DAY 0: Arrival- Arusha

Upon arrival Kilimanjaro international airport you will be met and transferred to Arusha for overnight.

Meals: Bed and breakfast
Accommodation: Mt Meru Hotel

DAY 1: : Arusha – Tarangire

At 8am after breakfast, you will be picked up from hotel by your safari guide and driven to Tarangire National Park.

Tarangire National Park is almost 3000 sq. km in size and is probably best known for its huge numbers of elephants and baobab trees.

The name of the park comes from the Tarangire River which crosses through the park. Tarangire is especially spectacular during the dry season (June – November) as wildlife concentrations rival that of the Serengeti (since enormous populations of elephants and other animals are drawn to the Tarangire River as their only source of water).

With its varied habitats and permanent water in the Tarangire River the park is home to over 2000 elephants and 500 bird species.

Meals: Lunch, dinner, bed and breakfast.
Accommodation: Tarangire Sopa Lodge

DAY 2: Tarangire –Serengeti

Today after breakfast you will depart for Serengeti National Park with picnic lunch box.
Enjoy and afternoon game drive.

The Serengeti National Park is the world’s last great wildlife refuge as it contains an estimated three million large animals, most of which take part in a seasonal migration that is one of nature’s wonders.

The area covers 14,763 sq.km and the name Serengeti comes from the Maasai ‘Siringet’, meaning endless plains.

Meals: Lunch, dinner, bed and breakfast
Accommodation: Serengeti Serena Lodge

Day 3 & 4: Northern Serengeti

Today you will drive to North Serengeti where you will have days to the northern part of Serengeti (where the migration should be in Aug/Oct) near the Mara River in the hopes of seeing some of the migratory crossing.

The endless plains of Serengeti are also the setting for the world’s greatest wildlife spectacle – the 1.5 million wildebeest endless migration in search for fresh pastures.

Each year they trek over 2,500km and are constantly threatened and followed by some of Africa’s greatest predators.

Depending on the time of your visit, your driver guide will be able to share with you where the herd’s current location is at.

Meals: Lunch, dinner, bed and breakfast
Accommodation: Mara Mara Tented Lodge.

Day 5: Serengeti

After breakfast, enjoy a half day game drive and later you will drive back to Central Serengeti.

The Central Serengeti offers superb game viewing all year round due to its abundance of resident animals. Specifically, the Seronera River Valley in the Central Serengeti is a ‘must see’ on every safari regardless of the specific month of travel.

Game viewing in Central Serengeti is at its best during the dry season (June – November) as resident animals are more concentrated in the immediate area due to the lack of water on the plains.

Resident herbivores include impala, buffalo, hippo, warthog, topi, hartebeest and giraffe.

Resident carnivores include lion, cheetah, hyena and many more.

Meals: Lunch, dinner, bed and breakfast
Accommodation: Serengeti Serena Lodge

Day 6: Serengeti – Ngorongoro Crater

Half day game drive in Serengeti and then later you will drive to the rim of Ngorongoro Crater your

Later after walking safari you will drive to for overnight.
There are several documented resident lion prides just within a one-hour game drive radius from Seronera.

During the dry season, the resident prides begin to shift west and north in their territories and concentrate in the central region of the park.

The dry season is a particularly good time for lion viewing in the Central Serengeti? The Central Serengeti is also one of the best areas in Africa to spot the elusive leopard.

You may be lucky enough to encounter this majestic cat in the branches of the sausage trees that dot the banks of the Seronera River.

Meals: Lunch, dinner, bed and breakfast
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Serena Lodge

Day 7: Ngorongoro –Departure

At 6:30 am breakfast, descend into the crater for a crater game tour.
After crater tour you will drive back to Arusha and proceed to Kilimanjaro airport for your flight back home
Often called the eighth natural wonder of the world, the Ngorongoro Crater is the largest intact crater in the world.

About 2 million years ago the Ngorongoro volcano erupted, and its walls collapsed.

The volcano floor sank to create a natural enclosure with its 600m tall walls.

Now, at over 19 kilometres wide, Ngorongoro Crater is filled with great areas of acacia forest, hippo filled swamps and open grasslands.

These different habitats contain over 30,000 animals – including elephants, warthogs, flamingoes, magnificent birdlife, the rare black rhinoceros and all the predatory cats.

The Maasai can also be seen grazing their cattle alongside the buffalo and wildebeest.

Meals: Lunch and breakfast.