Welcome to Tanzania. Upon your arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport or Arusha Airport, our representatives will meet you and facilitate your transfer to your lodge in Arusha. This bustling city is the gateway to Tanzania’s most famous national parks. The remainder of your day is at leisure to relax and acclimatize before your safari adventure begins.
Main Destination: Arusha (City)
Accommodation: Arusha Planet Lodge (Mid-range Lodge)
Meals: Bed & Breakfast
After breakfast, your professional guide will collect you for the journey to Tarangire National Park. The park is renowned for its massive elephant herds and ancient, towering baobab trees that dot the landscape. The Tarangire River serves as a vital lifeline, attracting a high density of wildlife, especially during the dry season. Your game drive will offer sightings of giraffe, buffalo, zebra, and a variety of antelope, with predators such as lion and leopard often following the herds. Enjoy a picnic lunch at a designated site within the park before transferring to your accommodation in Karatu.
Main Destination: Tarangire National Park
Accommodation: Eileen’s Trees Inn (Mid-range Lodge)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Following an early breakfast, you will ascend into the highlands of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, with a photo stop at the crater’s viewpoint. Continue your descent onto the endless plains of the Serengeti National Park. This iconic ecosystem is world-famous for the Great Wildebeest Migration, a breathtaking spectacle of movement and survival. Depending on the season, you may witness vast herds of wildebeest and zebra. Enjoy a picnic lunch en route and an afternoon game drive in the Central Serengeti before arriving at your luxury tented camp.
Main Destination: Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Embalakai Serengeti Camp (Luxury Tented Camp)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Dedicate this entire day to exploring the vastness of the Serengeti. You may choose a full-day game drive with a picnic lunch, allowing you to venture deeper into the park, or split your day with morning and afternoon drives, returning to camp for lunch and relaxation. This extended time maximizes your chances of encountering the Serengeti’s diverse wildlife, including prides of lion, elusive leopards, swift cheetahs, and countless other species in their natural habitat.
Main Destination: Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Embalakai Serengeti Camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
After a final morning game drive in the Serengeti, you will journey back towards the Ngorongoro Highlands. Descend the 600-meter walls of the Ngorongoro Crater for an unforgettable afternoon game drive on its floor. This natural amphitheater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, hosts an incredible concentration of wildlife, including the rare black rhinoceros. You will encounter large herds of zebra, wildebeest, and buffalo, alongside the crater’s resident predator population. In the evening, ascend the crater rim and drive to your lodge in Karatu.
Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater
Accommodation: Eileen’s Trees Inn
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Your final safari day begins with a visit to the diverse Lake Manyara National Park. Nestled at the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment, this compact park features a scenic soda lake, dense groundwater forest, and open grasslands. It is famous for its tree-climbing lions, large elephant populations, and prolific birdlife, including thousands of flamingos. After a picnic lunch inside the park, you will be driven to your chosen drop-off point in Arusha or to the airport, marking the conclusion of your Tanzanian adventure.
Main Destination: Lake Manyara National Park
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
This safari traverses four distinct ecosystems, offering a comprehensive Tanzanian wildlife experience:
Tarangire: Large elephant herds, buffalo, baobab trees, and diverse birdlife.
Serengeti: The Great Migration (seasonal), lion, leopard, cheetah, vast herds of wildebeest and zebra.
Ngorongoro Crater: High probability of seeing the Big Five, including the endangered black rhino.
Lake Manyara: Famous tree-climbing lions, elephants, hippos, and flamingos.
Overall Best Time: June to October during the dry season. This period offers the best general wildlife viewing as animals gather around water sources, and the grass is shorter, improving visibility.
Great Migration: The timing and location of the migration vary. The Serengeti portion of the migration is typically best seen from July to October.
