8 DAYS
Beach & safari holidays Zanzibar & fly-in Serengeti
- Beach & Safari Holiday
- Walking safari
- Night game drive
- Serengeti with her endless plains
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Beach & Safari Holiday
The ultimate in bucket list travel – Paradise and Wilderness returned to Paradise!
Enjoy the ultimate Beach & Safari Holiday. There is no better holiday option than to combine the best of both. Start with a few days on Zanzibar and feel the relaxation set in. Let go of worries and tension whilst enjoying the pristine beaches of the exotic Island. Holidays in Tanzania.
Zanzibar is also an island of culture, history and art. Stroll through the cobbled alleyways of the historic Stone town and as you pass by one of the many palace ruins and Persian baths, it is impossible not to be captivated by the strong Arabian influence and the romanticism of the Island.
Trip summary
Day 1: Pick up Zanzibar Airport and transfer to Shaba Boutique Hotel for overnight.
Day 2: Transfer to Zanzibar Airport and domestic flight to Seronera Airstrip – Safari game drive Serengeti – overnight in Africa Safari Serengeti Ikoma.
Day 3: Full-day safari game drive Serengeti National Park – Overnight in Africa Safari Serengeti Ikoma
Day 4: Walking safari followed by sundowner – Night game drive – Overnight in Africa Safari Serengeti Ikoma.
Day 5. Early morning safari transfer to Seronera Airstrip – Domestic flight back to Zanzibar Airport – Transfer to Paradise Beach Resort for overnight.
Day 6: Paradise Beach Resort – Suite.
Day 7: Paradise Beach Resort – Suite.
Day 8: Transfer to Zanzibar Airport.
Package: BS106
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Day 1
Pick up Zanzibar Airport and transfer to Shaba Boutique Hotel for overnight.
Karibu Stone Town
Upon the arrival of your flight into Zanzibar Airport, your taxi driver will be awaiting you in the parking area of the airport and takes you to Shaba Boutique Hotel where you will spend your first night recovering from your trip. Shaba Boutique Hotel is located in a beautiful and characteristic building in the heart of the old centre of Stone Town with lots of restaurants in the area for lunch and dinner.
Day 2
Transfer to Zanzibar Airport and domestic flight to Seronera Airstrip – Safari game drive Serengeti – overnight in Africa Safari Serengeti Ikoma.
Let the safari adventure begin
During a 1,5-hour flight departing from Zanzibar Airport, you will fly overhead the Indian Ocean, the hinterland of Tanzania, the Ngorongoro Crater Highlands and the vast expanse of the Serengeti before making your descent to Seronera Airstrip. The views from above are undeniably magnificent. Within half an hour of disembarkation of the aircraft, you will be in a 4×4 safari vehicle with a pop-up roof, ready to take all in that Serengeti has on display for you. Around midday, there will be a picnic stop for lunch and a leg stretch, and off you go again. Late afternoon you will be driven to Africa Safari Serengeti Ikoma for the night.
Accommodation:
Africa Safari Serengeti Ikoma
Safari Comfort Accommodation
Full board meal plan
Day 3
Full-day safari game drive Serengeti National Park – Overnight in Africa Safari Serengeti Ikoma
Spectacular Serengeti
Today you will enjoy a full day game drive in Serengeti National Park. Throughout the day, you will explore the surroundings of a well-known phenomenon; the yearly crossing of the migration. Depending on the rainfall and your travel dates you may have the opportunity to witness this spectacle of nature. In this expansive landscape, watered by several rivers the game is there for viewing in large numbers. You are highly likely to cross paths with giraffe, hippopotamus, elands and elephants.
Accommodation:
Africa Safari Serengeti Ikoma
Safari Comfort Accommodation
Full board meal plan
Day 4
Walking safari followed by sundowner – Night game drive – Overnight in Africa Safari Serengeti Ikoma.
