Day 1 - Lake Manyara
Drive from Arusha to Lake Manyara National Park. This is a great opportunity to see its marvelous concentration of game, including 350 species of birds, not to mention the glistening soda lake itself where you’ll catch glimpses of grazing pink flamingoes. Watch out for elephants with large tusks that roam here and maybe even spot a tree climbing lion.
Overnight: Camp just outside Lake Manyara NP
Day 2 - Serengeti National Park
Drive to the Serengeti National Park. Enroute visit Olduvai Gorge, made famous by the anthropological Leakey family this is where the origins of man are said to have emerged. The Serengeti is the largest of the parks in Tanzania, famous for both its migratory and resident animal population. Big cats; lion, leopard and cheetah can be sighted – plus huge herds of wildebeest, zebra and other plains game.
Overnight: Camp in the Serengeti
Day 3 - Serengeti National Park Today you spend a full day in the Serengeti National Park. You will be treated to a vast array of wildlife. Take in the vast sweeping panoramas of the African savannah, dotted with lush rocky outcrops (known as kopjes) where lion often love to bask in the sunshine.
Overnight: Camp in the Serengeti
Day 4 - Ngorongoro Crater
Take a morning game drive in the Serengeti. In the afternoon you will drive to the lush Ngorongoro Conservation Area and around the rim of the Crater to your camp to behold the spectacular view.
Overnight: Camp overlooking crater.
Day 5 - Arusha
Descend into the Ngorongoro Crater for a crater tour. This 100 square mile natural amphitheatre is host to an astonishing array of wildlife and you may see everything from elephant to lion, and if you’re lucky, the near-extinct black rhino, all amongst large herds of zebra and wildebeest. A picnic lunch will be taken in the crater. This afternoon you drive back to Arusha via the craft markets of Mto Wa Mbu.
Tour ends in Arusha.