12-Day Kenya, Tanzania Safari and Zanzibar Beach Holiday

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Nairobi

Upon arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, you will be met and transferred to the After 40 Hotel for your overnight stay. You will be booked into this hotel on a B&B basis. If you arrive early enough, you can go on a tour of the town and experience some of the local culture.

Main destination:
Nairobi (City, Kenya)

Accommodation:
After 40 Hotel Nairobi.

Main Destination:

Nairobi (City, Kenya)

Accommodation:

After 40 Hotel

• Mid-range hotelin Nairobi (City, Kenya)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinks not included

Nairobi - Masai Mara National Reserve

Today, you will be picked up from the hotel and driven to the famous Masai Mara National Reserve via the Great Rift Valley (lunch will be eaten en route). Upon arrival, you’ll go on an afternoon game drive until you arrive at the lodge around 5-6:00 pm. Your overnight stay will be at the Miti Mingi Eco Camp. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and drinking water will be provided.

The Masai Mara is home to the Big Five and is the best place to witness the great migration from July to November.

Main Destination:

Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)

Best Time To Visit June to October (For general wildlife viewing) and August to October (For wildebeest migration)

High Season June to October and December to March

Best Weather June to October (Sunny, but not too hot)

Wildlife in Masai Mara NR

ElephantCommon

GiraffeCommon

LionCommon

CheetahCommon

ZebraAbundant

WildebeestAbundant

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BuffaloCommon

HippoCommon

HyenaCommon

LeopardOccasional

Black RhinoRare

Wild DogVery Rare

White RhinoNone

Accommodation:

Miti Mingi Eco Camp

• Budget tented camp located just outside Masai Mara NR (Kenya)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Masai Mara National Reserve

After breakfast, you’ll go on a game drive in the Masai Mara. Your overnight stay will be at the Miti Mingi Eco Camp. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and drinking water will be provided.

The Mara is situated in the southwest of Kenya and covers an area of 1,510 square km (583 square miles). This is a land of breathtaking vistas, abundant wildlife, and endless plains. The reserve is home to an excellent year-round concentration of game, including the more than two million wildebeests, zebras, and other antelopes that make up the famous great migration.

Main Destination:

Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya)

Accommodation:

Miti Mingi Eco Camp

• Budget tented camp located just outside Masai Mara NR (Kenya)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Masai Mara National Reserve - Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, you will drive to Isebania on the Kenya-Tanzania border to get your visa and then drive to Serengeti National Park for a game drive. Your overnight stay will be at the wild camp. The endless Serengeti plains are the setting for the world’s greatest wildlife spectacle—the 1.5 million wildebeest migrating in search of fresh pastures. Each year they trek over 2,500km under the threat of some of Africa’s greatest predators. Depending on the time of your visit, your driver-guide will be able to share with you where the herd’s current location is in the park.

Main Destination:

Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)

Best Time To Visit January to February and June to October (Different areas are best at different times)

High Season July to March (The Seronera area is crowded)

Best Weather June to October (Little to no rainfall)

Wildlife in Serengeti NP

ElephantCommon

LionCommon

CheetahCommon

BuffaloAbundant

ZebraAbundant

WildebeestAbundant

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GiraffeCommon

HippoCommon

HyenaCommon

LeopardOccasional

Black RhinoVery Rare

Wild DogVery Rare

White RhinoNone

Accommodation:

Malaika Mara River Luxury Camps

• Mid-range tented camp located inside Northern Serengeti NP (Tanzania)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, you will have a game viewing towards Serengeti National Park. The Serengeti, Tanzania’s largest national park, covers nearly 6,000 square miles of grassland plains, savannah, kopjes, hills, woodlands, and riverine forest systems that serve as critical water sources and are often excellent sites for wildlife viewing.

Beyond the heralded migration of wildebeests and zebras, the Serengeti is best known for its big predators, including cheetahs and leopards, as well as large pride of lions and clans of hyenas and able to see the Big Five. Your dinner and an overnight stay at Central Serengeti Malaika luxury Tented Camp.

Main Destination:

Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)

Accommodation:

Malaika Seronera Luxury Camps

• Mid-range tented camp located inside Central Serengeti NP (Tanzania)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Highlands

After a relaxing morning and an early lunch. You will have an early morning start to your game drive in Serengeti. Later, you'll go back to drive you to the picnic site for brunch and hot lunch. Your driver and cook will load everything on the top of our safari jeep. Then, you'll continue with the game drive while looking out of Serengeti to proceed to Ngorongoro.

