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Day 1  | Arrive in Arusha, Tanzania.

Welcome to Africa! Hotel rooms are available for mid-afternoon check-in.

​Overnight:Mount Meru Hotel.

Meals: Under own account

Day 2  | Tarangire National Park Area.
Travel south to Tarangire National Park, where baobab and acacia trees dominate the landscape. After lunch, embark on an exciting afternoon game drive.

Overnight: Tarangire Sopa Lodge

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

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Day 3  | Tarangire Area.
Today features morning & afternoon game-drives in the savanna grasslands. Enjoy panoramic views of baobab and acacia trees as you search for the elephant, eland, zebra, and Cape buffalo that congregate around the waterholes. Relax at your lodge or camp between game drives. 

Overnight: Tarangire Sopa Lodge

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

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Day 4  | Lake Manyara National Park–Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Drive to Lake Manyara National Park at the base of the Rift Valley escarpment. This small park is ecologically diverse, with groundwater forests, grassy plains, and alkaline Lake Manyara itself. During a game-drive, watch for elephant, Cape buffalo, and giraffe. The park is also home to the world’s largest concentration of baboon. Then, drive to beautiful Gibb’s Farm for a relaxing lunch featuring sumptuous farm-to-table cuisine. Afterward, continue to the NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA for the night.

Overnight: Tloma Lodge

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 5  | Ngorongoro Area. 
Today, enjoy a full day of game-drives in the Ngorongoro Crater. The crater is technically a caldera—the world’s largest unflooded, in fact, at more than 2,000 feet deep with a floor covering over 102 square miles. Game viewing here is fantastic, as most of the animals stay in this area year round. You can see lion, Cape buffalo, hippo, elephant, and flamingo. This is also your best chance to see the rare black rhinoceros. A picnic lunch will be served in the crater.

Overnight: Tloma  Lodge

 Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 6 | Serengeti National Park.
This morning, drive to Serengeti National Park, Tanzania’s largest and most famous park. Home to the annual Great Migration of wildebeest and zebra, generally between late November and July, it attracts visitors from around the world and is great for game viewing year round. Enjoy lunch prior to your afternoon game drive.The Great Migration is a natural event, and the arrival/departure of the migrating herds varies slightly year to year. 

Overnight: Serengeti Sopa Lodge

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Days 7 & 8  | Serengeti. 
The Serengeti covers an area of roughly 5,700 square miles, so it is no surprise that the name comes from the Maasai word siringit, meaning “endless plains.” Enjoy two days morning & afternoon game-drives in search of the “Big 5”—lion, leopard, Cape buffalo, elephant, and rhino—as well as an abundance of other animals, including cheetah, giraffe, warthog, gazelle, and eland. Between game drives, take advantage of leisure time to relax.

Overnight: Serengeti Sopa Lodge

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 9  | Serengeti–Arusha–Farewell
This morning, fly back to Arusha, where your vacation ends. We have reserved a day room at the Mount Meru Hotel for you to use prior to your home-bound flight. It is advisable to book your homebound flights for after 5 pm.

Meals: Breakfast