Arrive in Arusha, where you are welcomed by your professional guide and transferred to your accommodation. This first day allows you to settle in, enjoy a briefing about your upcoming safari experience, and prepare for the adventure ahead.

Dinner and Overnight: Lodge in Arusha (meals as specified)

After breakfast, depart for Tarangire National Park, famed for vast herds of elephants and iconic baobab trees. Spend the day on game drives across open plains and along the Tarangire River, where wildlife concentrates around water sources, particularly in the dry season. In the late afternoon, transfer to your lodge for dinner and rest surrounded by the rhythms of the bush.

Dinner and Overnight: Lodge near Tarangire

Today’s journey takes you into the Serengeti National Park, where sweeping plains and kopje outcrops define the landscape. On arrival, commence your game drive through the central region, observing resident wildlife including lions, elephants, giraffes, and plains game, before arriving at your camp deep in the Serengeti ecosystem.

Dinner and Overnight: Camp in Central Serengeti

After breakfast, head toward the Northern Serengeti, a prime zone for observing the Great Migration and dramatic predator-prey interaction. Spend the full day exploring this expansive region, with opportunities to witness large herds of wildebeest and zebra, as well as resident predators that follow their movements across the plains.

Dinner and Overnight: Camp in Northern Serengeti

Devote another full day to wildlife viewing in the northern reaches of the Serengeti. With your guide tailoring the route based on recent sightings and seasonal trends, you’ll enjoy expansive game drives that bring you into close contact with diverse species and iconic African landscapes.

Dinner and Overnight: Camp in Northern Serengeti

Leave the Serengeti after breakfast and journey toward the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Descend into the crater—a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the most unique wildlife environments on Earth—for a full game drive across its wildlife-rich floor. Wildlife here is abundant, offering excellent opportunities to see elephants, buffalo, lions, zebra, wildebeest, and more within the crater’s natural amphitheatre.

Dinner and Overnight: Lodge near Ngorongoro Crater

Spend the morning at leisure or enjoy a shorter game drive before departing the crater rim and making your way back toward Arusha. Along the route you may pause for scenic views and additional wildlife observation before arriving at your accommodation for dinner and rest.

Dinner and Overnight: Lodge near Arusha

After breakfast, your safari concludes with a transfer to the airport or your onward destination. Reflect on your journey through Tanzania’s premier wildlife landscapes and the iconic moments of the Great Migration before saying farewell to the bush.