Embark on a 2-hour drive southwest of Arusha to Tarangire, a park that is often overshadowed by its famous neighbours, the Serengeti and Ngorongoro, but holds its own as a spectacular wildlife gem, offering a classic African safari experience with a unique character. From December to March is a beautiful time to visit Tarangire – with lush landscapes and newborn animals (January – February), and plenty of predator action. On arrival at the park, immediately commence wildlife viewing, with lunch today taken as a picnic. In the late afternoon, continue to Lake Manyara for dinner and overnight.

• Main Destination: Tarangire National Park
• Accommodation: Octagon Lodge, a mid-range lodge 1hr from Tarangire NP
• Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinks not included

Lake Manyara is a scenic and compact park nestled at the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment, offering a surprising variety of ecosystems and wildlife in a relatively small area. From December to March, the park is lush and beautiful. It’s the best time for birding, especially to see large flocks of flamingos on the lake (November – April). It’s also the calving season for many animals (January – February). On arrival at the park, you will first experience the Lake Manyara Treetop Walkway – a guided walk along a 370m series of suspension bridges 18m off the ground that will provide you a unique birds-eye view of the world around you, while spotting all kinds of butterflies, birds, and monkeys – before the start of your full day of wildlife viewing drive, with lunch today taken as a picnic.

• Main Destination: Lake Manyara National Park
• Accommodation: Octagon Lodge, a mid-range lodge 0.5hr from Lake Manyara NP
• Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinks not included

An early rise for breakfast and check out from the lodge, before descending with your safari driver guide 2,000 ft below into the floor of the Ngorongoro Crater to experience a wildlife viewing like no other before. Ngorongoro is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a protected Conservation area – the world’s largest intact and unfilled volcanic caldera, often called “Africa’s Garden of Eden” due to its stunning beauty and incredible concentration of wildlife, all year round. From April to mid-June is the Long Wet Season, when the landscape is stunningly green and lush. Unlike other parks, the crater offers fantastic game viewing throughout the year due to resident wildlife populations. At midday, you will enjoy a delicious picnic lunch before ascending back to the rim of the crater, to continue to the Central Serengeti’s Seronera Valley, made famous by its leopard and lion sightings among the rocky outcrops known as kopjes.

• Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater
• Accommodation: Central Serengeti Camp, a mid-range tented camp located inside Central Serengeti NP
• Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinks not included

Breakfast and check-out from the camp. Drive to Northern Serengeti with game viewing and picnic lunch en route. En route, enjoy a unique game viewing opportunity around the Moru Kopjes in southwestern Serengeti, known for the Gong Rock paintings, and which also serves as a critical habitat for the highly endangered black rhino. Northern Serengeti is more rugged and remote, and the theatre of the dramatic Mara River crossings (July to October), lush, hilly landscape, with acacia woodlands.

• Main Destination: Northern Serengeti National Park
• Accommodation: Mara River Camp, a mid-range tented camp located inside Northern Serengeti NP
• Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinks not included

An early rise to experience wildlife viewing before sunrise, followed by a leisurely breakfast. Enjoy further mid-morning and late afternoon wildlife viewing with a lunch break at the camp. Optionally, you can set out on a full-day game drive, with picnic lunch, to experience the famous Mara River Crossings. Optionally, at extra cost, enjoy a dawn Serengeti Balloon Safari and Bush Breakfast.

• Main Destination: Northern Serengeti National Park
• Accommodation: Mara River Camp, a mid-range tented camp located inside Northern Serengeti NP
• Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinks not included

Breakfast and check-out from the camp. Transfer to the airstrip to catch the scheduled flight to Zanzibar. Meet & Greet on arrival at Abeid Amani Karume International Airport [ZNZ]. Transfer to Stone Town. Overnight.

• Main Destination: Zanzibar Stone Town
• Accommodation: Tembo House Hotel, a mid-range hotel located in Zanzibar Stone Town
• Meals & Drinks:
  • Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
  • Drinks not included

Today you will enjoy one of the island’s highlight attractions – Prison Island Tour – a fantastic half-day boat excursion from Stone Town, combining wildlife encounters with fascinating history and beautiful scenery, with the main highlight being the chance to see the famous Aldabra Giant Tortoises. In the evening, visit the nearby Forodhani Gardens for a memorable, authentic local encounter and experience its open-air food market. Stone Town or Mji Mkongwe in Swahili, meaning “ancient town,” is the capital and cultural heart of Zanzibar, where little has changed in the last 200 years, and is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

