Day 1: Arusha - Tarangire
Pick up from your hotel in Arusha, then safari briefing and afterward, you depart for Tarangire National Park. Your first experience of safari will be the thrilling game drive through the vastness of Tarangire National Park. Arrive in good time for lunch. Afternoon game drive through the park. Dinner and overnight at the Fanaka Camp.
- Main destination: Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation: Fanaka Camp
- Meals & drinks: Lunch & dinner included, drinking water (other drinks not included)
Day 2: Tarangire - Lake Manyara
After breakfast, transfer to Lake Manyara National Park. There is a profusion of wildlife in this small national park, and the amazing birdwatching experience will certainly be rewarding to both devotees and first-time birdwatchers. It is among the few places on the African continent to see the tree-climbing lions that will be your main quest for the day. Manyara in addition to the prides of lions, the park has a large flock of beautiful pink flamingoes found near the lake. You will have a picnic lunch. 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 3: Lake Manyara - Serengeti
After breakfast, game drive en route to Serengeti National Park. Afterward, you visit the most famous wildlife sanctuary in the world, Serengeti National Park. The word ‘Serengeti’ means ‘endless plains’, which describes the park’s 5,600 square mile boundary. Yet for its sprawling area, the Serengeti does not disappoint when it comes to rich game-viewing.
From May to December, millions of animals embark on a migration that brings them from central Serengeti to Kenya’s Masai Mara and back again in an incredible spectacle. Even during the ‘down-time’, vast herds of wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle roam here, along with groups of elephant, giraffe, and buffalo. As the lions, leopard, cheetah, hyenas, and jackals stalk their meals, you enjoy a picnic lunch in this open arena. Dinner and overnight at Seronera Camp.
- Main destination: Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation: Seronera Camp
- Meals & drinks: All meals included, drinking water (other drinks not included)
Day 4: Serengeti full day
Today will be the “Serengeti game viewing day”. After breakfast this morning, enjoy an amazing game drive. The great diversity of Serengeti wildlife is evident here—look for buffalo, hippopotamus, elephant, giraffe, antelope, Thompson’s and Grant’s gazelle, and lions. If you are there during the spectacular wildebeest migration, you will be more than astonished.
In the late afternoon, you venture out on another game drive. Everywhere there are animals, monkeys, and, yes, birds…but look closely and you will be thrilled to see the huge jungle cats—lion, leopard, and cheetah—watching the world go by. And go by it does. Rhino, gazelle, antelope, and massive elephants by the hundreds. Animals in the trees, flying, camouflaged in the bush, in rivers, and in streams.
Today you will venture more on migration first around Grumeti River, before proceeding for resident species then return to the camp for dinner and overnight at Seronera Camp. This is the adventure of a lifetime!
Dinner and overnight at Seronera Camp.
- Main destination: Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation: Seronera Camp
- Meals & drinks: All meals included, drinking water (other drinks not included)
Day 5: Serengeti - Ngorongoro
After breakfast, a short game drive in Serengeti National Park with a picnic lunch, until noon, where you will have again game drive to see the beauty of this great Park. The afternoon after lunch, enjoy a game drive en route to Ngorongoro Crater. Dinner and overnight at Simba Camp.
- Main destination: Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation: Simba Camp
- Meals & drinks: All meals included, drinking water (other drinks not included)
Day 6: Ngorongoro - Arusha
After early breakfast around 05:50 a.m., descend down the crater at 6 a.m. for 6-7 hours of game drive with a picnic lunch. You venture onto the crater floor for an up-close at the residents of this World Heritage Site and enjoy a picnic lunch here. The Ngorongoro Crater provides great game viewing all year round. The wildlife here makes up a permanent population because grazing and water supplies are plentiful throughout the seasons. Later, depart for Arusha with lunch en-route, arriving late evening. You will be taken to your Arusha hotel or the airport.
- Main destination: Arusha
- Accommodation: Arusha Hotel (on your own)
- Meals & drinks: Breakfast & lunch (dinner not included), drinks not included