Compare Chimpanzees of Western Tanzania by Audley Travel vs 10 Days Tanzania safari & Zanzibar Beach by Lappet Faced Safaris
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| Duration | 14 days | 10 days |
| Price From | $ 12,685 | $ 3,134 |
| Price Per Day | $ 906 | $ 313 |
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| Trip Style | Private guided tour | Small group tour |
| Lodging Level | Standard | Standard |
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| Flights & Transport | Ground transport included | Ground transport included |
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With its white sands and turquoise waters, the Zanzibar Archipelago is an ideal place to unwind following a safari in Tanzania. You can spend your days snorkeling and diving among coral reefs, sailing on a traditional dhow and absorbing the Swahili culture. Our specialists, having visited Zanzibar Island, Pemba Island and the Mafia Islands many times, can help you plan a vacation to Zanzibar that takes in the archipelago’s highlights. There’s more to this string of islands than basking on palm-fringed beaches. Once a hub for spice traders, history here goes back 2,000 years. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Stone Town, the Zanzibari capital, where you can wander winding alleys leading to spice markets and see piles of cinnamon and nutmeg lying in the sun. Exploring the green interior of Pemba Island, you might come across farmers tending their crops. And, on the Mafia Islands, watch as fishermen make and mend their nets in tiny coastal villages. |
Best camping safaris in Tanzania & Zanzibar beach holidays is one of our best tours in Tanzania, for many camping safaris is not always about budget but fun, flexible and enjoyable. This affordable Tanzania camping safaris & Zanzibar beach include the famous parks of Tarangire, Ngorongoro Crater, and Serengeti before flying from Serengeti to Zanzibar for beach extension. Just imagine being around the campfire in the middle of nowhere in the plains of Serengeti, stars shining from the African sky as you zip one of your favorable Tanzanian beer after a delightful hot African dish freshly prepared by your private safari chef. Roaring lion from the distance, laughing hyenas in the darkness, insects whistling their tunes of the night, birds singing their sweet songs during your wake-up call ready for another day in the Serengeti. Such scenarios and others are what Tanzania’s Best camping safaris Zanzibar beach holidays are all about, if you are fond of such an adventurous tour this is your chance. |
Day 1 Arusha
Kilimanjaro Airport , Arusha
On arrival in Kilimanjaro you will be met by your driver who will take you by road to your hotel in Arusha for the night.
Day 2 Katavi National Park
Arusha , Arusha Airport , Katavi National Park
Today you will fly by light aircraft from Arusha Airport to Katavi National Park, a journey of around four hours. On arrival, you will be met by a driver-guide from Chada Camp who will transfer you to the camp, doing a game-drive on the way. Katavi is a beautiful park with only a handful of camps, meaning you'll feel like the only people there!
Day 3 Katavi National Park
Katavi National Park
Enjoy game drives in Katavi today. The wildlife is particularly good along the river where you'll find huge herds of buffalo along with crocodiles that have dug huge caves into the riverbanks (a phenomenon unique to Katavi), lions, elephants, and some spectacular birdlife!
Day 4 Katavi National Park
Katavi National Park
Today you could try an early morning walking safari, before the heat of the day, and when the light is ideal for photography. Your guide will teach you about the smaller creatures and birds which inhabit Katavi, as well as the plants and trees and their uses in traditional medicines.
Day 5 Mahale Mountains National Park
Katavi National Park , Mahale Mountains National Park
You will take a light aircraft flight today to the Mahale Mountains National Park, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, Africa's deepest lake. The flight will take a couple of hours and you will be met on arrival by a boat which will transport you to the remote Greystoke Camp - about an hour and a half away. The steep Mahale Mountains rise up just behind the camp which is on the shores of the lake creating a fantastic backdrop for the second part of your safari.
Day 6 Mahale Mountains National Park
Mahale Mountains National Park
You can enjoy a day of chimpanzee tracking from Greystoke Camp today - the walk to find the chimps takes anywhere between an hour and four hours, depending on where the chimpanzees are. Spend an hour with the chimpanzees, which are habituated to visits by tourists, and truly fascinating to watch. You will often hear them before you see them, their howls and shrieks reverberating through the forest, adding to the excitement as you search for them with your guide.
Day 7 Mahale Mountains National Park
Mahale Mountains National Park
Greystoke offers a wonderful place to relax in one of Tanzania's most beautiful settings. You can spend your time lazing on the beach, swimming in the lake and looking for the colourful cichlid fish, or fishing from one of the lodge's boats. There are also kayaks which you can use to explore the lakeshore at your own pace should you wish.
