Itinerary

1. Day 1: Arrival in Arusha

   • Arrive at the Kilimanjaro International Airport.

   • Get picked up and transferred to the hotel in Arusha.

   Overnight at Green Mountain Hotel on a bed and breakfast basis.

2. Day 2: Lake Manyara National Park

   • Drive from Arusha to Lake Manyara National Park for about 4 hours.
   • After having a picnic lunch in Manyara, start a late afternoon game drive, which is the best time to view animals in this park.
     • When you approach it from the east, the Rift Valley escarpment looms on the horizon, forming an impressive backdrop to the lake. In the tall trees of the groundwater forest, monkeys leap from branch to branch, and on the escarpment, elephants stand in the shade. Other animals frequently seen are zebras, impalas, monkeys, giraffes, buffalos, hippos, and others.

   Overnight at the hotel around Karatu or Mto wa mbu or Lake Manyara Wildlife Lodge.

3. Day 3: Ngorongoro Crater

   • After breakfast, drive to Ngorongoro Crater for a full day game drive inside the crater. This is the best place in Tanzania to see black rhino as well as the pride of lion that include the magnificent black-manned males. There are lots of colourful flamingoes and a variety of water birds. Also, spot leopard, cheetah, hyena, other members of the antelope family, and small mammals.

   Dinner and overnight at Crater forest lodge/Crater Forest Tented Camp or similar hotel.

4. Day 4: Great Migration

   • Start the day with an early game drive in the Ndutu area.

   • Observe the migration, which is a perpetual, year-round process involving over one million wildebeest and 200,000 zebra who roam the plains quietly in search of food and water.

   • Late in the evening, enjoy an exclusive night in the Crater Forest lodge/Crater Forest Tented Camp or similar hotel.

5. Day 5: Lake Eyasi

   • Drive from the Ngorongoro Wild Camp to Lake Eyasi.

   • See great birdlife along the shore, and the location alone makes it a great place to spend a couple of nights. Spot leopard, hippos, a variety of monkeys, various birds, greater and lesser flamingoes, storks, and pelicans.

   Drive back to Kudu lodge for overnight.

6. Day 6: Tarangire National Park

   • Drive from the hotel to Tarangire National Park for two hours.

   • In the late afternoon, drive back to Arusha.

7. Day 7: Departure

   • Transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport and catch your flight back home or begin a trip to the Island of Zanzibar at an affordable price.