Tanzania Safari Adventure

Our guides will meet you at the Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO), and bring you to your hotel in Arusha for a night of rest before the safaris begin.

After an early breakfast, we’ll take a short drive to Lake Manyara National Park. Manyara, a relatively small but diverse park, is named for the shallow salt lake that occupies seventy percent of the park’s lands. Flooding and drying seasonally, this lake is home to thousands of flamingos and over 500 other bird species. During your exploration of the park, you’ll spot monkeys, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests, buffalo and elephants. With some luck, you may see lions lounging on trees.

Visit the Hadzabe (Bushmen) who are Tanzania's last hunter-gatherers. You’ll learn about their ways of life and practice shooting a bow and arrow. After eating breakfast in the bush, you’ll rest at the lodge before visiting a Datoga tribe. This tribe is known for their excellent metalworking skills as they make items out of iron such as weapons, jewelry, and tools.

The Ndutu Region forms part of the northern section of Ngorongoro Conservation Area and stretches to the unfenced southern reaches of the Serengeti National Park, a meeting point between these two incredible wilderness areas. This section of the park is made up of rolling grasslands peppered with alkaline lakes that attract flocks of flamingos, as well as acacia woodlands.

After breakfast you will enjoy a full-day game drive in the Ndutu Area exploring a great range of various habitats such as swamps, woodland, soda lakes and the world-famous Serengeti short grass plains. The prime game viewing spot in the Ndutu Region is around Lake Ndutu, where enormous herds congregate between December and March to graze and calve. The forests and granite kopjes around Lake Ndutu are also home to lots of game outside of the migration months. Return to the lodge for a hot lunch and have an afternoon section of game drive until evening.

After an early breakfast, depart for the Serengeti. Driving into the park will be an unforgettable moment for anyone seeing it for the first time. As you progress well into the Serengeti, you will see why the name means“endless plains”. It is home to the Great Migration including 2 million wildebeests, hundreds of thousands of zebras, and many varieties of antelopes. As for Big Cats and large predators, it is the place of choice to look out for lions, cheetahs, leopards, hyenas and more. You’ll spend your first night in a tent camp surrounded by the plains and even animals right outside your door!

Enjoy your second day of game drives in the world-famous Serengeti National Park. Take in spectacular views as you travel through the park in comfortable open-air safari jeeps. If you are into photography, you will take hundreds of photos on this day alone.

Drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area and descend into the eighth wonder of the world, Ngorongoro Crater, for an afternoon of game viewing. This unique 'fish bowl' of nature is home to four resident prides of lions and your best chance of seeing rare black rhino in the wild.

Hike to the Endoro waterfall in the Ngorongoro Northern Highland Forest Reserve. Along the way, check out cave-like structures created by elephants digging up the earth to ingest the mineral-rich soil. Elephants migrate to this place from up to 500 miles away. In the afternoon, visit a traditional Iraqw home and learn about the tribe's unique culture from one of their elders.

n Karatu, visit Kilimatembo Secondary School where you’ll have a chance to learn about Tanzania's education system and interact with the students. After lunch, visit a curio shop before continuing to the Mto Wa Mbo area for a cultural tour.

Make the morning drive to Tarangire National Park. View the incredible landscapes, animals, especially elephants, as well as spectacular birds, and giant baobab trees. You will see hundreds of elephants here—up close!

After a leisurely breakfast at your lodge in the morning, you will make your way back to Arusha for your flight home. On the way back, the group may stop at a local cultural market including Shanga, an Arusha based non-profit that employs people with disabilities to create unique, high-quality, handicrafts. Say goodbye to your new friends and make your way to the airport for your flight home.