These boots were made for walking…
Enjoy a bit of a sleep-in and an easy morning around the campgrounds, read a book on the patio or simply make the most of having some downtime. This afternoon you will be making a walking safari. A truly unique experience, where you will have the opportunity to explore new territory and follow the animals on foot, accompanied by your very own armed ranger. The walking safari takes approximately 2 hours and ends with a sundowner while overlooking the Serengeti. Then back to the accommodation for a quick dinner as you will join in on a thrilling adventure; a night game drive. A spotlight is fitted to the vehicle and before you know it you catch the first reflections of the animals’ eyes. The night is another world altogether out there; interesting action of the nocturnal animals, different shades and shadows and unknown sounds. Typical animals of the night are Bushbabies, civets and genet cats, a rare Aardvark or Porcupine and others. Upon return perhaps a nightcap to warm up before retiring to your room for a good rest.
Accommodation:
Africa Safari Serengeti Ikoma
Safari Comfort Accommodation
Full board meal plan
Day 5
Early morning safari transfer to Seronera Airstrip – Domestic flight back to Zanzibar Airport – Transfer to Paradise Beach Resort for overnight.
Kwaheri Serengeti, Jambo Zanzibar
After a good night’s sleep, today your last game drive in the Serengeti which will end this afternoon at the Seronera airstrip for your flight back to Zanzibar Airport. Enjoy the magnificent views while flying over Serengeti National Park and admire the changing scenery of the Great Rift Valley. Perhaps you will even get a glimpse of the famous Mount Kilimanjaro, as the plane stops briefly in Arusha. You will land at Zanzibar Airport where you will be met by your driver-guide and transferred to Paradise Beach Resort, where you will check in to a Suite on an all-inclusive meal plan. The coming days can be spent at your leisure, enjoying all the wonderful resort facilities – spa, massage, poolside sunbathing or a dip in the ocean. For the more adventurous traveller, you may wish to indulge in a diving experience or head off on one of the many day tours available.
Day 6-7
Paradise Beach Resort – Suite
Enjoy Paradise Beach Resort and/or book (an) optional excursion(s).
Day 8
Transfer to Zanzibar Airport.
Return home
After breakfast and check-out, a vehicle is awaiting you to take you to Zanzibar Airport for your flight back home.
Shaba Boutique Hotel
Located in a beautiful and characteristic building in the heart of the old centre of Stone Town
Shaba Boutique Hotel is a bed and breakfast hotel, located at only a 2-minute walk to the beach and a short 15-minute drive from the airport and ferry terminal. The surrounding area is authentic Stone Town, with cobbled alleyways, kids playing in the street, local food stalls and markets, curio shops and cafes by the shoreline. A short walk down the road will provide access to a variety of restaurants and bars boasting sunset ocean views and delicious cocktails. Shaba Boutique is in a perfect location, allowing you to explore the culture and history of the city while proving to be a wonderful ‘home’ base for prison island and spice tour departures. Shaba is the ideal place to stop overnight on arrival into Zanzibar or prior to departure from the Island.
Africa Safari Serengeti Ikoma
In the Serengeti ecosystem for travellers seeking an exclusive safari experience
Africa Safari Serengeti Ikoma is a comfortable safari accommodation situated within the Serengeti Ecosystem and just 300 meters from the National Park border but inside the Tanzanian Wildlife Authority (TAWA) . Located between Serengeti Seronera, Grumeti and Ikorongo Game Reserves the location is perfect for exploring the Serengeti and all that is on offer in one of the country’s largest national parks.
The annual migration is at your doorstep for several months of the year. Being in such close proximity to the Grumeti river, Africa Safari Serengeti Ikoma has a backyard full of animals. With spacious, comfortable lodgings and welcoming service, Africa Safari Serengeti Ikoma guarantees the finest combination of comfort and nature.
Paradise Beach Resort
Located in Marumbi, on the East Coast of Zanzibar
Located in Marumbi on the East Coast of Zanzibar, Paradise Beach Resort is an 99 room resort set on an idyllic white sandy beach in a quiet laid back area. The hotel has an impressive variety of rooms with differing sizes and bed layouts that cater to all travellers, especially suitable for families and group travellers.
