Day 1: Moshi - Serengeti National Park
If you have not booked your transfer from Moshi to Mto wa Mbu + overnight doing camping in Mto wa Mbu for the night before the actual start of the safari (please see details above), you will be picked up from your accommodation in Moshi or Arusha early in the morning (approximately at 5 a.m. from Moshi or 6:30 a.m. from Arusha).
In Mto wa Mbu, you will meet the other members of your safari group. After breakfast, you will depart for Serengeti National Park via Ngorongoro Conservation Area. You will drive through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area where you will enjoy the game drive en route. Arrival at Serengeti National Park is in the early afternoon – and you will do a game drive until sunset. Serengeti offers one of the most amazing game viewing in Africa: great herds of buffalo and wildebeests, groups of elephant and giraffes, eland, impala and Grant’s gazelle, Lions, leopards and others, can be seen very often. Dinner at the accommodation of your category of choice.
Please note that in case you book the simple lodge option, this night is spent camping as there is no accommodation of simple lodge standard in the area. This is already reflected in the simple lodge accommodation plan rate.
Day 2: Serengeti National Park
You will get up early in the morning for a game drive to witness the spectacular sunrise of the Serengeti. The game drive will continue until the early afternoon. Either return to your accommodation for a hot lunch or you will take a lunch pack with you. Then drive back through the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area with game drive en route, observing more lions, leopards, cheetahs, zebras, wildebeest, gazelles, and hyenas. Accommodation at your category of choice in the Ngorongoro Area.
Day 3: Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast, with picnic lunch packed, you depart for a game drive to the Ngorongoro Crater. A real life Eden, you will be amazed by its abundant wildlife that get very close to the vehicle. The crater floor supports more than 25,000 large mammals including the remaining Black Rhinos, Zebras, Gnus, Gazelles, Buffalos, Lions, Hippos, Elephants, Elands, Hyenas and a number of aquatic birds. You explore the crater until the late afternoon and then drive back to Moshi / Arusha.