13 Days Bush To Beach Adventure

Be captivated by extraordinary game viewing and quintessential Tanzania landscapes on this safari through Tanzania.

Tour Overview

This bush-to-Beach safari is one of the best tours to the Northern Parks of Tanzania and the fine white sand of Zanzibar.  Experience the game-filled plains of the famed Serengeti National Park, an endless plain and the home of the wildebeest migration, the Ngorongoro Crater, Tarangire National Park with its large number of elephants and then finally, fly to the beautiful spice island of Zanzibar for the beach leisure and relaxation after a long journey to wild. Let our experts design your a truly once-in-a-lifetime experience.  

Your Journey Mapped Out

DAY 1: Airport – Arusha Town

DAY 2&3: Tarangire National Park

DAY 4-7: Serengeti National Park

Day 8&9: Ngorongoro Crater

Day 10-12: Zanzibar

Day 13: Transfer To Airport

Tour Itinerary

DAY 1: Airport – Arusha Town

Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport. Pick up and then drive to Arusha Town, almost 45 min drive from the Airport to town for overnight. 

 

  • Meal: Half Board

 

DAY 2; Tarangire National Park

Pick up from your hotel and meet your guide, then take a short transfer City center for a brief shopping around the town. Afterward, we proceed to the Tarangire National Park, with chances of seeing lions, elephants, wildebeests, zebra, giraffes, and many more. Tarangire is famous for having the biggest Elephants and largest Baobab trees in Tanzania.

Tarangire National Park stretches southeast of Lake Manyara around the Tarangire River. This park is good to visit all around the year but It is most spectacular in the dry season from June to November, when several thousands of animals migrate to the last remaining pools of the Tarangire River.

 

  • Meal: Full Board

 


DAY 3; Serengeti National Park

Thereafter drive to the Great Serengeti National Park (14,763 sq km or 5,700 sq miles) with your Picnic Lunch Packed and game drives en route via Ngorongoro Crater rim. Serengeti National Park is home to lions, leopards, Elephants, cheetahs, Buffalo, Zebra, Wildebeest, Eland, Wild dogs, Gazelles, Crocs, and more. A lot of birds include the Eurasia migrants. The cats and the wildebeest herds however are the main attraction with the next two months regarded as the finest times to witness cheetah hunts anywhere in Africa. The lion pride here is equally impressive. Found virtually everywhere, pride often number over twenty individuals and are ruled by some of the most impressive males to be seen anywhere. Dinner and overnight at the Camp.

  • Meal: Full board.

 

DAY 4; Safari To Northern Serengeti

Another day in the heart of Serengeti we continue our focus on the Great Migration as we delve deeper into this experience spending a whole day by the Mara River. A famous spot for the river crossing, the Mara River is situated in the Mara Region entering through both Kenya and Tanzania. Keep your eyes open for various other predators including crocodiles and those lazy hippopotami. After the wildebeest viewing, drive back to the Camp for Dinner and Overnight.

 

Meal: Full board.

 


DAY 5; Full Day In Northern Serengeti

Early morning game drive in the Serengeti North. With a chance to spot early morning, wildebeest crossing the Mara River, morning active animals, and hunting. After breakfast, the full-day game drives will follow.

 

  • Meal: Full board.

 


DAY 6; Half-Day Game Drive In the North-Central Serengeti.

Another day in the heart of Serengeti we continue our focus on the Great Migration as we delve deeper into this experience spending a whole day sighting large groups of wildebeest grazing on the plain of Serengeti.

After the wildebeest viewing, drive back to the Camp for Dinner and Overnight.

 

  • Meal: Full board.

 

DAY 7; Serengeti National Park – Ngorongoro

Early morning game drive in Seronera to catch up with the African wild sunrise with active animals in the morning, like lions, leopards, and cheetahs Before we leave Seronera we can make a stop in the Serengeti Migration Centre and Olduvai Gorge (optional). Olduvai Gorge is a famous and interesting place where our ancestors have been found. Transfer to the Ngorongoro Crater, game drive en route. 

 

Meal: Full board.


 

DAY 8; Ngorongoro Crater Tour

Early morning adventure in the Ngorongoro Crater where there are high chances of seeing THE BIG FIVE. The crater also includes a spectacular Soda Lake with flamingos. Afternoon lunch at the Hippo Pool Picnic site is an unforgettable experience. In the afternoon we leave the crater and drive to our lodge.

The Ngorongoro Crater is featuring one of the highest concentrations of game in Africa. Here you will witness an amazing spectacle of African wildlife, inside a self-contained world teeming with animals, with very good chances of seeing THE BIG FIVE

 

  • Meal: Full board.

 

DAY 9; Transfer To Airport – Zanzibar

After breakfast in the lodge, we take a transfer to Arusha/Kilimanjaro Airport for an outbound flight to Zanzibar, then pick up from Aman Abeid Karume Airport and take a short transfer to the beach Hotel for dinner and overnight.

 

  • Meal: Bed and breakfast.

 

DAY 10&12; Zanzibar Island

All these days you will be staying at a beach Resort in a private villa with the option of relaxing only or you can do some nature activities in Stone Town like a City tour, Visit Jozan Forrest, and a Zanzibar spice tour.

Meal: Full Board


 

DAY 13; Transfer to Airport

After breakfast, take a transfer to Aman Abeid Karume Airport to catch your flight home or to any of your next destinations.

Book This Tour

Price will Include


  •  All Park fees
  • All activities (unless labeled as optional)
  • All accommodations as stated in the itinerary
  • A professional driver/guide
  • All transportation (unless labeled as optional)
  • All Meals (as specified in the day-by-day section)

 

Price Will not Include


  • International flights (from/to home)
  • Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
  • Tips (tipping guideline US$20.00 pp per day)
  • Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
  • Services not mentioned in the program
  • Travel insurance and medical repatriation
  • Items of a personal nature

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