Day 1 – Welcome to Tanzania
Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport (airport code: JRO). Please ensure your passport is valid for at least 6 months past your arrival date and with at least 2 blank pages. The tourist visa fee is payable in cash at the airport visa control. Our staff will meet you at the exit door of the airport to welcome you to the beautiful country of Tanzania. After an approximately 45-minute transfer you’ll arrive at your accommodation for dinner and an overnight stay. After the long international flight, your travel efforts will be well rewarded by this cozy and serene retreat. Excellent food and comfortable furnishings will provide the rest and preparation needed before you embark on your safari adventure. This is the perfect haven for relaxation either before or after any African safari.

Dinner and Overnight Included

Day 2 – Lake Natron
Today we’ll leave Arusha, in our photographic designed safari vehicle and with an expert naturalist guide. You will drive through the southern Maasai Steppe where you will see traditional Maasai villages and ranges of volcanic mountains to the east of the Rift Valley. In about 4 hours you’ll reach the Lake Natron Basin, the main features of Natron includes the flamingo-infested alkaline lake, scenic volcanic mountains and ethereal landscapes. You will arrive at Lake Natron Camp, a simple luxury camp on the shore of Lake Natron, to the east of the lake lies Gelai Mountain, to the West: East Africa’s only active volcano Oldonyo Lengai.
You will spend the afternoon hiking on the river gorge along the main fault line, after half an hour, you will reach a beautiful waterfall, where you can cool down with a waterfall shower cascading over a giant rock, walk back to the vehicle and drive to Lake Flat for some quality time with flamingoes and sundowner over the lake. 70% of the worlds’ flamingo come to breed here with the peak being October through April. Wildlife is not super abundant here but small herds of Zebra, Girrafes, wildebeest, Dik Dik and gazelles are often seen.

Dinner and Overnight Included

Day 3-5 – Northern Serengeti
After breakfast we leave the Natron basin and proceed to the highlands of the Loliondo Game Area passing through the hills of the Wasonjo – a tribe of peasants that will finally lead us to the dry plains of Maasai land bordering Kenya. After the long drive you will be happy to stretch your legs on a walking safari in the highlands encountering the Maasai, who will give you insights in their traditions and challenged living a harsh pastoralist’s life in this arid area. You enter Tanzania ́s most famous National Park through the Northern Klein ́s gate and can immediately start exploring the vastness of this natural wonder. The volume and diversity of
wildlife in this region is complemented by the absence of tourist crowds in these areas, and the beautifully varying landscape is yours to explore. We’ll spend the next days game driving amidst the actions on the migration river crossings, plenty of big cats and even the Black Rhino if lucky in our side. Late June-October is the season for river crossing in the mighty Mara River, the chance to witness the river crossing is over 90% otherwise wildebeest will be spread out everywhere. In dry years, the migrants come up north as early as beginning of June, lured by green grasses and permanent water sources. We use our spacious designed 4WD vehicle to explore the intricacies of the area, both south of the Mara River and (river state permitting) to the north, but we’re able to offer short walking safaris from there as well.
Dinner and Overnight Included

Day 6&7 – Central Serengeti
We’ll drive to Central Serengeti in the area famous as Seronera. The Seronera Valley is a biological eco-tone, a place where the Southern Serengeti plains meet the Northern woodlands, giving rise to a multitude of species that co-exist from both habitats. Because the rivers drainages that run through the Seronera Valley are perennial, most of the animals here are residents, making it one of the best areas for game viewing year-round. Some of the species you’ll likely see exploring the Seronera Valley include lion, leopard, cheetah, hyena, jackal, bat- eared fox, mongoose, elephant, giraffe, impala, waterbuck, hippo, Nile crocodile, topi, hartebeest, reedbuck, bushbuck, buffalo, baboon and vervet monkey. The acacia and sausage trees lining the rivers are some of the best places for spotting leopards in the Central Serengeti.
For this day you will be game driving on the Central Serengeti in search of the big cats – lions, leopard and cheetah and the small delights, According to the Serengeti Lion Research Project, Central Serengeti home to over twelve lion prides that live within a one-hour game drive radius of the Seronera River Valley. The Seronera is also home to a significant leopard population and this is your best chance of seeing many leopards on safari.

Dinner and Overnight Included

Day 7 – Ngorongoro Highlands
Spend the morning game driving along the kopjes in Southern part of Serengeti, before we exit the Naabi gate and ascend the Ngorongoro Highlands. Time permitting we’ll visit the world famous archeological site, the Olduvai Gorge.
When the road first reaches the Crater rim there is a splendid viewpoint. From the rim you can look down some 500 meters to the crater floor. Spread out below you is all the features that make the crater a microcosm of the Serengeti: open grassland, streams, swamps, lakes, forests, hills and steep slopes. These are the habitats that allow so many animals to live together in such a small area. Take some time to study the Crater floor with a pair of binoculars. You can usually see buffalo, hippo and elephant near the swamps and sometimes rhino on the plains. The edge or top of the Crater’s rim is unbroken, though indented by watercourses. Ngorongoro Crater is really a caldera, the sunken or collapsed cone of a volcano. It is the largest inactive and unbroken caldera in the world. Before Ngorongoro collapsed about 2.5 million years ago, it may have rivaled Mount Kilimanjaro in size.
Please dress up warmly as the temperature will drop with an increase in elevation!
Dinner and Overnight Included

Day 8 – Morning Crater game drive & head off to Arusha
We suggest an early morning departure in order to be among the first to descend the steep walls of the crater for a morning game drive. Your guide will pack a picnic breakfast to be enjoyed on the crater floor. Early morning is also the best time to spot black rhinos or massive bull elephants as they can be seen departing Lerai Forrest for grazing on the open grasslands. Take a break for a delicious bush breakfast at Ngoitokitok Springs where you can stretch your safari legs, listen to the grunts of the local hippos and admire the profusion of bird life.
The Ngorongoro Crater is a world heritage site, the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera and is commonly referred to as the 8th wonder of the world. The 2,000 feet high walls of the approximately 10 mile wide crater create a natural amphitheatre for the densest populations of large animals anywhere. The rich soils and abundant, year-round water provide an ideal habitat for a variety of approximately 22,000 large animals. Herbivores that you will likely encounter include elephant, black rhino, hippo, buffalo, eland, zebra, wildebeest, hartebeest, waterbuck, warthog, Grant’s gazelle and Thomson’s gazelle. Giraffe, impala and topi are strangely absent from the Crater floor, though they are common in the nearby Serengeti. Primates include baboons and vervet monkeys. Carnivores that you will likely encounter include lion, cheetah, hyena and jackal. Leopards, servals, bat eared foxes and ratels are also resident within the Crater but are much more elusive. The Ngorongoro Crater is the only spot in Africa where one can see all three species of jackals including the black-backed jackal, golden jackal and sidestriped jackal. Jackal pairs mate for life and are capable hunters taking a variety of prey items including insects, birds, rodents and gazelle fawns though they are also opportunistic scavengers.
In the early afternoon you will ascend the Crater wall and begin driving back to Arusha for onward travel arrangements.