Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival in Arusha
Arrive at Arusha's Kilimanjaro International Airport and meet your driver/guide, who will escort you to the Mount Meru Hotel. Set amidst stunning scenery with long views of both Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru.  Overnight Mount Meru Hotel.

Day 2: To Tarangire National Park (Distance/drive time: 175 km / 3 hours)
After breakfast, drive to the Tarangire National Park with a picnic lunch on the way. Take a game-drive through the park, which is second only to the Ngorongoro Crater as a dry-season sanctuary for vast herds of migratory creatures. In the late afternoon, arrive at the Maramboi Tented Camp, which is situated, on a 25,000 hectare Maasai communal ranch. During the wet season the ‘pans' (shallow depressions) of this area fill with water, which attracts huge flocks of flamingoes and other water birds. The camp is also ideally placed for watching the migration of the wildebeest, which on the tree-less plains can be more easily and more graphically observed than elsewhere. The camp offers just 20 spacious tents, all surrounded by timber decks, while activities include guided walks, ornithology and cultural interaction with the Datoga and Maasai people, whose communities lie adjacent to the camp. The camp also offers its own swimming pool. 
 Overnight Maramboi Tented Camp.  (BLD)

About the Tarangire National Park

Named after the Tarangire River which runs through it, is an arid haven, peppered with ancient baobab trees, towering termite mounts, and home to huge herds of elephant.  The park covers 2600 sq km of grassland and floodplains, and a large proportion of tall acacia woodland just south of the large open grass plains of southern Maasailand. Tarangire is beautifully unspoilt, and safari drives through the park enjoy wide views to distant variously purpled formations of volcanic mountain ranges.  Tarangire National Park is a relatively small park, but has some superb game-viewing.

Day 3: On Safari in Tarangire
Spend a full day on safari in Tarangire National Park with morning and afternoon game drives. Breakfast, lunch and dinner at the camp.  Overnight Maramboi Tented Camp. (BLD)

Day 4: Tarangire to the Serengeti (Distance/drive time: 310km / 5 ½ hours)
After breakfast, drive to Ol Duvai Gorge, one of the world's most important Paleolithic sites, where a picnic lunch will be taken. Arrive in the Serengeti National Park and check in to the Serengeti Serena Lodge in time for an afternoon game drive in the park. It is ideally located for game drives, balloon safaris and guided walks.
  Overnight Serengeti Serena Lodge.  (BLD)

About the Serengeti National Park
Covering 14,763 sq km of endlessly rolling savannah plains, the Serengeti is Tanzania's first-established, largest and most famous park wherein tens of thousands of hoofed animals roam in a constant and unremitting search for the fresh grasslands upon which their survival depends. The million-plus wildebeest are the predominant herbivore and also the main prey of a huge cast of large carnivores, principally lion and hyena. Whilst the annual migration is the Serengeti's most famous attraction, the Park is also renowned for its lion, many of which have been fitted with radio-transmitter collars so that their movements may be tracked, and additionally for its wealth of cheetah, zebra, giraffe, Thomson's and Grant's gazelle, eland, impala, klipspringer, hippo and warthog.

Day 5 & 6: On Safari in the Serengeti
Two full days on safari in one of the world's most famous reserves. The Serengeti, whose Maasai name ‘Siringet' translates as ‘the endless plains', offers unparalleled ornithological opportunities and an unrivalled natural arena wherein the glory and harmony of nature can be appreciated as nowhere else on earth.  Overnight Serengeti Serena Lodge.  (BLD)

Day 7: Serengeti to the Ngorongoro Crater (Distance/drive time: 145 km / 3 hours)
Leave the Serengeti and drive to the Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area via Olduvai Gorge the ‘cradle of mankind', and site of one of the most important and controversial Palaeolithic finds in recent history. After lunch at the site, continue into the crater for an afternoon tour. Often referred to as ‘the eighth wonder of the world' the Ngorongoro Crater is one of Africa's best-known wildlife arenas.  In the late afternoon, ascend to the rim of the crater and check‐in to the Ngorongoro Serena Lodge, which offers one of the finest locations of all the crater‐rim lodges, lying on its southern rim directly above the yellow fever trees of the Lerai Forest.  Overnight Ngorongoro Serena Lodge. (BLD)

About the Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area
A World Heritage Site, it is also one of the largest volcanic craters in the world (almost 20 kilometres wide, 610-760 metres deep and covering a total area of 264 square kilometres). An utterly unique biosphere, the Crater harbours grasslands, swamps, forests, saltpans, a fresh water lake and a glorious variety of birdlife, all enclosed within its towering walls.

Day 8: Depart via Arusha  (Distance/drive time: 190 km / 3 hours)
After breakfast, drive to Arusha Town arriving in time for lunch at a town hotel. In the afternoon, transfer to the Kilimanjaro International Airport for your onward flights. (BL)

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