12 days Top Tanzania safari experience overview
12 days Top Tanzania safari experience on Africa safari grants you a complete Tanzania northern circuit expedition and the Kilimanjaro mountain experience Guarantying Africa’s big 5, endemic bird species, reptiles, the great wildebeest migration among others. Ending this safari at the coast of the Indian ocean makes it one of the most outstanding African experiences from the wild to white sand beaches and resorts.
12 days Top Tanzania safari experience highlights
Arrival and departure: Kilimanjaro / Dar-es-Salaam
Day 1-2 arrival, Kilimanjaro N.P snow cap sceneries, wildlife & birding
Day 3-4- serengeti wildebeest migration & Africa’s big 5
Day 5-6- Ngorongoro crater game drives and sceneries
Day 7- lake Manyara tree climbing lions, Flamingos & birding
Day 8- Tarangire elephants, birds & wilderness
Day 9- transfer to Dar es salaam
Day 10-12- Zanzibar white sand beaches & resorts
Detailed 12 days Top Tanzania safari experience itinerary
On arrival, you will be picked up by our guide and head to your booked accommodation after then head out to Kilimanjaro national park. The park offers several safari experience such as wild game drives, hiking, picnics and camping. You will have the best sceneries of Africa’s highest snow-capped mountain and its biodiversity that harbors the largest herds of the African elephants along with Africa’s big 5, hyenas, gazelles, kobs, waterbucks and numerous bird species. The combination of both montane and savannah grassland will give you the best environmental sceneries.
Accommodation: Kilima safari lodge (or a similar lodge)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
Second day on the 12 days Top Tanzania safari experience , you will head out to serengeti national park, the home of the great migration. 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: Serengeti safari lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
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. This part of the planet also holds evidence of human existence millions of years ago.
Accommodation: Marera valley lodge (or a similar one
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
Day 7 Lake Manyara
Today you will be at lake Manyara national park known for its tree climbing lions a behavior not common for lions and huge elephant herds. Lake Manyara that anchors the park’s ecosystem is a soda ash lake and attracts thousands of flamingos for food and residence making it a perfect biding haven. Other wild life in the park include leopards, cheetahs, hippos, buffaloes, giraffes, oribis, hyenas, gazelles, kobs, waterbucks, zebras, and many more numerous bird species.
Accommodation: Lake Manyara wildlife 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 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 9 Transfer to Zanzibar
On this day you will set off on a 10-hour journey to Zanzibar island via Dar es salaam coastal city.
Accommodation: Sea cliff hotel (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
Last excursion, 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. 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.
You will have tours animal tours, turtle sanctuaries and 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: Gold Zanzibar beach (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
Inclusions
- Park entry fees
- Airport transfers
- Driver & guide
- Government taxes
- Transport 4×4 safari landcruiser
- All activities indicated
- Domestic flights
- Bottled drinking water/ Refreshments
- Laundry
Exclusions
- Travel insurance
- International flights
- Visa fees & processing
- Tipping & gratitude
- Souvenirs & snacks
- Extra luggage on domestic flights
- Accommodation after the end of trip
- Any changes to the itinerary
- Extra activities, meals, liquor/alcohol
- Anything not mentioned