Detailed Itinerary
Navigate through your 9-day safari adventure with 7 full days of game driving and cultural experiences
Day 1: Arrive in Tanzania
You will be picked up at the Kilimanjaro International Airport and transferred to your hotel in Arusha town; you will meet your guide who will brief you on your upcoming safari. All the basic information about your safari will be given to you by safari guide.
Day 2: Arusha – Tarangire National Park
In the morning you will be picked up from your hotel to start your safari to the Tarangire National Park. Bush savannah, seasonal swamps and giant baobab trees make up the landscape of this nature reserve and the park is probably one of the best places in East Africa to see elephants. Not only they are found in thousands but also they seem to be more accustomed to the vehicles.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
Day 3: Tarangire - Lake Natron
After breakfast you will leave the area around Tarangire National Park and head to the multicultural village of Mto wa Mbu. From here you will travel on a spectacular and very bumpy gravel road along the Rift Valley Escarpment with Ol Doinyo Lengai "the holy mountain" of the Masai in the distance. Today's destination is the typical Masai village of Ngare Sero in the hot and dusty Rift Valley.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
Day 4: Lake Natron - Serengeti National Park
After an early start, you will travel along adventurous dirt tracks with breath-taking views as your vehicle climbs out of the Rift Valley to reach the grassy plains of the Serengeti by midday. In Massai Serengeti means "endless plains" and truly you would find the grassland savannah stretching here to the horizon with the dotted grazing animals.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
Day 5: Serengeti National Park
The entire day is dedicated to game viewing in the Serengeti National Park. The areas that you will visit will depend upon where the migrating herds are to be found. Predators usually follow closely behind the trekking animals. During the short rainy season in November and December the herds move from the hills in the north to the plains in the south.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
Day 6: Serengeti - Ngorongoro Conservation Area
After breakfast you will join another game drive in the Serengeti National Park and you might spot animals you haven't seen during the last two days. The Serengeti is also home to the "Big Five" – lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino and leopard and today you might be able to tick off all the members of this group. After lunch at a picnic site, you will drive in direction of the Ngorongoro Crater.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
Day 7: Ngorongoro Crater – Karatu
Rise and shine! After breakfast at day break you drive down into the crater. Inside the world's biggest caldera you will see a diversity of wildlife ranging from black rhinos, Grant's and Thomson's gazelles, lions and leopards, to elephants and mountain reedbucks in the forests on the slopes. You might also see buffaloes, spotted hyenas and some of the more than 500 bird species of the area.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
Day 8: Karatu – Lake Manyara - Moshi/Airport
The small Lake Manyara National Park is home to over 400 bird species, primate-filled forests and grassy plains. A large area of the park is covered by the alkaline Lake Manyara, which is home to colonies of flamingos and other water birds. Apart from giraffes, hippos, wildebeests and impalas on the grassy plains, you might see lions lounging in the trees and elephants feeding on the acacias in the woodlands.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch included
Day 9: Departure day
Rest in the hotel and transfer to the airport. Hotels check out is 11:00am. In case you need a late check-out because of an evening flight, you have the option to extend your hotel stay till 6:00 PM for an extra fee.
