Itinerary

1. Day 1: Arusha - Tarangire National Park

   • After breakfast in the morning at Arusha town, meet your tour guide and drive to Tarangire National Park for game drives for excellent game viewing. Tarangire is a small park which offers some excellent sights. Generally, in the dry seasons, Tarangire comes alive as wildlife and birdlife congregate on the Tarangire River, a permanent water source.

   • Eat lunch at the lodge and rest for a while. 

   • During the evening, you will be going for the evening game drive.

   • After sunset, back to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

2. Day 2: Ngorongoro - Serengeti Plains

   • After breakfast, drive through Ngorongoro to Serengeti Plains with packed lunch

   • Enjoy game viewing in the Ngorongoro on the way to Serengeti National Park

   Dinner and overnight at Lodge or Camp.

3. Day 3: Serengeti National Park

   • View the Serengeti National Park. Have an early game drive for witnessing nocturnal dwellers back to their covers.

   • Spend time at the Hippo pool watching these majestic animals laze about in the cool water happily living alongside the crocodiles, watch a big pride of lions, be in the middle of the migration, sometimes surrounded by wildebeest, sometimes by zebras, which travel with the wildebeest.

   • Travel from the wide-open plains to the kopjes. These volcanic rocky outcrops provide protection and shelter for a wide variety of animals, and from the top, you can look out across the vast grasslands of the Serengeti. 

   • Do afternoon game drives in Serengeti, breaking off for lunch at the lodge or campsite. 

   • During the evening, go for the evening game drive.

   • After sunset, back to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

4. Day 4: Ngorongoro Crater

   • After breakfast in the morning, drive to Ngorongoro Crater & descend 2000ft to the crater floor with a picnic lunch for crater tour and sightseeing. 

   • Explore "Africa's Eden Garden". Ngorongoro is a huge and deep volcanic Crater. There is rich pasture, swamps, forest and permanent water on the crater floor. That is why wildlife here is so diverse and numerous. 

   Dinner and overnight stay at Ngorongoro or Karatu.

5. Day 5: Lake Manyara Park

   • After early breakfast in the morning, drive to Lake Manyara Park for a game drive with packed lunch. The forest starts just when you cross the park gate; the park is covered in larger portions of the lake. It's along the base of the great rift valley, which you will come across the hot spring to the west of the park.

   • See tree-climbing lions, buffalos, giraffes, hippos, troops of baboons, flamingos, ostriches, Egyptian geese and other animals and birds.

   • In the afternoon, drive to Arusha, where the tour ends.