10 - Days Safari | Northern Circuit & Zanzibar

Shavi Tours and General Supply Company Limited is a Tanzania-based tourists company limited, owned and operated by Tanzanians.

Tour Overview

During this safari, you will be enjoying the nature, wildlife of the Northern Parks of Tanzania: Tarangire NP, Manyara NP, Serengeti NP, Ngorongoro Crater and Zanzibar. You will be traveling together with your local and professional guide while taking you on this adventurous trip and show you all the wildlife / nature, &more. Tanzania is the best safari country in Africa. You will be staying in well located (tented) camps and lodges with en-suite facilities all visited regularly by our team.

 

Getting there

  • This tour starts at Arusha and ends at Zanzibar
  • This operator can help select your international flights, but you’ll have to book them yourself
  • Fly to Kilimanjaro Airport (JRO) near Arusha, and fly from Zanzibar International Airport.
  • A transfer from and back to the airport can be arranged.
  • Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost.

The price is USD 3,610 per person based on 2 persons (2+)

  • We did not check availability at accommodations yet.
  • This tour accepts children who are 1 year and older. Children under 5 are free.

Welcome in Africa! Welcome in Tanzania! After arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, our representative will transfer you to Arusha at your accommodation. It is a 1-hour drive from the airport. Here you will overnight, relax, and prepare in anticipation for the adventures to come. You’ll be hosted by our partner luxury hotel the Charity Hotel

Your Safari starts! The driver is well educated and has a lot of knowledge about the country, animals and nature and even more, he is very passionate about it.

The safari vehicle has 6 or 8 window seats. When you are inside the parks the rooftop will go up so you can see the animals close by. In most vehicles you can charge your phone or batteries.

Tarangire National Park is also a very scenic park with expansive views of baobab-studded grasslands. Tarangire River, a permanent river attracts many animals especially during the dry season this is bringing the park to life. The Park owes its name to Tarangire River, which flows through the area. It is characterized by dense vegetation of acacia and mixed woodland, the area around Tarangire River however, is dominated by huge baobab trees and old doom palm trees to a lesser prominence, as well as black cotton grass.

At the end of the afternoon, you will make your way to your next accommodation for dinner and overnight stay.

After breakfast you will start descending into the plains. Today is one big game drive, wherever you drive, you can encounter animals. And in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area you get a fantastic chance to have a look at how the Maasai live, when passing their “boma’s” (villages) or when watching them herd their cattle in the vast Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

The name Serengeti is derived from the Maasai word Siringiti: endless plains. When entering the Serengeti, it becomes clear quite soon that this is a very fitting name. As far as the eye reaches you find the plains, only interrupted by an occasional tree, kopje (rock formation) or wildlife. During the Great Migration these planes are literally covered in animals, wildebeests and zebras, in search of grazing and water and participating in one of the largest annual movements of mammals on earth. At the end of the afternoon, you will go to Angata Camps for dinner and overnight.

Wake up early in the morning and enjoy a delicious breakfast. Your driver is ready again to take you back inside the park in search for more wildlife! You can choose to take lunchboxes with you to have the full day in the park or go back to the camp for lunch and maybe relax a little.

The driver takes you on a search for the lions, leopard and cheetah. And what did you think of these large numbers of hippos in one of the pools in the park, or maybe the Vervet Monkeys or Baboons manage to charm you with their acrobatic tricks. Giraffes that elegantly move over the planes, high above everything and everyone, eating the leaves from the acacia trees without even bothering about the thorns, the gracious flights of the (not so gracious) Vultures, Hyenas trying to defend their prey from the lions. All in all, a day full of unforgettable impressions!

Today you have to rise early as your driver will take you to one of the most special places on this planet:

The crater is a non-active volcano, to reach the crater floor you have to make quite a descent. In the Ngorongoro crater the diversity in animals and flora is immense. All the animals of the “Big Five” (elephant, Black Rhino, Buffaloes, Leopard and the Lion) can be found in the crater. Today it is your chance to see the rare Black Rhino. In Lake Magadi, the alkaline lake in the crater, Flamingos look for their food while Hippos cool down in the sweet water pools after their grazing outing at night. In the Lerai Forest Elephant with giant tusks pull leaves and branches from the trees while on the plains Wildebeests, Zebras and Antelopes are grazing. Lions often look for the shade, sometimes even the shade of a car. The high numbers of animals and the imposing landscape with the crater walls make a day in the crater and overwhelming experience.

After breakfast you will be transferred to Lake Manyara National for a short Game drive.

Lake Manyara has a big number of elephants, Leopards are hosted within the broken forests and escarpment, healthy lions that are widely known for their tree climbing pranks. Lake Manyara is regarded as to have Africa’s largest huge herds of baboons.

Later that afternoon you will be transferred to Arusha Airport for your flight to Zanzibar. There you will say goodbye to the driver guide of the last week.

You will fly to Zanzibar in about 1 to 1.5 hours.

Please note: for this flight you are allowed to bring 20 kilos of luggage each, packed in soft bags!

At Zanzibar airport a driver will be waiting for you to bring you to Jambiani, it is a 1-hour drive.

 

Tarangire National Park is also a very scenic park with expansive views of baobab-studded grasslands. Tarangire River, a permanent river attracts many animals especially during the dry season this is bringing the park to life. The Park owes its name to Tarangire River, which flows through the area. It is characterized by dense vegetation of acacia and mixed woodland, the area around Tarangire River however, is dominated by huge baobab trees and old doom palm trees to a lesser prominence, as well as black cotton grass.

Depending on your flight details or other arrangement that you may have, a driver will transfer you to the  Airport for your flight back home. 

Your holiday has come to an end. An unforgettable journey with long lasting memories that you share together.

In Kiswahili we say Kwa Heri (Goodbye) and Karibuni Tena (Welcome Again).

Depending on your departure details or other arrangement that you may have, a driver will transfer you to Zanzibar Airport.

Your holiday has come to an end. An unforgettable journey with long lasting memories that you share together.

In Kiswahili we say Kwa Heri (Goodbye) and Karibuni Tena (Welcome Again).

Included

Meals: breakfast 

  • All activities (Unless labelled as optional)
  • All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
  • A professional driver/guide
  • Water during the safari.
  • Game drives in 4WD Safari car.
  • Park fees (For non-residents)
  • All transportation (Unless labelled as optional)
  • All Taxes/VAT
  • Roundtrip airport transfer
  • Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
  • Drinks (As specified in the day-by-day section)
  • Flights to and from Tanzania.
  • Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour

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