7 Days Luxury Safaris

You're welcomed on arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport and transferred to Arusha, Tanzania's safari capital and the gateway to the northern circuit. With the rest of the day free, it's a good chance to rest after your flight and settle in before the safari begins in earnest the following morning.
 

After pick-up from your hotel in Arusha, you transfer to Tarangire National Park for your first game drives of the trip. Tarangire is known for its ancient, towering baobab trees and some of the largest elephant herds in Tanzania, which gather here in large numbers around the Tarangire River. You settle in at EcoScience Tented Camp for dinner and overnight.
 

You head to Lake Manyara National Park for a morning game drive, exploring a park known for its dense groundwater forest, tree-climbing lions and rich birdlife along the lake's edge. After lunch, you transfer to your lodge in Karatu, where you have the rest of the afternoon to relax before dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Farm House.
 

An early start takes you into the Ngorongoro Crater for a morning game drive. Nearly three million years old, this ancient volcanic caldera is ringed by towering walls and shelters a remarkable range of habitats within its rim, including forests, grasslands, fresh springs and a large soda lake, all packed with wildlife. After lunch, you continue on to Serengeti National Park, enjoying a game drive along the way as you make the gradual journey to Cherero Camp, roughly two hours from the hub of the Serengeti depending on driving conditions. Dinner and overnight at Cherero Camp.
 

For early risers, an optional hot air balloon ride over the Serengeti plains is available this morning at an additional cost of US$600 per person, with advance booking required, a memorable way to see the park's scale from above at sunrise. Back on the ground, you spend the day on morning and afternoon game drives through Central and Western Serengeti, home to the big five, lion, leopard, elephant, rhino and buffalo, as well as hundreds of lesser-known species, from lilac-breasted rollers to intricately marked Charaxes butterflies and the iconic umbrella thorn acacia trees that define the Serengeti skyline.
 

You spend another full day exploring Central and Western Serengeti with morning and afternoon game drives, giving you more time to search out the park's resident predators and the huge variety of wildlife that moves across these plains. It's a second chance to catch sightings you may have missed the day before, or simply to spend longer with a pride of lions or a herd making its way across the grassland.
 

After breakfast, you say goodbye to the team at Cherero Camp and enjoy a final game drive on your way to Seronera Airstrip for a morning departure flight. You fly back to Arusha, where lunch is available at your own expense, before transferring by road to Kilimanjaro International Airport, a drive of around 90 minutes, in time for your onward or international flight. If you'd like to extend your trip with a stay in Zanzibar, this can be arranged as well.