8-Day Safari (Including Serengeti) & Zanzibar Extension
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This is one of our most popular tours as it allows you to spend a very reasonable amount of time in the Serengeti (2 nights) and still have the chance of exploring Ngorongoro and Manyara or Tarangire National Parks. You can either do the tour by land (circle itinerary) or fly back from the Serengeti to remove the backtracking. You can relax and stay 3 days in Zanzibar Island, enjoying the beaches and amazing landscapes.
Tour Features
- Mid-range tour
This mid-range tour uses lodges and tented camps.
- Private tour
This tour will be organized exclusively for you and won't be shared with others.
- Can start any day
If availability permits, this tour can start on any day.
- Can be customized
You can request minor changes to the accommodations and destinations of this tour.
- Suitable for solo travelers
Solo travelers can book this private tour.Activities & Transportation
- Activities: game drives & beach time
- Game drives: open-sided 4x4 vehicle & pop-up roof 4x4 vehicle
- Getting around: pop-up roof 4x4 vehicle & air transfer
- A transfer from and back to the airport is included
- Accommodation & Meals
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost
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1 Lake Manyara National Park
Africa Safari Lake Manyara (Safari Luxury Glamping)Mid-range tented camp just outside Lake Manyara
All Meals Included -
2-3 serengeti National park
Acacia Central CampMid-range tented camp inside Central Serengeti
All Meals Included -
4 Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater
Rhino Lodge Mid-range lodge on the crater rim of Ngorongoro Crater
All Meals Included -
5-7 Ngorongoro Crater to Zanzibar
Nungwi Dreams by MantisLuxury hotel in or near Zanzibar (Beach)
Breakfast & Lunch Included -
8 ZanzibarEnd of tour
(No accommodation)Breakfast Included
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Included/Excluded
- Park fees
- All activities
- All accommodation
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation
- All Taxes/VAT
- Meals
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- All flights during the tour
- drinking water
- International flights
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips
- Personal items
- visa
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
Tour Plan
Day 1 Lake Manyara National Park
You'll be picked up from your hotel at 8:00 am and start a beautiful journey across the Great Rift Valley for a full day game drive. Although small in dimension (205 sq miles), the park has breathtaking scenery and is well famous for its lush acacia forest, giant figs, mahogany trees, as well as to a growing population of baboons and blue monkeys. Permanent residents of this park also include giraffes, elephants, impalas and a huge amount of buffaloes. The lake is also home to a large number of hippos. The landscapes of Lake Manyara are something that can not be described in words. The game drives along the lake provide stunning photo opportunities of giraffes and buffaloes in the foreground and the lake in the background. Some extra tours are possible, including a bike tour or a boat excursion. In the afternoon, you'll return to the camp for dinner.
Possibility to upgrade your accommodation level.
Day 2 Serengeti National park
After an early breakfast, depart towards the most famous national park in the world, the Serengeti. The drive itself, although long, is spectacular. This will be an unforgettable moment for anyone seeing it for the first time. As you progress well into the Serengeti, you will see why the name means, in local language, "endless plains". The park has 6,900 sq miles (18,000 sq km) and for most of it, the plains will stretch to the horizon defying your senses and perception of distances. It is the home of the great migration and to 2 million wildebeests, hundreds of thousands of zebras and all kinds of antelopes. As for big cats and large predators, it's the place of choice to look out for lions, cheetahs, leopards, hyenas, with many television scenes like the famous River Crossings having been filmed in this park.
Day 3 Serengeti National Park
You will have a full day in the Serengeti National Park. We are completely flexible with your preferences and this day will be organized according to your wishes. On every day of the safari, your guide will discuss with you the best timings for you, including the game drives and the wake up time. For example, on this day, you could do a morning game drive, return to the camp for lunch and relaxation and finish with an afternoon game drive. Alternatively, you could do a full day game drive with picnic lunch.
Day 4 Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater
On this day, we suggest a very early wake up in order to do an early morning game drive (when the animals are more active) and see one of the best sunrises you'll ever witness. After the game drive, we'll return to the camp for a rewarding brunch and then we'll proceed to Ngorongoro, the 8th Wonder of the Natural World. The crater spreads for 102 sq miles and has 2,000 ft high walls, making it virtually Noah's ark and inhabiting almost every species of wildlife that is indigenous to East Africa. It's one of the very rare locations in the whole continent where you can witness the black rhino. The crater has a river, several swamps, a soda lake with a great concentration of flamingos, a forest and open plains. It's also famous for its elephants which, are the largest in the world and have huge tusks. Ngorongoro Crater is truly a Wonder of the Natural World.
You will reach Ngorongoro in time for a sundowner
Day 5 Ngorongoro Crater to Zanzibar
We will start the day very early and descend into the crater floor for an incredible morning of wildlife in one of the most stunning places on earth. After the game drive, there will be time for a picnic lunch near the beautiful Hippo Lake. After lunch, we will have time for a short game drive and then ascend the crater and exit Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Afterwards, transfer to the airport and you will have a flight to Zanzibar at around 4:00 pm for three days of relaxation with amazing views.
Day 6-7 Zanzibar
You can take some rest and enjoy this paradise made of beautiful beaches of white sand and turquoise water of the Indian Ocean. There is a possibility of extra activities such as a day tour in Stone Town (includes Old Town guided tour, Spice Tour and Prison Island - lunch not included), a half-day tour (includes Old Town guided tour or Spice Tour or Prison Island). Another suggestion is Jozani Forest tour (lunch not included).
Day 7 Zanzibar
You can take some rest and enjoy this paradise made of beautiful beaches of white sand and turquoise water of the Indian Ocean. There is a possibility of extra activities such as a day tour in Stone Town (includes Old Town guided tour, Spice Tour and Prison Island - lunch not included), a half-day tour (includes Old Town guided tour or Spice Tour or Prison Island). Another suggestion is Jozani Forest tour (lunch not included).
Day 8 Zanzibar
You can spend the last hours of your journey relaxing. Afterwards, you will have a transfer to Zanzibar Airport for your international flight.