6 Days - Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater

Day 1 – Arusha to Tarangire

Pick up at 8:30 AM from your hotel in Arusha and depart for Tarangire National Park with a picnic lunch for a full-day game drive. Tanzania’s third-largest national park is known for its majestic baobab trees that dot the landscape, dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. The Tarangire River is the park’s centerpiece, and the park is famous for some of Africa’s largest herds of elephants. Here you can see lions, leopards, cheetahs, lesser kudu, buffalo, Oryx, elands, giraffes, and zebras. After the game drive, you will head back to your camp/lodge, where a delicious dinner awaits you.

Day 2 – Tarangire to Central Serengeti

After finishing a good breakfast, you will head toward the Serengeti National Park and travel through the endless grasslands. The Serengeti is arguably the most impressive wildlife sanctuary in the world. You will have an afternoon game drive across the endless plains of the Serengeti, with a chance to see the great herds of wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles, or a pride of lions lounging in the shade. A picnic lunch will be served during the day-long game drive. The eventful day comes to an end with a heavy dinner and a good night’s rest in your accommodation.

Day 3 & Day 4 – Central Serengeti

You can either have a relaxed breakfast, depart for full-day game drives around 9:00 AM with a packed lunch, and return to the lodge late afternoon around 6:00 PM. Or you can depart at 6:00 AM for an early-morning game drive. Later, return to the accommodation for breakfast and a bit of relaxation, then depart on an afternoon game drive with a packed lunch. You will explore the central portion of the Serengeti National Park today. The legendary Serengeti National Park is the most renowned safari destination for its incredible lion and leopard populations. The central portion of the Serengeti, known as the Seronera area, is one of the park’s richest wildlife habitats. It features the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source for the area and therefore attracts wildlife that is well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species. During the off-season of the migration, one must really look out for the many lion prides that thrive in this region. The interactions and survival of these lion prides provide an excellent game viewing experience all year round. After a picnic lunch during the full-day game drive, the day will come to a close around 5 PM. The long day comes to an end with a heavy dinner and a good night’s rest in your accommodation.

Day 5 – Central Serengeti to Ngorongoro

After breakfast, you will have a morning game drive in Serengeti National Park. Later, depart for Ngorongoro Conservation Area with a picnic lunch. Ngorongoro Crater is the largest collapsed volcanic crater in the world, spanning fourteen kilometers of isolated natural beauty. It is surrounded by a ring of extinct volcanoes, and its floor, dotted with watering holes, shelters some 30,000 animals. The eventful day ends with a heavy dinner and a good night’s rest in your accommodation.

Day 6 – Ngorongoro Crater Tour (5 hours) to Arusha

On the last day of your safari, you will have an early start. After a quick breakfast, you will make an early descent at around 6:30 AM into the crater floor. The Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest inactive, intact, and unfilled volcanic caldera. It has a massive floor of about 260 sq km and a depth of over 2000 feet. The 5-hour game drive on the crater floor will show you plenty of animal action. Keeping your camera ready is definitely recommended. African elephants, buffalo, black rhinos, hippos, hyenas, cheetahs, and lions are found in abundance. After the picnic lunch at the beautiful hippo pool, you will begin a steep ascent to the top exit of the crater. This is the last leg of your safari, with a 4-hour drive left to Arusha. You will be dropped off at your preferred location in Arusha by 6:00 PM With an incredible experience and loads of memories to cherish, this is the time you bid goodbye to your team.