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Small Group
Light
Rating
(22 reviews)
Experience Overview
There's no better way to see Tanzania than by sleeping where the wildlife roam, and you'll have the opportunity to do just that on this 12-day tour. Your safari through the Serengeti and Ngorongoro includes an overnight camp at the edge of a crater where lions, buffalo, and zebra like to wander. Then jet over to Zanzibar where historic towns and blissful beaches await. You'll leave with a host of postcard-worthy photos and memorable experiences in your pocket, and perhaps a few grains of sand, too.
Highlights
- Enjoy wildlife drives in the Serengeti
- Savour traditional cuisine in a local village
- Take in the views at Ngorongoro Crater
- Meet local artisans on a village walk
- Explore Stone Town — a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Take in the aromas of a spice plantation tour
- Relax on a tropical beach.
Trip Details
Product Code: 2098
Tour Type: Small Group
Accommodation: Budget
Transport: 7-seat 4x4 safari vehicle, plane, minibus, walking.
Guide Language: English
Travel Styles:
Classic
Supplier Code: DTWZ
Starts: Arusha, Tanzania
Finishes: Stone Town, Tanzania
Duration: 12 days
Departures: Guaranteed
Physical rating:
Light
Includes
Activities
- Your G for Good Moment: Mto wa Mbu Community Visit and Lunch, Mto wa Mbu Your G for Good Moment: Clean Cookstove Project Visit, Mto wa Mbu Your Welcome Moment: Welcome Moment - Meet Your CEO and Group
- Lake Manyara wildlife safari drive
- Serengeti wildlife safari drives
- Ngorongoro Crater wildlife safari drive
- Flight from Arusha to Zanzibar
- Orientation walk in Stone Town
- Spice plantation guided tour
- All national park fees and entrances are included
- All transport between destinations and to/from included activities
Accommodation
- Simple hotels (7 nts), full-service camping (4 nts).
- 11 breakfasts, 5 lunches, 4 dinners
Transport
- 7-seat 4x4 safari vehicle, plane, minibus, walking.
Group Leader
- CEO (Chief Experience Officer), certified safari driver/guide, camp crew, local guides.
Price
Price per person: (Double Occupancy) CAD $3791 (CAD $316 /day)
Itinerary
Day 1: Arusha
Arrive at any time.
There are no planned activities until an evening welcome meeting.
Exclusive inclusions: Activity - Your opportunity to meet your CEO and fellow travellers, and learn more about your tour. Opt to join the group for a local meal afterwards. Don't forget to see the notice in the lobby (or ask reception) for the official time and place to meet up with the group.Accommodation - The Outpost Lodge
Day 2: Arusha/Mto wa Mbu
Experience the Mto wa Mbu community with a guided cultural walk and traditional lunch with a local family. Take a wildlife safari drive in Lake Manyara NP.
Travel to Mto wa Mbu and take part in a cultural walk to learn about life in the area. Meet the women who run the rural town's tours and enjoy a delicious home made traditional lunch.
Spend the afternoon viewing wildlife along the main road that winds through a lush cool forests of Lake Manyara National Park, overgrown with ficus trees and covered with bromeliads.
This area is truly stunning, as the western wall of the Rift Valley escarpment provides a gorgeous backdrop. Search for the phenomenal birdlife, tree-climbing lions, elephants, giraffes, and hippos.
Meals included: Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner
Exclusive inclusions: Transport - Get a better view and take better snapshots aboard this off-road ride with a pop-up top.Activity - Take part in a cultural walk to learn about life in this East African town. Mto wa Mbu has attracted some 18,000 residents from 120 different tribes. During the two-hour tour, visit the community's local market, go right to the farmer's fields, see how huts are constructed, and meet artisans in their shops.
Afterwards, sit down with our new friends and enjoy a traditional lunch of meat and plantains.Activity - This western wall of the Rift Valley escarpment is truly stunning. It provides a backdrop for your search for the park's phenomenal bird life (including raptors), tree-climbing lions, elephants, zebras, hippos, baboons, and buffalos. Look up and see some of the more than 400 species of birds, including pink flamingos, pelicans, cormorants, and storks.
Beyond wildlife, Lake Manyara NP is home to giant fig trees, acacia woodlands, mahogany trees, and grassy flood plains. The contrasts of this area are simply breathtaking; the open plains, huge escarpment, central alkaline lake, dense woodlands, and distant volcanic peaks coming together in an area best described by Ernest Hemingway as “the loveliest I have seen in Africa.”
Accommodation - Twiga Lodge and Campsite
Day 3: Mto wa Mbu/Serengeti National Park
Enjoy a wildlife safari drive en route to the central Serengeti.
Drive through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and on to Serengeti National Park. En route marvel at the sheer vastness of this territory, and spot the multitude of animal and birdlife while cruising through this acacia-accented savanna.
