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.
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
Tanzania has some of the best safari moments on the continent & on arrival, you will be picked up by our guide and head to your preferred accommodation from where after head out to Kilimanjaro national park. 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 wildebeest migration. Wild-action packed right from the time of entry till exit, this park has 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 recorded bird species. Don’t miss scenes of numerous lion prides, elephant herds, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo herds, 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 & its vegetation whose looks liken it to 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 national park
Famous for its tree climbing lions, flamingos, huge elephant herds & Lake Manyara that anchors the park’s ecosystem which is a soda ash lake. Other wild life in the park include leopards, cheetahs, hippos, buffaloes, giraffes, oribis, hyenas, gazelles, kobs, waterbucks, zebras, and many more numerous bird species making it top birding spot.
Accommodation: Lake Manyara wildlife lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
Tarangire national park gets you to continue enjoying amazing discoveries of the Tanzanian 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 excursions on your safari, you will be woken up to the 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 staycation there such as; scuba diving, swimming, kite rafting, horse riding, nature walks, sea creature viewing like sea turtle pools, 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.
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
Your safari route map
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