7-Day Tanzania Wildlife Safari through Serengeti and Ngorongoro

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

• Drive approximately 120 kilometres to Tarangire National Park, where we undertake game drives.

• Return to our lodge for a hot lunch.

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

• As the day comes to a close and the sun sets over the Rift Valley, our driver will take us to our selected lodgings.

Dinner and overnight at Tarangire Osupuko Lodge.

• After breakfast, we continue our journey 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 breathtaking Ngorongoro Crater before travelling on to Serengeti National Park. Serengeti means 'Endless Plain' in Maa, the language of the Maasai, and we will reach it by midday.

• After our en-route game drive, we have lunch at the lodge.

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

• As the day draws to a close, we return to the lodge.

Dinner and accommodation at Serengeti Heritage Tented Camp.

• After a hearty breakfast at the lodge, we head out to enjoy our wildlife adventure on the 'Endless Plain'. The Serengeti is home to an abundance of wildlife, with over three million large mammals resident here, easily justifying its recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

• In addition to the great migrating herds we seek, we may also see cheetah, lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant, wildebeest, hartebeest, topi, eland, crocodiles, Thomson's and Grant's gazelles, among many more.

• With over 500 bird species identified, the park is a veritable ornithological paradise. Ostrich abound here, along with secretary birds, marabou storks, and the largest flighted bird on Earth, the kori bustard.

Dinner and accommodation at Serengeti Heritage Tented Camp.

• After a hearty breakfast, we head out for an en-route game drive across the Serengeti. With lady luck on our side, we may spot the Big Five - lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino, and leopard - as well as some of the other multitude of species that inhabit this landscape, including eland, hartebeest, bushbuck, impala, gazelle, hippo, giraffe, and meerkat.

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

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

• After a post-lunch rest, 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.

• 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 luck, we might also 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 to our lodgings for dinner and relaxation.

Dinner and accommodation at Angata Tented Lodge.

• After breakfast, at 08:30 hrs, we drive to our final destination on this epic safari - Lake Manyara National Park.

• During 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, primate-filled woodlands, and baobab-dotted cliffs.

• After our morning game drives, we head to our lodge for a scrumptious lunch, with all the sights and sounds of wild East Africa tucked away in our minds as part of life's journey.

• In the afternoon, at 16:30 hrs, if desired, we may drive the short distance to Mto Wa Mbu village for an easy walk to the nearby waterfalls, as well as a visit to the village's daily market.

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

• 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.