Best Of Tanzania

On arrival, transfer to the Kibo Palace Hotel – a welcoming hotel with a refreshing pool in landscaped grounds and views of Mount Meru and Kilimanjaro.

Stay: Kibo Palace Hotel (or similar)

Set off on safari, boarding your 4x4 vehicle for the two-hour drive to Lake Manyara and enjoy the first glimpses of Tanzania’s villages, coffee, maize and banana plantations as you go. Arrive at the Lake Manyara Kilimamoja Lodge for lunch. On the rim of the Great African Rift Valley, this rustic-luxe lodge has stunning views over Lake Manyara. After lunch enjoy an afternoon game drive in Lake Manyara National Park, home to hippos, elephants, flamingos, plains game and the famous tree-climbing lions that reside here. The landscape is a mix of dense forest, small open plains and lush waterside grasses, a feast for herbivores such as buffalo. Approx. journey time: 2 hours.

Stay: Lake Manyara Kilimamoja Lodge (or similar)

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

This morning begin the long scenic drive north through the highlands to the world-renowned Serengeti National Park, arriving at Embalakai Camp in time for lunch. This afternoon, board your safari vehicle for a game drive exploring the open plains in search of abundant wildlife. Return to the camp for dinner and overnight. Approx. journey time: 5 hours.

Stay: Embalakai Camp (or similar)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Today there’s the option to take a hot-air balloon flight over the plains at sunrise to gain a whole new perspective of the Serengeti. Take flight and drift upwards as the sun rises; the bright pink-orange haze visible for miles across the vast savannah and the wildlife roaming below you. Then a full-day game drive with picnic lunch in the Serengeti awaits, seeking out the big cats, rhino, buffalo and giraffe that inhabit the vast open plains of this huge park which borders the Maasai Mara in its north-east corner. The sheer scale and seemingly endless horizon in this part of Africa is spellbinding.

Stay: Embalakai Camp (or similar)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast depart for Ngorongoro, viewing game across the vast Serengeti plains, with the option to visit the archaeological marvel of Olduvai Gorge − the discovery site of some of the earliest hominid remains. Lunch is a picnic en route. Continue on for an afternoon game drive in the Ngorongoro Crater, one of nature’s wonders. Its collapsed volcanic crater is 12 miles in diameter and 600 metres deep. The fertile soil and lake attract a huge range of wildlife, and you’ll seek to discover them amongst the floor’s forests, grasses and plains. Dinner and overnight is at Oldeani Mountain Lodge, a colonial-style lodge located on a hillside above the quiet town of Karatu with far-reaching views. Approx. journey time: 4½ hours.

Stay: Oldeani Mountain Lodge (or similar)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

This morning return to Arusha (approx. journey time: 3 hours) for lunch before your return flight to the India.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch