7 Nights/8-Day Lake Manyara, Crater, Serengeti Luxury Safari Tour

Our airport representative will pick you from the airport. Upon landing, proceed to the exit and look for your name for easy identification.

Accommodation before the tour starts will be at the Gran Melia Arusha is an oasis of calm and aesthetic pleasure.

• Main Destination: Arusha (City)
• Accommodation: Gran Melia Arusha { https://www.melia.com/en/hotels/tanzania/arusha/gran-melia-arusha/index.htm} - Luxury hotel located in or near Arusha
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

In the morning, our personal safari guide will collect you from your lodgings in Arusha. We set out for Tarangire National Park on a good tarmac road across gently rolling Maasai plains with scattered acacia trees.

As we zip along, we pass many Maasai in their colorful dress walking on the roadside, riding bicycles, herding cattle, and driving donkey carts.

Tarangire National Park, well known for its large elephant herds, is also host to a multitude of other creatures.

From the open roof of our state-of-the-art safari jeep, we experience the seasonal swamps, savanna, and life-giving Tarangire River, endeavoring to encounter a multitude of creatures, from zebra to wildebeest, buffalo, elephant, and giraffe, to name a few.

It is possible we will glimpse lions stalking prey or leopards watching, relaxing in the trees above.

You will drive to one of our carefully selected Tarangire Sopa Lodge for dinner in a tasteful restaurant, a pool at hand to soothe us, & a most capacious.

• Main Destination: Tarangire National Park
• Accommodation: Tarangire Sopa Lodge { http://www.sopalodges.com/tarangire/home.html} - Mid-range lodge located inside Tarangire NP
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included
• Drinking water, (Other drinks not included)

After breakfast, we will continue with your epic safari – Lake Manyara National Park. This relatively small but diverse park, 120km west of Arusha, is so named for the shallow salt lake, which covers a good seventy percent of the park's surface area.

Flooding and drying with the seasons the soda lake is home to thousands of flamingo as well as over 500 other bird species. On our exploration of the park we will see monkeys, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, buffalo, elephants, and, with some luck, lions lounging in the trees.

The park is known for its diverse landscapes; not only open grassy plains but also primate-filled woodlands and baobab dotted cliffs. After another memorable game drive we, with our adventure replete with images of the African wilds to last a lifetime.

Dinner and overnight at Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge or similar.

• Main Destination: Lake Manyara National Park
• Accommodation: Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge { http://www.serenahotels.com/serenalakemanyara/default-en.html} - Luxury lodge located just outside Lake Manyara NP
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

After breakfast, you will continue towards the fertile highlands where wheat and corn are grown by the Iraqw people.

Along the way, we'll pass through the mist-shrouded rainforests of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area where you might be lucky enough to see baboons or even leopards and elephants in the dense undergrowth.

Passing through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, you will be able to see the breathtaking Ngorongoro Crater before traveling onwards to the Serengeti National Park, which you will reach by midday.

The Serengeti National Park is the largest park in Tanzania with diverse landscapes and habitats, such as grassy plains, swamps, lakes, savannah, and mountains.

After an extensive game drive, you will drive to your accommodation where you will enjoy dinner and an overnight stay.

• Main Destination: Serengeti National Park
• Accommodation: Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge { https://www.serenahotels.com/serenaserengeti/en/default.html} - Luxury lodge located inside Serengeti NP
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

This entire day is set aside for game drives upon the Serengeti. The Serengeti, the habitat of an abundance of wildlife such as impala, buffalo, crocodile, and hippo, is more well-known for its great migrating herds of zebra, antelope, and wildebeest.

The animals’ trek is determined by the rainfall and varies from year to year. In November and December, the animals move from the northern region, dominated by woodlands and hills, to the grassy plains of the south.

During the longer rainy season from April to June, they return to the north.

Apart from the migrating herds, we may have the opportunity to see the resident predators, leopards, cheetah, and lions, fulfilling their role in the circle of life.

After an unforgettable day, we will return to Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge for relaxation, dinner, and our overnight sleep on The Endless Plain.

• Main Destination: Serengeti National Park
• Accommodation: Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge { https://www.serenahotels.com/serenaserengeti/en/default.html} - Luxury lodge located inside Serengeti NP
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

This entire day is set aside for game drives upon the Serengeti. The Serengeti, the habitat of an abundance of wildlife such as impala, buffalo, crocodile, and hippo, is more well-known for its great migrating herds of zebra, antelope, and wildebeest.

The animals’ trek is determined by the rainfall and varies from year to year. In November and December, the animals move from the northern region, dominated by woodlands and hills, to the grassy plains of the south.

During the longer rainy season from April to June, they return to the north.

Apart from the migrating herds, we may have the opportunity to see the resident predators, leopards, cheetah, and lions, fulfilling their role in the circle of life.

After an unforgettable day, we will return to Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge for relaxation, dinner, and our overnight sleep on The Endless Plain.

• Main Destination: Serengeti National Park
• Accommodation: Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge { https://www.serenahotels.com/serenaserengeti/en/default.html} - Luxury lodge located inside Serengeti NP
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

After breakfast, you will drive from Serengeti National Park to the Ngorongoro Crater.

When you first see Ngorongoro Crater, it looks like a forgotten world. Concealed by the steep volcanic walls is a pristine wilderness including sweeping savannah, pockets of acacia woodland, and glistening lakes and swamps.

The Crater was created when a large volcano exploded and collapsed in on itself two to three million years ago.

The drive down into the Crater is an adventure in itself and when you reach the Crater floor, you quickly find yourself amongst large numbers of wildebeest, zebra, gazelle, and more than 500 bird species.

The Crater provides you with the best chance of seeing the endangered black rhino, which can sometimes be spotted in the open grasslands.

After a full afternoon inside the Crater, you will head to your accommodation for dinner and an overnight stay in Kitela.

• Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater
• Accommodation: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge { http://www.serenahotels.com/serenangorongoro/default-en.html} - Luxury lodge located on the crater rim of Ngorongoro Crater
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

You will be picked up from your accommodation after breakfast and be driven straight to the airport which marks the end of your epic adventure.

• Main Destination: Arusha (City)
• Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
• Meals & Drinks: Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

End of tour:

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.