Day 8 Mahale Mountains National Park
Mahale Mountains National Park
Today is your final full day at Greystoke, you might head back into the forest again to visit the chimpanzees for a second time, or just relax and enjoy the peaceful surroundings at the camp or the beach.
Day 9 Arusha
Mahale Mountains National Park , Arusha Airport , Arusha
After breakfast you will take the boat back along the lake to the airstrip where you will board your light aircraft flight for Arusha. On arrival you will be met by a private vehicle which will take you into Arusha town and your lodge for the night.
Day 10 Zanzibar Island
Arusha , Arusha Airport , Zanzibar Airport , Zanzibar Island
This morning you will depart Arusha for Zanzibar by light aircraft, a journey of around an hour and half. You will be met on arrival and transferred across the island to the beautiful palm-fringed east coast. The journey will take you through colourful villages and past spice plantations as you head to the beautiful Matemwe where you will stay for the next four nights.
Day 11 Zanzibar Island
Zanzibar Island
Spend the day relaxing and unwinding on the beautiful stretch of beach, or by one of the two pools, reading a book under the shade of a palm tree and swimming in the warm Indian Ocean. If you're feeling more active, you can easily arrange diving or snorkelling at the dive centre down the beach, or other excursions to explore the island through the reception. You can also enjoy a massage treatment from the resident masseuse, hire bicycles to explore, or visit the nearby village, which is supported by the lodge.
Day 12 Zanzibar Island
Zanzibar Island
A good way to see more of the island is to visit one of the small-scale spice farms on the island - you get a really hands-on experience tasting and smelling the spices for which the island is famous, and children from nearby villages often run out to greet you. This can be easily arranged either in advance or when you're at the hotel, so you can see how you feel day by day.
Day 13 Zanzibar Island
Zanzibar Island
Another good way to spend a morning or afternoon if you're looking for a change of scene from the beach, is to visit the Jozani Forest in the centre of the island. It's home to the rare red Kirk's colobus monkeys which are endemic to the island and really entertaining to watch leap and play in the trees!
Day 14 Return home
Zanzibar Island
This morning you will head back to Zanzibar airport for your onward flights.
Best camping safaris & Zanzibar beach package
Tanzania Camping safaris
Day 1: Arrival
On arrival at Kilimanjaro international airport, our representative will meet you and drive you to the Mvuli hotel in Arusha. Later our safari manager will come for a detailed safari briefing & leave you to enjoy the nice weather of Arusha city & lodge facilities.
Overnight at Mvuli Hotel in Arusha or similar. Breakfast included.
Day 2: Arusha – Tarangire National Park
Leave the lodge after breakfast for Tarangire National Park, the driving is via Arusha town & along the beautiful Masai steppe, drop your safari chef at Makuyuni junction and enter the park for your first game drive of the trip. Tarangire runs along the beautiful lines of the Tarangire River and mostly is made up of low-lying hills on the floor of the Great East African Rift Valley. The vegetation in this park mainly consists of huge African baobab trees, scattered Acacia woodland, and a large swamp area in the south.
Tarangire River and the swamp are acting as refugee camps for the wild animals during the dry season. This park is highlighted with some of the largest elephants heard found nowhere in Africa, the rare species of animals like the Fringed-eared Oryx and the Great Kudu are also found here. Tarangire is home to 400 species of bird including the rare Ash Stalling. End up this day of your Tanzania best-camping safaris & Zanzibar beach by driving to your campsite during or before sunset.
Overnight at Lilac Campsite Close to Lake Manyara or similar. All meals included.
Day 3: Tarangire – Serengeti National Park
After breakfast depart for Serengeti National Park “The wild Africa” driving is across local villages and along the high lying farmland of Karatu until you reach the Ngorongoro gate. After registration & other park formalities, you will drive up to the highlands of Ngorongoro 2,300 meters, stop at the crater viewpoint for some great photos of the crater floor from above. After driving along the Crater rim and down to the endless rolling plains of Serengeti National Park.
On the way stop at one of the Masai villages where you will be invited by Masai warriors for some cultural encounter, you will go in and around their houses & you will have a brief story of their nomadic life around this area, you will meet members of the family and kids, you may ask questions & take pictures with them. Later they will sing a farewell song that involves jumping high, you are allowed to join the dancing. Afterward, drive to Naabi Hills Gate for check-in to Serengeti.
