8-Day Tanzania Wildlife Safari with Serengeti and Ngorongoro

• Your safari will begin at 8:00 AM with a pick-up from your hotel in Moshi or Arusha. Tarangire National Park is extremely famous and special for its diverse landscape and nine different vegetation zones.
• As you begin your game drive, you will be welcomed by the ancient and gigantic baobab trees, which make even animals like the giraffe look tiny. The game drive continues until late afternoon and includes a small stop for a picnic lunch. The 3,000 sq km park gets its name from the Tarangire River that flows through it. The river attracts a wide variety of animals, and you should be able to spot many elephants, giraffes, lions, antelopes, and zebras. If it is your lucky day, you might also spot the tree-climbing python and the long-necked gerenuk. Tarangire National Park has the highest concentration of elephants, offering a unique chance to observe interactions between elephant families.

Your overnight stay will be at the camp.

• The excitement for today will be quite high as you make your way into the most celebrated wildlife park in the world - the Serengeti. The Serengeti is home to the glorious

• Starting at 8:00 AM after a filling breakfast, you will explore the central portion of Serengeti National Park today and move towards the northern part of the park. The en-route 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 more hilly and broken terrain. The northern region offers a variety of resident game, such as zebras, topis, gazelles, buffaloes, leopards, and lions. A picnic lunch will be served during the day-long drive itself.
• Based on the time of your arrival, you will be able to spend a few hours by the Mara River. The eventful day comes to an end with a heavy dinner and a good night's rest at a campsite in the northern or central part of the park.

• As usual, you will finish a good breakfast and begin your day by 8:00 AM. In the months between mid-June and October, the migration can be found in this region. During this period, the Mara River offers the most dramatic river crossing of the Great Migration. Fierce, deep, and rain-fed, the river takes an enormous toll on the migrating wildebeest. Watching the wildebeest surge through the torrential flow, with some drowning and others falling prey to lurking crocodiles, is an unforgettable sight. If it is your lucky day, you will be able to witness this natural wonder and watch nature take its course.
• During the full-day game drive, you will stop for a picnic lunch.

You will spend the night at a campsite.

• 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 many resident and migratory animals, resulting in excellent game viewing.

Overnight at a campsite.

• Today, you will head south towards the central Serengeti. The four-hour drive to the centre of the Serengeti will offer mild en-route game viewing. 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. 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. As you enter the Seronera region, you will notice the hilly and broken terrain altering into plain grasslands. In Seronera, one must look out for the many lion prides thriving in this region. The interactions and survival of these lion prides provide an excellent game-viewing experience all year round. A picnic lunch will be served during the day-long drive itself.

Overnight at the camp.

• Your safari will begin at 9:00 AM, and you will head out for a short game drive in the Serengeti after a good breakfast. After completing a half-day game drive along with a picnic lunch, you will branch out and head towards the Ngorongoro Crater rim. The 75 km drive to the 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.
• You will camp at a campsite directly on the edge of the Ngorongoro Crater, with a view over the collapsed volcano. It is a perfect spot to enjoy a sundowner at sunset.

• On the last day of your safari, you will have an early start. After a quick breakfast, you will make an early descent at around 6:30 AM to 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 2,000 feet. The 5-hour game drive on the crater floor will show you plenty of animal action, so keeping your camera ready is definitely recommended. African elephants, buffalo, black rhino, hippos, hyenas, cheetahs, and lions are found in plenty.
• After the picnic lunch at the beautiful Hippo Pool, you will begin a steep ascent to the top exit of the crater. This is the last leg of your safari, with a 4-hour drive left to Arusha.
• You will be dropped off at your preferred location in Arusha or Moshi by 6:00 PM. With an incredible experience and many memories to cherish, this is when you bid goodbye to your team.