Day 1: Arusha - Tarangire National Park
After breakfast, you will start the safari from Arusha to Tarangire National Park. Tarangire National Park is famous for its dense wildlife population, which is most spectacular between June and September, the dry season.
During this time, thousands of animals - wildebeest, buffaloes, and Oryxes - migrate from the dry Maasai plains to the Tarangire River, looking for water. Lions, leopards, and other predators follow the herds. Tarangire is home to over 500 varieties of birds. Have lunch and take a late afternoon game viewing and drive to the lodge for dinner and overnight at Njake Lodge.
Day 2: Full day in Lake Manyara National Park
After breakfast, you will be driven on a tarmac road with a lunch box to Lake Manyara National Park for afternoon game drives. Start the game drive through an underground water forest. You will have a picnic lunch. Dinner and overnight will be at Njake Lodge.
Day 3: Lake Manyara National Park - Serengeti National Park
You will have an early morning breakfast in Manyara, then drive to the great Serengeti National Park with lunch and game drives en-route. You will have an afternoon game drive in the park, then dinner and overnight will be at Serengeti Kisura Tented Camp.
Day 4: Full day in Serengeti National Park
Today, you will have a full-day game drive in the Serengeti. Follow the great migration in the western area, with the greatest concentration of large mammals on Earth. Non-migratory species include large prides of lions, solitary leopards, cheetahs, and graceful impalas.
The landscape is characterized by vast stretches of open plains, punctuated by kopjes, rock formations that have survived from the pre-Cambrian period, and open woodlands. After a sumptuous dinner, relax by the camp fire, under a canopy of stars, at Serengeti Kisura Tented Camp.
Day 5: Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast, depart from Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater rim. Wake up for early morning game drives in the Serengeti, then head back to the campsite for breakfast. You will then check out and drive with lunch and game viewing en-route to Ngorongoro Crater rim for dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge.
Day 6: Ngorongoro Crater - Arusha
Wake up early in the morning for breakfast and then descend onto the crater floor for game drives. All the big five (rhino, lion, leopard, buffalo, and elephant) live in this wonderful caldera. Other animals that live here are zebras, hippos, wildebeest, hyenas, and more.
Birds include flamingos on the Soda Lake, geese, storks, vultures, and more. Your lunch will be served at the picnic site in the crater, at Ngoitoktok Swamp, a hippo pool. After lunch, drive back to Arusha.
