Itinerary

1. Day 1: Transfer from Airport to Masailand Safari Lodge

   • Meet your safari coordinator at Kilimanjaro International Airport or Arusha Airport.

   • Transfer to Masailand Safari Lodge for a briefing for safari and overnight. 

   • The guide will check your camping outfit and sleeping bag.

   Select your preferred meals during the safari.

   Overnight at the lodge.
   Meals Included: Dinner

2. Day 2: Drive from lodge to Tarangire National Park

   • Have your breakfast, and then your local driver will collect you. 

   • Commence your safari. It will take 3 hrs driving to Tarangire National Park, which is spectacular in any season. Many of the migratory wildlife species can be found in the permanent waters of the Tarangire River.

   • Head back to the lodge. 

   Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

3. Day 3: Drive to Serengeti National Park via Olduvai George

   • Drive to Serengeti National Park via Olduvai Gorge, which takes between 3 to 4 hours. Olduvai George is an archaeological site located in the eastern Serengeti plains, where early human fossils were first discovered. 

   • Enjoy a game drive in the Serengeti in the evening. It is a great time to experience the safari – particularly for the carnivores as this is their favourite time to hunt.

   • Return to the lodge before dark for dinner and overnight stay.

   Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

4. Day 4: Full-day game drive in Serengeti National Park

   • Venture out after breakfast to the Serengeti’s watering holes, hippo-pools and other sites of interest in a full-day game drive.

   • Partake in a picnic lunch at midday while enjoying the vastness of the Serengeti, with the largest concentration of plains on earth.

   • Return to the lodge in the late evening for rest, dinner and overnight stay.

   Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

5. Day 5: Drive from Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Highland

   • Start your day with a morning game drive in the Serengeti, and then later in the afternoon, drive to Ngorongoro via Olduvai Gorge.

   • Reach the crater’s rim, overnight stay and dinner at Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge.

   Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

6. Day 6: Game drives in Ngorongoro Crater and drive to Karatu Town

   • Drive down into Ngorongoro Crater after breakfast and enjoy a full day game drive. It is undoubtedly one of the best places to see the rare black rhino in Africa. There are lots of colourful flamingos and a variety of water birds. 

   • You are also likely to see leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, many antelope families, and small mammals of all sorts in the crater.

   • Drive onward to Karatu town in the late afternoon, where you can settle in for dinner and overnight stay at the lodge.

   Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

7. Day 7: Drive from Karatu Town to Lake Eyasi

   • Start your drive to Lake Eyasi after a well-prepared breakfast.

   • See a great variety of birdlife along the shore of this beautiful lake, and the location alone makes it a great place to spend a couple of nights. 

   • Witness a wide variety of wildlife, including the elusive leopard, hippos, a variety of monkeys, and most importantly, a host of both greater and lesser flamingos.

   • Reach the lodge for overnight stay and dinner. 

   Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

8. Day 8: Drive from Lake Eyasi to Lake Manyara National Park

   • Drive early in the morning, after breakfast, from Lake Eyasi to Lake Manyara National Park.

   • Spectate the different species of birds in Lake Manyara National Park. Zebras, impalas, monkeys, giraffes, buffalos, hippos, warthogs are among many other species as highlights of Manyara.

   • Drive back to Moshi or Arusha before dark for dinner and overnight stay.

   Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner