley Lodge – Mid-range lodge located outside Ngorongoro Crater
Day 7: Karatu to Arusha Airport for Flight to Zanzibar Stone Town
After breakfast, you will relax at the lodge and, if time allows, you will take a short 13 Days Tanzania Safari Holiday of Karatu town for shopping. From here, you will transfer to Arusha Airport for a flight to Zanzibar. Our driver in Zanzibar will be waiting for you at Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (formerly known as Zanzibar International Airport) for a private transfer to your hotel in Stone Town.
- Main Destination: Zanzibar Stone Town (Zanzibar)
- Accommodation: Tembo House Hotel & Apartments – Mid-range hotel located in or near Stone Town
Day 8: Stone Town Tour and Transfer to Your Beach Hotel in Zanzibar Island
After breakfast, you’ll spend the day on a tour of Zanzibar’s Stone Town with our 13 Days Tanzania Safari Holiday local guide. You’ll admire the narrow streets lined with many residential houses that preserve their original Swahili-Omani themes with exquisitely carved doorways, metal studs, overhanging balconies, and latticed windows. Due to the colonial presence and the many mosques commissioned by the olden Sultans of Zanzibar, you will see continental churches. You will also visit other interesting destinations here. Finally, we will transfer you to your beach hotel.
- Main Destination: Zanzibar Island (Beach)
- Accommodation: Villa Kiva Hotel – Luxury hotel located in or near Zanzibar
Day 9-12: Relax on the Zanzibar Island Beach
The following days of 13 Days Tanzania Safari Holiday are dedicated to relaxing on the beach and at the Villa Kiva Beach Resort. You’ll get the chance to really enjoy the beach!
You’ll discover Zanzibar’s best beaches with spectacular sunsets, palm-fringed beaches, turquoise waters, and colourful coral reefs.
- Main Destination: Zanzibar Island (Beach)
- Accommodation: Villa Kiva Hotel – Luxury hotel located in or near Zanzibar
Day 13: Transfer to Zanzibar Airport
You will enjoy the remaining hours of the 13 Days Tanzania Safari Holiday before your departure from the resort to Zanzibar Airport. Here our tour ends.
On the way back to Zanzibar Airport, you can stop at Zanzibar Stone Town and buy some souvenirs.
- Main Destination: Zanzibar Airport (Zanzibar)
- Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
End of 13 Days Tanzania Safari Holiday
13 Days Tanzania Safari Holiday Inclusions and Exclusions
Included
- 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 13 Days Tanzania Safari Holiday
- All Taxes/VAT
- Round trip airport transfer
- Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
- Drinks (As specified in the day-by-day section)
Excluded
- 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)
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