After breakfast at your lodge, depart for Tarangire National Park via Arusha City for any last-minute purchases. The driving is along the Masai steppe & villages. This park is located along the Great Northern Highway, runs along the Tarangire River attributes, and comprises small hills on the Great Rift Valley floor. Its primary vegetation consists of giant African Baobab trees, scattered acacia woodland, and swamp areas in the south.

The Tarangire River and the swamp are valuable water sources in the park and refugee areas for many animal species during the dry season. These include herds of giraffe, wildebeest, zebra, warthog, buffalo, African elephant, and many more. You may also spot several predators, including leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, and jackals.

The park is highlighted by some of the largest elephant herds in Africa. It is also home to some rare species of Great Kudu, Fringed-eared Oryx, and Ash Starlings.

Late afternoon drive to Ngorongoro Coffee Lodge with a brief stop at the Great East African Rift Valley for sunset & nice pictures of Lake Manyara & its forest
Overnight at a suggested lodge near Karatu town

After early breakfast, the private safari in Tanzania takes you to Ngorongoro Crater via the high-lying farmlands of Karatu and many villages. Then, after park formalities, you drive up to Ngorongoro gate to the Crater viewpoint at 2,300 meters for some nice pictures of the crater floor from the rim. Then, descend over 600 meters high walls into the Crater floor for an excellent game drive.

Ngorongoro Crater is a remarkable wildlife sanctuary and UNESCO’s World Heritage; the crater is sometimes referred to by many as the 8th nature wonder of the world. As very few animals move in and out of the crater, you may expect to spot herds of African elephant, zebra, wildebeest, buffalo, warthog, eland, top, hippos & if lucky, the rare black rhinos. Many bird species can also be seen in the crater, including flamingos, ibises, geese, ostrich & others.

Another big draw card in this picturesque Caldera is a denser population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs, and the ever-illusive leopard, which sometimes requires sharp eyes to spot.
Break for lunch before starting your way out & drive to Serengeti National Park (Option); on the way, visit one of the Masai villages, where some Masai warriors invite you & take you in & around their houses with some stories of their nomadic life around this area.

You will meet kids & other family members; you can ask any question & take pictures with them. Later, they will sing a farewell song which involves dancing & jumping high. Afterward, drive further & reach Naabi gate for check-in. Then sunset game drives towards Serengeti National Park in search of the Great Wildebeest Migration & the big cats. Late afternoon, during or before sunset, drive to the Camp for dinner & overnight in Central Serengeti.

On this day, our style African safari tours in Serengeti, we take you for an early morning game drive that starts at 6:30 (leave with breakfast box & lunch box); the early morning game drive allows you to witness the sunrise in the Serengeti plains and sport most of the cut family on the road as they avoid the morning mist.

You may also see some other predators coming back from their long night of hunting and sometimes eating or playing along the road. You may expect to see a lot of animal actions, like fighting and sometimes killing. If the Wildebeest Migration is in the Serengeti, you will spend much of your game drive following their movement. Late afternoon, during or before sunset, drive back to the Camp for dinner and overnight in Central Serengeti.

After breakfast, drive to Seronera Airstrip for your flight to Zanzibar, with an en-route game drive. Reach the airstrip at least half an hour before the flight. Arrive in Zanzibar, meet our representative, and transfer to Karafuu Beach Resort & Spar, southeast of Zanzibar island. Dinner and breakfast are included.

Overnight at Karafuu Beach Resort on the Southeast of Zanzibar Island

Relax and enjoy the white sand beaches of Zanzibar. Various water sports can be arranged at your resort, or you may visit Stone Town & do some excursions; see the Zanzibar Islands tours page. Breakfast and dinner included.
Overnight at Karafuu Beach Resort on the Southeast of Zanzibar Island

After breakfast, you will be transferred to Zanzibar airport to catch your flight back home (depending on your flight time). Before going to the airport, you can do our famous Stone Town tour or the Spice tour; please see our Zanzibar tour page.

If departing from Dar es Salaam International Airport, a domestic flight will be needed. The best private safari in Tanzania and Zanzibar beach end here.