Itinerary

1. Day 1: Arusha Town to Tarangire National Park

   • You will be picked up from your hotel in Arusha town or Kilimanjaro Airport. Your driver-guide will drive you to Tarangire National Park for a game drive. 
   • Enjoy an afternoon game drive through the park with a picnic lunch. This park is known for holding one of the largest elephant herds in Africa. Lions, giraffes, and zebras are commonly seen, with over 500 bird species. 
   • Later in the evening, you will drive to Marera Valley Lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.

2. Day 2: Tarangire National Park To Lake Manyara National Park

   • After breakfast at your lodge, you will start your safari at 8:00 am as we drive to Lake Manyara with a picnic bush lunch. 
   • We will enter the majestic Lake Manyara National Park and embark on this Tanzanian safari. This small park is sandwiched between the Rift Valley escarpment and the large soda lake, Lake Manyara. It is a pretty location with various games, including giraffe, elephant, baboon and the rarely-seen tree-climbing lion. 
   • In the late afternoon, drive back to your lodge for dinner and overnight at Marera Valley Lodge.

3. Day 3: Lake Manyara National Park To Serengeti National Park

   • After breakfast at your lodge, your driver-guide will pick you up and head to Serengeti National Park. This is one of Tanzania’s most famous parks. Great herds of wildebeest, buffalo, smaller groups of elephants, giraffes, topi, zebra, impala, and Grant’s gazelle are residents at any time of the year. Lions and leopards are easily seen all year round in Central Serengeti. 
   • You will enjoy a late afternoon game drive in the park. 
   • Later in the evening, you will drive to your accommodation for dinner and overnight at Serengeti Kisura Luxury Tented Camp.

4. Day 4: Serengeti National Park – Ngorongoro Crater

   • After breakfast, you will return to the adventurous trail into the Ngorongoro Crater. Grass steppes and acacia forests are home to almost all animal species found in the East African savannah. 
   • Only a few hours’ drive from Serengeti National Park, you can spot the Big Five—lion, elephant, buffalo, rhinoceros and leopard. 
   • After extensive game viewing and a picnic in the crater, you will leave the highlands of Ngorongoro in the afternoon and travel back to Karatu. 

   You will spend a night at Marera Valley Lodge.

5. Day 5: Karatu Town To Arusha Town

   • Early in the morning, after breakfast at 8:00 am, your driver guide will pick you up for a village walk in Mto Wa Mbu. Here, you can test the local banana wine and see how it is made. 
   • Later, drive to a Masaai village to learn about the Masaai culture.
   • After that, drive back to Arusha or Kilimanjaro Airport.