Detailed Itinerary
Day 1Zanzibar-Serengeti National Park by flight
Leave Zanzibar Island at 8:00am with a direct flight to Serengeti National Park in the northern part of Tanzania, via Arusha. Arrive after 1 hour 30 minutes or 2 hours 15 minutes depending on the flight booked and a team of professional driver guides will be waiting at any of the Park Airstrips (especially Seronera). Afterwards, undertake the game drive where your chance of spotting The Big Five (Lion, elephant, leopard, buffalo and Rhino), antelopes, birds but the common ones are Dik-dik, giraffes, Leopards, common warthogs, Grant’s zebras, greater kudu, Cape buffaloes, lions, spotted hyenas, impalas, cheetahs, Thomson’s gazelles, Hippos, mongoose, common elands, hyraxes, bushbucks.
Occasionally, you will see Lichtenstein’s hartebeests, Caracals, jackals, crocodiles, serval cats and on rare occasions the African wild dogs and black rhinos.
With a picnic lunch, no time will be wasted to return to the Camp for Lunch. It will be game drive after game drive then retire to the Camp at sunset. Given the strategic location of your booked Tented Camp or lodge along main wildebeest migration corridor, you can witness the wildlife experience at the comfort of your balcony or room.
Day 2Full day game drive in Serengeti
After an early morning breakfast, leave the Camping site, Tented Camp or lodge for a full day guided game drive with picnic lunch. On this day, you will encounter more animals and birds than the previous day with chances of seeing big cats – lions, leopards and cheetahs, giants-Rhinos, Hippos, elephants and buffaloes, antelopes-elands, Impalas, bushbucks and most interestingly seeing the migration of wildebeests, Thompson’s gazelles, zebras and antelopes to Masai Mara National Reserve depending on the time of the year.
Picnic Lunch from one of the fascinating sites, continue with the visit of the nearby Masai village as optional. Visiting Serengeti National Park and blending it with a tour of Masai villages makes your safari complete, then dinner and overnight stay at your Camping site, Tented Camp or lodge.
Day 3Serengeti National Park-Zanzibar Airport
After a lovely breakfast, undertake your last game drive en-route to Seronera Airstrip in the heart of Serengeti National Park to catch up with more of the big five, wildebeests, giraffes and antelopes. Depart for Zanzibar by morning flight and be dropped off at the Airport or Hotel to relax. This marks the end of our 3 days Serengeti National Park tour by flight.