• Day 1

  Arrival - Arusha lodge

  Your guide will be waiting for you at Kilimanjaro Airport and drive you to your lodge in Arusha (45-60 minutes) for your first overnight. Your guide will give you a short introduction and explanation of the details of your Tour.

  Depending on the time of arrival and your wishes your guide will advise you about your program for the rest of the day

• Day 2

  Arusha - Lake Manyara National Park

  In the morning your guide will collect you in Arusha and you begin your drive to Mto Wa Mbu, where you will spend an hour or two wandering around this busy town. You’ll learn more about the life of the Masaai and the 100 or so other cultural groups living in this area (some in traditional huts).

  We visit plantations, local craftsmen, taste banana beer in an authentic bar and amble past the many market stalls with local produce. Lunch is served by a cheerful Tanzanian “mamma” who will delight you with tasty local dishes. Then it’s on safari in Lake Manyara National Park and afterwards, drive to the lodge outside the park.

  Most animals are making their way down to the river for a much-needed drink … and at this time of day, the famous Manyara lions could be spotted in the trees!

• Day 3

  Lake Manyara - Lake Natron

  An adventurous route to a very special area: magic Lake Natron. Off the beaten track and away from the masses. The route takes you through the cultural home of the Maasai. On the way, you pass Engaruka and Ondonyo Lengai, the only active volcano in the Great Rift Valley.

  Lake Natron will fascinate you with its colours varying from pink, lime green and red, this due to the concentration of minerals and possibly the flamingoes! It is an almost surreal and breathtaking landscape which will leave you in awe!

• Day 4

  Lake Natron - Northeast Serengeti

  Before breakfast, we drive to the lake for one more time for a short walk with a Maasai guide will take you for a walk along the shores of the lake to see the lake and Flamingos at sunrise. After breakfast, we leave with filled lunchboxes and head for North-East Serengeti.

  Leaving the cliff ridges behind we drive through a majestic landscape, regularly meeting local residents and their beautiful cattle on our way. The moment you enter the Serengeti at Klein’s Gate, the landscape changes dramatically into endless savannah with huge herds of grazing animals… and the large carnivores which follow them!

• Day 5

  Full Day Northeast Serengeti

  Our route follows the migration of the animals on the plains along the shores of the Mara River. Crocodiles are waiting for wildebeest who risk the crossing. With good planning and a bit of luck, you will be witnessing a spectacle that is hard to put into words.

  Watching a crossing and hear all the noises is a very impressive experience that youll never forget! This is also the area where you can be quite sure to see a hunter like a hyena, cheetah, lion or leopard. If youre lucky you might even spot a leopard climbing in a yellow acacia tree!

  This part of the Serengeti has beautiful sceneries and you can drive here for hours without seeing another car.

• Day 6

  Northeast - Central Serengeti

  After an early breakfast and with packed lunch, we depart for Central Serengeti. This is actually a full day game drive as we spend a large part of the day on safari in the Lobo reserve.

  This is a remote area of Serengeti, somewhat off the beaten track. A less visited area but you will experience the real wilderness with rocky outcrops. A beautiful drive through a magnificent changing landscape.

• Day 7

  Central Serengeti - Ngorongoro

  After breakfast depart for a game drive in the famous Ngorongoro Crater. We wind our way down into the caldera, with the most breathtaking views along the way. Armed with your guide’s years of experience and his ‘eagle-eyes’, we might even encounter rhino.

  The chance of seeing an active pride of lions at close quarters is high on the list of possibilities. During the picnic lunch at the Hippo Pool, you will enjoy all the sights and sounds of the ‘laughing’ hippos enjoying a wallow in the cool water and a mud-bath.

  Optional: A visit to a Maasai Boma where you will experience how semi-nomadic communities continue to live according to their age-old traditions

• Day 8

  Ngorongoro - Tarangire National Park

  After breakfast depart for the next accommodation in Tarangire National Park. After a hot lunch, its on safari in this amazing and relatively quiet park with spectacularly massive baobab trees and gigantic herds of elephants.

• Day 9

  Tarangire National Park

  Driving in the park, observing elephants, sometimes very close to the campsite near the (dry bedding of the) river. Drive to Larmaku Swamp, a large swamp where you can find elephants and other animals, cooling down in the water and sheltering for the sun in the shadow of the acacia trees.

  Regarding encountering wildlife we can not guarantee anything, but the chance that you will see large herds of elephants in this park is 99,9%

• Day 10

  Tarangire National Park - Arusha

  Depending on your itinerary, we will drive you to a lodge in Arusha, the Arusha Airport (for domestic flights e.g. to Zanzibar) or to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your return flight home. Late checkout is optional for additional charges.

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