The Best of Tanzania Adventure Program (Z211)

East African sunset, Kenya, Tanzania This International Volunteer Travel Adventure Program combines the Mainland of Tanzania Beach Holiday program with 6 days Tanzania jungle adventure. After a few days of volunteer placement you will proceed to a 6-day jungle safari expedition featuring world famous Lake Manyara, Olduvai and Serengeti national Parks in the Great East African Rift Valley. The next 5 days will find you in Dar es salaam, Tanzania’s largest costal city and Zanzibar Island in the Indian ocean; touring and relaxing on the beach. This program can start either in Moshi or Zanzibar. The sample below assumes program starts in Zanzibar. To start in Moshi please click here.

A sample schedule of our International Volunteer Travel Best of Tanzania Adventure Program is provided below:

Day 1: Arrival and pick up from the Zanzibar International Airport and transfer to host family or hotel.
Day 2: Morning: Registration: Registration to the program followed by bout 2-hour discussion covering topics including orientation to the program, Zanzibar culture, history, customs, politics, do’s and don’ts.
Day 3-8: Tanzania Serengeti Wilderness Safari: (6 Days)
Day 3: Zanzibar-Moshi: Start out after an early breakfast. Take a boat or ferry from Zanzibar to Dares Salaam then a shuttle bus to Moshi arriving in the afternoon. Dinner and overnight at a standard hotel. Lunch is not provided.
In Tanzania’s greatest Rift Valley wilderness parks adventurous volunteers and overseas interns will encounter over 450 bird species, and numerous species of animals including gazelles; impala; buffalo; wildebeest; the famous tree climbing lion; hyena; baboon; giraffe; hippopotamus, lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos, zebras, thousands of wildebeests, etc.
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Day 4: Lake Manyara: After about 9 days of work, its time to have fun - overseas volunteers and Africa interns on this program leave Arusha, early morning and proceed to Lake Manyara National Park for game drive. Picnic lunch en-route, dinner and overnight at Campsite.

Day 5: Olduvai-Serengeti: Depart Lake Manyara for Serengeti via Olduvai Gorge with lots of game viewing en-route. Olduvai is a world famous archaeological site in which early human fossils were first discovered. It has an amazing landscape that resulted from the tectonic forces, which created the Great Rift Valley. Evening game drive. If you are lucky you may witness the great Serengeti – Masai Mara wildebeest migration. Dinner and overnight at Serengeti campsite. Visit Olduvai Gorge a site of archeological importance - home to some of the earliest ancestors of man.

Day 6: Serengeti: A full day of African wilderness experience in the Serengeti. If you are lucky you may witness the great Serengeti – Masai Mara wildebeest migration. Picnic lunch, Dinner and overnight at Serengeti campsite.

Day 7: Serengeti – Ngorongoro: After breakfast game drives in Serengeti national park, then depart for Ngorongoro via Olduvai, game viewing along the way. Picnic lunch en-route. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro campsite.
Day 8: Ngorongoro- Moshi: After breakfast depart Serengeti for Ngorongoro Crater. Descend 2,000 feet into the crater floor for game viewing with your picnic lunch en-route. See hundreds of birds at the crater lake. Afternoon depart Ngorongoro for Moshi arriving late afternoon.
Day 9-13: Dar es Salaam –Pemba-Zanzibar Beach Holiday Trip (5 days)
East Africa zanzibar Jambiani Island beaches vacation volunary work holidays Africa Day 9: Travel to Dar es Salaam International volunteers and interns travel to and from Dar es Salaam will be by bus, leaving Arusha in the morning and arriving in Dar late afternoon. Dinner and overnight at a standard hotel. Lunch is not provided.
Day 10: Tour of Dar es Salaam City. After breakfast international volunteers and interns abroad in Tanzania proceed on a full day city tour of Dar es Salaam city including wonderful beaches and famous places including the national museum, Statehouse, Bismarck and Askari monuments, Uhuru torch, Dar Railway Station, Republic fountain, village Museum and Nyerere cultural center. Breakfast, dinner and overnight at your hotel.
Day 11: Dar es Salaam: Free, Beach Relaxation. The entire morning is free for international volunteers and interns abroad in Tanzania to do what they like best. Simply relax, and enjoy the beach at the hotel, swim in the blue waters of Indian Ocean, or take a private excursion for wind surfing, scuba diving, water skiing, snorkeling, deep-sea fishing or goggling. Leave Dar es Salaam in the afternoon for Zanzibar by boat or ferry.
Day 12: Zanzibar Stone Town Tour: Early after breakfast international volunteers and interns abroad in Tanzania start out on a two hour ferry or boat ride to the Island of Zanzibar.
Guided tour of the city of Zanzibar featuring the old town of Zanzibar, fondly known as Stone Town. The tour is covered mainly on foot, providing the guests the opportunity to stroll through the narrow winding labyrinth alleys and behold uniquely carved Arab doors with brass studs, carved balconies; the House of Wonders; the Palace Museum (People’s Palace); Dr Livingstone’s House; cathedrals and countless mosques; and Zanzibar’s bustling market. Stone Town has excellent gifts shops with plenty of souvenirs handicrafts and splendid artifacts to choose from.

Day 13: Jozani Forest : Overseas volunteers and international interns will take a half day tour of this famous wetland forest, the only wetland remaining on Zanzibar island. The wetland is about 45 minutes drive from the city center. It is home to the only surviving members of the red Columbus monkey, an almost extinct species.
The local guide will show the international volunteers to colonies of the primates and guide them through the delightful swamp in the middle of the wetland and small streams flowing into the ocean and lots of birds of the mangrove wetland ecosystem. The rest of the day is free to relax.
Day 14: Program Evaluation. Free day. Early departure.
Day 15: Departure for those staying for 2 weeks. Departure for this program should not be scheduled before this date to ensure flexibility.