Zanki Tours & Safaris

Day 01: Arrival - Arusha.

Upon your arrival at the Kilimanjaro airport, your safari guide/ driver will meet you there ready to transfer you to your hotel in Arusha.

You will get a chance to enjoy the beautiful weather and the amazing environment at the hotel while having enough rest and time to prepare for an early safari the next day.

Overnight: African Tulip Hotel or Similar.

Meals Plan: Bed & Breakfast.

Day 02: Karatu - Tarangire.

After breakfast, your driver/guide will be ready to drive you to Tarangire National Park for another beautiful game drive.

This park is the third largest National park in Tanzania. It offers a diverse geological landscape with nine distinct vegetation zones from grassland to woodland, from deep gully vegetation to scattered rocky hilltops. Majestic baobab trees are an interesting feature of the park, dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. There is a great diversity of wildlife including lions, leopards, cheetahs, an unusually large elephant population, and the largest recorded concentration of breeding bird species in the world. Tarangire River is the only permanent water supply in the area.

During lunchtime, you will be provided a lunch box, after which the safari will continue.

In the early evening, you will drive to your lodge at Karatu for Dinner and over overnigt. 

Overnight: Marera Valley Lodge or Similar.

Meals Plan: Full Board.

Day 03: Karatu - Serengeti.

After breakfast, your driver will be there ready to drive you to serengeti.

Serengeti is a local name that means "endless plains". The serengeti National park has 5,700 sq. miles (15,000 sq. km) and for most of it, the plains will stretch to the horizon defying your senses and perception of distances. This park is the home of the Great Migration and over 2 million wildebeests, hundreds of thousands of zebras, and all kinds of antelopes. Large predators including lions, cheetahs, and hyenas are drawn to the area by this abundance of prey which migrates throughout the park. Many smaller animals like rock hyrax, bat-eared foxes, mongoose, honey badger, jackals, monkeys, baboons, and African hares also inhabit the area along with nearly 500 species of birds.

At lunchtime, you will be provided a meal, after which the safari will continue.

In the early evening, you will drive to your lodge inside serengeti for Dinner and over overnigt. 

Overnight: Osinon Camps & Lodges or Similar.

Meals Plan: Full Board.

Day 04: Serengeti.

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, or you could do a full day game drive with a picnic lunch.

Overnight: Osinon Camps & Lodges or Similar.

Meals Plan: Full Board.

Day 05: Serengeti - Ngorongoro.

After breakfast your driver/guide will pick you up and proceed with game viewing in Ngorongoro Crater, we advise you to leave the hotel as early as possible so you can see the variety of animals that are only active during the morning hours.

Ngorongoro Crater is the world's largest inactive, intact and unfilled volcanic caldera and is often described as one of the wonders of the world. it is a famous national park because here you can find the greatest number of different animal species per square kilometer. You will have the chance to see buffalo, elephants, lions, wildebeests, zebras, hippopotamus, and feline species such as caracals and servals. The luckiest travelers might even see a rhinoceros, an animal whose numbers are rapidly declining.

You will also have a chance to meet Maasai people and learn more about their complex and interesting culture.

During lunchtime, you will be provided a Lunch box, after which the safari will continue.

By early evening you will be on your way to Kilimanjaro International Airport for a flight to zanzibar.

Upon your arrival at the Zanzibar airport, your driver will be waiting for you at the arrivals hall , holding up a board with your name ready to transfer you to your hotel in Matemwe where you will have dinner and retire for the night.

Overnight: Marafiki Beach Hotel or Similar.

Meals Plan: Full Board.

Day 01: Day at leisure.

You will spend the day enjoying the beautiful weather, beaches, and the amazing environment at the hotel.

Overnight: Marafiki Beach Hotel or Similar.

Meals Plan: Full Board.

Day 02: Day at leisure.

You will spend the day enjoying the beautiful weather, beaches, and the amazing environment at the hotel.

Overnight: Marafiki Beach Hotel or Similar.

Meals Plan: Full Board.

Day 03:

Stone town + Prison Island.

After Breakfast the guide will be there to take you for a walking tour of stone town.

Stone Town, otherwise called Mji Mkongwe (old town in Swahili), is the mythical fundamental town of Unguja Island, you will be visiting the historical sites through the narrow alley of the old stone city. It includes a visit to the former slave market site, which now stands as the Anglican Church built in 1871, the town market, House of Wonder built-in 1883 (Beit – Al-Ajab, old Arab Fort, Palace Museum, Old Indian Dispensary (cultural center), the market in Darajani, which is bustling with locals selling fresh vegetables and baskets of tropical fruits. From there we’ll visit with you the palace of the former Sultan of Zanzibar, the 'Hamamni Persian Bath', the Old Fort which is next to the 'House of Wonders', and many other buildings that reflect a variety of cultural influences.

After that you will head for the Prison Island tour, To arrive at the island Changuu (Prison Island) formerly known as a slave prison you will take a local boat. Simply off the shore of Stone Town. you will get to see around the Prison land, known for its slave history, Swimming around the prison Island is accessible, and you can also take pictures with Giant turtles.

Return late afternoon to shore and transfer to hotel for dinner and overnight

Overnight: Marafiki Beach Hotel or Similar.

Meals Plan: Full Board.

Day 04: Day at leisure - Departure.

You will get a chance to enjoy the beautiful weather , Beaches and the amazing environment at the hotel while having enough rest and time to prepare for a transfer to Zanzibar international airport.

Day use: Marafiki Beach Hotel or Similar.

Meals Plan: Full Board.

NOTE:

# You should be aware that this is wild nature, so the guide cannot make any guarantees on the presence of specific wild animals, but you can be sure he will do his best to find everything you're looking for! The Zanki team has its radio channel that the drivers use to communicate with other guides and collaborate on searches for rare species.

#Take into consideration that to see certain animals you will have to start your day early in the morning, and it may be cold outside, so you should not forget to pack some warm clothes. For example, in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area before and after sunset the temperature can fall to 0°C.