Day 1: Fly to Mafia Island
Fly to Mafia Island via Dar es Salaam Airport.
Days 2-4: Holiday at Mafia Island
Arrive on Mafia Island where you can spend the days snorkelling and enjoying the warm sun.
Days 5-6: Explore Chole Island
Catch a boat to Chole Island where you can stay in a tree house. Underwater activities are the main focus, or relax with a book and a cool drink.
Days 7-11: Explore Zanzibar Island
Take a boat and plane to Zanzibar before transferring to your beach hotel. The days can be as active or lazy as you like, with the pretty beaches being very difficult to leave.
Days 12-13:
visit the beach and hit the markets of Stone Town. This is a great chance to pick up some presents for those back home and enjoy some Swahili food.
Day 14: Head to the airport to connect with your international flight.
One way to extend this itinerary would be to add three nights at a beautiful beach lodge on the Tanzanian mainland at the beginning of the trip. Ras Kutani is a 20 minute flight south of Dar es Salaam and is the ideal place in which to relax after an international flight. The lodge has beautiful rooms with ocean views and a long sandy beach. Cuisine is excellent at Ras Kutani, with an emphasis on seafood. Chimpanzees of Western Tanzania Head west to the wildest side of Tanzania, where you can explore spectacular scenery in little visited national parks and encounter crocodiles, hippo and chimpanzees. Perfect for travellers who are comfortable visiting a remote part of Africa and are keen to get far off the beaten track, this is an adventurous, exciting and varied trip.
