Itinerary

DAY 0:
You will be picked up at the Kilimanjaro International Airport and transferred to Arusha town, at Masailand hotel. You will meet your driver guide who will brief you on your upcoming safaris, then rest until the next day morning.

DAY 1: ARUSHA – TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast, your driver guide will be at your hotel ready to start up your journey toward Tarangire park. As you enter the park, your guide will open the roof for a better viewing experience. Tarangire is home to the largest elephant herds in the north of Tanzania. Giraffes, buffaloes, lions, zebras, wildebeests as well as various antelopes and gazelles can also be spotted here. The landscape is made up of seasonal marshes and a seemingly endless tree savannah with its mighty baobab trees. During the lunch time you will drive to Baobab camp for hot lunch and rest until evening when you go out for game drive again.

DAY 2: TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK – KARATU TOWN
After a hearty breakfast you will head out on another game drive in the 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 sites for lunch and continue with game drive until around 3pm when you will drive to Karatu. Passing through the multi-cultural town of Mto wa Mbu, you will cross the great rift valley and reach the Lake Manyara view point which you will stop for a while to have a stunning view of this alkaline lake and its sounding. You will then drive for few Kilometer to reach your lodge.

DAY 3: NGORONGORO CRATER – SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
Today you will have a game drive in Ngorongoro Conservation. The crater of Ngorongoro is the largest Caldera that has many wildlife animals in the world. Grass steppes and acacia forests are home to almost all the species of animals found in the East African savannah. In a few hours of game drive, you have the chance of spotting 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 the central Serengeti.

DAY 4-5: SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
These two days are dedicated to game viewing in the 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.

DAY 6: SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK – ARUSHA /MOSHI
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 which will take you back to Arusha./Moshi