Our 8 Days Kenya Tanzania & Zanzibar Safari Combined Wildlife Safari and Beach Vacation is a private wildlife safari that travels through the main parks in each country. Incredible animal sightings can be seen on our Kenya, Tanzania, and Zanzibar combined safari in the Masai Mara, Ngorongoro, Lake Manyara, Serengeti, and Zanzibar. With our 8-Days Kenya and Tanzania safari trips, you can better discover the wilds of Africa and the seductive beaches of Zanzibar.
SUMMARY ITINERARY OF AN 8-DAY KENYA, TANZANIA AND ZANZIBAR SAFARI
Day 01: Transfer from Nairobi to Masai Mara, Evening Game Drive
Day 02: Full-Day Game Drive in Masai Mara, Kenya
Day 03: Transfer to Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Day 04: Full-Day Game Drive in Serengeti National Park
Day 05: Transfer to Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Ngorongoro Crater Drive
Day 06: Nature and Primate Tour in Lake Manyara National Park and Fly to Zanzibar
Day 07: Full-day Zanzibar
Day 08: Departure
DETAILED ITINERARY
DAY 01: TRANSFER FROM NAIROBI TO MASAI MARA, EVENING GAME DRIVE
Depending on where you are in Nairobi, Kenya, or at the airport, our company’s safari guide will meet you and welcome you for the 8-day safari. He or she will also give you a briefing on the safari before driving you to the Maasai Mara National Reserve. The next step is for you to drive to the Masai Mara National Reserve for an incredible opportunity to see wild game. Arrive at the lodge in time for lunch, unwind, and then depart for a park game drive in the evening. In the Masai Mara National Reserve, keep an eye out for diverse wildlife. Later, stay the night at the lodge for dinner.
Accommodation: AA Mara Lodge (mid-range)
Meal Plan: Lunch and dinner
Activities: Evening game drive
DAY 02: FULL-DAY GAME DRIVE IN MASAI MARA, KENYA
Wake up to breakfast at the lodge, then embark on a full-day wildlife drive in the Masai Mara with a packed lunch. Look out into the stunning wilderness of the Masai Mara Park and observe wild creatures as they live freely in their natural habitat, possibly catching a glimpse of them while they are feeding, hunting, or even being observed, particularly by the sage-appearing buffaloes. After that, go back to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay as described above.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner
Activities: Evening game drive
DAY 3: TRANSFER TO SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK, TANZANIA
After a leisurely breakfast at the lodge or camp, we leave the Masai Mara National Reserve and travel over the Isebania border to Serengeti National Park. Observe wild game in the park by traveling there and stopping for lunch along the way. While you wait for supper and your overnight stay, check in at the resort and unwind.
Accommodation: Central Serengeti Bush Camp (Mid-Range)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner
Activities: Evening game drive
DAY 04: FULL-DAY GAME DRIVE IN SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
Most tourists who visit Tanzania seek out the Serengeti Park, a sizable national park in that country. You’ll need to get up early enough, eat a quick breakfast, and then head out on a full-day game drive in Serengeti National Park with your packed lunch. In Serengeti National Park, explore the Serengeti plains, keep an eye out for various animals, and just take in the breathtaking beauty of the park’s natural surroundings. Take a picnic lunch, and then set out to see more wild game in the park after finishing your meal. Later that evening, return to the resort and unwind before supper and your overnight stay.
Accommodation: Central Serengeti Bush Camp (Mid-Range)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner
Activities: Evening game drive
DAY 05: TRANSFER TO NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA, NGORONGORO CRATER DRIVE
Wake up to a leisurely breakfast at your camp/lodge of accommodation on this fifth day of your 8-Day Kenya, Tanzania, and Zanzibar Safari and Meet your guide for a transfer to Ngorongoro Conservation Area after that. While on this transfer period, enjoy watching wild game. You will descend into the Ngorongoro Crater with your packed lunch for full day game drive. More than 25,000 creatures, including the Big 5, are known to live on the Ngorongoro crater floor. After that, continue to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation: Hhando Coffee Lodge (mid-range)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner
Activities: Evening game drive
DAY 06: LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK AND FLY TO ZANZIBAR
Enjoy a lavish breakfast at the lodge when you wake up at your leisure. After that, check out and take a morning nature walk in Lake Manyara National Park before making your way to the airport to catch your flight to Zanzibar. A stunning tiny park called Lake Manyara is well known for its vervet monkeys, blue monkeys, and baboons, as well as lions that can scale trees and elephants.
A four-hour morning nature walk across the park will allow you to appreciate observing more species up close. Following a nature hike, you’ll be taken to the airport in Arusha or Kilimanjaro, where your guide will drop you off so you can catch a flight to Zanzibar. Your Zanzibar tour guide will meet you at the airport and transport you to your lodging so you can check in, have dinner, and spend the night.
Accommodation: Zanzibar Beach Resort (mid-range)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Activities: A nature and primate safari
DAY 07: FULL-DAY ZANZIBAR
On day four, you’ll wake up early, eat breakfast at your lodging, and then go to the prison island, a spice tour, and Stone Town to start the day. The city of Zanzibar, which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000, includes the Old Stone Town. You will explore Zanzibar’s wonderful labyrinths and most historical sites, such as the House of Wonders (national museums), the old fort, the old slave market, the fruits and fish market, the spice market, the bazaar, the streets, the Zanzibar curved door, and their roles, as you travel across the crumbling buildings of the old town with your guide. After your tour of Prison Island, the spice, and the stone town, you’ll be driven back to your lodging for dinner and an overnight stay while you get ready to leave the following day.
Accommodation: Zanzibar Beach Resort (mid-range)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Activities: Prison Island Visit, Spice Tour, and Stone Town
DAY 8: DEPARTURE
This will be the last day of your 8-day safari tour of Kenya, Tanzania, and Zanzibar. You will wake up early, eat breakfast, and then your guide will pick you up from the hotel and take you to the airport, where you will catch your flight home, bringing your safari tour of Kenya, Tanzania, and Zanzibar to an end.
PRICE INCLUDES:
- All park fees
- Private 4×4 safari land cruiser
- Private English-speaking driver guide
- Meals and accommodation during the safari
- Drinking water during the safari
- Government taxes
- Pick up and drop off
- All activities during the safari
PRICE EXCLUDES:
- Flights
- Items of a personal nature (laundry, beverages, etc.)
- Any hotel accommodations before or after the safari
- Entry visas
- Travel Insurance
- Tips and gratuities
- Anything else not included in the itinerary
- COVID-19-related cost
