4-Day Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Tarangire Safari from Arusha

• Depart to Arusha Town for any last-minute purchases before heading off on safari.

• 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.

Have dinner and an overnight stay at the hotel.

• Depart for Serengeti National Park via the beautiful high-lying farmland of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

• Descend into the heart of wild Africa - Serengeti National Park - with its endless plains rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see.

• 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 and therefore attracts abundant wildlife.

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

Have dinner and stay overnight at the hotel.

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

• Stop at Olduvai Gorge. It was here that the anthropologists Lois and Mary Leakey discovered the skulls of 'Nutcracker Man' and 'Handy Man', both very significant links in the chain of human evolution.

Transfer to the hotel, where you will have dinner and stay overnight.

• Descend over 600 metres into the crater to view wildlife. Supported by a year-round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area houses a wide variety of animals, including herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants.

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

• Get transferred to Arusha for dinner.

• Drop off at the airport. Accommodation can be included upon request at an extra cost.