Tanzania, From Highlands to Horizon

Meet your local team and transfer to your accommodation. Settle in, review the days ahead and leave the rest of the afternoon open to rest after your journey.

Keep this first day deliberately simple. Confirm the meeting point and the transfer in advance, then allow time for a journey briefing and any questions about the next morning. The amount of free time depends on the actual arrival, so optional sightseeing should be agreed only once your flight details are known. The day closes at Gran Meliá Arusha, with the meal basis shown in the programme.

Ease into Tanzania with a relaxed day around Arusha. Choose time in the hotel gardens or a separately arranged guided local visit, with the next stage of your safari discussed over dinner.

Today is shaped around the connection between the places in your itinerary. Your guide or transfer team will confirm the practical sequence, with room for appropriate stops and the conditions on the route. Keep the plan flexible enough to enjoy the setting rather than treat every possible activity as something that must fit into one day. The day closes at Gran Meliá Arusha, with the meal basis shown in the programme.

Explore Tarangire’s baobab country on a game drive, following the park tracks towards riverine habitats and open grassland. Continue to your lodge after a picnic lunch, allowing time to settle in before dinner.

Tarangire’s river corridors, baobabs and mixed bush give a drive its changing rhythm. Look beyond the largest animals to birds, tracks and the smaller details your guide can point out. The precise route follows conditions rather than a promised list of sightings. The day closes at Marera Valley Lodge, with the meal basis shown in the programme.

Travel towards the Serengeti and watch the landscape open into wide plains. Look for wildlife along the route before arriving at your accommodation for dinner and the first evening in the bush.

The Serengeti rewards patience as much as distance. Your guide can work with the light, habitat and wildlife activity, allowing time to watch a sighting rather than rush immediately to the next one. Seasonal herd movements remain variable, so the day is planned around what is happening locally. The day closes at Four Seasons Safari Lodge Serengeti, with the meal basis shown in the programme.

Head out with your guide to explore the Serengeti’s changing habitats. Your route responds to local conditions and wildlife activity, with time for a picnic or a return to camp between drives.

The Serengeti rewards patience as much as distance. Your guide can work with the light, habitat and wildlife activity, allowing time to watch a sighting rather than rush immediately to the next one. Seasonal herd movements remain variable, so the day is planned around what is happening locally. The day closes at Four Seasons Safari Lodge Serengeti, with the meal basis shown in the programme.

Travel from the Serengeti into the Ngorongoro highlands. Arrive at your rim-side lodge and enjoy the views before the next morning’s crater exploration.

The crater is a different landscape from the surrounding highlands, with open grassland, wetland and woodland habitats close together. The daily sequence needs to work with access arrangements and the onward drive, with time allowed for a meal stop and wildlife viewing. The day closes at Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge, with the meal basis shown in the programme.

Descend into the crater for a game drive across grassland, wetlands and woodland. Enjoy a picnic stop before leaving the crater and continuing to your overnight accommodation.

The crater is a different landscape from the surrounding highlands, with open grassland, wetland and woodland habitats close together. The daily sequence needs to work with access arrangements and the onward drive, with time allowed for a meal stop and wildlife viewing. The day closes at Gran Meliá Arusha, with the meal basis shown in the programme.

Transfer to the airport for your proposed flight to Zanzibar. Continue to Matemwe for a change of pace beside the Indian Ocean.

Unguja offers a contrast between the coast and Stone Town’s streets and seafront. Balance a particular excursion with time to experience the place at your own pace. Transport and activity times should be coordinated with your chosen hotel and the conditions on the day. The day closes at Villa Kiva, with the meal basis shown in the programme.

Take the day at your own pace on the Zanzibar coast. Relax by the beach or pool; optional ocean activities and guided island visits can be arranged separately around tides, weather and your interests.

Unguja offers a contrast between the coast and Stone Town’s streets and seafront. Balance a particular excursion with time to experience the place at your own pace. Transport and activity times should be coordinated with your chosen hotel and the conditions on the day. Optional excursions are quoted separately unless already itemised in your programme. The day closes at Villa Kiva, with the meal basis shown in the programme.

Take the day at your own pace on the Zanzibar coast. Relax by the beach or pool; optional ocean activities and guided island visits can be arranged separately around tides, weather and your interests.

Unguja offers a contrast between the coast and Stone Town’s streets and seafront. Balance a particular excursion with time to experience the place at your own pace. Transport and activity times should be coordinated with your chosen hotel and the conditions on the day. Optional excursions are quoted separately unless already itemised in your programme. The day closes at Villa Kiva, with the meal basis shown in the programme.

Take the day at your own pace on the Zanzibar coast. Relax by the beach or pool; optional ocean activities and guided island visits can be arranged separately around tides, weather and your interests.

Unguja offers a contrast between the coast and Stone Town’s streets and seafront. Balance a particular excursion with time to experience the place at your own pace. Transport and activity times should be coordinated with your chosen hotel and the conditions on the day. Optional excursions are quoted separately unless already itemised in your programme. The day closes at Villa Kiva, with the meal basis shown in the programme.

Enjoy breakfast before your onward transfer. Departure arrangements will be aligned with your confirmed flight and the route from your final overnight stop.

The final day is planned around a comfortable connection rather than one more rushed activity. Confirm the departure point and allow for the transfer specified in the itinerary. If you have an international flight, your specialist will check whether an additional night is the more practical option before the travel programme is finalised.