Meals included: Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner
Exclusive inclusions: Transport - Get a better view and take better snapshots aboard this off-road ride with a pop-up top.Activity - This is the reason you came to Africa. Charge your camera, grab your binoculars, and set out on safari. Your eagle-eyed driver will keep an eye out for wildlife – buffaloes, elephants, lions, wildebeests, zebras, and more. Tanzania’s Serengeti tends to be less crowded than some of Kenya’s reserves, so enjoy the scenery, the vast expanse of the grasslands, the play of light and shadow, and the up-close look at wild Africa.Accommodation - Seronera Campsite
Day 4: Serengeti National Park
Rise early for a full-day wildlife safari drive in the Serengeti. Enjoy a picnic lunch in the bush and continue the search for the "big five" while taking in the vastness of the Serengeti plains.
Meals included: Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner
Exclusive inclusions: Transport - Get a better view and take better snapshots aboard this off-road ride with a pop-up top.Activity - This is the reason you came to Africa. Charge your camera, grab your binoculars, and set out on safari. Your eagle-eyed driver will keep an eye out for wildlife – buffaloes, elephants, lions, wildebeests, zebras, and more. Tanzania’s Serengeti tends to be less crowded than some of Kenya’s reserves, so enjoy the scenery, the vast expanse of the grasslands, the play of light and shadow, and the up-close look at wild Africa.Accommodation - Seronera Campsite
Day 5: Serengeti National Park/Ngorongoro
Take a morning wildlife safari drive as you depart the Serengeti, then continue wildlife viewing in the Ngorongoro Crater, before getting a spectacular view of the crater from your campsite on its rim.
The rich pasture and permanent water of the Crater floor supports a resident population of more than 20,000 to 25,000 large mammals.
Meals included: Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner
Exclusive inclusions: Transport - Get a better view and take better snapshots aboard this off-road ride with a pop-up top.Activity - This is the reason you came to Africa. Charge your camera, grab your binoculars, and set out on safari. Your eagle-eyed driver will keep an eye out for wildlife – buffaloes, elephants, lions, wildebeests, zebras, and more. Tanzania’s Serengeti tends to be less crowded than some of Kenya’s reserves, so enjoy the scenery, the vast expanse of the grasslands, the play of light and shadow, and the up-close look at wild Africa.Activity - Head down into the crater and to all the best spots to view wildlife. Spot zebras, gazelles, buffaloes and warthogs. The swamp and forest are home to hippos, rhinos, elephants, baboons and monkeys. Keep your eyes peeled and camera ready to capture a pride of lions or a lone leopard walking along the crater floor.Accommodation - Simba Campsite
Day 6: Ngorongoro/Arusha
Visit an authentic Maasai village and the G Adventures-supported Clean Cookstove Project, then return to Arusha for the night.
Meals included: Breakfast,Lunch
Exclusive inclusions: Transport - Get a better view and take better snapshots aboard this off-road ride with a pop-up top.Activity - Visit a Maasai village in the Monduli District and witness the benefits of the G Adventures-supported Clean Cookstove Project. In Tanzania, 95% of people rely on cooking with wood and coal. Women and girls spend hours walking to collect wood every day (making them vulnerable to assault and unable to use their time to go to school). Indoor smoke from open-fire stoves causes cancer, emphysema, pneumonia, blindness, and burns. Take a guided tour of these villages and meet the women that have been trained as stove engineers, visit bomas (traditional homes), and observe (or get your hands dirty) by helping the Stove Team build a stove in a home. See the beneficial impact of the clean-burning stoves on the health and daily lives of the Maasai villagers, especially the women.Accommodation - The Outpost Lodge
Day 7: Arusha
A free day to explore Arusha, or relax at the lodge.
Meals included: Breakfast
Exclusive inclusions: Accommodation - The Outpost Lodge
Day 8: Arusha/Stone Town
Fly to the beautiful island of Zanzibar and transfer to the hotel. Enjoy an orientation walk with your CEO in historic Stone Town, and opt to continue on for a longer walking tour, or explore on your own.
Transfer to the airport for a short, but scenic flight to this island paradise. Arrive in Stone Town in time for lunch and an orientation walk. If you opt to continue on for a longer tour of Stone Town, you will be visiting the Old Slave Market and Palace Museum; entrance to these sites are optional and are to be purchased on site.
Meals included: Breakfast
Exclusive inclusions: Transport - Settle in and scan the scenery from the convenience of a private vehicle.Transport - Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... yup, it is a plane, actually.Activity - This orientation walk is just a brief introduction. If you'd like to learn more in depth information about Stone Town, we recommended going on a guided city tour.Accommodation - Spice Palace Hotel
Day 9: Beach day in Zanzibar
Visit a local spice plantation for a guided tour. Continue to the white-sand beaches and turquoise waters of Zanzibar's beautiful coast.
Meals included: Breakfast
Exclusive inclusions: Transport - Settle in and scan the scenery from the convenience of a private vehicle.Activity - Delight your senses with a guided tour and learn about an assortment of spices, such as cloves, black pepper, cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, breadfruit, jackfruit, vanilla, and lemongrass, and their various uses. It was the spice plantations that brought the beginnings of Zanzibar’s infamous slave trade dating back to the 1840s.Free_time - Settle into island life and explore during some free time.Accommodation - S&S Hotel Jambiani
Day 10-11: Beach day in Zanzibar
Enjoy free time to lounge on the beach, snorkel, or tour the island.
