6-Day Wildlife Safari in Serengeti, Manyara and Ngorongoro

• On arrival, be received by the tour guide.

• Set out for an hour's drive to the lodge on the slopes of Mount Meru, on the outskirts of Arusha town.

Dinner and overnight stay.

• After an early breakfast, proceed to Lake Manyara National Park, one of the most popular and attractive national parks. Although relatively small in size, it contains a variety of habitats and diverse animals and birds. Lake Manyara is also famous for its tree-climbing lions and numerous migratory birds.

• Visit the massive but shallow soda lake, covering two-thirds of the park, located at the foot of the Great Rift Valley's western escarpment.

• Enjoy game viewing within the northern part of the park.

Return to the camp for dinner and overnight stay.

• Today, drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. From here, the route follows along the Great Rift Valley, the beautiful high-lying farmland of Karatu, and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and crater rim.

• Visit Olduvai Gorge. This desert-like gorge lies at the foot of the Ngorongoro Highlands and is a world-renowned site, known as a repository for the remains of vast numbers of animals that roamed these plains years ago.

• Have a picnic lunch.

• After lunch, proceed to Serengeti National Park and drive towards the Seronera River Valley.

Dinner and overnight stay at the camp in Serengeti.

• After breakfast, enjoy a full-day game drive in Serengeti National Park. Serengeti is as big as Northern Ireland and is the greatest sanctuary in the world. It contains about 4 million different types of animals, including the Big Five: rhino, leopard, buffalo, lion, and elephant.

• Have lunch in the afternoon and then follow the Kopjes Circuit, which goes anti-clockwise around the Masai kopjes. These usually attract a number of lions and some formidably large cobras. Kopjes are weathered granite outcrops scattered around the plains, most of which are miniature ecosystems, providing shade and drinking water in pools left in the rock after the rains. This makes the kopjes particularly good for spotting wildlife in the dry seasons, including lions, which like to lie in wait for animals coming to drink.

• Enjoy a full day of game viewing in Serengeti.

Return to the accommodation for dinner and overnight stay.

• Today in the morning, set out for a game drive in Serengeti.

• Later in the day, proceed towards the Ngorongoro Conservancy via Simba Kopjes and Naabi Hill Gate.

• Stop at a Masai Village and relish the intact culture.

• Stop on the crater rim to enjoy one of the most memorable picnic lunches of your life, then continue the journey into the crater.

Dinner and overnight stay.

• After an early morning breakfast, descend to the crater floor with picnic lunches for a full-day crater tour.

• The Ngorongoro Conservation Area supports a vast variety of animals, including herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants. Another big drawcard to this picturesque national park is its dense population of predators, which includes hyenas, jackals, cheetahs, lions, and the ever-elusive leopard. You will also visit Lake Magadi.

• A large number of hippos, flamingos, and water birds can be spotted around this area.

• In the evening, drive back to Arusha town for your accommodation at the lodge.

End of the tour.