ABOUT 12-Day Nothern Circuit Safari & Beach Holiday - Tanzania safari
This tour is intended to cover the famous game parks of northern circuit Tanzania such as Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation area, Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara National Park and after the safari, the tour will be supplemented by the Zanzibar beach holidays.
- Duration: 12 Days
- Route: Tanzania safari
- Starts at: USD 6357
Highlights for 12-Day Nothern Circuit Safari & Beach Holiday - Tanzania safari
Day 1: Arrive Kia - Arusha
Day 2: Arusha -Tarangire National Park -Karatu
Day 3: Karatu -Serengeti National Park
Day 4: Serengeti National Park
Day 5: Serengeti National Park
Day 6: Serengeti National Park -Ngorongoro Conservation area -Karatu
Day 7: Karatu -Lake Manyara National Park
Day 8: Lake Manyara -Zanzibar
Day 9: Zanzibar
Day 10: Zanzibar
Day 11: Zanzibar
Day 12: Zanzibar
Day 1: Arrive Kia - Arusha
>> On arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport you will meet your safari guide who will pick you up and start your trip to Arusha town. If the weather is clear you will have a chance to have a view of Mount Kilimanjaro the highest mountain in Africa. If time allows depending on your arrival time your safari guide will take you for Arusha town tour where you will experience the Arusha people culture. You will visit the Central market, Maasai market, National Natural history museum and cultura heritage. After the tour your guide will take you to a hotel for dinner and accommodation.
- Time: 8-10 hours
- Meals: Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included) Drinks not included
Day 2: Arusha -Tarangire National Park -Karatu
>> After breakfast, our safari guide will pick you up then drive to Tarangire National Park, which will take about 2 hours. Enjoy the beautiful views of the local villages and Maasai herds on the way. Once we arrive at the park, we will start the game drive. Tarangire is famous for its large elephant population. You can also find many zebras, wildebeests, giraffes and even lions and cheetahs. We will have lunch at the picnic site in the park and in the afternoon, we continue our game drive. At the end of the day, we slowly drive out of the park and head to Karatu for dinner and overnight.
- Time: 8-10 hours
- Meals: All meals included Drinks not included
Day 3: Karatu -Serengeti National Park
>> On this day, after having morning breakfast, your driver will pick you up and start your trip to Serengeti national park with lunch boxes, stopover at Maasai village expect to be greeted in the traditional manner. Will proceed to Serengeti national park en route game drive to explore the beauty of Serengeti National Park as you will be able to spot several wild animals such as lion, leopard, black rhino, elephant, zebra, gazelle, wildebeest, African cape buffalo. You will proceed with the game drive till late afternoon and your safari driver will transfer you to your Camp/Lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight.
- Time: 8-10 hours
- Meals: All meals included Drinks not included
Day 4: Serengeti National Park
>> After breakfast, you will depart with picnic lunches for a full-day game drive to experience a vast herd of wildebeests, zebras, elands, gazelles, dik -dik, impalas, warthogs, lions, cheetahs, rhinos, hippos, leopards, hyenas, giant Nile crocodiles and the beauty of the landscape, stretching without end beneath an infinite sky on a Serengeti, In the evening return to Camp/Lodge for dinner and overnight.
- Time: 8-10 hours
- Meals: All meals included Drinks not included
Day 5: Serengeti National Park
>> After breakfast, you will have an early morning game so that you can get an opportunity to spot predators while they’re in action and proceeds with the discovery of more wildlife and a chance to enjoy the varied landscapes of the Serengeti National Park, you may also have the opportunity to see the resident predators, leopards, cheetah, and lions, fulfilling their role in the circle of life. Lunch will be an unforgettable experience enjoyed in the middle of the bush. After game drive your driver will take you back to your lodge/camp for dinner and overnight.
