9-Day Tanzania Safari from Moshi with Serengeti and Ngorongoro

• Your adventure starts in Moshi, a cheerful and bustling town filled with coffee houses and a lively buzz.
• Head to Arusha National Park, home to the jewel-like Lake Momella, where you'll glimpse through the bronze bush for buffalo, waterbuck, giraffe, warthogs, zebra, and gazelle that reside here throughout the year.
• Set out on foot as well for a stroll that offers the sensation of feeling Africa's vibrant pulse through the soles of your shoes, experiencing the bush in infinite detail. You'll be safe, as an armed ranger will accompany you while you explore this landscape of buzzing insects and birds calling, with the cries of the savannah further off.
• Hike through lush forest to a sparkling waterfall and onward to a magical place famous for the antics of the black-and-white colobus monkeys.

Dinner and overnight at the selected camp.

• After breakfast, head off to the lovely and quiet Tarangire National Park. It is a huge park with a diverse concentration of wildlife, especially between July and October when the Tarangire River is in full flood.
• Spot the majestic African elephant, the largest land mammal in the world. At Tarangire, herds of these beautiful and intelligent creatures wander at leisure, looking after their young.
• Also see a dizzying variety of wildlife, including lions, giraffes, warthogs, ostrich, impalas, cheetahs, mongooses, buffalo, and baboons. The birdlife is magnificent too, and you'll catch the flash of a red-and-yellow barbet or gaze at the slow circling of the tawny eagle.
• After a picnic lunch, drive to Mto wa Mbu and reach the campsite in the late afternoon.

• After breakfast, depart for Lake Natron, which is famous for its salinity and the unique consequences of this. The microorganisms that prefer an alkaline environment cause the lake's russet tone, and you'll see salt-crust rafts scattered in the shallows. Over half the world's lesser flamingos are born in the lake, and you will likely see clouds of shimmering pink as the flamingos settle and stalk on the still waters.
• Explore a curious terrain of salt marshes and freshwater wetlands with its unique flora, leading to sparkling waterfalls. The lake is framed by the incredible Oldoinyo Lengai (Mountain of God in Maa, the language of the Maasai people), an active volcano that carves out hornitos - incredible statues of cooled lava.

A climb up Oldoinyo Lengai can be arranged as an extra day to your adventure.

• After breakfast, say goodbye to Lake Natron and hello to the world-famous Serengeti National Park.
• Travel through the bustling towns of Loliondo and Wasso, entering through Klein's Gate at the northeast entrance to the park. This road trip takes in an array of sights - towns and villages, savannah and forest - and you'll be able to spot animals such as antelope, wildebeest, and zebra along the way.

Dinner and overnight at the campsite in the centre of the Serengeti.

• After breakfast, continue into the vast plains of the magnificent Serengeti, home to hundreds of species of animals and birds. The Serengeti is world famous for its diversity - you'll likely see lions, leopards, elephants, cheetahs, and water buffalo, all within a few feet of your jeep. There's nowhere like it.
• It is also home to one of the world's natural wonders - the Great Migration of zebra and wildebeest as they traverse the plains in their thousands, risking their lives with the predators they attract, who are also just trying to stay alive. It is humbling to watch.
• Spot some of the park's lesser-known but equally beautiful creatures, including eland, hyenas, gazelle, crocodiles, giraffes, zebras, monkeys, baboons, hippos, and rhinos. The hundreds of bird species, endemic and migrating from Eurasia, are a special bonus for bird watchers.

Dinner at the campsite in Seronera.

• After breakfast, go for another drive through the sights and sounds of the Serengeti.
• See a rare tree-climbing lion and, towards the horizon, a mixed herd of zebra and wildebeest grazing gently.
• After lunch, set off for your next adventure: an exploration of the unique Ngorongoro Crater. Overnight will be at Simba Camp, which sits on the rim of the crater itself. This is an ideal place to rest and relax, as you'll enjoy a drink while watching the incredible colours of the sunset spread over the savannah and the shadow of night creep into the caldera below.

• Get up early, because early mornings are the best time to spot the animals - especially the Big Five. Have breakfast before you set off.
• Look out for zebra, wildebeest, and cackling hyenas, among others.
• After a busy morning, enjoy a leisurely picnic lunch near a pond full of hippos, then gaze at the sights of Soda Lake: flocks of graceful flamingos and storks, ibis, and cranes. Circling in the indigo-blue sky are vultures and hawks eagerly searching for discarded carcasses.
• In the afternoon, set off for Lake Eyasi in time for a peaceful sunset walk at the lakeshore before a well-deserved rest at the Lake Eyasi campsite.

• Watch the Hadzabe's traditional methods of survival, including how they hunt, and you can be sure that nothing is hunted that is not used in its entirety. The Hadzabe way respects the land and its inhabitants.
• After lunch, head to Mto wa Mbu, which is very close to the gate of your next national park, Lake Manyara National Park.

• Another early start - fuelled by a decent breakfast - to spot the wildlife as they begin their day. Lake Manyara National Park nestles at the foot of the Great Rift Valley escarpment and is a patchwork of diverse landscapes: the shrubby expanse of the golden savannah, the narrow shores teeming with wildlife, and the still waters of Lake Manyara itself.
• This park is famous for elephants and for its troops of baboons, who swoop and call to each other and never seem to stop for breath. It is also home to legendary tree-climbing lions, mighty water buffalo, the majestic African elephant, giraffe, impala, and hippo.
• Enjoy a picnic lunch in the heart of the park.
• After more wildlife spotting, say goodbye to the lake and drive through Maasai bomas, baobab forest, and rolling savannah plains en route to Moshi, where your safari adventure will end.