Tanzania Explorer

On arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, transfer to Four Points by Sheraton Arusha Hotel. Relax and enjoy the remainder of your day.

After breakfast drive to Tarangire. Lunch at Tarangire Sopa Lodge. This afternoon join your expert safari ranger for your first game viewing activity. The grassy acacia woodlands and gigantic baobabs make for spectacular vistas.

Enjoy your morning at leisure with an optional balloon safari. After lunch depart on a game drive in the Tarangire National Park. Your guide is an experienced wildlife expert whose knowledge and ability to spot the animals and birds will astound you. Not knowing what you’ll see next is all part of the fun of a safari!

After breakfast drive to Escarpment Luxury Lodge, arrive in time for lunch. Enjoy a game drive in this scenic gem, with a setting praised by Ernest Hemingway as “the loveliest I had seen in Africa.” Return to lodge in time to freshen up before dinner.

Enjoy a relaxing morning at leisure and an afternoon game drive in the beautiful Lake Manyara National Park. This small but uniquely diverse national park is home to leopards, lions, cheetahs, elephants, blue monkeys, dik-diks, gazelles, hippos, giraffes, impalas, flamingos and nearly 400 bird species.

The adventure continues as you set off after breakfast to the vast plains of the Serengeti arriving at the lodge in time for lunch. Enjoy an afternoon game drive in the greatest game sanctuary in the world, fantastic in its natural beauty. Watch territorial hippos lounging in the water, giraffes foraging in the tree tops and lions relaxing in the shade before the evening hunt begins.

Depart during the early morning splendor of an African sunrise for your first game drive of the day. Your expert ranger will maneuver you to the perfect spots to collect a gallery of thrilling images as the morning unfolds. Watch alert elephant carefully guarding their young as they traverse the bush; a startled warthog running with its tail erect; ungainly herds of wildebeest grazing alongside zebra. This afternoon, relax at the lodge until the day cools down and the animals become more active for your afternoon drive. Before retiring, stretch out and listen to the sounds of the wilderness and watch the illumination of the infinite African sky.

Perhaps start with a dawn adventure in a hot air balloon safari over the Serengeti, offering breathtaking wildlife views (available at an extra cost). During morning and afternoon game viewing activities, your ranger continues to lead you to spectacular locations of outstanding natural beauty where you can observe the wildlife in their natural habitat.

Continue your journey to the Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and one of Africa’s best-known wildlife areas. Visit a local Maasai village to observe the tribe’s way of life and learn about their culture and traditions.

Descend 2,000 feet through the early morning mists, to explore the crater floor of this extinct volcano. You’ll be in awe of the profusion of wildlife concentrated here. Enjoy a picnic lunch before returning to your lodge. Share the day’s magical moments with your safari companions as the sun sinks below the horizon.

After breakfast, drive to Arusha. Enjoy lunch and a place to relax at a day room reserved for your use. Later this afternoon transfer to Kilimanjaro Airport for your international departure flight. Bid farewell to Africa until the next time.