The resort’s facilities include two large swimming pools, a children’s pool, a magical Jetty bar, three pool bars, a lounge bar overlooking the Indian Ocean. Whether travelling as a couple, with friends or as a family with children, we offer an extensive array of amenities that cater to the diverse needs of today’s modern-day travellers!
Serengeti National Park
The best-known wildlife sanctuary in the world
Endless plains and stunning savannah
With vast open plains and an abundance of wildlife as far as the eye can see, the Serengeti is a safari maker’s dreamland. As the park is so expansive, it is ideally recommended to spend several days exploring. Serengeti National Park spans across 14,763 square kilometres and is easily the largest and arguably most popular of the northern circuit National Parks. The Serengeti is host to the annual Wildebeest migration, when some six million hooves pound the open plains, as more than 200,000 zebra and 300,000 Thomson’s gazelle join the wildebeest’s trek for fresh grazing. Buffalo, elephant, giraffe, lion, hippo and hyena are also frequently sighted throughout the Serengeti.
Ikona Wildlife Management Area
Serengeti ecosystem
Path of the Wildebeest
Ikona Wildlife Management Area (WMA), nestled between the Serengeti National Park and the Grumeti and Ikorongo Game Reserves, is located directly across the road from our Africa Safari Serengeti Ikoma accommodation. Ikona WMA was established in 2003 to spread economic benefit derived from tourism to the 5 villages that form part of this community, and to create a buffer zone for the protection of the national park. This area supports a variety of wildlife across 242 square kilometres of pristine wilderness including herds of elephant, waterbuck, Black and White colobus monkeys, shy leopard and both the Greater and the Lesser Kudu. A little-known, but very impressive fact is that this is the assembly point of the wildebeest during their annual migration when the vast herds move in the direction of the northern Serengeti for the famous river crossings. Spectacular night game drives are offered in this well-kept secret area.
Serengeti North & Mara River
Serengeti National Park
Northern Serengeti is where the great migration crosses the Mara River
Witness the most amazing wildlife spectacle in Africa at the Mara River. The Mara River is most famous for the legendary wildebeest crossing, a dramatic event, which is featured in countless wildlife documentaries. One of Tanzania’s best- kept secrets is the fact that nearly half of the Mara River is situated in the northern Serengeti versus the Masai Mara’s segment in Kenya. While there are hordes of vehicles just a few miles upriver in the Masai Mara, the Serengeti side is virtually devoid of tourists. Not only the Mara River is an essential part of this area of the Serengeti, but it is also a lush and idyllic spot hidden away in the remote reaches of the north. Many varieties of colourful birds can be found here including kingfishers, hoopoes and rollers. The flourishing resources support some unusual antelope species including Mountain reedbuck and Steenbok. The nearby Larelemangi salt lick is a haven for wildlife and large herds of buffalo and elephant are regular visitors.
Serengeti Central / Seronera area
Serengeti National Park
Big cat capital
Serengeti’s Seronera area is located in the south-central region of the park and is well known for being the habitat of a large number of big cats; the lion, leopard and cheetah are often spotted here. However, the elephant, giraffe, hippo, crocodile, buffalo and impala are also well-known visitors. The area is very popular as it is one of the most likely spots to watch a kill. The landscape is dotted with ‘’kopjes’’, rocky granite or Gneiss outcrops, over 550 million years old and in high favour by some of the cats as look-out points while hunting.
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TOUR FEATURES
- Beach & Safari Holiday
- Can start any day
- Accommodation level: Comfort
- Tour activity level: Light
- Game drives in 4×4 vehicle with pop-up roof
INCLUDED
- All transfers and domestic flights
- 1 Night Shaba Boutique Hotel (B&B)
- 3 Nights Africa Safari Serengeti Ikoma (FB)
- 3 Nights Paradise Beach Resort (AI)
- Safari activities + park fees as in itinerary
EXCLUDED
- International flights
- Tourist Visa
- Tourism Development Levy + Village fee
- Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, drinks)
- Tips (not mandatory but greatly appreciated
