Depart with your naturalist guide for Tarangire, Tanzania’s third largest national park and home to a large population of elephants. Majestic baobab trees are a striking feature of the park, capable of dwarfing even the elephants. Much of the park’s wildlife congregates close to the banks of the Tarangire river, which is the only permanent water supply in the area. As well as the elephant – around 6,000 of them – you can also hope to see lion, leopard, cheetah and many different species of herbivore. The day also includes a bush walk and a cultural visit to one of the local semi-nomadic tribes.

Main destination: Tarangire National Park 

Accommodation: Lake Burunge Tented Camp

Meals & drinks: All meals and drinking water included; other drinks not included

After an early morning walk in Tarangire, you depart for Lake Manyara National Park, which stretches from the base of the Rift Valley escarpment to a large soda lake. 

Manyara is known for the diversity of its habitats. As well as the soda lake, there is a lush green ground water forest, home to troops of baboons, blue monkeys and thousands of flamingos.

Manyara is also noted for its numerous buffalo, elephant, giraffe, impala, hippo and, of course, its elusive tree-climbing lions.

Main destination: Lake Manyara National Park

Accommodation: Tloma Lodge

Meals & drinks: All meals and drinking water included; other drinks not included

After breakfast, we depart for the Serengeti National Park. On the way, we drive through the Ngorongoro Highlands and stop off at the world-famous Olduvai gorge, where you’ll also have time to visit the informative museum and learn more about the paleoanthropological specimens discovered in the area. 

We arrive at Seronera, in the heart of the Serengeti in time for lunch, followed by our first game drive in the park. Covering over 14,000 sq. km, the Serengeti has the highest concentration of big cats in the world, as well as many other species of fauna. The landscape is more varied than you might expect: as well as the plains, there are hills and woods to the west, kopjes (rocky mounds) in the east, and bush land to the north. There are also several large rivers.

Main destination: Serengeti National Park

Accommodation: Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp

Meals & drinks: All meals and drinking water included; other drinks not included

Morning and evening game drives through the Serengeti plains. Between December and mid-June, these plains are filled with 2 million wildebeest and zebra, migrating in search of fresh grass that is rich in essential calcium. 

February, when the wildebeest calve, is another exciting time. Even at other times of the year, there are still wildebeest and zebra to see as not all of these herbivores migrate.

Main destination: Serengeti National Park

Accommodation: Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp

Meals & drinks: All meals and drinking water included; other drinks not included

Morning departure to the Ngorongoro Crater. We descend 600 metres to the bottom of the caldera for a safari. Pockmarked with swamps, water holes and a soda lake, the crater floor is home to around 30,000 animals. All of the big five – lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino (the highly endangered black rhino) – are to be found here. 

Main destination: Ngorongoro Crater

Accommodation: Ngorongoro Farm House 

Meals & drinks: All meals and drinking water included; drinks not included

After breakfast at the lodge, drive to Mto wa Mbu for cultural visit to the local women and learn how they do their daily activities including farming, small women financing groups, you will have local lunch with the local women to taste the local African food. Transfer to Kilimanjaro airport for your onward flight home or to Zanzibar.

Main destination: Kilimanjaro airport