9 daysStarts ArushaEnds ZanzibarPrivate Super Luxury Safaris package
Nine days splits the trip the way most guests actually travel: a proper safari first, then the island. You keep the Land Cruiser loop through Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro for five safari days, fly to Zanzibar on day 6, and spend three nights on the island. Day 9 is your departure.Super Luxury books both halves from Arusha. Choose camping or lodge class on safari, then the beach hotel on the island — camping, mid-range, luxury or high-end — confirmed on one quote. The domestic flight from Arusha or Kilimanjaro to…
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Route map
Your safari map
Starts in Arusha and ends in Zanzibar.
Start: ArushaEnd: Zanzibar
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Start Arusha (Day 1)
Tarangire National Park (Day 1)Land Cruiser
Karatu (Day 1-2)Land Cruiser
Serengeti (Day 2-4)Land Cruiser
Ngorongoro Crater (Day 4-5)Land Cruiser
Karatu (Day 5-6)Land Cruiser
Arusha (Day 6)Land Cruiser
End Zanzibar (Day 6-9)Flight
Day by day
Day 1
Arusha to Tarangire National Park
Breakfast, then Arusha behind you. About two hours on, the farms fall away and you meet baobabs, the park gate and the river in that order. Tarangire is the start of the safari. It is not a transfer with a short game drive tacked on. The Land Cruiser is private, with a pop-up roof, and the window seat is yours for the whole trip.
Come for elephants. Dry months concentrate whole families on the Tarangire River and in the Silale swamp. Giraffe work the acacias. Lion lie in the shade of the same giants you came to photograph. Stay for a picnic; be in the park when the light tilts and the herds move toward water.
Your Super Luxury Safaris' Guide knows which track is quiet that week. No convoy from a distant call centre. The Super Luxury Safaris Team answers WhatsApp after dinner.
Overnight: in the Karatu highlands, in the camping, mid-range, luxury or high-end lodge named on your
Day 2
Karatu to Serengeti National Park
Today you open the horizon: Iraqw farmland on the climb, the Ngorongoro viewpoint as a pause, Naabi as the drop onto a Serengeti grassland so wide it rearranges how you think about space. The Seronera River owns the afternoon. Lion on the kopjes. Leopard in the sausage trees if the day is kind. Zebra and gazelle on the open grass.
Most guests booked with this moment in their heads. We do not rush it. Picnic or late lodge lunch, then a slower drive, arriving in camp while the sun is still on the plains.
Dinner and overnight in the Serengeti, in the camp or lodge class named on your quote.
Overnight: in the Serengeti, in the camp or lodge class named on your quote
Day 3
Full day in Serengeti National Park
Today there is no long transfer. Sleeping in the Serengeti instead of driving through it is the point. Cool start, picnic on board, stay with whatever the morning offers — hunt, crossing of resident herds, a kopje that has a leopard on it if you sit still.
From December to March, if the calves are on the short grass, we can lean south toward Ndutu. In the dry months we work the riverine strips. A balloon at first light is there if you want it; it is not hidden inside the base package. Your own vehicle, the rest of the day yours, a Super Luxury Safaris' Guide who would rather you see one pride well than ten animals from a traffic jam.
Dinner and overnight in the Serengeti, in the camp or lodge class named on your quote.
Overnight: in the Serengeti, in the camp or lodge class named on your quote
Day 4
Serengeti to Ngorongoro
You game-drive east toward the crater highlands after a last dawn on the plains. On the open slopes the conservation area still holds giraffe, eland and Maasai herds. The transfer is not empty tarmac.
Evening: rim or Karatu. Caldera below you if the lodge class you chose sits on the edge. Sleep early. The descent is tomorrow.
Overnight: on the Ngorongoro rim or in Karatu, depending on the lodge class you chose
Day 5
Ngorongoro Crater
The grass is still cold; drop of roughly 600 metres onto the crater floor. The morning that sells the northern circuit. Short grass: zebra, wildebeest, buffalo. Pools: hippo. Open ground: lion, often. Black rhino: never guaranteed, and we never pretend they are. Fairest chance you will have: this closed caldera.
