8 Days/ 7 nights Tanzania Classic safari

Day 1:Arusha
Meet and greet upon arrivalthen transfer to Arusha hotel for your overnight stay

Day 2: Arusha to Lake Manyara
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning at leisure before briefing on your safari followed by lunch. In the afternoon depart Arusha passing through the Maasai Steppe, an area filled with picturesque African villages and maize, coffee & banana plantations. Journey up through a scenic escarpment to your lodge perched on the edge of the Rift Valley with distant views over Lake Manyara. Dinner and overnight

Day 3: Lake Manyara to the Serengeti
After breakfast proceeds for a game drive in Lake Manyara National Park. Thereafter returns to your lodge for lunch. You will then be travelling North West across the stunning countryside of the highlands which is filled with wheat and coffee plantations, taking you on to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and the vast plains of the Serengeti, spotting game well before you even enter the park. Dinner and overnight

Day 4:Serengeti
Morning and afternoon game drives in Serengeti National Park. Dinner and overnight
Note: hot-air balloon safaris can be pre-booked; please contact us for details.

Day 5: Serengeti to Ngorongoro
After breakfast you will depart for Ngorongoro with game viewing enroute across the vast Serengeti plains. After a picnic lunch, proceeds with game drive enroute to your lodge set high on the rim of Ngorongoro Crater. Dinner and overnight

Day 6: Ngorongoro
After breakfast, depart to explore what is often referred to as the World's largest wildlife zoo! You will descend 2000 feet through the early morning mists into the World's largest volcanic caldera, the Ngorongoro Crater. The crater floor comprised of several distinct areas, ranging from forest, swamps, lakes and springs, to open grassland and some sandy dunes with fantastic wildlife. Lunch is served near a small hippo-filled lake. In the afternoon, continue with game viewing before returning to the crater's rim and back to your lodge. Dinner and overnight

Day 7: Ngorongoro to Tarangire
After breakfast, depart Ngorongoro Crater and head south east to Lake Manyara, Mto wa Mbu village and Tarangire. Through the highlands and the Karatu district, you will be able to view the scenic wheat plains and coffee plantation. You will then carry on your journey down the spectacular escarpment where you turn south onto the main Arusha-Dodoma road and into the park. From here to the lodge, you will enjoy a game drive en route arriving at the lodge in time for lunch. Afternoon game drive in the park returning to the lodge for dinner and overnight

Day 8:Tarangire to Arusha
Breakfast the depart to Arusha. The journey will pass through the Masai Steppe filled with many picturesque African villages as well as maize, coffee and banana plantations. On arrival you will enjoy lunch in Arusha town centre before being dropped at Kilimanjaro International Airport for your onwards flight back home