Day 1 ~ Arrival to Arusha
You will be met on arrival at KIA and transferred to Mount Meru Game Lodge for overnight.
Overnight Mount Meru Lodge BB

Day 2 ~ Tarangire National Park
After breakfast, departure for Tarangire National Park which lies approximately 7 km off the main Arusha-Dodoma road to the east of Lake Manyara. Game drive in this excellent Park, a classic piece of dry African woodland dotted with baobab trees and transected by the perennial Tarangire River. Morning and afternoon game drives in Tarangire, famous for its large herds of elephant and the river which attracts many animals from surrounding areas during the long dry season. The full range of large predators are resident here as are all the herbivores including fringe-eared oryx and gerenuk. Tarangire also has a reputation as the best of the northern reserves for birds, with around 500 species recorded in the Park.
Meals and overnight at Tarangire Roika Tented Lodge

Day 3 ~ Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast we leave Tarangire and drive through the Rift Valley to the Ngorongoro Highlands with their spectacular scenery. Descend to the Crater floor for a game drive among the “Big Five”; look for black rhino around the marshy area, enjoy the prides of lion, clans of hyaena, the occasional elephant, flamingoes on the lake, serval cats with their hunting leaps in the grass and much, much more. Picnic at the hippo pool (here you should watch out for the circling black kites who have become used to swooping down and grabbing whatever bits of food they can with their sharp talons!). In the late afternoon we ascend from the Crater floor to enjoy the sunset and a luxurious night at our Lodge, situated on the Crater rim.
Meals and overnight at Ngorongoro Serena Lodge

Day 4 ~ Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Serengeti National Park
Today we leave Ngorongoro and drive down to the vast Serengeti Plains. En route we will visit Olduvai Gorge (more properly ol-dupai, the Maasai name for sisal) where the palaeontologist, Louis Leakey and his equally famous archaeologist wife, Mary, discovered skulls and other remains of our hominid ancestors. The museum at Olduvai is well worth a visit, containing as it does artifacts, photographs, fossil replicas and other information about this historical site. Bird lovers will enjoy the barbets, boubous, chatterers, weavers and brightly-attired purple grenadiers who are resident here. We continue with our game viewing into Serengeti National Park and our next luxury lodge where relaxing showers and an excellent dinner await you.
Meals and overnight Serengeti Serena Lodge

Day 5, 6 ~ Serengeti National Park
Two full days with game drives in Serengeti National Park, world famous for its annual migration of the million-strong wildebeest and zebra herds as well as large numbers of predators resident on the Plains. Lion, leopard, cheetah, spotted hyaena, silver-back and golden jackal, bat-eared foxes and the smaller cats (serval, caracal, genet, etc.) all live and hunt in this animal kingdom.
Meals and overnight at Serengeti Serena Lodge

Day 7 ~ Serengeti – Lake Manyara National Park
Today after breakfast we retrace our steps and cross once more Ngorongoro on our way to a sumptuous lunch at Lake Manyara Serena Lodge, nestled against the Great Rift Valley wall. Afternoon at leisure, simply relaxing by the large pool with its views over Lake Manyara Park or perhaps enjoying some of the activities, such as canoeing on the Lake, which can be booked at this Lodge.
Meals and overnight at Lake Manyara Serena Lodge

Day 8 ~ Lake Manyara National Park - Arusha
Ngorongoro Crater Tour. After breakfast descend though the early After breakfast on this, our last safari day, we enter into the groundwater forest of Lake Manyara National Park, driving slowly through large troops of baboons and watched from the surrounding trees by curious Vervet and Blue monkeys. Drive on towards the Lake and Hippo Pool, watched by stately giraffe, curious zebra and resident wildebeest, buffalo and elephant. Admire the many species of water birds, Egyptian Geese, brilliantly-colored Kingfishers and, on the Lake itself, the famed Greater and Lesser Flamingo. In the late afternoon we drive back to Arusha
Overnight The Arusha Hotel