Tanzania Safari and Beach Package Tour From Mumbai

7 Nights Tanzania Safari and Beach

Overview

The 7 nights Tanzania Safari & Beach feature unique area and exclusivity of the famous Serengeti, Ngorongoro crater & spice Island of Zanzibar. This Safari ensures guests experience some of the Unique, the richest game viewing and most genuine cultural insights available in Africa today. The Safari enables guests to enjoy the seclusion of their own, lodgings and have the flexibility and freedom to personally design their safari itineraries. This is a Private seat-in-vehicle safari with a maximum of 6-travellers per vehicle, all with window seats. Travelling for 8-day, the safari includes meals, accommodation, park entry fees and visit to Ngorongoro Crater, Famous Serengeti, and Spice Island of Zanzibar.

Day 1 ARRIVE TANZANIA | OVERNIGHT ARUSHA

Meet and greet upon arrival at Kilimanjaro International airport (JRO) exit point by our team, pick up and transfer to your Arusha hotel. Check in freshen up and spend the rest of the day at your hotel, an oasis of serenity amidst one of Africa’s most vibrant cosmopolitan capital cities. Overnight stay in Arusha (with breakfast included) HB

Day 2. NGORONGORO CRATER | SERENGETI

After an early breakfast, pack your bags and depart with your driver to Ngorongoro Crater, an early start to the day is best in order to avoid the later influx of tourists into the Ngorongoro Crater. The park gate opens at 0600, so it is best to be there as close to this time as possible. There are a number of lions which are typically larger in size than an average lion due the large amount of game in the area. The crater floor tends to get very busy, with there often being numerous vehicles at any wildlife sighting.

Highlights:

• A natural wonder of the world and is a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
• The crater is packed with wildlife, including the big 5.
• Best place to see black rhino in Tanzania as well as prides of lion that include black-mane males.
• Flamingos and a variety of other water birds around the soda lake on the crater floor.
  

The Ngorongoro Crater is a large, unbroken, un-flooded caldera, formed when a giant volcano erupted and collapsed some three million years ago. Had it not become a caldera, it is possible that the volcanic mountain would be about the same height as Kilimanjaro. The caldera is 600m deep, 16km across and 265 sq km in area. Enjoy the spectacular scenery and game viewing, in what has been described as the eighth wonder of the world.

Many of Tanzania’s last remaining black rhino can be seen grazing on the open grassland of the crater floor, surrounded by some of the 25,000 large animals that occupy the crater, including lion, cheetah, wildebeest, eland, zebra and gazelle. Flamingo, among other bird species, can often be seen feeding at Makat Soda Lake as well. Afternoon drive to your lodge for your overnight stay. (with lunch, dinner & breakfast)

Day 3 & 4 SERENGETI | OVERNIGHT SERENGETI

Relax with 2- full day in the endless plain of the Serengeti with game drives – unequalled for its beauty and home to the Great Wildebeest Migration. The huge herds of plains game such as wildebeest, zebra and antelope dominate the park while the attendant predators such as lion and cheetah are to be found amongst the many kopjes scattered across the plain. Its landscape varies from open grass plains in the south, savanna with scattered acacia trees in the centre, hilly, wooded grassland in the north, to extensive woodland and black clay plains to the west.

Depending on your preference, there are a couple of options with regards to how your day is structured in the endless plain of Serengeti. One option could be to start your day with an early morning Balloon excursion followed with picnic breakfast at the end, second option is to break camp early and head out with a picnic breakfast on a morning game drive, returning to camp in time for lunch. Alternatively, you can eat breakfast in camp and head out with a picnic lunch on an afternoon game drive, returning in the mid-afternoon. Tell us your preference and will do everything it can to ensure that your ideal structure is met. In the evening transfer back to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay. (with lunch, dinner & breakfast)

Ngorongoro, Serengeti & Masai Mara Ecosystem (Wildebeest Migration) Every year, around 1.5 million wildebeest; 350,000 Thomson’s gazelles; 200,000 zebras; and thousands of eland and other ungulates (hoofed animals) participate in ‘the greatest wildlife show on Earth’, The Great Wildebeest Migration throughout the Ngorongoro, Famous Serengeti and Masai Mara ecosystem, when the grassy plains of the southernmost Serengeti begin to dry and the start of short rain in Mara the ever-moving columns of wildebeest follow an age-old route in search of grazing and water that takes them across to the plains of the Masai Mara reserve in Kenya. 