Today, you will be doing a wildlife viewing en route on your way from Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater. You will be in Ngorongoro Crater. Late in the evening where the night will be spent on the crater rim. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge.

Main Destination:

Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)

Accommodation:

Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge

• Luxury lodge located on the crater rim of Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Ngorongoro Crater Tour to Zanzibar

On your last day, you'll start very early in the morning equipped with a picnic lunch you descend 2000 ft. down to the crater floor by our 4×4- 4WD – wheel drive vehicle for game viewing for 5-6hrs. Let's explore this Garden of Eden. Ngorongoro is a huge and deep volcanic crater.

There is rich pasture, swamps, forest, and permanent water on the Crater floor which is why wildlife here is so diverse and numerous. Late in the afternoon drive back to Arusha to Join your booked flight to Zanzibar. Upon arrival at Zanzibar International Airport. Soon after clearing all the immigration procedures, the driver will be ready to transfer you to the hotel for check-in.

Main Destination:

Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)

Best Time To Visit June to October (Wildlife viewing is best)

High Season Most of the year – July to March (Expect crowds)

Best Weather June to October (Rainfall is little to none)

Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater

Black RhinoCommon

LionCommon

BuffaloAbundant

ZebraAbundant

WildebeestAbundant

HyenaAbundant

Show more

ElephantCommon

HippoCommon

LeopardOccasional

GiraffeNone

White RhinoNone

CheetahNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Tembo House Hotel & Apartments

• Mid-range hotelon Zanzibar (Tanzania Beaches, Tanzania)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Prison Island and Stone Town Walking Tour

The morning after breakfast, you'll have the chance to relax on a beautiful island known as Changuu Island situated northwest of Stone Town, a 20-minute ride to cross the water by a small motorboat. The island was used to house rebellious slaves. It’s also the home of land giant Aldabra tortoises which were imported from Seychelles in the late 19th century. You'll visit Tortoises Park and play with them. You'll feed the tortoises, get memorable photos with them, and visit the incredible prison building.
Thereafter, you'll have the chance to explore the heritage capital city of Zanzibar known as Old Stone Town. You'll visit the Old Central Market built in 1904, a bustling place where fish, fruits, vegetables, and spices are sold. Stone Town is well known as a shopping center. You'll do shopping around the narrow street by affordable price shops and discover unique Arab and Indian curved doors at the hidden corner. You'll drive back to the hotel.

Main Destination:

Zanzibar Stone Town (Zanzibar, Tanzania)

Accommodation:

Tembo House Hotel & Apartments

• Mid-range hotelin Zanzibar Stone Town (Zanzibar, Tanzania)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Safari Blue Trip in Zanzibar Island

The trip starts in the morning after breakfast at the hotel. You'll transfer to Unguja Ukuu. You'll take a traditional boat to explore marine life, sunbathe on a wonderful sandbank, and swim around blue turquoise water. You'll snorkel to explore underwater life surrounded by coral reefs with colorful schools of fish. Thereafter, you will have a golden chance to visit Kwale Island to discover nature. You'll have a nice delicious seafood lunch, barbeque, brawns, calamari, octopus, etc, and enjoy tasting tropical fruit that you've never tasted before with excellent local snacks. The trip will end around 4:30 pm and back to the Kwanza Hotel.

Main Destination:

Zanzibar Island (Tanzania Beaches, Tanzania)

Accommodation:

Kwanza

• Mid-range resort

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Relaxing in Zanzibar Beach

You'll spend this day leisurely or swimming and playing at the beach in front of the hotel, enjoying the beach and taking some pictures or you will be flexible to arrange any activities for extra cost. Accommodation on this day will be at Kwanza Resort in Zanzibar Island with all meals included.

Main Destination:

Zanzibar Island (Tanzania Beaches, Tanzania)

Accommodation:

Kwanza

• Mid-range resort

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Nugwi

Today you will be picked up and transferred to Nungwi in northern Zanzibar for a beach excursion. Nungwi is renowned for being one of the best beaches in the world. You will spend several days here. Then, you'll return to the Tembo House Hotel again for your final night.

Main Destination:

Zanzibar Island (Tanzania Beaches, Tanzania)

Accommodation:

Tembo House Hotel & Apartments

• Mid-range hotelon Zanzibar (Tanzania Beaches, Tanzania)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Departure from Zanzibar Airport

Soon after the check-out process, you will transfer from the hotel to Zanzibar International Airport. You'll arrive at the airport at the time indicated on the flight tickets.

Main Destination:

Zanzibar Airport (Zanzibar, Tanzania)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinks not included

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.