Your guide will meet you on arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, where you will be escorted through VIP customers, and to your hotel in Arusha (45-60 minutes).

Arusha National Park is a park with a dynamic topography and can be accessed quite easily. The park is only 45 minutes away from Arusha, and you will be surprised by the way the lush green regions of the park suddenly pop up in the midst of urban locales. The park has three main topographical features: Mount Meru, the second highest peak in Tanzania, Momella Lake, and Ngurdoto Crater.

Since the park’s giraffes, wildebeests, zebras, warthogs, and dik-diks are all gentle grazers, Arusha is the perfect spot for walking safaris – a feature many parks don’t offer. Where else can you trek up a volcano, explore woodlands and lush forests, or follow trails perched above a crater, all of it alive with Cape buffalo, monkeys, baboons, and antelope?

Arusha even offers safari-goers its own “small Serengeti” known as Serengeti Ndogo where bushbucks, zebras, and other plains wildlife roam.

Enjoy a picnic lunch in the park after your hike.

Lake Manyara Park, is located beneath the cliffs of the Manyara Escarpment, on the edge of the Rift Valley. Lake Manyara National Park offers varied ecosystems, incredible birdlife, and breathtaking views. In contrast with the intimacy of the forest, is the grassy floodplain, across the alkaline lake, to the jagged blue volcanic peaks that rise from the endless Masai Steppes. Large buffalo, wildebeest, and zebra herds and giraffes congregate on these grassy plains. Squadrons of banded mongoose dart between the acacias, whereas the diminutive Kirk’s dik-dik forage in their shade.

Manyara provides the perfect introduction to Tanzania’s birdlife. More than 400 species have been recorded, and any visitor to Africa might reasonably expect to observe 100 of these in one day.

During your walk through the pristine forest, you'll observe all the beauty of wild nature and colorful birds. Your guide will decipher the animal’s tracks you will encounter along your way. Why the elephant caves are called elephant caves? Those giants used to come to the rocks which are very rich in calcium, and rub their tusks on the rocks, while ingesting the mineral rich sand. There is a small Endoro River near the caves, and the elder elephants pick this place as a point to spend their old age and finally pass away so some call this an elephant burial grounds as well.

Today we are off to the Serengeti for a full day game drive! We will be exploring the vast Serengeti for the next 2 days. Serengeti National Park is the best-known wildlife sanctuary in the world and boasts the greatest concentration of plains game in all of Africa. Established in 1952, it is home to the great migration of wildebeest and zebra. The resident population of lion, cheetah, elephant, giraffe, and birds is also impressive.

Serengeti National Park: After breakfast, explore the northern Serengeti Kogatende area following the great migration at Mara River. The game drive will be along the Mara River and other interesting places in the north where the big groups of wildebeests will be at that particular time.

Sundowner on the African Plains: Let us take you to a beautiful Sundowner (like an African Happy Hour!) with a selection of drinks, cocktails and delicious bites served against the unforgettable backdrop of the African sunset. We invite you to sit back, relax and enjoy the most amazing sunset.

One of the best places in Africa to spot the Big Five – elephants, leopards, lions, buffalo and the rare black rhinoceroses is the ancient Ngorongoro Crater, often called Africa's "Garden of Eden," is home to almost every species in Africa... except the giraffe, which can't negotiate the steep incline down into the caldera but will be seen at the rim of the crater. Game drives and a unique picnic lunch on the crater floor offer ample opportunities to spot lions, cheetahs, hippos and lots of birds.

If you would like a game drive, we've got you covered. If you would prefer to just lounge and enjoy the beautiful lodge, food, wine and spa - please be our guest!

Farewell, Africa! We know your visit in Tanzania is one you'll never forget.