10-Day Private Budget Safari & Zanzibar Beaches

You will depart Arusha in the morning and head to Tarangire National Park, arriving before midday. Once in the park, you will be able to enjoy both a morning and afternoon game drive with a delicious lunch in the afternoon. In the early evening, after your game drive, you will exit the park and make your way to your lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.

Tarangire National Park main attractions:

Land of giants: Herds of giant elephants and massive baobab trees
Over 550 different bird species: Migratory and permanent
Abundant biodiversity
The Tarangire River.

Depart Tarangire in the morning after a hearty breakfast and make your way to the famous Serengeti National Park. En-route at Ngorongoro Conservation Area, have a chance to see some views of Ngorongoro Crater before reaching the Serengeti gate.

After lunch, you will head out on an afternoon game drive for the chance to look for some of the wild game before sunset and get some dinner at the campsite.

Serengeti National Park main attractions:

Voted the best national park in Africa (2020) by the World Travellers Award
Home to the Great Wildebeest Migration
Home to the famous grassland plains
The high number of predators: leopards, cheetahs & lions
Travellers' Most Choice.

Today you will head out early for your morning game drive for a chance to witness a magnificent African sunrise in the bush. Head out after a cup of coffee and experience the wilderness and its magnificent creatures as they wake up among the dew-covered grasses.

Later, you will head back to camp for breakfast and some relaxation. In the afternoon, you will head out once more for another chance to explore the plains in search of African wildlife you have come to see as you exit the park and make your way to your accommodation in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

Main Attractions of an early morning game drive:

Best time to spot the animals and birds.
Animals are more active than in the afternoon.
The best chance of experiencing predators on a hunt.
Best time to capture beautiful pictures in beautiful light.

After some breakfast, you will depart the campsite with a picnic lunch and descend into the amazing Ngorongoro Crater. Explore the magnificent world of diversity that lies within, surrounded by the imposing walls that encircle the reserve.

It is possible to see all of Africa's Big Five within the crater among a vast array of other wildlife including hundreds of bird species. Enjoy a full day in the crater before departing for Arusha in the late afternoon. Later you will drive back to the Arusha hotel.

Ngorongoro Crater's main attractions:

Visit the largest unbroken volcanic caldera on Earth.
Home to Africa's Big Five.
Witness Maasai tribesmen living among wild animals.
Exceptional natural landscapes.

After breakfast at 8:00 am, you will start a city tour exploring Zanzibar with its locals at Stone Town such as the buildings, local markets, and get to know the full history of this archipelago.

You’ll explore the Old Slave Market and get a full history, then Old Fort, Fred Mercury House, the first East Africa building to have an elevator. Explore the different houses built in different styles in Stone Town such as the House of Slave Master Tip Tip and Princess Salme House.

Also, explore the doorway styles of Zanzibar (Indian style and Arab style) which were once built in early time but till now are available.

At 1:00 pm, have lunch at the picnic site/ any good restaurants in the city. Afterwards, continue with Prison Island's breathtaking tour. It’s a very quiet place to visit and is filled with giant tortoises believed to have more than 100 years and you’ll get a fully colonial history on how prisons were ruined. Later, our guide will lead you back to your hotel in town.

For the rest of the days, you can relax and enjoy your time in Zanzibar, one of the best places to visit in Tanzania. Zanzibar earned the nickname "small paradise on Earth" because Zanzibar is where you will have the best time on the white sand beaches, enjoying beach games, sunsets, swimming, and more.

After a leisurely breakfast, you can enjoy the beach while waiting for your driver to transfer you to the airport for your flight home.