Day 1 Arusha -Lake Manyara

Pick up from your Hotel in Arusha and depart for Lake Manyara National Park, game drive in Lake Manyara National Park, dinner and overnight at Manyara Nysia lodge

The Lake Manyara National park is serene and beautiful with main attractions of a rich bird life, tree-climbing lions, its elephants, and hippos that you can see at closer range than most other places. Lake Manyara is an alkaline lake and at certain times of the year hosts thousands of flamingos and a diversity of other bird life. Although it is one of the smallest parks, its vegetation is so diverse enabling it to host a variety of wildlife habitats.

Day 2 Lake Manyara -Serengeti

After breakfast depart for Serengeti National Park, en-route game drive, picnic lunch and afternoon a short game drive in Serengeti Park, dinner and overnight Ikoma Safari Camp.

Serengeti is easily Tanzania’s most famous national park, and it’s also the largest, at 14,763 square kilometers of protected area that borders Kenya’s Masai Mara Game Park It is the Migration for which Serengeti is perhaps most famous. Over a million wildebeest and about 200,000 zebras flow south from the northern hills to the southern plains for the short rains every October and November, and then swirl west and north after the long rains in April, May and June. So strong is the ancient instinct to move that no drought, gorge or crocodile infested river can hold them back. The Wildebeest travel through a variety of parks, reserves and protected areas and through a variety of habitat. Join us to explore the different forms of vegetation and landscapes of the Serengeti ecosystem and meet some of their most fascinating inhabitants

Day 3 Serengeti National Park

After breakfast full day in Serengeti National Park (early morning, mid and afternoon game drives), dinner and overnight Serengeti Ikoma Safari Camp

Day 4 Serengeti -Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast descend in to the Crater floor for full day game drive with parked lunches , dinner and overnight at Ngoro Ngoro Rhino Lodge.

The Ngorongoro crater is the world’s biggest whole volcanic caldera at 8300 sq km and is arguably the most stunning arena. It is frequently described as one of the wonders of the world, not only because of its geological magnificence, but also because it serves as an extraordinary natural sanctuary for some of Africa’s largest populations of large mammals. Ngorongoro and other freestanding mountains are volcanic in origin, formed during the fracturing process that created the Rift valley 15 to 20 million years ago. When it peaked in size 3 million years ago it was a similar height to Mt. Kilimanjaro today.

Day 5 Ngorongoro  – Arusha

Early breakfast then drive to Arusha to arrive by 1300hrs where the safari ends