Day 1: Arusha to Lake Manyara
Stop at: Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania
Your driver / guide will come to pick you up at your Arusha hotel at 8:30 a.m. Proceed to Lake Manyara National Park for an afternoon game drive.
- Duration: 10 hours
- Meals included: Lunch, dinner
- Accommodation included: Lake Manyara Serena Lodge or similar
Day 2: Manyara to Serengeti National Park
Stop at: Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
After breakfast, depart for Serengeti passing through Olduvai Gorge the archeological site of Leakey’s family. Serengeti offers arguably the most scintillating game-viewing in Africa: great herds of buffalo, smaller groups of elephant and giraffe, and thousands upon thousands of eland, topi, kongoni, impala, and Grant’s gazelle. The spectacle of predator versus prey dominates Tanzania’s greatest park.
Golden-maned lion prides feast on the abundance of plain grazers. Solitary leopards haunt the acacia trees lining the Seronera River, while a high density of cheetahs prowls the southeastern plains. Almost uniquely, all three African jackal species occur here, alongside the spotted hyena and a host of more elusive small predators, ranging from the insectivorous aardwolf to the beautiful several cats.
- Duration: 10 hours
- Meals included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
- Accommodation included: Serengeti Sopa Lodge or similar
Day 3: Full day at Serengeti National Park
Stop at: Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
A full day with morning and afternoon game drives to explore the plains. The Serengeti region encompasses the Serengeti National Park itself, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Maswa Game Reserve, the Loliondo, Grumeti, and Ikorongo Controlled Areas, and the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. Over 90,000 tourists visit the park each year.
- Duration: 10 hours
- Meals included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
- Accommodation included: Serengeti Sopa Lodge or similar
Day 4: Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater
Stop at: Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania
After breakfast depart for Ngorongoro, one of the natural wonders of the world. The jewel in Ngorongoro's crown is a deep, volcanic crater, the largest unflooded and unbroken caldera in the world. About 20 km across, 600 meters deep, and 300 sq km in area, the Ngorongoro Crater is a breathtaking natural wonder.
- Duration: 10 hours
- Meals included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
- Accommodation included: Karatu Country Lodge or similar
Day 5: Full day at Ngorongoro Crater
Stop at: Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania
After early morning breakfast, leave with a picnic lunch for a full-day crater tour, you will be taken 2000ft down the crater by a 4-wheel drive vehicle. Explore the crater before ascending back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
- Duration: 10 hours
- Meals included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
- Accommodation included: Karatu country lodge or similar
Day 6: Ngorongoro to Tarangire
Stop at: Babati, Tanzania, Tarangire National Park 3134 Tanzania
After breakfast in Serengeti, drive to Tarangire. Afternoon game drive.
- Duration: 10 hours
- Meals included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
- Accommodation included: Tarangire Sopa Lodge or similar
Day 7: Tarangire to Arusha
Stop at: Arusha Tanzania, Arusha, Tanzania
Morning game viewing drive in Tarangire National Park. Return to Arusha.
- Duration: 6 hours
- Meals included: Breakfast
- No accommodation is included on this day