- Time: 8-10 hours
- Meals: All meals included Drinks not included
Day 6: Serengeti National Park -Ngorongoro Conservation area -Karatu
>> After breakfast, depart with lunch boxes, today you’ll visit Ngorongoro Crater, one of the most beautiful natural sights in Africa, a place where you’ll experience otherworldly beauty with extraordinary wildlife. Watch as, from above, morning mist rolls up and over the crater rim, and notice how the steep walls suggest a place unlike any other. Down below on the crater floor, explore a lost world preserved in a state of pristine isolation, one that shelters lions and hyenas, elephants and black rhinos, flamingos, and golden jackals. There are also forests, hippo-filled lakes, a salt pan, and hyena dens, and you’ll never lose the sense that you’ve stumbled into a safari theme park where everything’s wild. You will have your lunch in lunch boxes where you will eat at the picnic area inside the park while enjoying the magnificent view of the Ngorongoro landscape. Later you will drive to Karatu for Dinner and overnight stay.
- Time: 8-10 hours
- Meals: All meals included Drinks not included
Day 7: Karatu -Lake Manyara National Park
>> After a good night's sleep, it’s time to go to Lake Manyara. Lake Manyara is known for the tree-climbing lions, the soda ash lake, Hot spring, and its flamingos. Between the game drives, we will find a nice picnic site to enjoy our lunch. In addition, you can book a walking safari with an extra cost and enjoy the park by foot with a park ranger. An amazing experience to see the animals up close! After our afternoon game drive, it’s time to head to the lodge for dinner and overnight relaxation.
- Time: 8-10 hours
- Meals: All meals included Drinks not included
Day 8: Lake Manyara -Zanzibar
>> Visit Mto Wa Mbu village on foot for a great cultural experience with an experienced guide who grew up in the village. Visit local farms, food markets, rice farms, Banana Beer Bar and local activities. After enjoying local lunch, in the afternoon we drive back to Arusha where your safari adventure will come to an end. Your safari guide will drive you straight to Kilimanjaro International airport or Arusha airport for your trip to Zanzibar. On arrival at Zanzibar International Airport which caters to domestic flights, you will be met by our representative who will drive you to your accommodation for dinner and overnight stay.
- Time: 8-10 hours
- Meals: Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included) Drinks not included
Day 9: Zanzibar
>> After breakfast, head for Mnemba Island which provides the snorkeler with the opportunity to view the best fish the Indian Ocean has to offer. A Marine Reserve, well known for its fish life like lionfish, moray eels, stingrays, and turtles swimming around in the shallows.
- Time: 8-10 hours
- Meals: Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included) Drinks not included
Day 10: Zanzibar
>> This is absolutely different experience that someone must experience in Zanzibar. Thinks of Africa boat Safaris, it is something one might not resist to take, it comes to you & why not to go? All that Tiem Tours has truly gone extra miles away to organize adventures that will make your holiday to Zanzibar the most memorable.
- Time: 8-10 hours
- Meals: Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included) Drinks not included
Day 11: Zanzibar
>> The Prison Island and Nakupenda Beach Tour is a full-day guided tour that highlights both Prison Island's tour which incorporates the visitation giant’s tortoises, as well as exploring Nakupenda Beach featuring sunbathing, snorkeling a taste of Seas foods as well as seasoned fresh fruits. Prison Island and Nakupenda beach is a full-day trip that begins from forodhani garden, known as the heart of stone town in the morning, lunch on shoal outings, swimming, and beach relaxation. Further, tourists can relax on the sandbank or learn about the marine life around the sandbank before riding a boat, cruising back to Stone Town, or picking up the location.
- Time: 8-10 hours
- Meals: Meals at own expense Drinks not included
Day 12: Zanzibar
>> After breakfast, you will be transferred to stone town for half-day walking tour of Stone Town, to see narrow streets, car-free streets, Old Fort, the house where Freddy Mercury was born, and an Anglican Cathedral that marks the former site of a slave market. After this amazing experience you will be transferred to the airport for your home flight.
- Time: 8-10 hours
- Meals: Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included) Drinks not included
- Accommodation:No accommodation (End of tour)
Inclusions
- Park fees (For non-residents)
- All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
- All flights during the tour
- All Taxes/VAT
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
Exclusions
- International flights (From/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
- Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
- Some meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
- Drinks