This Tanzania and Zanzibar journey pairs the surge of the Great Migration with the stillness of the Indian Ocean. You’ll start in Arusha, one of the country’s oldest towns, before heading for Tarangire National Park, where baobabs stand like sentinels above some of Tanzania’s biggest elephant herds. Next comes the Ngorongoro Crater, a wildlife-rich caldera with dense predator action and the chance of spotting black rhino on the crater floor. Then it’s the Serengeti: vast, restless plains where wildebeest and zebra move in their millions, and no two days follow the same script.
After the dawn drives and Serengeti spectacle, Zanzibar changes the tempo. Think white-sand beaches, reef-protected waters alive with coral fish, dhow sails at sunset and a pace dictated by tide and light. It’s Tanzania, both the wild and the waves.
Country: Tanzania
Highlights: Tarangire’s elephant country, Ngorongoro Crater wildlife encounters, Great Migration moments, Zanzibar’s barefoot beaches
Best For: Those seeking a both wildlife spectacle and Indian Ocean paradise in Tanzania.
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Ideal duration: 12 Days
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Arusha is where many Tanzania safaris begin, but it deserves more than a passing glance before the journey moves on. Set below Mount Meru at around 1,400 m above sea level, the city has a cooler highland climate, with coffee estates on its ...
Little over an hour from Kilimanjaro Airport and few minutes from Arusha Airport, Arusha Coffee Lodge is the perfect stopover on your way to or from a Tanzanian safari. Steeped in history, the plush Plantation Cottages provide a tranquil retre...
Tarangire is a grounded stop on Tanzania’s northern circuit, roughly two hours south of Arusha and within easy reach of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Serengeti National Park. The Serengeti gives you scale, Ngorongoro gives you densit...
Childlike wonder comes easily at Tarangire Treetops, a lodge featuring treehouse-like rooms set in the branches of grand baobab and marula trees. Experience warmth and happiness as friendly Maasai tribesmen greet you as you enter this lodge in...
Few places in Africa deliver a first impression quite like Ngorongoro Crater. One moment you’re on the rim, wrapped in cold highland air. The next, the land falls away into a vast volcanic bowl, holding grassland, forest, wetlands, soda lak...
Once the base of a volcano bigger than Mount Kilimanjaro, the Ngorongoro Crater now acts as a wildlife haven and home to some of the highest concentrations of game in an area. The Manor at Ngorongoro offers opulent cottages in which to stay, w...
The Serengeti National Park is defined by scale, movement and remarkable variety. The Great Migration brings wildebeest, zebra and gazelle through the ecosystem each year, but the park’s appeal reaches well beyond the herds. Across sweeping...
Blessed with an elevated position on huge boulders in the Serengeti National Park, Serengeti Migration Camp enjoys striking views over the valley floor where colossal herds of wildebeest create dust clouds during the Great Migration. Each Tent...
The Zanzibar Archipelago is made up of a chain of islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Tanzania. Centuries ago, the island was an important area for the spice trade, first with the Arab world since the eleventh century, before falli...
Scandinavian minimalism comes together with Middle Eastern architecture at Kilindi Zanzibar, a serene retreat on the north-west coast of Zanzibar. Set within 20 hectares of lush tropical garden and overlooking half a kilometre of white sand be...
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1 Night: Arusha
Tanzania
2 Nights: Tarangire National Park
Tanzania
2 Nights: Ngorongoro Crater
Tanzania
2 Nights: Serengeti National Park
Tanzania
5 Nights: Zanzibar Archipelago
Tanzania
12 Nights in total
$11,811 per person
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