4-Day Wildlife Safari in Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro

• After breakfast, the tour starts.

• Your first stop is Arusha Town for any last-minute purchases before heading off on safari.

• Afterwards, continue to Tarangire National Park for a game drive with a picnic lunch in the park. Tarangire is well known for its huge elephant population and baobab trees. It forms the centre of an annual migratory cycle that includes up to 3,000 elephants, 25,000 wildebeest, and 30,000 zebras.

Dinner and overnight at Kudu Camp Karatu.

Meals: Lunch, dinner, bed and breakfast

Accommodation: Kudu Lodge and campsite

• After breakfast, depart for Serengeti National Park via the beautiful high-lying farmland of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Leaving the highlands behind, you descend into the heart of wild Africa - the Serengeti National Park - with its endless plains rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see.

• Then head to the central park area, known as the Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park. It features the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife representative of most of the Serengeti's species.

• Arrive in time for lunch and enjoy an afternoon game drive in Serengeti National Park.

Dinner, breakfast, and overnight at Serengeti Seronera Campsite.

Accommodation: Serengeti Seronera Campsite

Meals: Lunch, dinner, bed and breakfast

Distance: 145 km

Non-game-viewing time: 3 - 4 hours

• Enjoy an early morning game drive and then depart for the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

• Stop at Olduvai Gorge, boasting a history dating back to the dawn of time. It was here that the anthropologists Dr Lois and Mary Leakey discovered the skulls of 'Nutcracker Man' and 'Handy Man', both very significant links in the chain of human evolution.

In the late afternoon, transfer to Ngorongoro Simba Campsite for dinner and overnight.

Meals: Lunch, dinner, bed and breakfast

Accommodation: Ngorongoro Simba Campsite

Distance: 145 km

Non-game viewing time: 2 - 4 hours

• After an early breakfast, descend over 600 meters into the crater to view wildlife. Supported by a year-round water supply and fodder, 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 of this picturesque national park is its dense population of predators, including lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs, and the ever-elusive leopard, which sometimes requires a trained eye to spot.

• Visit Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the southwestern corner, which is one of the main features of the crater. A large number of flamingos, hippos, and other water birds can usually be seen here.

• Late afternoon transfer to Arusha for dinner and overnight or airport drop-off.

Distance: 210 km

Non-game-viewing time: 3 - 4 hours