From December to March the Wildebeest migration congregates around the Ndutu area (the area is shared in both Ngorongoro – Serengeti), in the far south of the Serengeti. April to May, the Wildebeest migration moves north into the plains of the central Serengeti. Between June and July, the Wildebeest migration splits in two; one group goes West into the Western Corridor before crossing the Grumeti River, the other heads directly to the North of the Serengeti. August to October the herd has reformed, and meanders on the Kenya and Tanzania border, along the banks of the mighty Mara River. Returning south from the beginning of November. Unpredictable Nature the path of the Wildebeest migration is dependent on rain and that is what determines late or early crossing between Serengeti and Masai Mara. however, the dry & crossing seasons may change every year due to global warming. The three groups of migrant grazers take advantage of different heights of grass, which means they stick to their own kind with only a small overlap in their distributions.

It is unclear how the wildebeest know which way to go, but it is generally believed that their journey is dictated primarily by their response to the weather; they follow the rains and the growth of new grass. While there is no scientific proof of it, some experts believe that the animals react to lightning and thunderstorms in the distance. It has even been suggested that wildebeest can locate rain more than 50km away the endless plains of East Africa bear witness to the great annual migration of over a million wildebeest and zebras as they make their way between Kenya and Tanzania in search of fresh grazing pastures. In the latter case, the herds may split and later re-group.

Highlights:

• Meet the Masaai people of Tanzania (optional)
• Visit the Cradle of Mankind (optional)
• The Serengeti – host to the annual migration of hundreds of thousands of wildebeest and numerous other species of animals indigenous to the area.
• Entering the Big cat area of Tanzania
• More than 30 species of large herbivores and nearly 500 species of birds
  

Day 5 SERENGETI- ZANZIBAR FLIGHT| OVERNIGHT

Welcome to the spice-Island of Zanzibar, after breakfast, pack your bags, depart camp transfer to Seronera airstrip. Here you will bid your guide farewell as you board your flight to Zanzibar. Meet and greet upon arrival at Zanzibar airport exit point by our team, pick up and transfer to your Zanzibar hotel. Check in freshen up and spend the rest of the day at your hotel, where you’ll have free time to relax or have leisure walks on the beach. Once refreshed you will then make your way to the dining area for dinner. Overnight stay in Zanzibar Dinner & Breakfast included) BB

Day 6 & 7 ZANZIBAR - LEISURE

Depending on your preference on day 6 and 7, there are a variety of optional activities available. Your days are therefore open to be structured as you choose, with either as much relaxing by the pool, or as many activities as you wish. Options are:

Option 1: JOZANI & SPICE TOUR Morning breakfast ready for the drive to Jozani Forest to enjoy seeing the Red Colobus monkeys then proceeding to the Spice farm, where you can see a variety of spice plants and herbs. Testing the fruits and spices will give you the authentic taste. After the tours, drive back to your lodge for dinner & overnight (HB) extra supplement USD $50per person (Min 2pax & Maximum 6pax)

Option 2: Beach Leisure day (HB) Today you will have a full day of enjoyment and relaxation on beautiful clean beaches and swim, snorkel or dive in the clear warm water. be sure to indulge as the sun melts away and the sky turns to night. In the evening, you will get a time to go to nearby streets and choose a restaurant to which you will taste local food and enjoy good company with local people as well as delicious spice bites of the Island. Dinner and stay overnight back to your Hotel.

Option 3: CITY TOUR & SHOPPING: After breakfast at the hotel, you will have the chance to explore the island and its hidden treasures. Travel deep into the interior to see the fragrant spice Island. Discover the Stone Town on a city tour. Stone Town was recently declared as one of the world's heritage sites. With your guide, you will walk in the footsteps of Arab sultans of Zanzibar, the Portuguese, British, the Germany Architectures and hear more about those days when Zanzibar was a center of commerce of the world. Dinner and stay overnight back at your Hotel. (HB) extra supplement USD $50 per person (Min 2pax & Maximum 6pax)

Option 4: Nakupenda Tour: After breakfast, you will be collected from your hotel for full day beach adventures ‘Nakupenda is a Swahili word for I love you’ Tour (Sand Bank Picnic) includes sailing dhow to visiting the historical Prison Island, now stand as a home of giant tortoise living for more than 120 years. After that, it’s time to relax on the white sands of the Pange Sandbank and soak up the Zanzibar Sun. Admire the breath-taking view of the turquoise waters that surround you and the birds that loom up above. Snorkelling, swimming with BBQ lunch on the tour with fruits, water, soft drinks. Drive back to the hotel for overnight (HB) extra supplement USD $100 per person (Min 2pax & Maximum 6pax)

Day 8 DEPARTURE | ZANZIBAR AIRPORT | FLIGHT HOME

Departure: you will depart to Zanzibar International Airport for your flight home or connecting to Dar es Salaam, Julius Nyerere International Airport, you will then catch your international flight and bid farewell to your guide for your onward journey. it is with great regret to inform you that your Northern Tanzania Safari & Zanzibar vacation has come to an end. While the memories will last forever, we do hope you will return one day to retrace the steps of the adventure you just completed with us. We wish you a safe and enjoyable trip to your next destination/flight home.