8 Days/ 7 nights (Game Package)

Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will be met by your professional safari guide and transferred privately to Arusha. Arusha serves as the official gateway to Northern Tanzania’s most famous wildlife destinations. Spend your first evening relaxing while enjoying the peaceful atmosphere and beautiful surroundings beneath Mount Meru as you recover from your international journey.

• Accommodation: Legendary Lodge / Arusha Coffee Lodge

• Meal Plan: Dinner

Enjoy a relaxed morning breakfast looking out over the coffee plantations. Check out of your lodge and board your private safari vehicle for a scenic 3.5-hour drive toward the dramatic Ngorongoro Conservation Area, home to the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera. You will arrive at your luxury highland property in time for a fresh lunch. To ensure your physical comfort, the entire afternoon is yours to rest, unpack, and enjoy the panoramic volcanic scenery from your private balcony.

• Accommodation: Ngorongoro Crater Lodge / The Highlands Ngorongoro / The Manor at Ngorongoro

• Meal Plan: All inclusive

Depart your lodge at dawn to descend 600 meters onto the caldera floor for an unforgettable morning game drive. The early hours offer optimal lighting and tracking conditions for viewing elephants, buffaloes, lions, hippos, hyenas, and the highly endangered black rhino. Enjoy a private, white-linen picnic lunch on the crater floor near the resident flamingo pools. Ascend the crater walls in the afternoon to return directly to your lodge for a restful evening around the fireplace.

• Accommodation: Ngorongoro Crater Lodge / The Highlands Ngorongoro / The Manor at Ngorongoro

• Meal Plan: All inclusive

Following breakfast, take a scenic drive to the nearby airstrip and board a scheduled light aircraft flight directly to the remote Northern Serengeti ecosystem. This air connection completely bypasses a grueling 8-hour overland dirt road journey. Land at Kogatende Airstrip and transfer directly to your luxury tented camp for lunch. The entire afternoon is reserved for your complete relaxation—unpack, rest, and unwind in your luxury suite while looking out over the rolling savannah plains.

• Accommodation: Wilderness Usawa Camp / Lamai Serengeti

• Meal Plan: All inclusive

Spend three full days exploring the spectacular Northern Serengeti, famous for its sweeping plains, rocky kopjes, and exceptional predator sightings. Your daily game drives focus entirely on tracking animal movements along the historic Mara River loops. Depending on the season, you will monitor tactical crossing points where thousands of migrating wildebeests and zebras gather along the banks. Early mornings and late afternoons are prioritized to capture peak predator activity and dramatic sunrise and sunset photography.

• Suggested Luxury Camps: Wilderness Usawa Camp / Lamai Serengeti

• Meal Plan: All inclusive

Capture a final African sunrise over the Serengeti plains during a brief morning game drive on your way to the airstrip. Board your light aircraft for a scenic return flight over the Great Rift Valley back to Arusha town. Upon arrival, you will enjoy a relaxed farewell lunch at a boutique garden restaurant, followed by access to a private dayroom to prepare for your travel home. Transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your evening outbound international flight.

• Meal Plan: Breakfast & Lunch

• Accommodation: None / day room optional Ngaresero Mountain Lodge

Enjoy extensive morning and afternoon game drives inside Ruaha National Park. The park sits uniquely in a biological transition zone where East African and Southern African wildlife species overlap. This provides incredible biodiversity, allowing you to track greater kudu, lesser kudu, sable antelope, roan antelope, lions, leopards, and wild dogs. Morning drives follow fresh tracks along the waterholes, while late afternoon drives capitalize on the golden lighting and predator movements.

• Overnight Accommodation: Africa Safari Tandala

• Meal Plan: Full Board

Transfer to the airstrip for your scenic bush flight back to Arusha followed by transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport for departure.

TRAVEL & TRANSFER INFORMATION

Bush flight approximately 2–3 hours plus airport transfer.

DESTINATION & SAFARI HIGHLIGHTS

• Scenic aerial safari views

• Final Tanzanian landscapes

• Optional shopping & relaxation

ACCOMMODATION OPTIONS

Day Room Optional

MEAL PLAN

Breakfast