9 DAYS
SAFARI & BEACH

9-Day Tanzania Safari Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Zanzibar

This an unforgettable 9-day Tanzania safari adventure takes you through Tarangire, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro Crater before unwinding on Zanzibar’s pristine beaches. Spot massive elephant herds in Tarangire, witness the Great Migration and Big Five in the endless Serengeti plains, and descend into the Ngorongoro Crater for prime wildlife viewing amid dramatic caldera views. It can be customized to semi luxury or luxury safari based on your ideas and budget.

From $2,846 /pp

OVERVIEW

Duration

9 Days

Safari Type

Safari & Beach

Starts From

Kilimanjaro Airport

Accommodation

Mid-range

About This Safari

This an unforgettable 9-day Tanzania safari adventure takes you through Tarangire, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro Crater before unwinding on Zanzibar’s pristine beaches. Spot massive elephant herds in Tarangire, witness the Great Migration and Big Five in the endless Serengeti plains, and descend into the Ngorongoro Crater for prime wildlife viewing amid dramatic caldera views. It can be customized to semi luxury or luxury safari based on your ideas and budget.

Safari Highlights

Tarangire National Park

Large elephant herds, baobabs and classic northern Tanzania scenery.

Serengeti National Park

Great Migration country, Big Five viewing and endless plains.

Ngorongoro Crater

Crater-floor wildlife viewing in a dramatic volcanic caldera.

Zanzibar

White-sand beaches and relaxed island time after the safari.

Wildlife grazing beneath a dramatic East African sunset

Day-by-Day Itinerary

01

Arrival - Arusha

On arrival, our representative will meet you at Kilimanjaro International Airport and drive to Arusha. After a while, our safari manager will come for a pre-safari briefing and leave you to enjoy the rest of the day at the lodge. You will be relaxing while looking forward to your great Tanzania safari.

Dinner and overnight at Arusha Planet Lodge.

Accommodation: Arusha Planet Lodge — Mid-range lodge located in Arusha (City)
Meals: Dinner (Breakfast & lunch not included)

02

Arusha – Tarangire National Park

After breakfast, depart with picnic lunch for Tarangire. Drive via Arusha city where you can do last-minute purchase. You will drive further along the Masai steppe and across a few Maasai villages and reach Tarangire gate before noon. After park formalities, start game viewing right away. Tarangire is the fifth largest national park in Tanzania located at the base of the great East African Rift Valley and it runs along the lines of the Tarangire River. The park is made up of low-lying hills dominated by scattered acacia woodland & huge African baobab trees.

Tarangire River & the swamp on the southeast are the only permanent sources of water in the park, thus it acts as a refugee area for wild animals, especially during dry season. Tarangire is well known for its large population of elephants found nowhere else in Africa.

Afternoon drive to Karatu for dinner and overnight at Olea Farm Lodge.

Accommodation: Olea Farm Lodge — Mid-range lodge located 1-2hr drive from Tarangire NP
Meals: All meals included

03

Karatu – Serengeti National Park

On this day of your Tanzanian safari full of adventure, we will take you to “Wild Africa” Serengeti National Park. The driving is along the high-lying farmland of Karatu and across local villages all the way to Ngorongoro gate. After registration and other park formalities, you will drive up to the crater viewpoint 2,300 meters for some great photos of the crater floor from above. Then start driving along the Crater rim and down to the world-rich Serengeti National Park with its endless rolling plains.

On the way, you will visit one of the Maasai Boma

Proceed to Serengeti National Park with en-route game viewing. This park is renowned for being the location of the Great Wildlife Migration, which involves over two million wildebeests, zebras and antelopes. It is also an extremely large and wild game park, and home to the Big Five of Africa.

Lunch at a picnic site.

Dinner and overnight at Kontiki Serengeti Camp.

