21 Days Tanzania Ultimate Adventure

• Every side of Tanzania in a single journey
• Generous acclimatisation and rest days built in
• Completely tailorable across mountain, safari and coast

• Kilimanjaro on a long, well-acclimatised route
• Full northern circuit with four Serengeti nights
• Hadzabe and Maasai cultural days
• Five nights on the Zanzibar coast

This safari visits Mount Kilimanjaro, Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Eyasi, Zanzibar.

1. Day 01

   Arrival in Arusha & Briefing

   You are met on arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport and transferred to your lodge in Arusha. Your guide joins you for a full safari briefing, and the rest of the day is yours to rest and adjust after your flight.

2. Day 02

   Arusha National Park Acclimatisation Walk

   A full day of guided exploration with your private vehicle and guide, shaped around wildlife activity, light and your own pace.

3. Day 03

   Kilimanjaro: Lemosho Gate to Forest Camp

   A day on Kilimanjaro, walking pole pole — slowly — as the vegetation thins from rainforest into moorland and alpine desert. Your mountain crew handles camp, meals and daily health checks while you focus on acclimatising.

4. Day 04

   Kilimanjaro: Shira Ridge

   A day on Kilimanjaro, walking pole pole — slowly — as the vegetation thins from rainforest into moorland and alpine desert. Your mountain crew handles camp, meals and daily health checks while you focus on acclimatising.

5. Day 05

   Kilimanjaro: Shira Cave Acclimatisation

   A day on Kilimanjaro, walking pole pole — slowly — as the vegetation thins from rainforest into moorland and alpine desert. Your mountain crew handles camp, meals and daily health checks while you focus on acclimatising.

6. Day 06

   Kilimanjaro: Lava Tower to Barranco Camp

   A day on Kilimanjaro, walking pole pole — slowly — as the vegetation thins from rainforest into moorland and alpine desert. Your mountain crew handles camp, meals and daily health checks while you focus on acclimatising.

7. Day 07

   Kilimanjaro: Barranco to Karanga Camp

   A day on Kilimanjaro, walking pole pole — slowly — as the vegetation thins from rainforest into moorland and alpine desert. Your mountain crew handles camp, meals and daily health checks while you focus on acclimatising.

8. Day 08

   Kilimanjaro: Karanga to Barafu Camp

   A day on Kilimanjaro, walking pole pole — slowly — as the vegetation thins from rainforest into moorland and alpine desert. Your mountain crew handles camp, meals and daily health checks while you focus on acclimatising.

9. Day 09

   Kilimanjaro: Summit Night to Uhuru Peak

   A day on Kilimanjaro, walking pole pole — slowly — as the vegetation thins from rainforest into moorland and alpine desert. Your mountain crew handles camp, meals and daily health checks while you focus on acclimatising.

10. Day 10

    Kilimanjaro: Descent & Return to Arusha

    A day on Kilimanjaro, walking pole pole — slowly — as the vegetation thins from rainforest into moorland and alpine desert. Your mountain crew handles camp, meals and daily health checks while you focus on acclimatising.

11. Day 11

    Rest Day in Arusha

    A full day of guided exploration with your private vehicle and guide, shaped around wildlife activity, light and your own pace.

12. Day 12

    Arusha → Tarangire National Park

    We drive through Maasai grazing land to Tarangire National Park, a landscape of enormous baobabs and a permanent river that draws great herds of elephant. Game drives follow the river valley, with excellent chances of lion, giraffe and a remarkable variety of birds.

13. Day 13

    Tarangire → Lake Manyara National Park

    We drive through Maasai grazing land to Tarangire National Park, a landscape of enormous baobabs and a permanent river that draws great herds of elephant. Game drives follow the river valley, with excellent chances of lion, giraffe and a remarkable variety of birds.

14. Day 14

    Lake Manyara → Serengeti National Park

    Lake Manyara sits beneath the Rift Valley escarpment, layering groundwater forest, open floodplain and a shallow soda lake. We look for tree-climbing lions, large baboon troops, hippo pools and — in the right season — flamingos along the shoreline.

15. Day 15

    Full Day in the Serengeti

    The Serengeti opens out in front of you: short-grass plains, granite kopjes and horizon in every direction. We spend the day tracking predators and plains game with your guide, pausing for a picnic lunch in the shade before the light softens into a golden afternoon drive.

16. Day 16

    Serengeti Plains Exploration

    The Serengeti opens out in front of you: short-grass plains, granite kopjes and horizon in every direction. We spend the day tracking predators and plains game with your guide, pausing for a picnic lunch in the shade before the light softens into a golden afternoon drive.

17. Day 17

    Serengeti → Ngorongoro Crater

    The Serengeti opens out in front of you: short-grass plains, granite kopjes and horizon in every direction. We spend the day tracking predators and plains game with your guide, pausing for a picnic lunch in the shade before the light softens into a golden afternoon drive.

18. Day 18

    Ngorongoro → Lake Eyasi Cultural Day

    We descend more than 600 metres onto the floor of the Ngorongoro Crater, a contained world of grassland, forest and soda lake. The density of wildlife here is extraordinary — lion, elephant, buffalo, hippo and flamingo, with a genuine chance of black rhino.

19. Day 19

    Fly to Zanzibar

    You fly to Zanzibar and transfer to your beach hotel. Days here are yours to shape: reef snorkelling, a spice farm visit, a walk through Stone Town's carved doorways, or nothing more demanding than the shade of a palm.

20. Day 20

    Zanzibar Beach, Reef & Stone Town Days

    You fly to Zanzibar and transfer to your beach hotel. Days here are yours to shape: reef snorkelling, a spice farm visit, a walk through Stone Town's carved doorways, or nothing more demanding than the shade of a palm.

21. Day 21

    Zanzibar Departure

    You fly to Zanzibar and transfer to your beach hotel. Days here are yours to shape: reef snorkelling, a spice farm visit, a walk through Stone Town's carved doorways, or nothing more demanding than the shade of a palm.

• Mountain tents with full crew and daily health checks
• Lodges and tented camps on safari, upgradeable to luxury
• Beach hotel or boutique retreat in Zanzibar

All meals on the mountain and on safari; breakfast in Zanzibar with optional half board.

• ✓Private 4x4 safari vehicle with pop-up roof and English-speaking guide
• ✓All national park and conservation area entry fees
• ✓Accommodation as specified in the itinerary
• ✓Meals as indicated in the day-by-day programme
• ✓Drinking water throughout the safari
• ✓Airport transfers in Arusha or Kilimanjaro
• ✓Government taxes and levies

• —International flights and Tanzanian visa
• —Travel and medical insurance
• —Alcoholic and soft drinks unless stated
• —Optional activities such as balloon safaris and night drives
• —Tips for your guide and lodge staff
• —Personal items, laundry and telephone charges

January to March and June to October