7 Days Private Luxury Tanzania Safari and Zanzibar Holiday

Our airport representative welcomes you to Tanzania, assists with your bags, and transfers you to your luxury hotel in Arusha. The journey covers approximately 50–60 km (31–37 miles) and usually takes 1–1.5 hours along paved roads through towns and farmland. Once you have settled into your private room, we arrange a short safari briefing around your arrival time. Dinner is planned at the hotel, with late-arrival arrangements confirmed beforehand; today is a transfer day without scheduled wildlife viewing.

Destination:

Kilimanjaro Airport

Overnight:

Mount Meru Hotel

  luxury 4 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Lunch, Dinner

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After breakfast, our guide collects you in your private 4x4 for the approximately 120 km (75-mile) journey to Tarangire, usually taking 2–3 hours. We spend the available day exploring acacia woodland and river areas, looking for elephants, giraffes, zebras, and other wildlife while stopping whenever a sighting deserves more time.

We provide a picnic lunch inside the park before continuing the afternoon game drive. Later, we travel approximately 80–110 km (50–68 miles), taking around 1.5–2 hours, to your luxury lodge in the Manyara area, where dinner and your private room await; meals are B, L, D.

Destination:

Tarangire

Overnight:

Manyara Serena Safari Lodge

  luxury 4 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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We leave after an early breakfast and travel towards Ngorongoro, allowing approximately 2–3 hours over 80–120 km (50–75 miles), depending on your lodge and gate formalities. Our guide leads an extended crater game drive across grasslands, wet areas, and lakeside tracks, searching for lions, buffaloes, zebras, hippos, and possibly black rhinos.

Lunch is served at a designated picnic stop, with time to rest before continuing our wildlife search. We then climb the crater road to your luxury lodge in the Ngorongoro area, planning the visit within the permitted crater access period; meals are B, L, D.

Destination:

Ngorongoro Crater

Overnight:

Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge

  luxury 4 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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After breakfast, we drive from the Ngorongoro highlands towards Central Serengeti, covering approximately 140–180 km (87–112 miles) in 4–5 hours before longer wildlife stops. The road changes from wooded slopes to open plains, and our guide explains the animals and landscapes along the way.

Following lunch, we devote the afternoon to a game drive around Central Serengeti. We look for lions near rocky outcrops, giraffes in woodland, and leopards resting in trees before welcoming you to your luxury tented camp for dinner; meals are B, L, D.

Destination:

Central Serengeti

Overnight:

Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge

  luxury 4 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Today gives us time to follow wildlife without a transfer to another destination. Our guide plans approximately 6–8 hours of game viewing, with breaks, and may cover around 60–120 km (37–75 miles) across open grasslands and river tracks.

We can carry a picnic lunch to stay near productive wildlife areas or discuss a camp lunch if distances allow. Lions, elephants, hippos, and cheetahs are among the animals we search for, though sightings depend on the day’s conditions.

Back at your luxury tented camp, there is time for your shower and a relaxed dinner. Meals are B, L, D.

Destination:

Central Serengeti

Overnight:

Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge

  luxury 4 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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If the flight schedule allows, we arrange a final morning game drive before taking you to Seronera Airstrip. The drive and airstrip transfer may cover approximately 20–60 km (12–37 miles), taking 1–3 hours with wildlife stops through grassland and woodland.

We then arrange your scheduled flight to Zanzibar, allowing roughly 2–3 hours depending on intermediate stops. Our island representative meets you for the transfer to your luxury hotel, approximately 10–65 km (6–40 miles) or 20–90 minutes depending on its location; breakfast, a flight-compatible lunch arrangement, and dinner are planned.

Destination:

Central Serengeti

Overnight:

Zanzibar Serena Hotel

  luxury 4 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Our local guide introduces you to Stone Town through its narrow streets, carved doors, and waterfront, allowing approximately 2–3 hours for a gentle walking tour. Depending on your hotel, return road travel may range from around 10–130 km (6–81 miles), taking approximately 30 minutes to 3 hours in total.

We arrange lunch and a boat journey to Prison Island, usually around 20–30 minutes each way in suitable sea conditions. Here, we guide you through the island’s history and the giant tortoise area before returning you to your luxury hotel; meals are B, L, D.

Destination:

Prison Island

Overnight:

Zanzibar Serena Hotel

  luxury 4 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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After breakfast, we arrange a guided spice farm visit to see, smell, and learn about crops such as cloves, cinnamon, and vanilla. Allow approximately 1–1.5 hours at the farm, with around 30–100 km (19–62 miles) of road travel and 1–2.5 hours of driving, depending on your hotel.

Following lunch, we leave the afternoon free for your beach time and the comfort of your luxury hotel. No wildlife excursion is scheduled today, and our team remains available while you enjoy your own pace; meals are B, L, D.

Destination:

Spice Plantations

Overnight:

Zanzibar Serena Hotel

  luxury 4 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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We arrange your private airport transfer to match your flight and allow sufficient check-in time. No activities are scheduled, and breakfast depends on your departure time and hotel arrangements.