7-Day Tanzania Safari with Tarangire, Ngorongoro and Serengeti

• You will be picked up at Kilimanjaro International Airport and transferred to your arranged hotel in Moshi or Arusha town.
• You will meet your guide, who will brief you on your Africa safari tour.
• You will spend the rest of your time at leisure, relaxing and preparing for the adventure ahead.

• Unless your arrival time yesterday allowed time for your safari briefing, this will take place after breakfast.
• We will provide you with all the essential information before setting off westwards to our first safari destination, Tarangire National Park.
• The park is best known for its elephant herds, savannah, baobab trees, seasonal swamps, and the life-giving Tarangire River. Animals gather at the river, and giraffes, bushbucks, and hartebeests are often seen. With a bit of luck, you might even spot the fringe-eared oryx or the strange-looking gerenuk.
• The park is also home to buffaloes, zebras, and wildebeests, which are always closely followed by a range of predators such as lions. Leopards are seen every once in a while, but cheetahs are rarely spotted.
• From the open roof of the vehicle, you will be able to absorb the landscape and watch the animals.
• In the late afternoon, we will head to your accommodation for our evening meal and overnight stay. Welcome to Tarangire!

• After a hearty breakfast, you will head out on another game drive in Tarangire National Park.
• During the dry season between June and October, the Tarangire River is the only permanent source of water, and the wildlife tends to concentrate in its vicinity.
• You will stop at one of the picnic spots for lunch. In the afternoon, you will leave this beautiful park behind.
• Passing through the multicultural town of Mto wa Mbu, you will soon reach the higher lands, where wonderful views of the Maasai Plains and Lake Manyara open up before you.
• After the obligatory photo stop, you will make your way to the vegetation-rich crater highlands and your accommodation in Karatu town.

• After breakfast, we drive towards Serengeti National Park via the beautiful high-lying farmland of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
• You will drive into the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and descend into the Ngorongoro Crater. Grass steppes and acacia forests are home to almost all the species of animals found in the East African savannah. In only a few hours, you have the chance to spot the Big Five (lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino, and leopard).
• After extensive game viewing and a picnic in the crater, you will leave the highlands of Ngorongoro in the afternoon and continue to the Serengeti.
• You will soon see the seemingly endless plains of the southern Serengeti and finally reach the Seronera Valley in central Serengeti. The lodge of your choice will be your home for the next three nights.

• These two days are dedicated to game viewing in Serengeti National Park.
• Your guide will take you to the best spots to observe the wildlife. Elephants, buffaloes, lions, cheetahs, hyenas, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests, topi, Grant's and Thomson's gazelles, and many more can be seen in this large national park.
• Especially in the Seronera Valley, you will be able to experience fantastic game viewing all year round. The Serengeti, together with the Masai Mara in Kenya, is also home to the largest animal migration on the planet.

• Today is devoted to exploring the wonders of Central Serengeti. Rise with the sun for a full day of thrilling game drives.
• Witness the incredible diversity of wildlife that calls this region home, including the Big Five - lions, elephants, buffaloes, leopards, and rhinos. Keep your camera ready to capture unforgettable moments in this wildlife paradise.
• As the day draws to a close, return to your cozy accommodation in Central Serengeti, where the sounds of the wilderness will lull you to sleep.
• Be one of only a few fortunate people to glide in a hot air balloon over the Serengeti Plains (available at supplementary cost by pre-arrangement), floating silently above the awakening bush while spotting wildlife and enjoying the amazing scenery of Africa, across rivers and over numerous small villages.

• If time allows, you will head out on a last game drive in the early morning.
• After a hearty breakfast at the lodge, your guide will take you to the airstrip. Here you will say goodbye and board a small aircraft that will take you back to Arusha.

Connecting flights to Tanzania's coast or islands can be arranged by us at a surcharge.