Serengeti plains, Kilimanjaro and the spice island of Zanzibar
Follow the wildebeest across the Serengeti, descend into the Ngorongoro Crater, then trade safari dust for the white sand and Swahili lanes of Zanzibar.
Most travellers begin in Arusha. Our specialists typically suggest 7–12 nights to see the highlights without rushing — longer if you’d like to combine regions or add beach time.
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A vast savannah park in northern Tanzania, roughly 14,750 square kilometres of plains, kopjes, woodland and rivers, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. It is home to the largest overland migration of grazing animals on earth, with well over a million wildebeest followed by lions, hyenas and crocodiles.
An unbroken volcanic caldera about 20 kilometres across and 610 metres deep, whose floor of roughly 260 square kilometres supports one of Africa's densest concentrations of wildlife. It is the centrepiece of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, a UNESCO World Heritage Site for both its nature and its archaeology.
The historic heart of Zanzibar City, a Swahili trading town built of coral stone and mangrove timber over more than a thousand years of contact between Africa, Arabia, India and Europe. Its palaces, mosques, cathedrals and carved doors earned it World Heritage status in 2000.
Africa's highest peak rises to 5,895 metres at Uhuru Peak on Kibo, the tallest of three volcanic cones protected within Kilimanjaro National Park. Guided treks of roughly five to nine days climb through rainforest, heath and alpine desert to the glacier-fringed summit crater.
Landmarks, sacred sites, islands, parks and food streets — each with its story, the best time to go and what’s nearby.
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View full packageLand at Kilimanjaro International Airport, where your driver-guide meets you and takes you to Arusha (about an hour). The rest of the day is yours to rest.
A game drive among Tarangire's big elephant herds and ancient baobab trees, then on to the Ngorongoro highlands to sleep in Karatu.
Cross the green Ngorongoro highlands and descend onto the Serengeti plains, game viewing on the way to your camp.
A whole day searching the Seronera valley's rivers and rocky kopjes for lions, leopards and cheetahs.
A last morning drive in the Serengeti, then up to your lodge on the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater.
Descend into the crater for a morning game drive — your best chance to see black rhino — then fly to Zanzibar and transfer to Kiwengwa on the east coast.
Nyama choma, ugali, Zanzibar pilau and Forodhani night-market street food
Maasai and Chagga communities and the Swahili coast
Tingatinga paintings, Maasai beadwork, Zanzibar spices and Kilimanjaro coffee
Game drives, Kilimanjaro treks, snorkelling and spice-farm tours
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