8-Day Tanzania Wildlife Safari with Serengeti and Ngorongoro

• The safari will begin at 8 AM with a pick-up from your hotel at Moshi or Arusha. With everyone aboard, you will head towards Tarangire National Park. The 150km drive from Arusha will be covered in about 3 hours. The national park is extremely famous and special for its diverse landscape and nine different vegetation zones. 
• As the game drive begins, you will be welcomed by the ancient and gigantic Baobab trees, which make even animals like the giraffe look tiny. 
• The game drive goes on till about late afternoon and includes a stop for a picnic lunch. The 3,000 Square kilometre park gets its name from the Tarangire River that flows through it. The river attracts various animals in large numbers, and you should be able to spot many elephants, giraffes, lions, antelopes and zebra.
  If it’s your lucky day, you might be able to spot the tree-climbing lion and the long-necked Gerek. The Tarangire National Park has the highest number of elephants, which offers a unique chance to observe interactions between elephant families.
• Post the game drive, head back to the camp/lodge, where a delicious dinner awaits.

• After finishing breakfast, head out towards the Serengeti National Park and travel in the midst of the never-ending plain grasslands. The Serengeti means endless plains in the Maasai language. The Serengeti also houses the glorious “Big 5” (elephant, rhino, buffalo, lion and leopard). Along with the “Big 5”, a very pleasant sighting would be one of Africa’s most beautiful animals – The Impala. The Serengeti ecosystem supports the greatest remaining concentration of plains game in Africa. The central portion of the Serengeti, known as the Seronera area, is one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park. It features the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species.
  In Seronera, one must really look out for the many lions that thrive in this region.
• Keep an eye out for the Serengeti “Kopjes”, which are massive boulders of granite standing in a sea of grass. They provide ample shelter to a large variety of flora and fauna. 
• A picnic lunch will be made during the day-long game drive.

Dinner and overnight in the accommodation.

• Starting by 8 AM after breakfast, explore the central portion of the Serengeti National Park and move towards the northern part. The enroute game drive towards the Kogatende region will offer mild action from the resident game. As you approach the northern part of the Serengeti, you will notice the terrain change from the usual plain grassland to hilly and broken terrain.
  The northern region offers a variety of resident games, such as zebras, topi, gazelle, buffaloes, leopards and lions.
• A picnic lunch will be served during the day-long drive. 
• Based on the time of your arrival, you will be able to spend a few hours by the Mara River. 

Dinner and overnight in the accommodation.

• Finish breakfast and begin your day by 8 AM. In mid-June to September, migration can be found in this region. From mid-June to September, the Mara River in this region offers the most dramatic river crossing of the great migration. The fierce, deep and heavily rain-fed river takes an enormous toll on the migrating wildebeest. If it’s your lucky day, you can witness this natural wonder and watch nature take its course. Tracing the great migration, you might even move towards the Lobo valley.
  The pristine Lobo valley is scattered with woodlands, plains, hills and famous granite Kopjes. It offers an enormous amount of big cat game with lions, leopards and cheetahs in plenty. During the dry season, the permanent water sources in the valley attract plenty of resident and migratory animals, resulting in excellent game viewing.
• During the full-day game drive, stop where you can have your picnic lunch.

Dinner and overnight in the accommodation.

• Start the day at 8 AM, and head south towards the central Serengeti. The four hours drive to the Centre of Serengeti will offer a mild enroute game. The drive south from the Mara river valley takes you through hill country, the Lobo area, woodlands and then back into the Seronera terrain. The central portion of the Serengeti – known as the Seronera area, is one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park.
• As you make your way into the Seronera region, you will notice the hilly and broken terrain altering into plain grasslands. In Seronera, one must really look out for the many lion pride that thrive in this region. The interactions and survival of these lion pride provide an excellent game-viewing experience all year round.
• A picnic lunch will be served during the day-long drive. 

Dinner and overnight in the accommodation.

• The safari will begin at 9 AM, and you will head out for a short game drive in the Serengeti after breakfast. 
• After completing a half-day game drive and a picnic lunch, we will branch out and head towards the Ngorongoro crater rim.
  The 75-km drive to Ngorongoro Crater rim will take about 2.5 hours, with mild game action to see on the way. The crater is one of Africa’s impressive geological attractions and the supreme mecca of wilderness.

Dinner and overnight in the accommodation.

• On the last day of the safari, have an early start depending on the arrangement. You should be descending at around 6:30 AM into the crater floor. The Ngorongoro crater is the world’s largest inactive, intact and unfilled volcanic caldera. It has a massive floor of about 260 square kilometres with a depth of over 2000 feet. The 5-hour tour drive on the crater floor will show you a lot of animal actions. The African elephant, buffalo, Black rhino, Hippos, Hyenas, Cheetahs and Lions are found in plenty.
  After the picnic lunch at the beautiful Hippo pool, begin a steep ascend to the top exit of the crater. This is the last leg of the safari, with a 4hr drive left to Arusha.
• Drop off at your preferred location in Arusha or Moshi by the end of the day.