Serengeti & Zanzibar, 12 nights

Seven days of private safari through the northern parks, then five on the island at an unhurried pace.

This is the trip people picture when they say Tanzania. Tarangire, the Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti over seven days, in a private vehicle with a guide who is yours for the week, not a shared seat and a fixed route, then a bush flight straight from the Serengeti to the island.

The Residence sits on the quiet south-west coast at Kizimkazi, in a coconut estate, in a villa with its own pool. After a week of 6am starts that contrast is the entire point, and it is why we put the beach at the end rather than the beginning.

• 12 nights
• Safari & Zanzibar

From $4,845 per person for 12 nights, based on a group of 2

1. Arrive at Kilimanjaro
2. Tarangire
3. Ngorongoro Crater
4. Into the Serengeti
5. Serengeti
6. Serengeti
7. Serengeti, and the last drive
8. Fly to Zanzibar
9. Mnemba
10. Nothing at all
11. A dhow at sunset
12. The last day
13. Home