Serengeti Zanzibar safaris experience | 10 days Serengeti- Zanzibar safari
Serengeti Zanzibar safaris experience Overview
Embark on one of the best Tanzania northern circuit safaris on our Serengeti Zanzibar safaris experience bouquet to experience life around and at Lake Victoria shores, wildebeest migration, Africa’s big 5, birding, white sand beaches and resorts as the best way to wind up an African safari.
Serengeti Zanzibar safaris experience highlights
Arrival and departure: Dodoma- Kilimanjaro / Dar-es-Salaam
Day 1- arrive, city tour & transfer to Lake Victoria shores
Day 2- Lake Victoria boat cruise, birding
Day 3-5- Serengeti wilderness game drives & wildebeest migration
Day 6- Ngorongoro and Africa’s big 5
Day 7- Tarangire and great African Elephants
Day 8- transfer to Zanzibar road trip/ flights
Day 9-10- Zanzibar white sand beach holidays to departure
Detailed Serengeti Zanzibar safaris experience itinerary
Day 1-2 Lake Victoria shores
Start the Serengeti Zanzibar safaris experience on arrival at the airport, picked up by our guide and head to the shores of Africa’s largest Lake Victoria where you will reside at your booked accommodation. You will get glamourous marvel at the endless horizon of this great water mass, visit some landing sites and learn of the numerous fish species from the lake such as tilapia, nile perch, cat fish, lung fish, silver fish and enjoy fish delicacies. The shores of this lake are also a great birding haven having numerous bird species such as Great kingfisher, stripped kingfisher, Egyptian geese, marabou storks, blue headed Coucal, white egrets, red-chested cuckoo, black cuckoo, African cuckoo, laughing dove, rock pigeon, Egyptian goose, yellow-billed buck, red-billed duck, spur winged goose, white faced whistling duck, blue turaco among others.
Accommodation: Malaika Beach resort (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
On the second day, you will head out to serengeti national park, the home of the great migration on the Serengeti Zanzibar safaris experience. Never disappointing right from the time of entry till exit, this park is one of the largest parks in Africa and in the world and one of those with the highest concentration of wild game per square km in the world ranging from the Africa’s big 5 to the ugly 5 and more than 500 bird species. don’t miss watching numerous lion families, elephant herds, wildebeests, zebras, buffaloes, giraffes, hippos, hyenas, leopards, cheetahs, waterbucks, gazelles, kobs, reptiles, wild dogs, foxes, vultures, eagles, turacos, secretary birds a few but to mention this endless list. The tour around this park will leave you satisfied by its nature and habitats.
Accommodation: Rhotia valley tented lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
Going on with the Serengeti Zanzibar safaris experience, you will head to the world’s largest crater and its vegetation that gets look like the “garden of Eden” will leave you amazed with the large number of wildebeests, zebras, buffaloes, elephants, lions, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, hippos, elands, kobs, bush bucks, waterbucks, rhinos among others and numerous bird species such as turaco, great kingfisher, abdim’s stork, white-backed vulture among others; along with various features such as Ndutu plains, Gol mountain, Endoro waterfalls, Olduvai gorge, shifting sands among others.
Accommodation: Marera Valley lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
On this day, you will head to Tarangire national park to continue enjoying amazing discoveries of the wild. The park is enriched with Africa’s big 5 game; lions, leopards, elephants, cheetahs, buffaloes, giraffes, hippos, baboons, hyenas, wildebeests, zebras, crocodiles in the Tarangire river that anchors the park’s ecosystem, gazelles, kobs, water bucks, warthogs among others. The other exceptional siting on this Serengeti Zanzibar safaris experience in this park would be of the ancient baobab trees that are scattered all over the park. The park is also resident to over 550 bird species making it a worthy birding destination.
Accommodation: Tarangire Sopa lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
Day 8 transfer to Dar es Salaam
You will transfer for 12 hours by road or 2 hour flight to the ancient economic coastal and once Tanzania’s capital city Dar es salaam. This city is marvel given its combined history that gives it its signature Arabic, British, Germany and Portuguese influence on languages, architecture, lifestyles, food cuisines, business models among others. Still on this Serengeti Zanzibar safari experience you will also be out late on a night life experience and enjoy several Swahili street food snacks, mchomo (barbeque) and sea foods as Zanzibar waits for you the next day.
Accommodation: Ramada resort (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
Finally, on the last excursion on the Serengeti Zanzibar safari experience, you will be woken up by a beautiful sunrise from the horizon of the Indian ocean and set out onto the shiny white sands of Zanzibar island. You will be able to engage in various activities during your stay there such as; scuba diving, swimming, kite rafting, horse riding, nature walks, sea creature viewing like sea turtles, dolphins, corals among others, spot fishing, enjoying sea food cuisines and coconut cocktails, beach sports, camp fires among others, have a view rare species such as servaline genet, red colobus and bird species such as; african barred owlet, malachite kingfisher, house crow, mosque swallow, pied kingfisher, gray heron, great egret, striated heron, african jacana, african darter, little grebe, african pygmy goose, african pied wagtail among others.
A tour around the ancient slave trade and coastal traditions that have gone through several civilizations like the Arabic, Portuguese and British occupation in the past such as stone town along with activities that have remained unique to the island such as spice manufacturing and trade. This is one of the best ways to end an African safari. On the third day you will head back to Dar es salaam for your departure.
Accommodation: Royal Zanzibar beach resort (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
Inclusions
- Airport transfers
- Park entry fees
- Transport 4×4 safari landcruiser
- Driver and guide
- Laundry
- Domestic flights
- All excursions indicated on itinerary
- Refreshments/Drinking water
Exclusions
- International flights
- Extra luggage on domestic flights
- Tipping & gratitude
- Souvenirs & snacks
- Travel insurance
- Visa fess & processing
- Any changes to the itinerary
- Accommodation after end of the trip
- Anything not mentioned