Tanzania

Serengeti & Zanzibar, Tanzania · 10 days

Tanzania

Tented camps, balloon dawns, Indian Ocean swims

Concept

The classic East African honeymoon, sequenced properly. A tented camp in the path of the Great Migration, a sunrise balloon over the Serengeti, a day in the Ngorongoro Crater, then a private bush flight to Zanzibar for five days of barefoot luxury on Mnemba's reef.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • → Mobile tented camp in the migration path
  • → Sunrise hot-air balloon + bush breakfast
  • → Full day game drive in the Ngorongoro Crater
  • → Beach finale on northeast Zanzibar

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Day by day

  1. DAY

    1

    Arrival via Kilimanjaro

    Land at JRO. Private transfer to a coffee-plantation lodge on the slopes of Mount Meru. Welcome dinner, early night.

    Coffee lodgeMount Meru view

  2. DAY

    2

    Fly to the Serengeti

    Bush flight from Arusha to a strip near your camp. Game drive en route to the tents. Sundowners in the bush, dinner under the canvas.

    Bush flightFirst game driveSundowners

  3. DAY

    3

    Migration day

    Full day with the herds. Wherever the wildebeest are, calving plains in the south, river crossings up north, your camp is positioned to be in front of them.

    Migration herdsBush lunchTwo game drives

  4. DAY

    4

    Balloon dawn

    Pre-dawn lift in a hot-air balloon over the Serengeti. Champagne bush breakfast on landing. Afternoon at camp, siesta, plunge pool, second drive at golden hour.

    Hot-air balloonBush breakfastGolden-hour drive

  5. DAY

    5

    To the Ngorongoro Crater

    Bush flight south to the crater rim. Check in to a clifftop lodge looking down 600m into the caldera. Afternoon at leisure.

    Crater-rim lodgeCaldera view

  6. DAY

    6

    Crater game drive

    Full day descending into the crater, lions, rhino, hippos, flamingos on the soda lake. Picnic at a hippo pool. Back up to the rim for sunset.

    Crater descentBig Five potentialHippo lunch

  7. DAY

    7

    Fly to Zanzibar

    Long travel day, bush strip to Arusha, connect to ZNZ. Private transfer to a barefoot-luxury lodge on the northeast coast. Toes in sand by dinner.

    Bush flightBarefoot lodgeIndian Ocean swim

  8. DAY

    8

    Mnemba snorkel

    Private dhow to Mnemba atoll. Some of the best snorkelling in East Africa, turtles, schooling fish, soft coral. Lunch back on the beach.

    Mnemba reefSea turtlesBeach lunch

  9. DAY

    9

    Stone Town & spice

    Half-day in Stone Town, Swahili lanes, the old slave market memorial, a guided spice farm. Sunset on a traditional dhow with a chef on board.

    Stone Town walkSpice farmDhow sunset

  10. DAY

    10

    Slow departure

    Final morning swim. Private transfer to ZNZ for your flight home.

    Final swimPrivate transfer