Day 1: Arusha - Lake Manyara
After breakfast in your Arusha hotel, the tour guide will pick you up and drive west on a good tarmac road, across the gently rolling Maasai plains with scattered acacia trees. En route, you pass many Maasai bomas and Maasai in their colorfully traditional dress walking on the roadside, riding bicycles, herding their cattle, and driving overloaded donkeys carts. After two hours of driving, you will arrive at Manyara gate, then proceed with a game drive, The first habitat will be the underground forest with water seeping from the Rift Valley escarpment. There are great sightings of Hippos, Elephants, Buffaloes, Giraffes, Zebras, Blue monkeys, and Baboons. Dinner and overnight at Fanaka Camp.
- Main destination: Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation: Fanaka Camp
- Meals & drinks: All meals included, drinking water (other drinks not included)
Day 2: Lake Manyara - Serengeti
After breakfast, you will take a picnic lunch with you and drive west across the gentle rolling Ngorongoro highlands. En route, you pass zebra and wildebeest grazing, with the Maasai cattle and young boys tending them, and Maasai villages (Bomas).
Afterward, proceed to Serengeti and stop at the Nabi gate for lunch. In the afternoon, you will go on a game drive in the central Serengeti with a great sighting of Lions, Hippos, Giraffes, Leopards, Reedbucks, and Elephants. Dinner and overnight at the basic fixed tent.
- Main destination: Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation: Seronera camp
- Meals & drinks: All meals included, drinking water (other drinks not included)
Day 3: Serengeti - Ngorongoro
Enjoy an early morning game drive. It’s always good to start a game drive early in the morning, as many animals are active during this time. You will return to the camp for breakfast before heading out for another game drive in the park. Here in the Seronera region, you will often see wildebeests and zebras in close proximity to lions and other predators such as leopards and cheetahs.
After a picnic lunch, you will continue your journey towards the Ngorongoro Crater. Once you have reached the crater rim, you will enjoy fantastic views of this 600-meter-deep collapsed volcano. You will stay at Simba Camp.
- Main destination: Ngorongoro crater
- Accommodation: Simba camp
- Meals & drinks: All meals included, drinking water (other drinks not included)
Day 4: Ngorongoro - Arusha
After a very early breakfast, leave the lodge and descend down to the eighth wonder with possibly the largest permanent concentration of wildlife in Africa, with an estimated average of 30,000 large mammals. In addition, this is one of the best reserves in Africa to see Black Rhino. Other sightings include Lions, Hyenas, Jackals, Hippos, Buffaloes, Elephants, Zebras, and Wildebeest. After lunch, drive back to Arusha to be dropped off at your Arusha hotel or the airport.
- Main destination: Arusha
- Accommodation: No accommodation included (end of tour)
- Meals & drinks: Breakfast, lunch (dinner not included), drinking water (other drinks not included)