Arrive in Arusha, where your safari guide will meet you and transfer you toward Tarangire National Park. Enjoy your first game drive amid expansive savannah and the park’s iconic baobab-studded landscapes. Wildlife concentrations around the Tarangire River offer excellent opportunities to spot elephants, buffalo, giraffe, zebra, and plains game with your experienced guide. In the evening, settle in at your lodge and prepare for the adventure ahead.

Dinner and Overnight: Lodge near Tarangire (All Meals Included)

After breakfast, depart for the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and descend into the Ngorongoro Crater — one of the world’s most extraordinary wildlife environments. Spend the day on a full crater floor game drive, surrounded by high concentrations of animals including lions, elephants, buffalo, wildebeest, zebra, and a variety of antelope species. Picnic lunch is enjoyed within this vast caldera before your afternoon ascent to the crater rim and transfer to your lodge for the night.

Dinner and Overnight: Lodge near Ngorongoro (All Meals Included)

Depart after breakfast for Serengeti National Park, crossing varied landscapes toward the heart of Tanzania’s most celebrated wildlife reserve. Upon entering the Serengeti, immediately begin game viewing across sweeping plains, rocky kopjes, and open grasslands teeming with predators and prey alike. Your guide will tailor the afternoon’s route according to wildlife movements, offering rich opportunities for close-up encounters and photography as the day unfolds.

Dinner and Overnight: Camp or lodge in Central Serengeti (All Meals Included)

Enjoy a full day of game driving in the Serengeti, exploring deeper reaches of the park where resident wildlife, big cats, elephants, giraffes, and antelope thrive year-round. After an immersive safari experience, exit the Serengeti and begin your return journey toward Arusha, stopping en route for lunch before proceeding to the foothills of Kilimanjaro.

Dinner and Overnight: Lodge near Arusha (All Meals Included)

On your final day, take a scenic excursion to Materuni Village, where a short hike leads to the spectacular Materuni Waterfalls set in lush, coffee-growing hillsides. After enjoying the falls and the surrounding rainforest, relax at the local hot springs before transferring back to Arusha to conclude your safari.