Meals included: Breakfast
Exclusive inclusions: Free_time - Do as much or as little as you'd like on this island slice of paradise.Accommodation - S&S Hotel Jambiani
Day 12: Stone Town
Morning group transfer from the beach. Depart Stone Town upon arrival in the late morning.
Onward travel should be booked no earlier than 2:30pm.
Meals included: Breakfast
Exclusive inclusions: Transport - Settle in and scan the scenery from the convenience of a private vehicle.Activity - Not ready to leave? Your CEO can help with any onward travel arrangements you require.
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Tour Operator
G Adventures
G Adventures, founded in 1990 by Bruce Poon Tip, is a global adventure travel company specializing in small-group tours that emphasize authentic, sustainable, and culturally immersive experiences. Originally launched as GAP Adventures (“Great Adventure People”), the company pioneered the concept of community-driven travel by offering affordable trips that connect travelers with local communities while minimizing environmental impact. Today, G Adventures operates in more than 100 countries, offering a wide range of itineraries across themes such as active adventures, wildlife, wellness, family, and National Geographic–partnered tours, while maintaining a strong commitment to responsible tourism and social enterprise through its Planeterra Foundation.
In Business Since 1990
Reviews
Nancy I. - Traveled, July 2024
one of a kind!! I had to do it to believe it:)
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 07/18/2024
Eleanor S. - Traveled, July 2024
The trip to Tanzania and Zanzibar was quite exotic and amazing. We were able to gain a better understanding of environmental issues in Africa and we were able to interact with the kind, friendly Africans who helped us during our tour. It is such a uniqu...
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 07/18/2024
Barbara S. - Traveled, July 2024
The Tanzanian safari was an amazing lifetime experience.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 07/17/2024
Paulina G. - Traveled, July 2024
Once in a lifetime trip and I’m glad I did it with G Adventures. Met some really nice people in our group and enjoyed everything we did.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 07/16/2024
Jeromy W. - Traveled, June 2024
I had a such a wonderful experience! I am still processing all that I saw, heard, ate, and experienced during this trip. I can't wait until I can go on another G Adventures trip!
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 07/12/2024
Guilhermina M. - Traveled, June 2024
Very good one.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 07/05/2024
Sharon E. - Traveled, June 2024
excellent tour compnay.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 06/30/2024
Bradford H. - Traveled, June 2024
Excellent tour company.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 06/30/2024
Marie A. - Traveled, June 2024
Trip was good, but not what we had before. And than i think the item getting an envelope for CEO, driver, cook, again CEO i think is very bad. If we like to tip we give but now it is too much what they are asking. Sometimes about 10% from the amount we a...
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 06/28/2024
Charlotte W. - Traveled, June 2024
Incredible.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 06/17/2024
Christine A. - Traveled, June 2024
A true bucket list trip. Great companions. Wonderful itinerary. Davis was a great CEO.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 06/14/2024
Cassidy C. - Traveled, June 2024
My time traveling in Africa with G Adventures was nothing short of extraordinary. From the awe-inspiring views of Tanzania and the Serengeti to the rich cultural experiences and vibrant wildlife, every moment was meticulously planned and executed to perf...
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 06/14/2024
Trinity W. - Traveled, June 2024
one of the best experiences i have every been on and got me out of my comfort zone just enough to have a great time
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 06/13/2024
Moritz H. - Traveled, March 2024
Stunning trip with many unbelievable moments! Bit of space for improvement but nevertheless highly recommendable!
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 03/22/2024
George B. - Traveled, February 2024
The safari was wonderful. Every effort was made to see as many wild animals as possible. The large tents were comfortable and the food was fine. The parks visited were tremendous.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 02/19/2024
Cindy M. - Traveled, February 2024
Best trip of my life, hands down! The wildlife encounters were truly mind-blowing. A dream come true.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 02/17/2024
Paul M. - Traveled, January 2024
Amazing Serengeti adventure and well worth it, Zanzibar optional as a group tour for me as less value add.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 01/21/2024
Betsy C. - Traveled, January 2024
It was a thrilling experience to be on the Serengeti plain, and in the Ngorongoro Crater.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 01/15/2024
Terry K. - Traveled, December 2023
Wonderful experience. Variety of culture, natural beauty and history.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 01/06/2024
Natasha C. - Traveled, December 2023
I would highly recommend visiting Tanzania, and the Serengeti/Zanzibar tour. I had such an amazing experience and have been telling people since I got home that I would go back in a heartbeat.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 12/25/2023
Danielle M. - Traveled, December 2023
The tour was an amazing experience, the animals, the people we met - we were extremely lucky to have this experience.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 12/16/2023
Tapashree G. - Traveled, November 2023
Overall it was one of the most memorable trip of my life.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 11/27/2023
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