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.  As the evening approaches, turn your steps towards one of the luxury accommodations – maybe staying in a treehouse high above Tarangire; maybe staying at an eco-friendly luxury tented camp.  (All these decisions will be made during your planning process!).  Either way, the evening meal and accommodation will be unforgettable.

A 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 both sunrise and sunset in this great wilderness.   Start the day with a hot air balloon trip across the Serengeti and then a luxury breakfast with champagne and delicious local coffee.  Then set out in your private vehicle to discover the wonders of the plains and kopjes and watering holes that run throughout the Serengeti.  At lunchtime, watch a feast appear in front of you as your guide sets up a table and a small fire to warm your food, with the sounds and breezes of the Serengeti wilderness wafting your way.  After eating, set off on your second game drive of the day.  Your list of animals spotted will grow by the hour!  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.  Your guide will enjoy this last opportunity to share their knowledge about the animals you see inside the crater, and you will benefit from their expertise in predicting animal behaviour and the absolute best places to go for viewing opportunities.  After another picnic lunch, head back to Arusha airport for your flight to Zanzibar, where you will spend the next three days relaxing in the ocean paradise that is Zanzibar.  You will spend your first night near Stone Town and have the opportunity to explore Stone Town and discover the unique Zanzibar carved doors and the busy markets.   Then head to the beach to enjoy the ocean breezes.

Your full day at the beach may be a day for lazing around and simply enjoying yourself (massage?  swimming?  beachcombing?) or you may want to take advantage of your location to go looking for dolphins or to go snorkelling off Mnemba Island.  Whatever your pleasure, this will be a day full of interest and indulgence.  Then relax on the beach in the evening and feel the ocean breezes while you watch the brilliant stars above.