Still looking, not watching the clock — that is the pace, and you will talk about this day for years. Picnic lunch on the floor. Not a rushed snack at the gate. Climb out with time to wash off the dust.
Overnight: in the Karatu highlands, in the camping, mid-range, luxury or high-end lodge named on your
Day 6
Karatu to Arusha, fly to Zanzibar
The Land Cruiser’s work is done. We drive you to Arusha or Kilimanjaro Airport for the included domestic flight to Zanzibar — a short hop that turns dust into salt air in under an hour.
A driver meets you on the island and takes you to Stone Town or the north coast, depending on the hotel named on your quote. Tonight you eat seafood and sleep to the Indian Ocean, not to a generator in camp.
Overnight: on Zanzibar, in the town or beach hotel named on your quote
Day 7
Zanzibar — Stone Town or the beach
Stone Town is the other Tanzania: carved doors, the Darajani market, the waterfront fort, and alleys that smell of cloves and the sea. We walk it with a local guide so you are not lost in the same three streets every brochure uses.
The afternoon is yours — a rooftop, a coffee, a slow dinner. This is how the safari half leaves your shoulders.
Overnight: on Zanzibar, in the town or beach hotel named on your quote
Day 8
Zanzibar at leisure
Nungwi and the north coast are why people add Zanzibar at all: pale sand, a reef you can snorkel, and a horizon with nothing on it but dhows. Swim. Sleep. Add a Mnemba boat only if you want it — we do not pad the quote with extras you did not ask for.
The Super Luxury office in Arusha is still your WhatsApp line. The island hotel is still on the same itinerary as your Serengeti nights.
Overnight: on Zanzibar, in the town or beach hotel named on your quote
Day 9
Departure from Zanzibar
Transfer to the airport or harbour for your onward flight, which ends the trip. This is a transfer day, not a safari or beach day. Keep the morning free if your international ticket is early.
When to travel
Season and routing
Year-round wildlife. December to March we can sleep toward Ndutu if calving is on. July to October we can place Serengeti nights toward the Mara River if you want crossings. The day order below is the standard loop; we only change camp locations, not the number of nights, when you send dates. The island is a beach finish in any month. Short rains come in November and long rains in April–May; lodges stay open. Spice tours and Stone Town walks run in all seasons.
Where you sleep
Choose your stay style
Four ways to travel the same parks. Pick one style for the whole safari, or mix nights — we quote what you actually want. Names below are properties we often confirm. The lodge or camp on your quote is the booking; nothing here is reserved until you approve it.
Camping Safari tents, a cook, the night sounds of the park. The honest, close-to-the-ground way to safari.
Mid-range En-suite lodges and tented camps we use most — a proper bed, a shower, and the game still at the door.
Luxury Pools, full-service dining, the better rooms in the same parks.
High-end Suite camps and private houses when the trip is built around silence and space.
Tarangire National Park
Camping
Tarangire public campsite or a private farm site on the park edge — Super Luxury tents, a cook, baobabs at first light.
Mid-range
Tarangire Safari Lodge, Tarangire Sopa Lodge — classic rooms above the river, elephants on the floodplain below.
Luxury
Tarangire Treetops, Sanctuary Swala — raised decks and a quieter night inside the park.
High-end
Oliver’s Camp, Chem Chem Lodge — suite tents and private guiding when the quote is built around Tarangire.
Karatu highlands (Manyara and crater gateway)
Camping
Pamoja Farm Camp, Kizumba Campsite, or a similar private farm campsite with a cook, tents and a hot bucket shower.
Mid-range
Farm of Dreams Lodge, Eileen’s Trees Inn, Marera Valley Lodge — en-suite rooms, gardens and a quiet night after the parks.
Luxury
Ngorongoro Farm House, Tloma Lodge, Kitela Lodge — larger rooms, a pool, and coffee-estate grounds above Karatu.
