Day 2 Tarangire National Park

After breakfast and a safari briefing, drive to Tarangire National Park. This is the classic Africa of lore with shimmering acacia stands, old baobab trees, Masai herds and herds of elephant. You will arrive in time for lunch at the beautiful Tarangire Treetops lodge. Afternoon game viewing in Tarangire National Park, you will drive back to Treetops just before dusk. Tarangire Treetops has 20 treehouses all of which are elevated above the ground affording views over the tops of surrounding marula and baobab trees.

Dinner & Overnight at Hotel/ Lodge/ Camp.

Day 3 Lake Manyara National Park

Depart for Lake Manyara after breakfast, traversing the Great African Rift Valley that scars Africa from the Red Sea to Mozambique, and arriving at Lake Manyara Tree Lodge for lunch. Afternoon game viewing, Lake Manyara National Park was immortalised in Hemingway’s “Green Hills Of Africa” and represents a habitat distinct from elsewhere in our safari. Game drive allows us to explore the ground-water forest, rich in birds and monkeys, visit the hippo pool, and the acacia woodlands that border the soda lake swathed in the pink of the resident flamingos.

Dinner & Overnight at Hotel/ Lodge/ Camp.

Day 4 Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast depart for Ngorongoro crossing through the Mto wa Mbu Escarpment as we carve our way through the forested slopes of the Ngorongoro Highlands and arrive at Ngorongoro Crater Lodge in time for lunch. Afternoon you will descend into the Crater floor for an afternoon game viewing.

Dinner & Overnight at Hotel/ Lodge/ Camp.

Day 5 Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast depart into the crater game for game viewing, with picnic lunch, gives us time to explore in detail this fascinating wildlife amphitheatre. We then descend down the 2000-ft walls of the Crater, a World Heritage Site and home to nearly 25,000 animals, for a game drive. Here you have a very real chance of spotting the big five: lion, elephant, endangered black rhino, buffalo and leopard plus countless other African mammal species. This caldera, formed by a volcano sinking, hosts a unique cross-section of eco-systems, from soda lake to savannah and is home to almost every major species of African mammal. Our presence does not threaten the wildlife making for an exhilarating proximity to the game that we rarely encounter elsewhere.

Dinner & Overnight at Hotel/ Lodge/ Camp.

Day 6 Serengeti National Park

After breakfast depart for Serengeti with packed lunch, stop at Olduvai Gorge to visit the site where Mary and Louis Leakey first discovered the remains of Zinjanthropus Bosei, a distant ancestor of man believed to be 1.8 million years old, Australopithecus Bosei, the ‘Nutcracker Man’, a species that became extinct about 1 million years ago and fossilized foot prints that date back 3.6 million years. From here the predator-rich plains of the Serengeti unfurl before you, as you game drive through the park for the remainder of the day en route to the Sasakwa Lodge in Serengeti.

Dinner & Overnight at Hotel/ Lodge/ Camp.

Day 7 Serengeti National Park

You will have another full day to explore the Serengeti, the most famous National Park in Africa. Our driver-guide will choose our route based on his extensive knowledge of the park and local conditions but the Serengeti rarely disappoints. We carry our packed lunch with us so as to make the most of the day, but our trip might include tracking cheetah, hunting leopard along the Seronera River, avoiding the crocs and hippos at Retima or exploring the Masai paintings at Moru Kopjes.

Dinner & Overnight at Hotel/ Lodge/ Camp.

Day 8 Departure

After a leisurely breakfast from the lodge, transfer to the Airstrip for schedule flight to Arusha. Upon arrival at the Arusha Airport you will be met by your driver guide and transfer Ngurdoto Mountain Lodge for lunch, day room will be reserved for you before transfer to Kilimanjaro International Air for your flight back home. End of services of Kichaos Tanzania Safaris.