Itinerary

1. Day 1: Arusha - Tarangire National Park

   • After breakfast, start the safari from Arusha to Tarangire National Park. The National Park is famous for its dense wildlife population, which is most spectacular between June and September, the dry period. During this time, thousands of wildebeest, buffalo, and Oryx migrate from the dry Maasai steeple to the Tarangire River, looking for water. Lions, leopards, and other predators follow the herds. Tarangire is home to over 500 varieties of birds.
   • Have lunch, take a late afternoon game viewing, drive to the camp for dinner, and overnight at the Campsite.

   Main destination: Tarangire National Park Accommodation Camp located just outside Tarangire NP

   Meals and drinks: All meals on full board, coffee or tea and drinking water (other drinks not included)

2. Day 2: Tarangire - Lake Manyara National Park

   • After breakfast, drive to Lake Manyara National Park with a lunch box for morning game drives.
   • Start the game drive through the underground water forest, proceed to acacia woodland savanna open land, pass by a hot water spring, and proceed to Lake Manyara-home for many flamingos and other water birds. The park is home to tree-climbing lions, hippos, elephants, zebras, buffaloes, giraffes, baboons, blue monkeys, vervet monkeys, warthog, and more. About 350 species of birds have been recorded.
   • Have a picnic lunch, dinner, and overnight at the campsite.

   Main destination: Manyara National Park

   Accommodation: Campsite outside Lake Manyara

   Meals and drinks: All meals on full board, coffee or tea and drinking water (other drinks not included)

3. Day 3: Walking Safari and Culture Tour in Mto Wa Mbu Village, Karatu

   • After breakfast, drive to Mto wa Mbu Area and begin the walking safari at Mto wa Mbu village.
   • Visit 120 Tanzanian tribes and learn how they can live together without conflict.
   • Understand the factor of local brew and farm of rice.
   • After visiting the Masai tribe, have dinner and overnight at Sunbright campsite or similar.

   Main destination: Mto Wa Mbu

   Accommodation: Budget camping in or near Mto wa Mbu

   Meals and drinks: All meals on full board, coffee or tea and drinking water (other drinks not included)

4. Day 4: Karatu Village - Lake Natron

   • Leave the camp after breakfast and drive with a lunch box as we head towards Lake Natron. There are rugged mountains where vultures soar and baboons bark, dusty gorges where the Masai bring their cattle to drink and endless grassy plains. 
   • Arrive at Lake Natron at around 4:30 p.m. for dinner and overnight at a campsite - Lake Natron.

   Main destination: Lake Natron 

   Accommodation: Campsite in or near Lake Natron

   Meals and drinks: All meals on full board, coffee or tea and drinking water (other drinks not included)

5. Day 5: Full Day Exploring Lake Natron

   • Pack all your stuff after breakfast at 06:00 am and load it on the Masai donkey.  
   • Now, start hiking from Acacia, crossing under Lengai Mountain and reach Lake Natron after 3 hours of trekking.
   • On the way, you will learn a lot about different types of layers of rocks.
   • Upon reaching Lake Natron, meet your car waiting for you under the mountain.
   • Take the ride with the car to Lake Natron campsite at Ngaresero Village. 
   • Resting for a few hours, and after lunch, enjoy the Engare Sero Footprint Site on the southern shore of Lake Natron in Northern Tanzania. It has been reported to host one of the well-preserved sets of fossilized hominid footprints in the world, then drive to the beautiful waterfall flow from the highlands toward the direction of the Ngorongoro conservation area. 
   • Dinner and overnight at Lake Natron campsite.

   Main destination: Lake Natron

   Accommodation: Campsite in or near Lake Natron

   Meals and drinks: All meals on full board, coffee or tea, and drinking water (other drinks not included)

6. Day 6: Oldonyo Lengai Mountain Trekking

   • At the very early morning, 1:00 a.m., drive to the base of the Ol'doinyo Lengai mountain to start the climb. 
   • Reach at the summit during sunrise and spend some time there before coming down to the mountain's base. 
   • From there, transfer by jeep to camp for shower and rest.
   • Have dinner and overnight at Lake Natron campsite.

   Main destination: Lake Natron 

   Accommodation: Campsite in or near Lake Natron

   Meals and drinks: All meals on full board, coffee or tea and drinking water (other drinks not included)

7. Day 7: Full Day in Lake Natron

   • Early in the morning, before sunrise, enjoy a spectacular tour of the Soda Lake of Natron and the beautiful waterfall flowing from the highlands toward the direction of Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Lake Natron lies in a beautiful scenic area below the Rift Valley escarpment. It has such a high concentration of sodium that the water is difficult to touch. 
   • Enjoy good game viewing and birding in this harsh landscape with dry country species, such as gerenuk, lesser kudu, and oryx. Natron is also the only known breeding ground for East Africa's millions of lesser flamingos which cover the lake.
   • After lunch, continue with game viewing, then drive back to the camp for dinner and overnight.

