10-Day Wildlife Safari and Zanzibar Beach Excursions

You will start your safari by exploring the open wilderness with the highest concentration of elephants in northern Tanzania. Herds of up to 300 elephants scratch the dry river bed for underground streams, while migratory wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, impala, gazelle, hartebeest and eland crowd the shrinking lagoons. In the dry season, Tarangire comes alive as wildlife and birdlife congregate on the Tarangire River, which is a permanent source of water. Kori bustard, the heaviest flying bird; the stocking-thighed ostrich, the world’s largest bird; and small parties of ground hornbills blustering like turkeys are found
on drier ground. Dinner and your overnight stay will be at Bougainvillea Safari Lodge.

After breakfast, you will head to Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest volcano caldera with a unique ecosystem that inhabits more than 25,000 resident animals. Arriving there, you will descend into the famous Ngorongoro Crater. In the grass and acacia forest, you can spot almost every animal species of the East African savanna together with the Big Five animals (rhino, elephant, buffalo, lion and leopard).
Then you will drive heading to your lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.

You will spend these days in wild Africa—the Serengeti with its endless plains, rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see. Spend your time in Serengeti while choosing the best spotting locations for the time of the year. Spending time in the hippo pool and watch the animals laze about in the cool water alongside the crocodile. This diverse and interesting landscape will provide us with unlimited game viewing. Plain games such as elephants, zebras, wildebeests, lions, leopards, and cheetahs can be seen. Take your time to enjoy the game in this area before proceeding to your camp for evening leisure, dinner, and your overnight stay.

After your morning breakfast, you will have a final drive in Serengeti National Park. Later, you will be transferred to the airstrip for your flight to Zanzibar. Reaching to Zanzibar airport you will be transferred to your hotel. The rest of the day will be leisure at the beach.

Safari Blue trip is a full day sailing around mangroves and snorkeling along Menai bay, which is one of the best coral reefs in Zanzibar. Main activities on this day are visiting Kwale island, sandbank relaxing, swimming and snorkeling. You will witness countless colorful fishes and other sea creatures that survive among the coral reefs and underwater plants which together form the barrier reef ecosystem in the bay. Enjoy a well-served seafood barbeque lunch of Octopus, Lobsters, squids, Calamari, Fishes. Taste the fresh fruits of Zanzibar. Remember to take with you sunscreen and a hat for your boat excursion and swimwear together with a towel.

After breakfast, you will go to make the best of your day. This day combines different activities that will make you enjoy.

Picked up from the hotel to Jozani forest also known as Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park, is the only national park on Zanzibar Island. It is very small (only 50 kilometers square) but a beautiful and tranquil place to visit. It is one of the must-see tours, a home to the rare Red Colobus Monkeys and even harder to spot – Zanzibar Sykes’ monkey. Later you will proceed to the Spice farms for a Spice farms tour. At the end of the Spice tour, you will have a Spiced lunch with mouth-watering tropical Fruits. After having lunch and resting at Spice Farms, you will be picked up at Stone Town to start the historical Stone Town tour. You will go witness the historic buildings of Zanzibar like; the Freddie Mercury House, House of Wonders, Sultan’s Palace, Darajani Market, and so on. Head back to the hotel for evening leisure and an overnight.

After breakfast, you will depart to another beach experience at Mnemba Island for Dolphins & Snorkeling Tour. Arriving at this place you will start with swimming with wild dolphins, and then to Snorkeling in the shallow water near Mnemba Island.
Located on the northeast coast of Zanzibar, Mnemba Island is one of the best places in Zanzibar Islands to go snorkeling and spot the Dolphins.
Later you will proceed to the hotel for beach relaxing.

Zanzibar has one of the best beaches in the world. On this day you will get an opportunity to relax, swim, sunbathe or enjoy walking on the beach.
Then later you will be transferred to the airport for your flight back home. This will mark the end of your wildlife and beach life safari with Mazingira.
You may opt to fly back to your country directly from Zanzibar or from Dar es Salaam.
(The option of flying out from Dar es Salaam to your home country will add an extra cost of either a boat or Flight from Zanzibar to Dar es Salaam).