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Explore Tanzania's wildlife on this 15-day safari through Arusha National Park, Tarangire National Park, Serengeti National Park, and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area before unwinding on the snow-white beaches of Zanzibar Island. Spot black and white Colobus monkeys, tropical birds, and colourful butterflies in Arusha National Park, and enjoy activities around Mount Meru and Lake Duluti. Experience the endless plains and remarkable wildlife of the Serengeti, along with the dense concentration of animals in the Ngorongoro Crater. The journey ends with relaxing beach time, fresh seafood, and the magical sunsets of Zanzibar.
Explore Tanzania's wildlife on this 15-day safari through Arusha National Park, Tarangire National Park, Serengeti National Park, and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area before unwinding on the snow-white beaches of Zanzibar Island.
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Day by day
Arrive at the airport and drive to Arusha to your booked hotel for dinner and an overnight stay at Kibo Palace. Along the way, you will gain your first African impressions: smell the natural scents, hear roosters crowing, and see the colourful streets of Arusha. Once at the hotel, you can relax peacefully by the pool with a cool Tanzanian drink.
Meals status: Bed and breakfast
After breakfast, you will acclimatize at the lodge or hotel with a swimming pool. During the day, a representative from our office will come by and tell you everything about the upcoming safari. Dinner and overnight follow.
Meals status: Bed and breakfast
After breakfast, drive to Arusha National Park for a full day of game viewing, then dinner and an overnight stay at African View Hotel.
Meals status: Full board
Arusha National Park is located around Mount Meru, just a half-hour drive from your lodge. In this park, you will drive through a mountainous area of abundant tropical rainforest with various lakes and craters. You can explore the park by safari jeep, but you can also opt for a walking safari with a ranger or get into a canoe and admire the park from the water.
Arusha National Park is known for the black and white Colobus monkey, which swings majestically through the trees in its long-haired coat. Enjoy seeing these and other monkeys while spotting more than four hundred species of tropical birds, colourful butterflies, zebras, buffalos, giraffes, and many other animals.
Breakfast is followed by the following activities:
Meals status: Full board
After breakfast, drive to Tarangire National Park for game viewing, followed by lunch, dinner, and an overnight stay at Farm of Dreams.
Meals status: Full board
Within the 2,600 square kilometres of Tarangire National Park, huge baobab trees that are several hundred years old and large groups of elephants compete for your attention. Add the Tarangire River and the abundance of wildlife found here, and it becomes clear why Tarangire is such a popular safari park.
After breakfast, depart for Serengeti National Park for 2 nights/3 days of full game drives, with dinner and an overnight stay at Serengeti Safari Lodge.
Meals status: Full board
Serengeti means endless plains in the Maasai language, and that is exactly what you will see in the coming days: miles and miles of African savannah. Believe us, it may be the most impressive landscape you will ever see. Serengeti National Park is also home to an incredible variety of wildlife, which is why many nature films have been filmed here.
Take in this unique landscape as the wildebeest and zebras of the Great Migration pass by, bleating. Spot lions on groups of rocks, the so-called kopjes, leopards in lonely trees, or cheetahs searching for a calf among the wildebeest. Pass giraffes, hippos, crocodiles, gazelles, and, if you are lucky, a velvet cat or wild dog. If you want to do something special, you can view these plains from a hot balloon.
After an early breakfast, drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area for dinner and an overnight stay at Ngorongoro Luxury Tented Camp.
Meals status: Full board
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is an immense nature reserve and perhaps the most special place in Africa - the Ngorongoro Crater. This is a relatively small but very fertile area of 20 by 20 kilometres, surrounded by a steep crater rim. Nowhere in the world will you find so many wild animals in such a small area, with up to 25,000 large animals roaming here on an average day.
Today, you therefore have a good chance of seeing several members of the Big Five: lions, elephants, and buffalos can be found here in abundance. Moreover, the crater is home to several dozen rare black rhinos, and nowhere are you more likely to see them than here.
After breakfast, depart for Zanzibar for a 4-day/3-night tour.
From today onwards, the trip becomes more relaxing. Step out of the safari jeep and onto the plane, then arrive on the snow-white beaches of Zanzibar. Enjoy a delicious drink under the palm trees while local fishermen bring in the day's catch in authentic wooden sailing boats. Try local dishes in the restaurants or mouth-watering fresh fish and seafood. When the sun sets in the evening and everything turns magical red, you will know you have arrived in paradise.
Depart Zanzibar and connect with your flight back home.
Where this trip takes you
Serengeti National Park plains, Ngorongoro Crater teeming with wildlife, Tarangire National Park baobab-studded landscapes, Zanzibar Island beaches
The route
The fine print
Ensure you bring khaki-coloured clothing instead of dark blue or black, which tends to attract tsetse flies. Sunglasses, insect repellent, sunscreen, and wide-brimmed hats are essential. It is recommended that you wear long pants, long-sleeved shirts, socks, and insect repellent to help prevent mosquito bites after dusk.
Women should not wear short skirts, thigh-high shorts, sleeveless shirts, or revealing tops. However, capri trousers or at least knee-length shorts are acceptable. For men, knee-length shorts or pants are appropriate.
Camouflage clothing is illegal in some African countries, and bright colours, black, and white should be avoided unless you are around the lodge. Dark colours also tend to attract insects. Technical fabrics are preferable to natural fibres for their comfort and performance in hot climates.
This trip is a true private safari, meaning you can get the most out of your trip. In consultation with the guide, you decide when the game drive starts and ends and how long you stay with certain animals.
Please don't hesitate to ask the driver-guide anything you want to know about your safari adventure. The driver-guides have enormous knowledge of nature and the country, and they are happy to share it to make your trip to Tanzania memorable and enjoyable.
The hotels and lodges are of premium standard and are specially selected based on their excellent quality and service. Those who would like more luxurious hotel or lodge accommodation are welcome to communicate this.
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Your 15 days finish where they began, in Arusha.
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