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Arrival
Day 1
Arrival in Arusha
Arrival in Arusha
Your flight lands at Kilimanjaro International Airport or Arusha Airport, and your driver is waiting right outside the arrivals area to welcome you. Once your bags are safely loaded into the car, you set off on the drive into Arusha town.
Along the way, you get to watch the everyday local life, roadside shops, and green Tanzanian scenery pass by. When you arrive at your hotel in Arusha, you will be assisted with check-in and makes sure you are comfortably settled into your room.
Later on, a representative from our office team stops by the hotel for a relaxed briefing to go over your itinerary, talk about the days ahead, and answer any questions you might have.
The rest of the day is entirely yours to take things easy. You can unpack, grab a refreshing drink, and get a good night's rest so you are fully refreshed for your safari guide to pick you up and kick off the adventure tomorrow morning.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha (City)
- Activities:
- Accommodation:
- Mount Meru Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Arusha to Tarangire National Park
Arusha to Tarangire National Park
After breakfast, your professional safari guide will meet you at the hotel, and your safari adventure officially begins. Set off towards Tarangire National Park, enjoying a scenic drive through the beautiful Tanzanian countryside, passing local villages and traditional farmlands along the way.
Upon arrival, complete the park entry formalities and begin your game drive. Tarangire is famous for its large elephant herds, ancient baobab trees, and diverse wildlife. Explore the park's open plains and river valleys as you look out for elephants, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests, and various antelope species. The Tarangire River is a particularly rewarding area for wildlife viewing, as animals often gather along its banks to drink.
Enjoy a relaxed afternoon exploring the park, with plenty of opportunities to observe wildlife and take photographs. Later in the afternoon, exit the park and drive to your lodge for check-in, dinner, and a relaxing evening.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Activities:
- Accommodation:
- Farm of Dreams Lodge
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Karatu to Serengeti National Park
Karatu to Serengeti National Park
After an early breakfast at your lodge, your guide picks you up, and you start the drive toward Serengeti National Park. The journey takes you up through the green highlands of Ngorongoro, where you get great views of rolling hills and Maasai villages along the roadside before descending into the vast plains of the Serengeti.
Along the way, your guide handles the park entry permits. As soon as you enter the park, your game drive starts right away. The landscape opens up into wide grasslands where you can look out for lions, cheetahs, leopards, and large herds of zebras and wildebeests grazing under the open sky.
By late afternoon, as the sun begins to set over the plains, your guide drives you to your mid-range tented camp or lodge. You check in, get settled into your room, and unwind. After a full day on the road and out in the park, you enjoy a good dinner and settle in for a quiet night.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Activities:
- Accommodation:
- Land of Nature Camp
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Full-Day in Serengeti National Park
Full-Day in Serengeti National Park
Today is completely dedicated to exploring the Serengeti. After an early breakfast, you head out into the park for a full day of game drives. Because wildlife moves around freely depending on the weather and the season, your guide spends the day tracking tracks, checking water points, and following fresh signs to help you find animals.
Whether you spend the whole day out with a packed picnic lunch or break it up by heading back to the camp for a hot lunch at midday, the pacing is entirely up to what you and your guide decide. You take your time driving through the vast grasslands, keeping an eye out for whatever crosses your path. As evening approaches, you head back to your mid-range tented camp or lodge to freshen up, have dinner, and relax for the night.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Activities:
- Accommodation:
- Land of Nature Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Serengeti to Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Serengeti to Ngorongoro Conservation Area
After breakfast, you check out of your Serengeti camp and start the drive toward the Naabi Hill Gate to exit the park. Your guide keeps a steady pace along the track, stopping whenever animals are visible near the road, depending on what is moving around that day.
Once you clear the gate, you enter the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and drive up into the elevated highlands, heading directly to your mid-range lodge or tented camp tucked away in the hills. You arrive by midday or early afternoon to check in.
The rest of the afternoon is yours to relax in the cool highland air, unwind at the property, have dinner, and rest up for your descent into the crater the following morning.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Highlands
- Activities:
- Accommodation:
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Embalakai Ngorongoro Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Ngorongoro Crater Tour – Return to Arusha
Ngorongoro Crater Tour – Return to Arusha
Today starts with an early breakfast, followed by your guide driving the vehicle down the steep road that leads directly onto the crater floor. You spend the morning hours driving across the open grasslands, stopping near the swamp areas and Lake Magadi to look for wildlife. Because animals move around freely on the crater floor, sightings depend entirely on what happens to be out and active that morning.
Around midday, your guide takes you to a designated picnic site inside the crater to eat your packed lunch. After lunch, you complete a final game drive as you make your way across the floor and head back up the steep crater wall to exit the conservation area.
Once outside the gate, you begin the drive back toward Arusha. You arrive in the city by evening, check in at your hotel, have dinner, and rest for the night to prepare for your Kilimanjaro day hike tomorrow morning.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Activities:
- Accommodation:
- Mount Meru Hotel
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Hike on Mount Kilimanjaro (Shira Plateau)
Hike on Mount Kilimanjaro (Shira Plateau)
After breakfast, your guide picks you up from your hotel in Arusha and drives you to the Londorossi Gate on the western side of Mount Kilimanjaro. You do the park registration at the gate, and then you drive further up the mountain to the starting point.
From there, you start your guided day walk toward Shira 1 Camp. You walk across the high ground, looking out at the open landscape and Mount Kibo if the weather is clear. When you reach the Shira 1 area, you stop to rest and have your packed lunch.
In the afternoon, you walk back down to meet your vehicle. Instead of returning to Arusha, you drive a short way to your mid-range lodge hidden in the green hills of West Kilimanjaro. You arrive by evening to check in, have dinner, and sleep.
- Main Destination:
- Mount Kilimanjaro
- Activities:
- Accommodation:
- Simba Farm Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Departure
Departure
After breakfast, you check out of your lodge in West Kilimanjaro. Depending on your flight time, your driver transfers you directly to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) for your flight back home or your onward journey.
- Main Destination:
- Kilimanjaro Airport
- Activities:
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