• Main Destination: Zanzibar Stone Town
• Accommodation: Tembo House Hotel, a mid-range hotel located in Zanzibar Stone Town
• Meals & Drinks:
  • Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
  • Drinks not included

Enjoy a walking tour of Stone Town – visiting historical sites, the bustling market, while passing the narrow streets with fascinating architecture, with curved Zanzibar doors and bustling bazaars. Shopping is a highlight of the tour – from clothes, carvings, paintings, to expensive jewelry. Experience a guided walk through a spice plantation – to touch the barks, roots, vines, and creepers crawling up the trees, smell and taste the crushed leaves, while trying to guess the spice and learning about medicinal properties. Depending on the season you are visiting, you can find anything from vanilla, cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, turmeric, lemon grass, cloves, ginger, coriander, pepper, allspice, chili, curry leaves, and more! Seasonal tropical fruits are also to be found on the farm – banana, pineapple, jackfruit, custard fruit, oranges, star fruit, tangerine, passion fruit, mango, avocado, rambutan, papaya, and many others. Continue to Michamvi Beach on the east coast of the island.

• Main Destination: Michamvi Beach
• Accommodation: Legendary Zanzibar Beach Resort, a mid-range resort located on Michamvi Beach
• Meals & Drinks:
  • Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
  • Drinks not included

Visit Jambiani Village on the southeast coast for a guided walking tour that will take you through the streets of this cozy, laid-back, authentic, and friendly village to experience the real life of the locals. Experience the social life and daily activities, and especially the inspiring role of the woman in daily life among the villagers, culture and religion, as well as the positive contributions of tourism to the local socio-economy. Learn the coconut fibre rope-making skills and the seaweed farming, whose many farms dot the coastline and employ over 15,000 locals, mainly women, with Zanzibar producing around 11,000 tons of the global seaweed each year, a large amount of this coming from Jambiani village. Your tour ends with the experience of a truly authentic taste of the local Zanzibar cuisine in the home of one of the locals. Continue to Michamvi Kae Beach for a golden sundowner hour, while in fun, friendly, and cool company and tasteful DJ music.

• Main Destination: Michamvi Beach
• Accommodation: Legendary Zanzibar Beach Resort, a mid-range resort located on Michamvi Beach
• Meals & Drinks:
  • Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
  • Drinks not included

Michamvi Beach is a beautiful and serene destination on the east coast, known for its stunningly spectacular postcard-perfect sunsets and relaxed atmosphere – a perfect choice for nature lovers and those looking for a peaceful escape with pristine, uncrowded shores. Michamvi is a peninsula and is divided into two main sections – the more secluded Michamvi Kae and the slightly more developed Michamvi Pingwe, also home to the iconic Rock Restaurant. Not a party destination. Today you will enjoy a leisurely day at the resort’s fully equipped gym, relaxing by the swimming pool, or on the beach. You could also choose (at extra cost) some of the other top activities – snorkeling and scuba diving at Blue Lagoon; long, wild beaches perfect for walks at low tide to explore the exposed sand flats and tidal pools teeming with starfish, crabs, and other marine life; and dhow boat trips. There are limited shops, a few beachfront restaurants.

• Main Destination: Michamvi Beach
• Accommodation: Legendary Zanzibar Beach Resort, a mid-range resort located on Michamvi Beach
• Meals & Drinks:
  • Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
  • Drinks not included

Spend another leisurely day at the resort. Michamvi Beach is also home to The Rock Restaurant – a must-visit place in Zanzibar – described as “world-famous, known for its iconic location, fabulous food, as fresh as possible from the ocean and the farms, and character. Inspired by natural resources, a strong twist of Zanzibar, and mountains of Italian love – an experience for all your senses – is a restaurant on a rock in the ocean”, which rises a short distance from the shore of the beautiful Michamvi Pingwe Beach on Zanzibar’s east coast. The restaurant is reached off the beach on foot at low tide or by boat at high tide, and guests can, if they wish, wade out. Today, you could also choose (at extra cost) to enjoy a special lunch at The Rock Restaurant as an icing to your blissful Zanzibar island holiday.

• Main Destination: Michamvi Beach
• Accommodation: Legendary Zanzibar Beach Resort, a mid-range resort located on Michamvi Beach
• Meals & Drinks:
  • Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
  • Drinks not included

Today is your last day in Zanzibar! Depending on your departure flight time, you can choose to relax by the swimming pool or on the beach. You could also choose to explore the island a little further. You’ll be dropped off at the airport.