   Main destination: Lake Natron

   Accommodation: Campsite in or near Lake Natron

   Meals and drinks: All meals on full board, coffee or tea and drinking water (other drinks not included)

8. Day 8: Lake Natron - Serengeti

   • Early in the morning, before your breakfast, at sunrise, enjoy a spectacular tour of the Soda Lake of Natron and the beautiful waterfall flowing from the highlands toward the direction of Ngorongoro Conservation Area. 
   • Then, drive to the great Serengeti National Park with lunch and game drives en route. 
   • During afternoon game drive in the park, you might see lion, leopard, elephant, cheetah, buffalo, zebra, wildebeest, eland, wild dog, gazelles, crocodile, and more; the birds include migratory species.
   • Proceed with game viewing around Seronera or eastward.
   • Have dinner and overnight will be at a campsite in Soronera.

   Main destination: Serengeti NP

   Accommodation: Campsite inside Serengeti NP 

   Meals and drinks: All meals on full board, coffee or tea and drinking water (other drinks not included)

9. Day 9: Full Day at Serengeti National Park

   • After breakfast, start the day with the morning game drives in Serengeti National Park, marvelling at the stunning scenery, ever-changing light, and always entertaining wildlife. Your expert tour guide will explain everything to you with an option of a picnic or hot lunch at 12:30 p.m. 
   • After lunch, we set off again for an afternoon game drive until sunset at 06:30 pm.
   • Head back to camp for dinner and overnight at the campsite in Soronera.

   Main destination: Serengeti National Park

   Accommodation: Camp located inside Serengeti NP

   Meals and drinks: All meals of full board coffee or tea and drinking water (other drinks not included)

10. Day 10: Serengeti - Ngorongoro Crater

    • After breakfast, depart from Serengeti Ngorongoro Crater Rim. Wake up for early morning game drives in Serengeti, then head back to the campsite for breakfast. 
    • Then, check out and drive with lunch and game viewing en route to Ngorongoro Crater Rim for dinner and overnight at a campsite at Ngorongoro Crater Rim.

    Main destination: Ngorongoro Crater

    Accommodation: Camp located on the crater rim of Ngorongoro

    Meals and drinks: All meals on full board, coffee or tea and drinking water (other drinks not included)

11. Day 11: Crater - Lake Eyasi

    • Wake up early in the morning for breakfast and then descend onto the crater floor for game drives. All the Big Five (rhino, lion, buffalo, and elephant) live in this wonderful caldera.
    • Other animals that live here include zebra, hippo, wildebeest, hyena, and more. Birds include flamingos on the Soda Lake, geese, storks, vultures, and more.
    • Your lunch will be served at the picnic site in the Crater at Ngoitoktok Swamp, a hippo pool. 
    • After lunch, drive back to Lake Eyasi for dinner and overnight at Lake Eyasi campsite.

    Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater

    Accommodation: Camp located inside Lake Eyasi

    Meals and drinks: All meals on full board, coffee or tea and drinking water (other drinks not included)

12. Day 12: Full Day at Lake Eyasi

    • After breakfast, start morning activities on Lake Eyasi safari to meet with the elusive Hadzabe tribe, with whom you will learn more about their fascinating culture.

    • Have a picnic lunch, then go for a Dagota village tour.

    • Return in the evening for dinner and overnight at the bush camp.

13. Day 13: Lake Eyasi - Arusha

    • Start the tour early with a bushman guide to meet a group of resident Hadzabe people.
    • Enjoy the Hadzabe tour, walking into the bush with the only hunter-gatherers remaining in the East African region. 
    • The Hadzabe speak a click-based language and move their encampments with the seasonal movements of the wildlife. 
    • Your guide is a member of the group so he will explain to you about their customs and their way of life. 
    • You can hunt, track wildlife, make fire, and even take honey from bee nests with the Hadzabe people.
    • Then, drive to Arusha for dinner and overnight at a campsite at Lake Eyasi

    Main Destination: Lake Eyasi Accommodation: Budget Hotel in Arusha

    Meals and drinks: All meals on full board, coffee or tea and drinking water (other drinks not included)

14. Day 14: Arusha Town - Arusha National Park

    • Pick up from your hotel in Arusha at around 07:30 am and drive on a tarmac road 38km to Arusha National Park (552 Km2) with a packed lunch for a working safari inside the park with the park ranger. 
    • Over 400 species recorded in such a small park is quite an impressive count. Combining the forest reserve, the Momella Lakes, and the Ngurdoto crater does the magic. 
    • A closer look at the birds can be arranged with a walking safari or canoeing. 
    • Over 400 species recorded in such a small park is quite an impressive count. 
    • Momella Lake is one of the best places in Tanzania to see waterbirds. Flamingos, pelicans, little grebe, a variety of herons, ducks, and waders are common. Other birds include heart lab, turaco, eagles, lesser & greater flamingos, geese, hammer kop, red shark, spur-winged geese, woodpeckers, secretary birds, and grey parrot. 
    • Animals such as zebras, elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, waterbucks, colobus monkeys, vervet monkeys, baboons, and many others reside here.
    • You will also walk inside the park for at least 2 hours with the ranger. 
    • Dinner and overnight at Meru House Hotel or similar.

    Main destination: Arusha National Park

    Accommodation: Budget Hotel

    Meals and drinks: All meals on full board, coffee or tea and drinking water (other drinks not included)

15. Day 15: Transfer from Arusha to Nairobi, Dar es Salaam or Zanzibar

    • Main Destination: Souvenir Shopping departure to your next destination. 

    • Accommodation: None

    • Transfer and shuttle services. To your following destinations: Nairobi, Dar es Salaam or Zanzibar

    • Meals and drinks: Breakfast