9-Day Safaris and Zanzibar Beaches

Tour Style: Private Tour (No Join-in Group Tour)

Tour Route: Arusha - Tarangire National Park - Serengeti National Park - Karatu - Ngorongoro Crater - Zanzibar Island - Dar es Salaam

Tour Code: ODY-TZ-002

Highlights :

Trace the Big Five at the boundless seas of short grass plains in Serengeti National Park
Look for the elusive Black Rhinos in the Ngorongoro Crater, where mankind and wild animals co-exist peacefully
Relax at leisure under the sun with the turquoise ocean at Zanzibar Island

Any part of this itinerary can be tailor-made to fit your needs, e.g. tour length, activities, destinations, hotels.

Travellers rating: 4.9/5

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Itinerary

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Day 1

Arrival, Arusha

Welcome to Tanzania! Soon as you arrive in Arusha, you will be picked up from the airport by your private driver and be escorted to your hotel. Relax for the rest of the day.
Optional: To avoid long drive, it is possible to take schedule flight directly to Serengeti National Park then drive or fly back to Arusha.
Overnight: Arusha
Day 2

Arusha - Tarangire National Park

At 08:30 AM, you will be picked up by your experienced safari guide, onward drive to Tarangire National Park. As Tarangire is renowned as "home of elephants", you would be able to track herds of elephants gathered around the Tarangire River - the heart of the migration in Tarangire and Lake Manyara region. Also to be found at this park are giraffes, lions, and even tree-climbing pythons. Enjoy a full day safari here.
In the evening, you will be driven to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Overnight: Tarangire National Park
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 3

Tarangire National Park - Serengeti National Park

Wake up early today, you will be driven directly to Serengeti National Park. The drive takes about 3.5 hours. Enroute you will have a chance to stop at Ngorongoro Crater for a panoramic picture.
Serengeti National Park is the most famous national park in East Africa for its vast short grass plains, diversity of animals, and the grand migration of wildebeests and zebras! Here you can do half day safaris, before being escorted to your hotel at the heart of Serengeti.
Overnight: Serengeti National Park
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 4

Serengeti National Park

Wake up early today to see a beautiful sunrise over the endless plains of Serengeti! After breakfast, you will do a full day game drive in Serengeti, tracing Big Five, including lions, elephants, buffaloes, leopards, and rhinoceros, and other floras and faunas. The game drive continues until sunset when you drive back to your lodge or camp for dinner and overnight.
Overnight: Serengeti National Park
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 5

Serengeti National Park - Karatu

Half day game drive in Serengeti, this will start from early in the morning until lunchtime when you will drive to Karatu for overnight. Karatu is very close to the Ngorongoro Crater.
Overnight: Karatu
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 6

Karatu - Ngorongoro Crater - Arusha - Zanzibar Island

Waking up early in the morning, drive down to the Ngorongoro Crater. Here you can do a game drive inside the crater. It is the only place in Tanzania you could spot the Black Rhino, among all other big and small game animals. Lunch will take place at the picnic site on the crater floor.
In the afternoon, drive to Kilimanjaro Airport to catch a flight to Zanzibar. Check into your beach hotel or resort, and the rest of the day is yours to relax at leisure.
Overnight: Zanzibar Island
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 7

Zanzibar Island

Today, you will be escorted to walk around the ancient Stone Town on the island, do a spice tour. Later, visit the Changuu Island, better known as the Prison Island, where slaves were detained and quarantined in the 1860s. Onward, visit the Jozani Forest, the only place that you could find the Red Colobus Monkey.
Overnight: Zanzibar Island
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 8

Zanzibar Island

Free at leisure in Zanzibar Island on your own arrangement. You could do Scuba and Snorkeling, Windsurfing, Quad adventure, or just simply relax at your resort.
Overnight: Zanzibar Island
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 9

Zanzibar Island - Dar es Salaam, Departure

Today, you will be picked up from the hotel lobby, and then escorted to Zanzibar Airport with a private car, to catch the flight to Dar es Salaam or Kilimanjaro airport to connect your homebound flight.
Meal: Breakfast

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Reviews on This Tailored Tour

Odyssey tours mentioned by some of our clients was the former name of Odynovo.
Durations might be different as each trip is customizable.

This tour rating 4.9 out of 5 based on 3 reviews.

February 2018

Cherry, thank you very much for the wonderful trip you planned for me in my friends. Everything went as according to plan. Actually, it went better! The tour guides and drivers that you hooked us up with were very knowledgeable and very helpful. And you are so easy to get a hold of online, I just loved working with you. The restaurants and the tours were just amazing and our guides knew exactly what to do to get us in and out it was a wonderful wonderful trip thank you so so much. Joanne Owens

September 2015

Travel arrangements is easier when you hear the footsteps of someone like Cindy Tang.You have done so many things for me that I do not know where to begin, if it were not for you, I would have lost a lot..Thanks for listening and always attentive to my changes.Cindy! My wish for you, do not ever change, you're an angel.Saludos Francisco Montas Perozo

July 2015

I cannot speak highly enough of travel agent Allison Chiang. As a party of 4 people we had a few itinerary changes, Allison took it all in her stride and had so many suggestions to make our booking process so easy and smooth, it seemed as if nothing was too much trouble for Allison to sort out for us. At the last minute my husband neede to pull out of our trip so we contacted Allison to 'rejig' a few things for us and it was done. I am so impressed by Allison's professional, friendly manner. I would use Allison again to book another holiday, in a heart beat. Thank you so much Allison, or should I say 'super agent Allison'.

How Private Tour Works

Accommodation
Enjoy comfortable stay at competitive rates and with insider bonus of our partnership with international hotel chains and local ones. Most of the options are recommended based on our field inspection to ensure quality. Kindly note that hospitality service in remote area can hardly maintain the same standard as those in the city.

Meals
Meals provided will be clearly outlined in the confirmed itinerary. In most cases, breakfast is served in hotel. To make the trip go smooth, lunch is recommended to be included for set menu or a la carte, local flavor or western style, depending on your liking. Restaurants are selected according to positive feedback with your diet requirements in mind. Dinner is the time when you are free to explore the destination’s hidden delights, but we are always happy to give recommendation or offer assistance. In remote area, meals are likely to be arranged in tourist restaurant or a local family due to limited options.

Tour Guide & Transfer
Every tour comes with English-speaking guides (or other languages on request) and private transfer in each city. The licensed, professional tour guides are from local and will be a friendly, knowledgeable company to travel with. When it comes to your personal driver or chauffeur guide, they are experienced and service-minded, all driving well-maintained, air-conditioned vehicles.