Day 1: JRO - Arusha City
Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro Airport, meet your driver-guide for a warm welcome and transfer to Arusha City for dinner and an overnight stay.
Meal Plan: Dinner
Accommodation: Luxury: Arusha Coffee Lodge

Day 2: Arusha - Ngorongoro Crater
Enjoy breakfast at your accommodation. Your driver-guide will then pick you up for a journey to Ngorongoro Crater. Check in at your hotel for a hot lunch. Afterward, visit a Maasai family for a cultural tour. Upon arrival at the Maasai Village, a friendly group of Maasai and the Village Chief will greet you with a refreshing welcome drink. During a village walk, your Maasai guide will explain the history and current life of the Tanzanian Maasai. Learn about Maasai culinary culture while tasting traditional tea (chai) prepared over a wood fire. Return to the hotel for dinner and an overnight stay.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Luxury: The Manor at Ngorongoro

Day 3: Full Day Crater Tour
After breakfast, descend to the Crater floor for a full-day game drive with a packed lunch. Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest collapsed volcanic crater, spans fourteen kilometers of isolated natural beauty. Surrounded by extinct volcanoes, the crater floor, dotted with watering holes, is home to approximately 30,000 animal species. Expect to see lions, elephants, zebras, hippos, flamingos, jackals, a few remaining black rhinos, antelopes, and numerous bird species, including eagles, vultures, and flamingos in the Crater Lake, storks, bats, giant vultures, sacred ibis, kori bustards, blacksmith plovers, long-necked herons, and cattle eagles. Enjoy a picnic lunch at the hippo pool, then ascend from the crater floor and return to your hotel for the night.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Luxury: The Manor at Ngorongoro

Day 4: Ngorongoro Crater – Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, depart with a lunch box to the Ngorongoro Crater Rim, enjoying a game drive en route. Visit the Olduvai Gorge Museum, where anthropologists Drs. Lois and Mary Leakey discovered the skulls of ‘Nutcracker Man’ and ‘Handy Man,’ significant links in human evolution. Continue to Serengeti Park, renowned as the world’s most impressive wildlife sanctuary. Enjoy an afternoon game drive in the endless Serengeti plains, where you may see vast herds of wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles or a pride of lions resting in the shade.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Luxury: One Nature Nyaruswiga Camp

Day 5: Full Day Game Drive around Serengeti Park
Spend a full day in this magnificent park, rising early to maximize your time. Guides will select the best spotting locations for the season. Visit the Hippo pool to observe these majestic animals coexisting with crocodiles, watch a large pride of lions, or be amidst the migration, surrounded by wildebeest and zebras. Explore the kopjes, rocky volcanic outcrops providing shelter for various animals, and enjoy panoramic views of the vast Serengeti grasslands. This diverse landscape offers exceptional game viewing opportunities, with chances to see elephants, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, lions, and possibly the elusive leopard and cheetah, along with abundant birdlife, from elegant secretary birds to flightless ostriches.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Luxury: One Nature Nyaruswiga Camp

Day 6: Full Day Game Drive at Serengeti Park
After breakfast, embark on another full-day game drive with a packed lunch. Your driver will select an excellent location for spotting various wild animals, birds, and trees.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Luxury: One Nature Nyaruswiga Camp

Day 7: Serengeti Seronera Area to North Serengeti (Mara)
After breakfast, drive through the Seronera in Central Serengeti, exploring the Mara and Grumeti River areas, which offer excellent resident game year-round. Non-migrating animals like elephants, buffalo, gazelles, zebras, lions, leopards, and cheetahs can be seen here throughout the year. Enjoy perfect game viewing, often without encountering other vehicles, in this secluded corner of the Serengeti Plains. Magnificent river trees and birdlife, such as kingfishers and fish eagles, are abundant along the river lines.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Luxury: Elewana Serengeti Migration Luxury Camp

Day 8: Balloon Safari & Evening Game Drive
Early morning, before breakfast, transfer to the Balloon Safari starting point. Experience a once-in-a-lifetime hot air balloon safari across the Mara River, witnessing the majestic Serengeti from above. Enjoy an English breakfast under the tree canvas after this memorable flight. Return to your accommodation with a game drive en route. Enjoy a hot lunch at your hotel. In the evening, choose between a sunset game drive or relaxing at your accommodation.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Luxury: Elewana Serengeti Migration Luxury Camp

Day 9: Full Day Game Drive at North Serengeti
After an early breakfast, embark on a full-day game drive along the Great Mara River.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Luxury: Elewana Serengeti Migration Luxury Camp

Day 10: Serengeti - Arusha Airport
After breakfast, transfer to the Lobo airstrip for a flight to Arusha Airport, departing at 10:20. Upon arrival at 12:20, you will be picked up and transferred to a hotel for a hot lunch, rest, and shower. In the evening, transfer to Kilimanjaro Airport for your flight home.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: No accommodation for this night.

END OF TOUR

• In-vehicle air conditioning
• Balloon Safari
• Tea and coffee
• Local Flight

• Tips
• International Flight
• Visa
• Optional activities not outlined on the itinerary.

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.