6-Day Northern Tanzania Wildlife Safari with Serengeti and Crater

• You will be picked up from your hotel at 7:30 am. After meeting your guide, chef, and the other clients, you will drive for about 2 hours to Tarangire National Park, which is famous for its diverse landscape. The park is particularly known for its abundance of ancient baobab trees and for having the largest concentration of elephants in the whole country, providing unique chances to observe interactions between elephant families.

• Enjoy a game drive through the park, depending on where animal sightings have been reported. Predators such as lions, cheetahs, and leopards are harder to spot, while herbivores such as giraffes, wildebeest, and zebras are plentiful throughout the park.

• Later, head to the Tarangire River picnic site and enjoy the beautiful view of the river and animals while having lunch. Small monkeys and baboons may try to scare you away from your lunch, but there is nothing to worry about.

• Proceed with the game drive after lunch. Exit the park around 4:30 pm and head to your accommodation.

Overnight at Farm of Dreams Lodge.

Meals included: Lunch, Dinner

• After breakfast, drive from Mto wa Mbu to Serengeti, a journey of about 6 hours including all stops, as you pass through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

• Stop at the Ngorongoro Crater viewpoint to admire the breathtaking view of the crater. Duration: 20 minutes.

• Visit a Maasai village (optional) and explore the culture of the great Maasai tribe, once known for chasing lions from their kill, hunting lions to be considered warriors, and drinking raw animal blood. However, these traditions are now a thing of the past. Even so, you can surely learn something from the visit.

• Arrive in Serengeti National Park in the late afternoon and enjoy a game drive in Seronera, the center of Serengeti, until late evening. Experience the sunset in Serengeti while getting a close view of wild animals. You might even be lucky enough to see a predator hunting or feeding on a kill.

Head to Serengeti Heritage Tented Lodge, Seronera Wildlife Lodge, Katikati Tented Lodge, or Domed Wilderness Tented Lodge.

Note: You can still view animals from camp, mostly hyenas. There is close protection from active rangers, so no worries.

Meals included: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Accommodation included

• After an early breakfast, head out on an early game drive to the wider parts of the Serengeti - south, east, or west - depending on wildlife movements on that day.

• Have lunch later and continue the game drive until evening.

• Return to the lodge.

Overnight at Katikati Tented Lodge/Seronera Wildlife Lodge.

Meals included: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

• After an early breakfast, go on an early game drive to see many animals until afternoon, then head to the camp for lunch and packing.

• Enjoy a game drive as you exit the Serengeti and travel toward Rhino Lodge, Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge, Pakulala Tented Lodge, or Serena Lodge, about 2 hours away near the rim of Ngorongoro Crater.

Overnight in Ngorongoro Crater.

Meals included: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

• After an early breakfast, descend into the crater at 6:15 am on a journey to find the black rhino. Rhinos are the hardest animals to spot in this beautiful crater, while most other animals are easier to see here because it is a floor crater.

• Enjoy a game drive after lunch and then ascend the crater back to camp.

• Pack for the trip to Africa Safari Glamping Lodge & Campsite near Lake Manyara National Park. Be prepared for swimming, if interested.

Overnight in Lake Manyara.

Meals included: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

• After breakfast, head to Lake Manyara National Park, which is famous for its large number of flamingos in the lake and its tree-climbing lions, though they are rarely seen.

• Enjoy a game drive while viewing plenty of birds, and if you are lucky enough, you may spot the famous tree-climbing lions. You will also visit the hippo pool for a close look at hippos and the hot spring, all while continuing your game drive and viewing plenty of animals such as buffaloes, wildebeest, warthogs, vultures, eagles, and monkeys.

• Head back to Arusha after the tour, where you will be dropped off at your hotel or the airport.