In the morning our driver will pick you up from the airport at 8:00 am and drive you to Tarangire Park by land cruiser. You will cross the Maasai Steppe on your way to Tarangire National Park, Tanzania’s fourth-largest and one of its most diverse. Stop at the picturesque park gate for the driver to fill up the park’s registration book. You will go for a full-day game drive in the park enjoying viewing animals in the park. Soon, the impressive Great Rift Valley Escarpment will come into view; a 2,000-foot high wall that rises up, improbably steep and incredibly tall, out of the flat plains. Elephant, buffalo, and python are seen easily regularly cross your path, unbothered by your benign presence and going about their daily routines. You’ll meander along bush tracks and explore the Tarangire River’s twists and turns, finding elephants drinking and playing in the refreshing waters. In the evening drive to the lodge for dinner and overnight lodge.

Have an early breakfast before you drive to the Serengeti’s endless plains for afternoon and sunset game drives in the park. You will make your way around the southern edge of the crater rim, spotting the occasional hyena, elephant, or African buffalo along the way. By late morning, you will arrive at the famed Serengeti National Park. The plains seem endless from this vantage point. Stop to enjoy your picnic lunch at Naabi Hill before meandering through the wildlife-rich central Serengeti. Later in the evening at your camp, you will be able to settle into your accommodation before joining other travelers in the camp dining area for some palate teasers in anticipation of a scrumptious meal this evening. Afterward, gather around the campfire before heading off to bed. Relax in your comfortable surroundings tonight as you are lulled to sleep by the sounds of the Serengeti plains. Overnight will be at Serengeti whisper Tented Camp.

Have a full day discovering the Serengeti on a game drive. Today is the day for the big cats; you will spot cheetahs, leopards, and lions. You will go out for a sunrise game drive at 0600 am followed by breakfast at 0830 am. Then head out for more game drives until lunchtime. After your lunch, you will proceed with your afternoon game drive to sunset whereby you will drive back for dinner and overnight. Overnight will be at Serengeti whisper tented camp.

Rise early for breakfast before you drive to the Ngorongoro crater floor to spend a full day exploring the Crater Floor. The area is world-renowned in its reputation and very small in its size. You will definitely see other safari-goers. Don’t let that distract you from the beauty of the place or from the fact that this remains one of the only places on earth where you may see all of the big five at once: lion, leopard, Bull Elephant, African Buffalo, and Black Rhino. To maximize your time on the crater floor, you will enjoy a special boxed lunch at a scenic picnic spot. Your journey will take you through this tremendous landscape that is constantly changing as animals move to and fro in search of pasture, water, or prey. Later in the evening, you will drive to acacia farm lodge for dinner and overnight.

In the morning after done with breakfast, you will make your way to Lake Manyara Park for full-day game drives. Lake Manyara National Park is among Tanzania’s smallest parks. Drive through the lush garden is a gentle reminder that you are now in Africa. Exotic birdcalls fill the air. Enjoy a picnic lunch and afterward, you’ll continue with game viewing of animals in the park. Zebra, wildebeest, bushbuck, dik-dik, and guinea fowl regularly cross your path, unbothered by your benign presence and going about their daily routines.  You’ll meander along bush tracks and explore the Lake which is home to thousands of Flamingos and rivers twists and turns, finding elephants drinking and playing in the refreshing waters.

Note: Early in the afternoon if time allows depending on your flight departure time, you will do a village tour or hiking tour through the rift valley wall before we drop you back at the Kilimanjaro airport for your flight back home. This walking tour will be complimentary from the BAS team.