Spend some time for registration and other park formalities, this will be the time to have your packed lunch and thereafter start your afternoon game drives in the Serengeti in search of the Great Wildebeest Migration. Arrive at the Camp during or before sunset.
Overnight at Seronera Public Campsite Central Serengeti. All meals included.
Day 4: Full Day Serengeti
We recommend an early morning game drive starting at 06:30, depart your campsite after a cup of coffee carry your breakfast box and lunch box. Early morning game drives allow you to witness the beautiful sunrise in the Serengeti with the possibility of spotting cat families on the road as they spend most of their morning time on the road avoiding the morning mist.
You can also see other predators coming back from their long night of hunting or a group of lioness planning a morning ambush or eating along the road. if the Wildebeest Migration will be packed in Serengeti you will go straight to where they are and spend time with them, you can anticipate seeing some animal action like hunting, fighting, eating even hunting. Serengeti is still worth a visit with or without the Wildebeest Migration. Later on, you go back to your campsite during or before the sunset.
Overnight at Seronera Public Campsite Central Serengeti. All meals included.
Day 5: Serengeti – Ngorongoro Crater
On this day the best camping safari & Zanzibar beach holidays take you to the world’s natural wonder The Ngorongoro Crater. Depart Serengeti after breakfast, en-route game drive up to Naabi Hills gate & past Malanja depression, reach Ngorongoro Conservation Area & descent 600 meters into the Crater floor for game viewing.
Ngorongoro Crater the Eden of Africa has formed some million years ago due to internal forces, after the eruption it left a huge caldera which was mistakenly called Crater. Supported by a yearly water supply from the highland of Ngorongoro and enough fodder the Crater supports a larger variety of wildlife including herds of wildebeest, zebra, elephant, hippos, buffalo, topi, eland & the rare black rhino.
This picturesque crater has a dense population of predators like hyenas, lions, Cheetahs, jackals, and the mysterious leopard which needs a sharp and trained eye to spot. Birds are abundant from aquatic to forest birds, with a bit of luck the so-called Big Five can be seen in the course of one day of game drives.
Apart from animals the Crater to a larger number of bird species both aquatic and terrestrial birds. You will visit the hippo pool & a large but shallow alkaline lake on the Southwest corner of the crater frequently visited by some flocks of flamingos & hippos. Break for lunch & later drive to Simba public campsite at the Crater rim for dinner & overnight.
Overnight at Simba Public Campsite in the Crater rim. All meals included.
Day 6: Ngorongoro – Arusha – Zanzibar
Best camping safaris & Zanzibar beach day 6, after leisurely breakfast pack your stuff & take nice pictures of the famous Simba Campsite before starting your way back to Arusha airport for your flight to Zanzibar at around noon. If you like you can visit some of the Masai market or curio shops on the way to Arusha. Breakfast & lunch included.
Arriving at Zanzibar airport, you will meet our representative who will transfer you to Sunshine Hotel Zanzibar in the North East of Zanzibar Island.
Overnight at Sunshine Hotel Zanzibar on the North East of the Island. Dinner and breakfast included.
Day 7-8: Zanzibar beach
Relax and enjoy the beaches of Zanzibar, if you wish you can organize some water sports with the lodge. (Option) you can arrange a visit to the spice plantation and the stone town on one of these days or you can do the spice tour on your way to stone town on day 9, and maybe the stone town tour on day 10 if you have a late flight.
Overnight at Sunshine Hotel Zanzibar on the North East of the Island. Dinner and breakfast included.
Day 9: Zanzibar Beach to Stone Town
On this day after breakfast, you will depart for stone town en-route (Option) you can do the famous spice tour which includes lunch (Zanzibar dishes cooked with spices) after the tour you will drive to Tembo House Hotel in stone town. In the afternoon you can walk around stone town on your own or you can arrange a boat ride to Prison Island and come back during the sunset. See Zanzibar island tours
Overnight at Tembo House Hotel in Stone Town. Breakfast included.
Day 10: Departure
Depending on your flight time, after breakfast (Option) you can do a guided stone town tour or relax and walk around until your departure time to Zanzibar airport for your flight back home. Breakfast included.
End of the Service best camping safaris & Zanzibar beach package.
With all the flexibility Tanzania’s best camping safaris and Zanzibar beach will leave you with great memories. This package can be twisted to meet your budget & ideas.
Accommodation in Zanzibar is subject to availability.
