Itinerary

1. Day 1: Arusha to Tarangire National Park

   • Our personal safari Tanzanian tour guide and driver will meet you at the airport or hotel.

   • Drive some hundred and twenty kilometres to Tarangire National Park, where we undertake game drives.  

   • Return to our lodge for a hot lunch.

   • Head out to continue our game viewing experience in the park.  

   • With the day coming to a close and the sun setting over The Rift Valley, our driver will convey us to our selected lodgings.

   Dinner and overnight at Tarangire Osupuko Lodge.

2. Day 2: Tarangire to Serengeti National Park

   • After our breakfast, we continue our journey heading up towards the fertile highlands where wheat, coffee, and corn, are grown by the Iraqw people. 

   • Passing through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, we will be afforded a view of the breath-taking Ngorongoro Crater before travelling to the Serengeti National Park, Serengeti, ‘Endless Plain’ in Maa, the tongue of the Maasai, which we will reach by midday. 

   • With our en-route game drive behind us, we lunch at the lodge.

   • At 2:30 pm, head out for our afternoon game drive.  

   • With the day drawing to a close, we return to the lodge.

   Dinner and accommodation at Serengeti Heritage Tented Camp.

3. Day 3: Game Drive to Serengeti National Park

   • After our hearty breakfast at the lodge, we head out to enjoy our wildlife adventure on the ‘Endless Plain’. There is to be found upon the plain an abundance of wildlife with over three million large mammals here resident easily justifying the recognition of the landscape as a UNESCO world heritage site.  Other than the great migrating hordes we seek, we may also see cheetah, lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant, wildebeest, hartebeest, topi, eland, crocs, Thomson’s and Grant’s Gazelle, amongst many many more. With over five hundred bird species identified, the park is a veritable ornithological paradise, ostrich abound, secretary bird, marabou stork, and the largest flighted bird on Earth, the kori bustard. 

   Dinner and accommodation at Serengeti Heritage Tented Camp. 

4. Day 4: Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater

   • After our hearty breakfast, we head out for an en-route game drive upon the Serengeti. We may, with lady luck on our side, get to spot the “Big Five” – lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino, leopard – as well as some of the other multitude of species here inhabiting, some three million large mammals, eland, hartebeest, bushbuck, impala, gazelle, hippo, giraffe, meerkat.  

   • Our en-route game drive brings us to the uplands of the Ngorongoro Crater. 

   • We will arrive at the Crater rim and enjoy our lunch at our lodge, The Ngorongoro Serena Lodge.  

   • With our post-lunch rest revitalising us, we set off on a walking safari of about three kilometres along the crater rim to take in the awesome spectacle of this fabled landscape.  

   • Returning to the lodge, we rest in anticipation of our dining experience and relaxation under the endless African night. 

   Dinner and accommodation at Angata Tented Lodge. 

5. Day 5: Game Drive to Ngorongoro Crater

   • An early start today, rising at 06:00 am for breakfast before we descend the bumpy winding track noting our passage through several climatic zones into the Crater. 

   • Very quickly, we will be able to see wildebeest, zebra, gazelle, elephant, and some of the more than 500 bird species in the area. With a little bit of luck, we might catch a glimpse of the endangered black rhino through the grass.  

   • After our picnic lunch at the hippo pools and a full afternoon inside the caldera, we head for our lodgings for further dining and relaxation.

   Dinner and accommodation at Angata Tented Lodge.

6. Day 6: Ngorongoro to Lake Manyara National Park

   • After breakfast, at 0830 hrs, we drive to our final destination on this epic safari - Lake Manyara National Park.  

   • On our exploration of the park, we will see monkeys, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests, buffalo, elephants and, with some luck, lions lounging in the trees. The park is known for its diverse landscapes, open grassy plains and primate-filled woodlands and baobab dotted cliffs. 

   • After our mornings game drives, we head to our lodge for a scrumptious lunch, our adventure at its inevitable end, with all the sights and sounds of wild East Africa tucked away in our minds for our adventure in life's journey.  

   • In the afternoon, at 1630 hrs, if desired, we may drive the short distance to Mto Wa Mbu village for an easy walk to the waterfalls found nearby as well as to visit the village's daily market.  

   • At 6:00 pm, we return to our lodgings Lake Manyara Wildlife Lodge for dinner and relaxation.

7. Day 7: Lake Manyara National Park to Arusha

   • After breakfast, at 08:30 am, drive back to Arusha via some Curio shops.

   • Arrive in the early afternoon for lunch at The Arusha Hotel. 

   • We can arrange a short tour of Arusha City or a day room at a hotel before heading to the Airport for the onward journey.