7-Day Tanzania Wildlife Safari from Arusha with Serengeti and Ngorongoro

Arrival at Kilimanjaro Airport, where our driver-guide will be waiting for you. You will then be transferred to your hotel or lodge in Arusha for dinner and an overnight stay at Kibo Palace. Along the way, you will gain your first African impressions: smell the natural scents, hear roosters crowing, and see the colourful streets of Arusha. Once at the hotel, you can relax peacefully by the pool with a cool Tanzanian drink.

Hotel status: Bed and breakfast

After an early breakfast, drive to Lake Manyara National Park. It is a special medium-sized park because of its groundwater forest - not rainforest - and, of course, the lake. The forest gradually changes into an open grassy landscape, giving you a wonderfully varied game drive. You may spot groups of baboons in the forest, drive past lions, elephants, and wildebeest on the grass plains, and stop by the hippos in the hippo pool.

You will also enjoy a beautiful view of the four-hundred-meter-high East African Rift Valley slopes from the park. This Rift Valley is six thousand kilometres long, stretching from Lebanon to Mozambique, and is tearing the African continent in two. This process has resulted, among other things, in the formation of alkaline lakes such as Lake Manyara, which are a favourite hangout for flamingos in the wet season. Dinner and overnight will be at Farm of Dreams.

Meals status: Full board

After breakfast, with your lunch packets, drive to Serengeti National Park with en-route game viewing, followed by dinner and an overnight stay at Serengeti Safari Lodges for two nights.

Meals status: Full board

Serengeti means "endless plains" in the Maasai language, and that is precisely what you will see in the coming days: miles and miles of African savannah. And believe us, it may be the most impressive landscape you will ever see. Of course, Serengeti National Park is also home to an incredible variety of wildlife, which is why many nature films have been filmed here. Take in this unique landscape as the wildebeest and zebras of the Great Migration pass by, bleating. Spot lions on a group of rocks, the so-called kopjes, leopards in lonely trees, or cheetahs searching for a calf among the wildebeest. Pass giraffes, hippos, crocodiles, gazelles, and, if you are lucky, a serval cat or wild dog.

If you want to do something special, you can also view these plains from a hot-air balloon. Spend the night in a luxury safari tent, and listen to the distant roar of a lion or the bleating of the herds of the Great Migration as you slowly drift away.

This is the authentic safari. On the way to or from the Serengeti, you will also pass the Ngorongoro Highlands, an impressive landscape where you may encounter giraffes and some Maasai tribes, among other things.

After an early breakfast, enjoy a morning game drive in the Serengeti. Later, have lunch and drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area for dinner and an overnight stay at Ngorongoro Luxury Tented Camp.

Meals status: Full board

The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is an immense nature reserve and home to perhaps the most special place in Africa - the Ngorongoro Crater. This is a relatively small but very fertile area of 20 by 20 kilometres, surrounded by a steep crater rim. Nowhere in the world will you find so many wild animals in such a small area as here - up to 25,000 large animals roam here on an average day.

After breakfast, descend to the crater floor for game viewing until late afternoon. Have lunch, then drive back to Arusha town to your booked hotel for dinner and an overnight stay.

Meals status: Bed and breakfast

Today, you have a good chance of seeing some members of the Big Five: lions, elephants, and buffaloes can be found here in abundance. Moreover, the crater is home to several dozen rare black rhinos, and nowhere are you more likely to see them than here.

The Conservation Area is much larger than just this crater - there are several craters, and Olduvai Gorge, where the oldest human remains were found, is also located here. There are also several beautiful Maasai villages to visit along the way. If you have the time, you can take a walking safari on the edge of the Ngorongoro Crater accompanied by a ranger. Another very special option is a walking safari in the more distant Empakaai Crater - through lush green forests, you descend on foot to the crater lake, where you may encounter elephants or wildebeest.

Today is the last day of your safari. You can fly back home or extend your trip. Take it easy and enjoy all the impressions of the last day. If you are still looking forward to a few well-deserved days at the beach, we are happy to arrange that for you. Extra days can be added on one of the paradise islands: Zanzibar, Pemba Island, or Mafia Island.