Accommodation: Kontiki Serengeti Camp — Mid-range tented camp located inside Central Serengeti NP
Meals: All meals included; Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

04

Game Drive in Serengeti

After breakfast morning and afternoon game drive in Serengeti National Park (or full day game drive with picnic lunch) in search of migration. The Serengeti Migration (also referred to as “The Great Migration”) is arguably the greatest wildlife show on earth. It is the largest single movement of wildlife on earth in search of water, pasture and breeding grounds.

Dinner and overnight at Kontiki Serengeti Camp.

Accommodation: Kontiki Serengeti Camp — Mid-range tented camp located inside Central Serengeti NP
Meals: All meals included; Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

05

Serengeti National Park – Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast drive to Ngorongoro Crater.

Descent over 2000 ft (600m) into the Crater floor for a wonderful game viewing. The road down to the crater is amazing (packed lunch will be served on the crater floor). Ngorongoro Crater, the Eden of Africa is a Natural Wonder of the World formed some millions of years ago due to some tension forces that left a large caldera. Today the Crater is home to a larger number of wildlife which includes herds of wildebeests, zebras, buffaloes, elands, warthogs, hippos, African elephants and the rare black rhinos.

Dinner and overnight at Olea Farm Lodge.

Accommodation: Olea Farm Lodge — Mid-range lodge located 1-2hr drive from Ngorongoro Crater
Meals: All meals included; Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

06

Lake Manyara National Park– Arusha – Zanzibar

Continue enjoying your Tanzanian safari (option at an extra cost of $59 per person park fees). After early breakfast, you may drive to Lake Manyara National Park for a game drive before driving back to Arusha Airport to catch your afternoon flight to Zanzibar. The highlight of Lake Manyara is its tree-climbing lion and colourful flamingos.

If you’re visiting Lake Manyara National Park, your flight will be at 16:35hours arriving at Zanzibar Airport at 18:00 hours. If not you can have an early flight at 13:30 hours arriving at Zanzibar Airport at 14:15 hours.

On arrival at Zanzibar Airport, meet our representative and transfer to Zanzibar magic Resort.

Accommodation: Zanzibar Magic Boutique Hotel — Mid-range resort located on Zanzibar (Tanzania Beaches)
Meals: All meals included; Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

7–8

Zanzibar Island

Days spent at leisure and relaxing on the white sand beaches of Zanzibar. If you wish, you can organize some water sports with us at any time like snorkelling, scuba diving, swimming with wild dolphins, Safari Blue, Nakupenda Sandbank etc.

Accommodation is at Zanzibar magic Resort on Half Board basis.

Accommodation: Zanzibar Magic Boutique Hotel — Mid-range resort located on Zanzibar (Tanzania Beaches)
Meals: Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)

09

Zanzibar magic Resort - Zanzibar Airport

Depending on your flight details, You will be transferred from your hotel to Zanzibar Airport for your departure. This concludes your safari experience in Tanzania. We trust you had a memorable journey and are already anticipating your next safari adventure.

Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals: Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included

Accommodation

Accommodation links are provided only where an exact Wild Pride page has been confirmed.

Arusha Planet Lodge

Mid-range lodge located in Arusha (City)

Olea Farm Lodge

Mid-range lodge located 1-2hr drive from Tarangire NP

Kontiki Serengeti Camp

Mid-range tented camp located inside Central Serengeti NP

Zanzibar Magic Boutique Hotel

Mid-range resort located on Zanzibar (Tanzania Beaches)

Pricing

From $2,846 per person

Rates are per person in US dollars and vary by travel season and group size.

Travel dates

Solo

2 people

4 people

5 people

6 people

Jun 1, 2026 - Oct 31, 2026
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$2,918
$4,425
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Nov 1, 2026 - Nov 30, 2026
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$2,846
$4,509
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Dec 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2026
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$2,918
$3,332
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Jan 1, 2027 - Mar 31, 2027
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$3,548
$4,509
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Apr 1, 2027 - May 31, 2027
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$3,166
$4,509
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Jun 1, 2027 - Oct 31, 2027
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$3,548
$4,509
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Nov 1, 2027 - Nov 30, 2027
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$3,166
$4,509
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Dec 1, 2027 - Dec 31, 2027
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$3,548
$4,509
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