On arrival, your friendly guide will welcome you and take you to your accommodation, and help you get settled in.  He or she will make sure you are all set for supper and will go over your planned itinerary with you to answer any questions you have.  He or she will also want to hear about any special dreams you may not yet have mentioned, as all our guides want your entire experience to be superb.  Once you are settled and comfortable, your guide will leave you to enjoy the evening and the sounds and smells of the Tanzanian night.

Have a wonderful early breakfast at your hotel in Arusha and let the adventure begin on the road to Tarangire National Park (famous for its elephant population and baobab trees).  If this is your first trip to Africa, you’ll learn that the journey is half the fun!  Watch for donkeys, cattle and all sorts of new flora and fauna on your way to the Park, then enjoy your first afternoon game drive inside Tarangire.  You are likely to see elephants and birds of all stripes and colors.  Likely, too, to see giraffe, zebra, impala; and possibly even lions.  Dinner and overnight at a lodge at Tarangire.

After breakfast today, you’ll head to the great Serengeti National Park, one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa.  Enter through the Naabi gate, then drive around the kopjes looking to spot the big cats, in particular lion and cheetah who often hang out on these huge stone outcrops.  Stop for a packed lunch at the visitor center and stretch your legs with a short educational walk that lays out much of the flora and fauna you will see in the coming days, then continue your game drive.   Your first day in the Serengeti is bound to be eye-opening, and wonderful. As the sun starts to descend (and it goes down quickly once it starts!), you will head to your camp to settle in and enjoy bush T.V. and a marvellous dinner in the wild.

Another full day of game drives inside the Serengeti gives you memories that will last a lifetime.  Explore the natural ecosystem and learn about the animals and nature with your experienced guide.  Enjoy the sunrise and sunset in this great wilderness.  Decide if you want a hot breakfast or to pack your breakfast and get out on the trail first thing in the morning then later have a hot coffee and your packed breakfast while exploring the plains.  By taking a generous boxed lunch, you can spend the whole day discovering the wonders of the plains and kopjes and watering holes that run throughout the Serengeti.  Enjoy a second night at your camp, which will already be feeling like home.

This morning will be spectacular.  After breakfast, descend into the Ngorongoro Crater for a game drive and see the large numbers of animals that live in this (relatively) small space, which is a World Heritage Site.  The Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest inactive, intact volcanic caldera formed when the Ngorongoro volcano exploded some 2 million years ago.  Some 25,000 animals live in the Crater, including Cape buffalo, hippopotamus, wildebeest, zebra, eland and many other species.  You may even have a chance to see the endangered black rhinoceros.  After lunch, head back to Arusha airport for your departure.