6-Day Tanzania Wildlife Safari with Serengeti and Ngorongoro

• In the morning, you will be picked up from your hotel to begin your safari to Tarangire National Park. The park is roughly the size of Luxemburg and covers an area of about 2,600 km2. Bush savannah, seasonal swamps and giant baobab trees make up the landscape of this nature reserve, and it is probably one of the best places in East Africa to see elephants. Not only are there thousands of them, but they are also relatively accustomed to vehicles, so you will be able to get really close to them.

• Apart from elephants, the park is also home to Masai giraffes, various gazelles, antelopes, buffaloes, lions, leopards, baboons and more than 500 types of birds.

After an extensive game drive, leave the park and drive to the Maramboi Tented Camp for your overnight stay.

Meals: Lunch; Dinner.

• After breakfast, depart from the Tarangire area to the lush highlands where crops such as wheat, corn and coffee are grown.

• Travelling through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, you might be tempted to stop for a breathtaking view over the Ngorongoro Crater before continuing to Serengeti National Park.

• Serengeti means "endless plains" in the language of the Masai, and you will see the grassland savannah stretching to the horizon. Bizarre rock formations dot the grassy landscape where predators roam. Blue wildebeests, Thomson's gazelles, zebras and buffaloes are on the menu.

• Through the high, open roof of the safari vehicle, enjoy the diversified habitats and landscapes of the park.

Arrive in the Seronera Valley for an evening meal and overnight stay at the Kati Kati Tented Camp.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

• Dedicate the entire day to game viewing in Serengeti National Park. The areas that you will visit will depend on 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. During the long rainy season from April to June, they return north. As the migration depends on the yearly rains, the location of the herds might vary from year to year, but the guide will know where to spot them best.

• Spend another night at the Kati Kati Tented Camp.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

• After breakfast, join another game drive in Serengeti National Park, and you might spot animals you have not 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, drive in the direction of the Ngorongoro Crater, and as soon as you reach the edge of the crater, the caldera opens up before you. This approximate 20 km wide crater is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and home to over 25,000 animals.

• Drive to the Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge, from where you can witness the sunset over the crater.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

• After breakfast at daybreak, 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.

• After an extensive game drive and a picnic lunch, leave the crater and travel to the Kirurumu Manyara Lodge.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

• 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. While the forest near the lake is filled with noisy troops of blue monkeys, extended baboon families hang around the roads.

• After an intensive game drive, return to Arusha/Moshi in the late afternoon.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.