Day 1: Kilimanjaro Airport / Tarangire National Park

In the morning, our driver will pick you from the airport at 8:00 AM and drive to Tarangire Park by land cruiser. You will cross the Maasai Steppe on your way to Tarangire National Park, Tanzania’s fourth largest and one of its most diverse. Stop at the picturesque park gate for the driver to fill up the park’s registration book.

You will go for a full day game drive in the park, enjoying viewing animals in the park. Soon, the impressive Great Rift Valley Escarpment will come into view: a 2,000-foot high wall that rises up, impossibly steep and incredibly tall, out of the flat plains. Elephants, buffalo, and python are seen regularly as you explore the Tarangire River’s twists and turns—finding elephant drinking and playing in the refreshing waters.

• Main Destination : Tarangire National Park
• Accommodation : Eileen’s Tree Inn Lodge / Kudu Lodge
• Meals : Picnic Lunch, Dinner (BL, D)

Day 2: Tarangire / Serengeti National Park

Have an early breakfast before you drive to the Serengeti’s endless plains for afternoon and sunset game drives in the park. You will make your way around the southern edge of the crater rim, spotting the occasional hyena, elephant, or African buffalo along the way. By late morning, you will arrive at the famed Serengeti National Park.

The plains seem endless from this vantage point. Stop to enjoy your picnic lunch at Naabi Hill before meandering through the wildlife-rich central Serengeti. Later in the evening at your camp, you will settle in to your accommodation before joining other travelers in the camp dining area for palate teasers in anticipation of a scrumptious meal. Afterwards, gather round the campfire before heading off to bed.

• Main Destination : Serengeti National Park
• Accommodation : Thorn Tree Tented Camp / Serengeti Osupuko Tented Camp
• Meals : Breakfast, Picnic Lunch, Dinner (B, BL, D)

Day 3: Serengeti National Park

Have a full day discovering the Serengeti on a game drive. Today is the day for the big cats; you will spot cheetah, leopard and lion. You will go out for sunrise game drive at 06:00 AM, followed by breakfast at 08:30 AM. Then head out for more game drives until lunch time. After your lunch, proceed with your afternoon game drive to sunset, then drive back for dinner and overnight.

• Main Destination : Serengeti National Park
• Accommodation : Thorn Tree Tented Camp / Serengeti Acacia Tented Camp
• Meals : Breakfast, Picnic Lunch, Dinner (B, BL, D)

Day 4: Serengeti / Ngorongoro Crater Floor

Rise early for breakfast before you drive to the Ngorongoro crater floor for a full day exploring the crater floor. The area is world-renowned, and very small in its size. You will definitely see other safari goers—don’t let that distract you from the beauty of the place or from the fact that this remains one of the only places on earth where you may see all of the big five at once: lion, leopard, African buffalo, black rhino, and elephants.

To maximize your time on the crater floor, you will enjoy a special boxed lunch at a scenic picnic spot. Your journey will take you throughout this tremendous landscape that is constantly changing as animals move to and fro in search of pasture, water, or prey. Later in the evening, you will drive to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

• Main Destination : Ngorongoro Crater Floor
• Accommodation : Kudu Lodge / Acacia Farm Lodge
• Meals : Breakfast, Picnic Lunch, Dinner (B, BL, D)

Day 5: Karatu / Lake Manyara Park / Kilimanjaro Airport

Early breakfast before you drive down to Lake Manyara National Park for game drives till evening, when we will drop you to Kilimanjaro Airport for your flight back home. Zebra, wildebeest, bushbuck, dik-dik and guinea fowl regularly cross your path, unbothered by your presence. You will meander along bush tracks and explore the lake, home to thousands of flamingos and the lake’s river twists and turns.

• Main Destination : Kilimanjaro Airport (Departure)
• Meals : Breakfast, Picnic Lunch (B, BL)