9-Day Tanzania Safari and Zanzibar Tour with Stone Town and Spice Tour

• Get picked up by your driver-guide and transfer to Tarangire. It will take about two hours to reach the main gate.

• Complete the normal registration procedures, then enter the park and begin your game safari until the afternoon.

• Stop at one of the picnic sites for lunch.

• Continue with game drives until evening.

• Transfer to the lodge for a long rest before dinner and your overnight stay.

• Pack your luggage in the morning after breakfast and get ready for departure to Serengeti. It is a long safari of about seven hours to reach the main gate. You will have the option to pass via Olduvai Gorge, an important site that reveals the origin of early humans after the discovery of a human-like skull by Dr. Leakey and his wife Mary in 1959.

• Have your packed lunch at the gate.

• Proceed into the park for an evening game safari before it gets dark.

Dinner and overnight will be served at the lodge.

Spend the full day game viewing in this huge ecosystem. Enjoy both a morning and an evening game drive before transferring to the lodge. Serengeti offers remarkable animal viewing due to its richness in terms of wildlife, diversity, and endemic species. Depending on the season of the year, you may be able to witness the migration of wildebeest as they move in search of water, pasture, and a secure place to give birth to their young calves without being preyed upon.

• Go for a safari drive in the morning until mid-afternoon.

• Depart for the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. You will have the option to visit a Masai Boma, where you can explore their traditional way of living and sometimes participate in dancing together.

• Continue with the safari on the way to your lodge for a long rest before your overnight stay.

• Enjoy a game drive in Ngorongoro Crater by descending to the floor in the morning and continuing until mid-afternoon.

• Drive out and continue to Arusha Airport for your flight to Zanzibar.

• Arrive in Zanzibar, where you will meet the team.

• Transfer to the hotel for rest and your overnight stay.

• Spend more time in Zanzibar while exploring different areas of interest. Visit historical sites, take a Spice Tour, and more.

• Wander the narrow streets lined with pastel-coloured mosques and old-school structures that showcase Persian, Indian, and European influences. Often referred to as Mji Mkongwe - the Swahili word for old town - Stone Town is the oldest part of Zanzibar and home to some of the island's most historic sites.

• Sample tangy tamarind juice from one of the local vendors serving cold glasses from street carts before getting lost in the maze of cobbled streets too tiny for cars to pass through.

Spend a day exploring some of Zanzibar's most historic sites after wandering Stone Town.

• Hire a guide and venture into the birthplace of Princess Salme.

• Follow in the footsteps of her royal Arabian family while visiting what remains of the Persian baths, courtyard, and botanical gardens in this ruined wonder.

• Come to the House of Wonders, where artifacts from the island's long and colourful history are on display. Gain a better sense of how the distant past, as well as the present culture, have shaped Zanzibar into a unique destination.

• Head to the Old Fort for a live performance of traditional dance and music.

• Take a guided journey to some of the famous plantations that produce cloves, henna, rose apples, guava, cinnamon, and vanilla. Learn about the medicinal purposes of potent herbs and how the history of the spice trade influenced the development of modern Zanzibar. Zanzibar is known for its spices, so no trip to this East African island is complete without embarking on one of the famous spice tours.

• Take in the rural scenery while talking to local farmers, and sample a traditional home-cooked meal as part of what will likely be a memorable part of any visit to Zanzibar.

• Drive to the airport in the evening for your flight back home.