Day 1: Arusha – Lake Manyara

Non game-viewing travel time: 2 hours

Distance: 130 km

You will be transferred to Lake Manyara National Park for a wildlife viewing game drive. This national park is one of Tanzania’s most dramatically located wildlife areas, consisting of a lot but shallow soda lake (covering two-thirds of the park), located at the foot of the Great Rift Valley’s western escarpment. The park’s varied habitat attracts a wide variety of animals, including one of Africa’s largest concentrations of elephants, Lake Manyara’s unique tree-climbing lions, as well as large flocks of flamingos attracted by the algae in the lake.

• Dinner and overnight at Manyara Secret Lodge

Day 2: Lake Manyara  – Serengeti 

Non game-viewing travel time: 3 hours

Distance: 165 km

After breakfast we head towards the Serengeti National Park, via the beautiful high lying farmland of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Leaving the highlands, Heading into the heart of wild Africa – the Serengeti National Park – with its endless plains, rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see. We head to the central park area, known as the Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park, featuring the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species. Arrived  and enjoy a wildlife viewing game drive into the Serengeti National Park.

Dinner and overnight into the Acacia Seronera Luxury Camp

Day 3: Serengeti Plains

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 and across rivers.

We do an after breakfast game viewing drive along the Seronera River Circuit, which loops into the plains south of the Seronera River, and which is good for possible lion, Thomson gazelle, topi, ostrich and cheetah sightings. We will enjoy a relaxed picnic lunch at the center in the shade of the giant acacia trees.

In the afternoon we will follow the Kopjes Circuit, which goes anti-clockwise around the Maasai Kopjes, which usually attract a number of lion and some formidably large cobras. Kopjes are weathered granite outcrops, scattered around the plains, most of which are miniature ecosystems, providing shade and drinking water in pools left in the rock after the rains. This makes the kopjes particularly good for spotting wildlife in the dry seasons – including lions, which like to lie in wait for animals coming to drink!

Dinner and overnight at Acacia Seronera Luxury Camp

Day 4: Serengeti – Ngorongoro 

Non game-viewing travel time:  2 hours

Distance: 145 km

After breakfast we do a half day game drive into the Serengeti, then depart to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. We will stopover at Olduvai Gorge, boasting with a history dating back to the dawn of time. It was here, that the anthropologists Drs. Lois and Mary Leakey discovered the skulls of the ’Nutcracker Man’ and ‘Handy Man’, both very significant links in the chain of human evolution.

We arrive in time for sunset at the camp and spend the evening at leisure.

Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Lion’s Paw Camp

Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast we descend 7:00 AM into this magnificent crater for a full-day game drive. The Ngorongoro Crater is one of the most densely crowded African wildlife areas in the world and is home to an estimated 30,000 animals including some of Tanzania’s last remaining black rhino. Supported by a year round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro Crater supports a vast variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants. Another big draw card to this picturesque is its huge population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard. We will enjoy a picnic lunch on the crater floor.

Dinner and overnight at Manyara Secret Lodge

Day 6: Tarangire National Park

Non game-viewing travel time: 40 mins

Distance: 45 km

After breakfast we depart for the Tarangire National Park. The park runs along the line of the Tarangire River and is mainly made up of low-lying hills on the Great Rift Valley floor. Its natural vegetation mainly consists of Acacia woodland and giant African Baobab trees, with huge swamp areas in the south. Both the river and the swamps act like a magnet for wild animals, during Tanzania’s dry season. The Tarangire National Park is reputed to contain some of the largest elephant herds in Africa. This African National Park is also home to three rare species of animals – the Greater Kudu, the Fringed-eared Oryx, as well as a few Ashy Starlings. After a picnic lunch we do an afternoon game drive.

Dinner and overnight Maramboi Tented Lodge

Day 7: Tarangire – Arusha

Non game-viewing travel time: 2 hours

Distance: 120 km

We enjoy a breakfast at the lodge, then heading to maasai village for a cultural tour, will then transfer back to Arusha or Airport for your next destination.

Inclusives:

-24/7 Service
-Meals And Drinks
-All Accommodation
-Park Fee and Taxes
-Professional Guides
-Comfortable Private Vehicle
-Pickup and Transfer Airport