Paws & Claws Safaris

12-Day Comfort Wildlife And Zanzibar Beach Safari

Explore stunning landscapes and relax on pristine beaches!

Overview

This 12-day safari allows you to experience both the bush and the beach attractiveness. You will see the Big Five as well as other exciting animals. All this with the assistance of a tour operator based in Arusha.

This tour provides full board while on safari, a personal English-speaking guide, and private use of a 4x4 Jeep with mineral water, snacks, power sockets, and binoculars supplied and selected accommodations. After the bush safari, you fly to Zanzibar to relax and enjoy the beach.

Tour Itinerary

Day: 1

Arriva at Kilimanjaro International Airport and transfer to Arusha City

Program of the Day: Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will be warmly welcomed by one of our friendly, kind, experienced and very polite driver guides, after a short introduction about your safari, he will transfer you to Arusha for your overnight stays on your reserved hotel/lodge, waiting for your adventures to start on the following day.

Destination
Arusha (City)
Accommodation
Gold Crest Hotel
Meals
Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
Day: 2

Transfer from Arusha to Tarangire National Park

Program of the Day: After breakfast, our tour guide drivers will pick you up from your lodge and depart to Tarangire National Park for a game drive while carrying lunch boxes. Once the game drives are complete, we will drive you back to your lodge to relax, have dinner and stay overnight.

Tarangire National Park is well-known for its large elephant herds. You will see a variety of landscapes, from seasonal swamps to savanna. All these while the Tarangire River winds its way through the parklands which is the only source of water for wildlife here during the dry season. You may see a lion stalking its prey and leopards relaxing in the trees above.

Destination
Tarangire National Park
Accommodation
Manyara Safari Lodge
Meals
All meals included
Day: 3

Transfer from Lodge to Lake Manyara National Park

Program of the day: After having breakfast, your driver guide will pick you up at your lodge along with your picnic lunch boxes for a game drive. Once you arrive at the park, you will be able to witness the stunning natural environment of acacia trees, shrubs, and magnificent land scarps.

Lake Manyara National Park, located 120km west of Arusha, is a small yet diverse park with over 500 bird species and thousands of flamingos. Visitors can encounter various wild animals like monkeys, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests, buffaloes, and elephants. The park is known for its diverse landscapes, including grassy plains, primate-filled woodlands, and baobab-dotted cliffs.

After a full-day game drive, guests can relax and enjoy a sumptuous meal before staying overnight at a lodge.

Destination
Lake Manyara National Park
Accommodation
Marera Valley Lodge
Meals
All meals included
Day: 4

Transfer from to South Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, we will depart for Ndutu in Serengeti National Park for a wildlife game drive, bringing along lunch boxes. Then, we will have lunch at a suitable location inside the park and continue the game drive activity in the afternoon before reaching Tanzania Bush Camps – migration camp for the night.

The Serengeti National Park is among the largest parks in Tanzania with diverse amazing landscapes and habitats, such as grassy plains, swamps, lakes, savannah and mountains. And is well-known for its great migrating herds of zebra, antelope, and wildebeest depending on the rain season, you may have the opportunity to witness thousands of animals on their search for food and water.

However, be ready to see resident predators, such as leopards, cheetahs, and lions, fulfilling their role in the circle of life.

Destination
Serengeti National Park
Accommodation
Tanzania Bush Camp
Meals
All meals included
Day: 5

Transfer from to Central Serengeti National Park

Day 5: After breakfast, we will depart for Central Serengeti National Park for a wildlife game drive, carrying boxed lunches. Then, we'll have lunch at a suitable location within the park and continue the game drive activity in the afternoon before reaching Kontik Central Serengeti Camps for an overnight stay.

The Serengeti National Park is among the largest parks in Tanzania with diverse amazing landscapes and habitats, such as grassy plains, swamps, lakes, savannah and mountains. And is well-known for its great migrating herds of zebra, antelope, and wildebeest depending on the rain season, you may have the opportunity to witness thousands of animals on their search for food and water.

However, be ready to see resident predators, such as leopards, cheetahs, and lions, fulfilling their role in the circle of life.

