8-Day Tanzania Wildlife Safari with Serengeti and Ngorongoro

• Once you have provided your details, a transfer representative will meet you at the airport and transfer you to your hotel.

• After breakfast, head off on a three-hour drive through the village of Mto Wa Mbu.

• Walk through the narrow village roads and chat with the locals about their everyday lives. You will hear all about their crops and watch them being farmed. You may even get the opportunity to test the local banana beer.

• After lunch, continue through the village of Mto Wa Mbu before climbing part of the Great Rift Valley to your lodge. Keep an eye out for spectacular views of Mt Meru as you leave Arusha and head towards Lake Manyara. Lake Manyara National Park is renowned for its black-maned, tree-climbing lions and large herds of buffaloes and elephants, not to mention the flocks of flamingos and pelicans found on the shores of the lake itself.

• Enjoy a game drive en route to your permanent tented camp, tucked away in a quiet corner of acacia forest. The permanent tents are raised on platforms, all with en-suite bathrooms and a private veranda overlooking the lush forest. All the tents are discreetly placed around a central glade, offering shade and privacy while still being only a short walk from the restaurant and bar.

• Depart Lake Manyara for the wide-open plains of the Serengeti. Travel through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, skirting the Ngorongoro Crater before entering the Serengeti.

• Spend the afternoon on a game drive covering the more southern regions of the Serengeti before reaching your campsite for the evening. Your tented camp for the next 2 nights is set against a backdrop of savannah and skies. Traditional tents, each with thatch, have en-suite bathrooms and private verandas overlooking the impressive plains of the Serengeti. The central restaurant and bar area boasts a large campfire - an ideal spot to unwind with a chilled drink after a long day of exciting game viewing. The camp is ideally situated at the border of the world-renowned Serengeti National Park, along the path of the migrating wildebeests between Kenya and Tanzania.

Full board meal is included.

• Today, start around sunrise for a morning game drive and follow that up later with an afternoon game drive, as the animals tend to be more active in the cooler hours of the day.

• You will usually return to the camp during the hotter hours in the middle of the day, where you will enjoy a hearty meal, relax, and maybe take a siesta.

• Depending on wildlife movements and opportunities for sightings, the drive may continue through lunch and last all day. In this case, you will return to camp in the late afternoon. The seemingly endless Serengeti Plains capture the essence of Africa. They are home to massive numbers of grazing animals and also various predators, and the interaction between the many species often provides some of the best wildlife viewing opportunities in the world.

Accommodation will be at a permanent tented camp. Full board meal is included.

• Explore Serengeti, widely regarded as a microcosm of natural habitats in Africa. Within these plains lies every type of ecosystem, including riverine forests and open plains. You will see a considerable variety of wildlife in this compact area, including the highly endangered black rhinoceros in north Serengeti.

• In the afternoon, leave the plains. The late afternoon can be spent relaxing at the camp and soaking up the wonderful scenery.

Accommodation will be at a permanent tented camp. Full board meals are included.

• Head to Ngorongoro Crater for the day's game drive.

• After game viewing in this place known as the Eden of Africa, drive to your tented camp or lodge for the evening in the late afternoon.

• Experience the real African bush. Canvas tents with permanent thatched ramadas have en-suite bathrooms, with each shower fed by a 15L tank filled manually by lodge staff.

Accommodation will be at a permanent tented camp. Full board meal is included.

• After an enjoyable breakfast, set out on an early morning game drive inside Tarangire National Park, where you can see a lot of animals.

• It is time to depart through the village of Mto Wa Mbu, and before you leave, climb part of the Great Rift Valley. Continue into Tarangire National Park for lunch and an afternoon game drive, with an eye out for spectacular views.

• Today, start around sunrise for a morning game drive and follow that up later with an afternoon game drive, as the animals tend to be more active in the cooler hours of the day. You will usually return to camp during the hotter hours in the middle of the day, where you will enjoy a hearty meal, relax, and maybe take a siesta. The tented camp runs on a generator, and there will be charging opportunities over the next 2 days.

• Depending on wildlife movements and opportunities for sightings, the drive may continue through lunch and last all day. In this case, return to camp in the late afternoon.

• Enjoy an early morning game drive in Tarangire National Park before returning to Arusha in time for lunch. It is time for farewell.

• Departure transfer can be booked at an additional expense to either Kilimanjaro Airport (JRO) or Arusha Airport. Please ensure you do not book flights departing prior to 5 pm.