9-Day Tanzania Safari with Serengeti Migration and Ngorongoro Crater

• Arrive at Kilimanjaro Airport or Arusha Airport.

• Transfer to Planet Lodge for dinner and an overnight stay on HB basis. (40 km, 30 minutes)

Arusha Distance: 30 km / 50 km

Meals: Dinner and overnight HB

Accommodation: Planet Lodge or similar accommodation

• After breakfast, start your tour. Your first stop is Arusha Town for any last-minute purchases before you head off on safari.

• Then head towards 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 center of an annual migratory cycle that includes up to 3,000 elephants, 25,000 wildebeest, and 30,000 zebras.

• Enjoy dinner and an overnight stay at Maramboi Tented Camp.

Meals: Lunch, dinner, bed, and breakfast

Accommodation: Maramboi Tented Camp or similar accommodation

• After breakfast, depart for the tour. Your first stop is Arusha Town for any last-minute purchases before heading off on safari.

• Afterward, continue to Lake Manyara. Lake Manyara National Park offers breathtaking views and a large variety of habitats, including acacia woodlands, water forests, baobab-strewn cliffs, algae-streaked hot springs, swamps, and the lake itself. Thanks to this, the small park is able to support a large number of animal species and incredible birdlife. Manyara has the largest concentration of baboons anywhere in the world, and the lions here are also renowned for their tree climbing.

• Enjoy dinner and an overnight stay at Ngorongoro Farmhouse.

Meals: Lunch, dinner, bed, and breakfast

Accommodation: Ngorongoro Farmhouse or similar accommodation

• After breakfast, depart for Serengeti National Park via the beautiful high-lying farmland of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Leaving the highlands behind, 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.

• 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 well representative of most of the Serengeti's species.

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

• Enjoy dinner and an overnight stay at Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp for 2 nights.

Meals: Lunch, dinner, bed and breakfast

Accommodation: Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp or similar accommodation

• After breakfast, enjoy game drives in Serengeti National Park. Leaving the highlands behind, 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 well representative of most of the Serengeti's species.

• Savour dinner and an overnight stay at Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp for 2 nights.

Meals: Lunch, dinner, bed and breakfast

Accommodation: Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp or similar accommodation

• Spend a full day game driving in Serengeti National Park and following the wildebeest migration.

• Enjoy dinner and an overnight stay at Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp with your Tanzania tour guide.

Meals: Lunch, dinner, bed and breakfast

Accommodation: Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp or similar accommodation

• Spend a full day game driving in Serengeti National Park and following the wildebeest migration.

• Enjoy dinner and an overnight stay at Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp.

Meals: Lunch, dinner, bed and breakfast

Accommodation: Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp or similar accommodation

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

• Make a stop at Olduvai Gorge, boasting a history dating back to the dawn of time. It was here that the anthropologists Drs. 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 Rhino Lodge, where you will have dinner and an overnight stay.

Meals: Lunch, dinner, bed and breakfast

Accommodation: Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge or similar accommodation

• 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 to this picturesque national park is its dense population of predators, which includes 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.

• In the late afternoon, transfer to Arusha for dinner and an overnight stay or airport drop-off.