Day trips from Dar es Salaam.

Zanzibar day trip from Dar.

Leave Dar before sunrise and you can be among the giant tortoises of Prison Island by mid-morning. We collect you from your hotel and see you onto the morning ferry; on the Zanzibar side a guide and car are waiting for a boat ride out to the island, a forest spice farm with a home-style lunch, and a stroll through the lanes of Stone Town before the late-afternoon ferry home.

• Return ferry across the channel (economy class)
• Private boat out to Prison Island and its giant tortoises
• A forest spice farm with a home-cooked local lunch
• Guided walk through Stone Town's lanes and carved doors
• Your own car and English-speaking guide on the island

• Pickup and drop-off at your Dar es Salaam hotel
• Return ferry tickets (economy class)
• A car and English-speaking guide for your hours on the island
• Boat transfer to and visit of Prison Island
• Spice farm visit
• Local lunch among the trees at the spice farm
• Guided Stone Town walk

• Zanzibar visitor insurance: USD 45 per person, paid on top

1. 06:00–06:30 · We collect you from your Dar hotel
2. 07:30 · Morning ferry leaves for Zanzibar
3. 09:30 · Your Zanzibar guide meets you at the terminal
4. 09:30–12:30 · Boat trip to Prison Island
5. 12:30–14:30 · Spice farm and lunch in the forest
6. 14:30–16:00 · Stone Town on foot
7. 16:30–18:30 · Ferry back across to Dar
8. 19:00–19:30 · Back at your hotel

• Runs every day.
• Carry your passport for the ferry.
• The online price does not include the USD 45 per person Zanzibar insurance.

Mikumi day trip from Dar by SGR.

Tanzania's electric SGR train turns a safari into a day out. You board at dawn in Dar, reach Morogoro around breakfast time and spend the heart of the day out in Mikumi National Park looking for elephants, giraffes and lions, before the evening train brings you back to the city.

• Return SGR train between Dar and Morogoro
• Mikumi National Park entry covered
• Game drives in the morning and again after lunch
• Lunch inside the park
• A professional safari guide all day

• Hotel pickup and drop-off in Dar es Salaam
• SGR train tickets, both ways
• National park entry fees
• Morning and afternoon game drives
• Lunch
• Professional safari guide
• 2 bottles of water

1. 05:00 · Pickup at your Dar hotel
2. 06:00 · SGR train departs for Morogoro
3. 08:00 · Met at Morogoro station
4. 08:00–10:30 · Breakfast stop, then the drive to Mikumi
5. 10:30–16:30 · Game drives, with a break for lunch
6. 16:30–19:00 · Drive back to Morogoro station
7. 19:30 · Evening SGR to Dar
8. 21:00–21:30 · Dropped back at your hotel

• Runs daily, as a shared group or a private trip.
• Animals are wild, so no sighting can be promised.

Aya Sophia Kigamboni day trip.

Kigamboni sits just across the harbour from the city, and Aya Sophia Garden Hotel makes for an easy day by the sea: pools that look out over the Indian Ocean, a sandy beach with volleyball and football, a small wildlife area with zebras and elands, and a lawn where children can play. Your day pass starts with a detox welcome drink and includes lunch.

• Ocean-view pools and the beach
• The wildlife area with zebras, elands and more
• Beach volleyball, football and a children's play area
• Detox welcome drink, then lunch with a soft drink

• Entry to the wildlife zoo
• Use of the swimming pools
• Beach access with volleyball and football
• Restaurant access
• Children's play area
• Detox welcome drink
• Lunch with one soft drink
• 2 bottles of water

• Transfers (extra cost)
• Feeding the animals: TZS 25,000, paid at the venue
• Professional photo or video shoots (charged separately)
• Bringing your own food is not allowed

1. 10:00 · Arrive and enjoy a detox welcome drink
2. Through the day · Pools, beach, games and the wildlife area
3. Midday · Lunch with a soft drink
4. 17:00 · Day pass ends

• The day pass runs from 10:00 to 17:00.
• Children aged 5 to 12 pay the child rate.