Day 1: Arusha to Lake Manyara National Park

Welcome to Tanzania! You will be greeted at your accommodation by one of the SafariHQ guides,  who will provide you with a safety talk and a run down of the days itinerary. You will then enjoy a panoramic  drive to Lake Manyara National Park, entering by mid morning for a day of game viewing. The park is famous for tree-climbing lions and a huge variety of birds including flamingo. Other animal found here are buffalo, zebra, hippo, leopard, elephants and giraffes. O/N Twiga Campsite

Day 2: Lake Manyara to Serengeti National Park via Maasai Boma

After an early breakfast, we will depart through the rolling hills of the Ngorongoro Highlands to visit a traditional Maasai village. Here you will be greeted by the Chief who will guide you around the boma and explain the culture of the Maasai people. After saying goodbye to the Maasai people,  we will continue on a game drive that will take you over the majestic plains of the Serengeti National Park. The Serengeti is Tanzania’s oldest and most popular park, also a world heritage site and proclaimed a 7th world wide wonder. The park is famed for its annual migration, when some 6 million hooves pound the open plains in search of fresh grazing.  The Serengeti offers amongst the most scintillating game viewing in Africa.  Expect to see great herds of buffalo, elephant, giraffe, topi, eland, hippo, leopard, wildebeest, zebra and much, much more. 

Day 3: Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater Rim

Enjoy a morning game drive in the Serengeti, home to the greatest concentration of large mammals on earth. 

We will return to Seronera Campsite to enjoy a cooked lunch prepared by SafariHQ chefs. After lunch we will enjoy a game drive en-route through the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Conservation Area, stopping at Olduvai Gorge Archaeological Museum. This world famous archaeological site containing fossils of our early human ancestors, thought to be over 2 million years old. Dinner and overnight stay on the Ngorongoro Crater Rim.

Day 4 Ngorongoro Crater to Arusha – Kilimanjaro International Airport

Enjoy a stunningly picturesque drive as we descend into the Ngorongoro Crater for a day of game viewing.  Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera. Forming a spectacular bowl of approximately 265 square kilometres, with sides up to 600 metres deep, it is home to approximately 30,000 animals at any one time. The Crater rim is over 2,200 metres high and experiences its own climate.  Ngorongoro Crater is home to the very last few black rhino left in captivity, not to mention one of the few places left in East Africa where you can see the BIG 5. Spend the day exploring the Crater floor.

Ascend the crater in the early afternoon as we make our way back to Arusha where the wildlife safari ends.