Destination
Serengeti National Park
Accommodation
Kon Tiki Serengeti Camp
Meals
All meals included
Day: 6

Transfer from to South Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, we will depart for South Serengeti National Park for a wildlife game drive, bringing boxed lunches. Lunch will be enjoyed at a suitable location within the park and then we'll continue the game drive activity in the afternoon before reaching Kontik Serengeti Camps for the overnight stay.

The Serengeti National Park is among the largest parks in Tanzania with diverse amazing landscapes and habitats, such as grassy plains, swamps, lakes, savannah and mountains. And is well-known for its great migrating herds of zebra, antelope, and wildebeest depending on the rain season, you may have the opportunity to witness thousands of animals on their search for food and water.

However, be ready to see resident predators, such as leopards, cheetahs, and lions, fulfilling their role in the circle of life.

Destination
Accommodation
Kon Tiki Serengeti Camp
Meals
Day: 7

Transfer from Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater

Program of the Day: After breakfast, you depart for Ngorongoro Conservation Area for a game drive inside Ngorongoro Crater while carrying lunch boxes. Once the game drives are complete, we will drive you back to your lodge to relax, have dinner and stay overnight.

The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is the area that constitutes the largest uninterrupted caldera in the world and one of the natural wonders of Africa.

About 30,000 large mammals are resident all year round such as buffaloes, lions, elephants, cheetahs, and rhinos, and a wide variety of birds such as flamingos, eagles, and buzzards. So be ready to see many animals here within a short time.

Destination
Ngorongoro Crater
Accommodation
Marera Valley Lodge
Meals
All meals included
Day: 8

Karatu to Arusha Airport for your Flight to Zanzibar

Program of the Day: After breakfast, spend some hours at the lodge for relaxation and leisure, if time allows, take a short tour of Karatu town for shopping before transferring to Arusha Airport. Your flight to Zanzibar will depart from Arusha Airport. Our driver in Zanzibar will be waiting for you at Zanzibar Airport for your private transfer to your hotel in Stone Town.

Destination
Zanzibar Islands
Accommodation
Tembo House Hotel & Apartments
Meals
Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
Day: 9

Stone Town Tour and transfer to Smile Beach Hotel

Program of the Day: After breakfast, you will spend the day on a tour of Zanzibar's Stone Town with our local guide. You will also visit other interesting destinations here. Finally, we will transfer you to your beach hotel.

Admire the narrow streets lined with many residential houses that preserve their original Swahili-Omani themes with exquisitely carved doorways, metal studs, overhanging balconies, and latticed windows. Due to the colonial presence and the many mosques commissioned by the olden Sultans of Zanzibar, you will see continental churches.

Destination
Zanzibar Islands
Accommodation
Smiles Beach Hotel
Meals
All meals included
Day: 10&11

Relaxation on the Zanzibar Beach.

Program of the Day: These two days are spent in Zanzibar at your leisure. Use your time to relax on the beach and at the resort. Discover Zanzibar's best beaches, each offering spectacular sunsets, palm-fringed beaches, turquoise waters, white sand, and colourful coral reefs.

Destination
Zanzibar Islands
Accommodation
Smiles Beach Hotel
Meals
All meals included
Day: 12

Transfer from Beach Hotel to Zanzibar Airport.

Program of the Day: Enjoy the last few hours before you depart from the resort. We will pick you up at the resort and transfer you to Zanzibar Airport ready for your departure back home or to another destination, where our service ends.

Destination
Zanzibar Islands
Accommodation
Meals
Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)

Tour Includes

  • Accommodation as specified in the program
  • National Park entrance fee
  • Domestic Air flight from Arusha to Zanzibar
  • All Airport Transfers and Pickups in both Tanzania and Zanzibar.
  • Game drives as per itinerary
  • 4WD Land Cruiser vehicle with pop-up roof.
  • Professional English-speaking safari Guide/driver
  • Mineral water
  • VAT

Tour Excludes

  • International flights to Tanzania
  • Visa and International flight.
  • Tips
  • Laundry services
  • Items of a personal nature.
  • Optional Tour or Activities

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