8-Day Tanzania Safari from Arusha with Lake Natron and Serengeti

• Meet the tour guide, who will pick you up at 8 a.m. from your hotel in Arusha.
• Head to Arusha National Park, a jewel of Tanzania where waterbucks and gazelles roam throughout the year, and where you can see giraffes, zebras, and warthogs.
• Drive along the golden, baked shores of Lake Momella, whose waters glow teal, aquamarine, and azure against the bold African sky. A knowledgeable and skilled ranger will help you learn more about the natural beauty around you.
• Explore the lush green forest, alive with the antics of colobus monkeys, and chance upon the bright, bubbling waters of a waterfall among the greenery.
• Stop overnight at the park, where you can rest your legs and enjoy a delicious dinner served under the stars.

Accommodation: Meru Inn

• Enjoy a healthy, tasty breakfast and set off for Tarangire National Park, a birdwatcher's haven. Tarangire boasts over 550 species of bird, and its marshes have the highest number of breeding species in one place in the whole world.
• Spot flocks of dazzling yellow-collared lovebirds, the native Rufous-tailed weaver, the northern pied babbler, the red-and-yellow barbet, the superior ostrich, as well as hundreds of migratory birds.
• Sit back and watch the parade of animals for which Tarangire is famous: the stately elephant, mighty lion, giraffe, graceful impala, cheetah, mongoose, buffalo, and baboons.
• Head to Mto Wa Mbu and arrive in the late afternoon.
• Relax or check out the photos you have taken so far while our cook prepares a delicious dinner, which you can enjoy while watching the apricot and bronze of an African sunset.

Accommodation: Panorama campsite

• Set off for Lake Natron, a salt and soda lake in part of the Great East African Rift Valley.
• Arrive at the campsite in time for a delicious lunch.
• Take an afternoon stroll to the lake, where you could be delighted by a pink cloud of flamingoes. The lake is the only regular breeding ground in East Africa for around 2.5 million lesser flamingoes, who depend utterly on the lake and are therefore categorized as near threatened despite their numbers.
• Wander past salt marshes and freshwater wetlands and on to a sparkling waterfall.
• Get a chance to marvel at Oldoinyo Lengai (Mountain of God in Maasai, the language of the Maasai people), which is an active volcano.

Accommodation: Campsite

• Leave the harsh and compelling landscape of Lake Natron to travel to the lush bounty of Serengeti National Park.
• Journey via Loliondo and Wasso towns, where the Maasai, Chagga, Sonjo, and Warusha peoples live and work together harmoniously.
• Travel further through Klein's Gate, the northeast entrance to the Serengeti.
• Look out for a wide variety of animals, including antelope, wildebeest, and zebra. Enjoy a lovely dinner while you anticipate what tomorrow will bring.

Accommodation: Nyani campsite

• Wake up to a pink and apricot African dawn in the centre of the Serengeti, a paradise for wildlife and bird lovers. The Serengeti is home to the great migration of wildebeest and zebra, an incredible and world-famous phenomenon.
• Get a chance to see lions, leopards, elephants, cheetahs, and water buffalo all within a few feet of your jeep. Marvel at elands, antelopes, and Grant's gazelles; hyenas and crocodiles; monkeys and baboons; as well as hippos and rhinos.
• Spot hundreds of bird species, both endemic and migrating from Eurasia.
• Relax with a drink while you watch the sunset and wait for your delicious dinner to be served.

Accommodation: Nyani campsite

• Spend this morning revisiting the diverse landscapes of the Serengeti - riverine forest, swamps, kopjes, and grasslands - before the next part of your adventure.
• Enjoy a tasty lunch and journey to the Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site whose fertile volcanic plains and stunning highlands hold some of the richest density of animals in Africa.
• Spend the night here at the rim of the crater, and while you watch the golden-pink sunset melt over the savannah within the caldera, our friendly cook will be preparing a delectable dinner for you.

Accommodation: Simba campsite

• Explore the crater early in the morning.
• Get a chance to spot the Big Five - lion, elephant, leopard, rhino, and water buffalo - in a landscape lush with greens and olives and topped with the intense blue Tanzanian sky.
• Stop for a cheeky picnic lunch near a pond full of hippos. Older ones will be patiently sunning or muddying themselves while the youngsters play and splash.
• Begin your drive to Mto Wa Mbu after lunch. Enjoy a hot, fresh, tasty dinner under a sky full of stars.

Accommodation: Panorama campsite

• Experience the beauty of Lake Manyara National Park, nestled at the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment. The park is a picturesque tapestry of habitats: golden savannah, lush forest, arid baked scrubland, and tumbling rivers.
• Have an early breakfast to start the day early enough to spot the park's wildlife and breathe in the beauty of the place.
• Picnic in the heart of the park and then explore the shores of Soda Lake with its pink shimmer of flamingo, one of over four hundred species of dazzling birds, including the forest hornbill, pelican, and cormorant.
• Get a chance to spot the legendary tree-climbing lion as well as powerful water buffalo, African elephant, giraffe, impala, and hippo.
• Say goodbye to Manyara late in the afternoon and drive to Moshi through Maasai bomas, baobab forest, and rolling savannah.
• Arrive back in Arusha.