After early breakfast, your private safari guide will pick you up from your accommodation in Arusha and drive you to Tarangire National Park (approximately 120km from Arusha). Tarangire is renowned for its elephant families, iconic baobab trees, the Tarangire River, seasonal swamps and savannah. The park is also home to buffalos, giraffes, bushbucks and wildebeests amongst others. These animals gather along the Tarangire River and are always closely followed by predators such as lions and leopards. After a fantastic morning game viewing, you will enjoy your picnic lunch by the bank of Tarangire River. After a full day game drive, you will exit the park and drive towards Manyara area for dinner and accommodation at Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge, a towering terracotta escarpment with panoramic views over the glittering alkaline waters of Lake Manyara.

After early breakfast, you will depart the lodge with packed lunch and drive towards the Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area. You will descend into the crater, the world’s largest volcanic caldera. It is approximately 20km wide and 600m deep and is known for its large variety of wildlife. Besides the Big Five, the crater is also home to wildebeests, gazelles, reedbucks and over 500 bird species. This is also the perfect place to see the endangered black rhino. You will enjoy your lunch by the hippo pool. Later in the afternoon, you will ascend the crater and drive toward Serengeti National Park arriving at Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge. It is is centrally located adjacent to the famous Western Corridor and Grumeti River. The lodge has been designed to blend completely into the living landscape and commands a panoramic view across Serengeti.

You will have an early morning breakfast and depart the camp with packed lunch at around 6.30 am, spending approximatly 6 – 7 hours game viewing in this incredible park. Serengeti, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is home to around 800,000 zebras, and 300,000 Thomson’s gazelles, which join in the wildebeest’s trek for fresh grazing. Our experienced driver tour guide will provide you with interesting facts about this highly renowned event, which makes Tanzania the top safari destination in Africa. Apart from the migrating herds and predators, you will also see abundance of wildlife such as lions, leopards, cheetahs, impalas, buffalos, crocodiles and hippos. At around 2.00 pm, you will drive back towards Manyara area via Ngorongoro Conservation Area and arrive at Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge in time for a hot shower and dinner.

After breakfast, you will make a short drive to Lake Manyara National Park for game viewing. This is a relatively small but diverse park located 120km west of Arusha. The park has a shallow salt lake that covers the largest part of its area thus home to thousands of flamingos and over 500 bird species. During your exploration of the park, you will witness monkeys, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests, buffalos, elephants, leopards, and if fortunate enough, you will encounter the rare tree climbing lions. After a well deserved lunch break, you will exit the park and drive back to Arusha for your drop off either at your accommodation or airport to catch your flight back home.