High-end
The Manor at Ngorongoro, Neptune Ngorongoro Luxury Lodge — butler service, wide views and a slower evening before the crater.
Central Serengeti
Camping
Seronera public campsite or a designated special campsite. We pitch Super Luxury tents, cook on site, and you fall asleep to hyena.
Mid-range
Serengeti Heritage Tented Camp, ThornTree Camp, Kati Kati Tented Camp — comfortable canvas, proper beds, close to the Seronera game.
Luxury
Serena Serengeti Safari Lodge, Melia Serengeti Lodge, Mbalageti Serengeti — pools, full-service dining and a view over the plains.
High-end
Four Seasons Safari Lodge Serengeti, Singita Faru Faru, &Beyond Klein’s Camp — private suites, guiding extras, and the kind of silence you pay for. In calving months we quote Ndutu; in river-crossing months we quote the north.
Ngorongoro rim
Camping
Simba public campsite on the crater rim — simple wash blocks, an unmatched dawn over the caldera.
Mid-range
Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge, Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge — rim rooms with a crater view and an early descent the next morning.
Luxury
Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge — stone rooms on the rim, a short drive to the gate.
High-end
&Beyond Ngorongoro Crater Lodge, Melia Ngorongoro Lodge — suite-level rim stays with the caldera at your feet at dawn.
Zanzibar — Stone Town
Mid-range
Tembo House Hotel, Zanzibar Coffee House, or a similar harbour-side town hotel so you can walk the alleys after dark.
Luxury
Park Hyatt Zanzibar, Emerson Spice, or a similar restored house with a sea-facing terrace.
High-end
A Park Hyatt sea-view suite or a private Stone Town house — named on the quote when the island half is built around privacy.
Zanzibar — Nungwi and the north coast
Mid-range
A well-run north-coast hotel with a swim-out beach, named on your quote.
Luxury
Gold Zanzibar, Zuri Zanzibar, or a similar boutique beach lodge with a reef boat on call.
High-end
&Beyond Mnemba Island, Kilindi Zanzibar, or a similar hideaway when the quote is built around the reef.
Before you book
Practical notes
The domestic flight from Arusha airport to Zanzibar is included. The quote may use Kilimanjaro Airport if that connection is better. Plan an afternoon island arrival; do not book an international departure from Zanzibar on the same day as the safari flight.
Safari nights are five (Karatu, two Serengeti, crater/Karatu, then the flight). Zanzibar nights are three (days 6, 7 and 8). Day 9 is a departure transfer, not a beach day.
Lake Manyara is not on this itinerary. Day 6 is the drive to the airport and the flight to Zanzibar.
The package
What is included — and what is not
Two separate lists, so you can see what the itinerary price covers before you request a quote.
Covered
Included in this itinerary
In the package price, for the dates and lodge or camp class on your quote.
Current TANAPA and Ngorongoro conservation fees for the safari days.
Private 4×4 Land Cruiser with pop-up roof and a Super Luxury Safaris' Guide on the mainland.
Lodge or camp nights on safari, and the Zanzibar hotel nights named on your quote.
The domestic flight from Arusha or Kilimanjaro Airport to Zanzibar written in the day plan.
Zanzibar airport or harbour collection and the hotel drop-off, plus the departure transfer.
Bottled water in the safari vehicle.
All meals (full board) at the lodges, camps or hotels named on your itinerary.
An evening of live music and traditional dance performances at select camps, arranged for your dates.
You arrange these
Not included
Budget separately, or ask us to add them to your proposal.
International flights
Airport taxes and visa or eTA fees
Alcoholic drinks and any specialty dining not named on your quote
Tips and gratuities
Items of a personal nature, laundry and souvenirs
Travel insurance
Optional extras such as a hot-air balloon, Maasai village visit or spa, unless added to the quote
Destinations:
Arusha, Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti National Park, Tarangire National Park, Zanzibar
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