This luxury road and air safari showcases the undiscovered wilderness of Tarangire National Park, the possibility of seeing the famous tree-climbing lions of Lake Manyara, the glory of the ‘eighth wonder of the world’ the magnificent Ngorongoro Crater, Olduvai Gorge Palaeolithic site and the magnificent Serengeti. Covering optimum distances in minimum time, this unique safari also offers both traditional safari lodge and luxury tented camp accommodation.

Wildlife Highlights: lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard, cheetah, hippos, crocodiles, wildebeest, zebra, antelope, gazelle, impala, waterbuck, topi, eland, plains game, giraffe and rhino.

Accommodation: : Lake Duluti Lodge, Acacia Tarangire Luxury Camp, Escarpment Luxury Lodge, Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge and Mbuzi Mawe Camp.

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Day 1: Arrive in Arusha

On arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will be met by your driver/guide and escorted to the charming Lake Duluti Lodge inthe outskirts of Arusha Town,

Dinner own account, overnight at the lodge

Day 2: To Tarangire National Park

After breakfast, drive to Tarangire National Park in time for lunch at Acacia Tarangire Luxury Camp

Acacia Tarangire Luxury Camp is a luxury thatched camp in the heart of Maasai nation and an inaccessible corner of the Tarangire, in total privacy amongst giant acacia trees and looking out yonder the plat savannah. Not only we offer guests unique safari accommodation but spectacular views of the Tarangire National Park, just located near Kuro Airstrip. Each room has super wide windows that offer panoramic views of the Tarangire National park. Enjoy your afternoons spotting wildlife from the sun deck before enjoying dinner under the African Sky. You can also look forward to Night game drive, game walks, and picnics in the bush.

The camp is one of the few luxuries, vintage safari camps in the park. With twelve fully furnished, deluxe tents, each tent has its own en-suite facilities with a shower, hand basin, and washing facilities. Soaps, shampoos and insect repellents are supplied, as well as a hairdryer. There are plug points at your disposal to charge equipment. Bathrobes are supplied in each tent, as well as ponchos with hoods and warm lining – to protect from both rain and cold weather. There are large chests on each property with lock and key for safekeeping of valuables

The Camp runs almost entirely on solar energy, thus dramatically allow having access to electricity 24 Hours. Expert guiding and superb cuisine all come together to create an experience that is completely different to any other.

Afternoon game drive in Tarangire National Park, all meals and overnight at camp

Distance/drive time: 165km / 2 hours

Day 3: On Safari in Tarangire

Spend a full day on safari in Tarangire National Park with morning and afternoon game drives. Second, only to the Ngorongoro Crater as a dry-season (June/July) sanctuary for vast herds of migratory creatures, the park’s wildlife tends to follow clearly defined seasonal patterns. First to move north-east, often as far as Lake Natron, are the zebras and wildebeests, which begin their trek in October. After them, trek the gazelles, buffaloes, elands, oryxes and hartebeests. Finally, the elephants move out. The Defassa waterbucks, impalas, giraffes, lesser kudus, Kirk’s dik-dik and warthogs, meanwhile, remain resident. The return of the park’s migratory species begins in June and July; firstly, with the oryxes and elands, then the elephants; and finally, the zebras and wildebeest.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner and overnight at the camp

Day 4: To Lake Manyara National Park

After breakfast drive to Lake Manyara National Park arriving at Escarpment Luxury Lodge in time for lunch.

Perched high on the rim of the Great Rift Valley, Escarpment Luxury Lodge is a serene haven overlooking the wonder of Lake Manyara below. Offering 16 private, tastefully decorated chalets.  Inviting the incredible beauty of the African bush in expanses of windows and doors mean that you have nature right around you as you sit in the comfort and luxury of the superbly appointed bar lounge. A spreading deck surrounding the main lodge affords you breathtaking views of the lake and the gorge upon which the lodge perches watch pelican sweep the skies as you take sundowners, see the sun slip like a segment of orange into the hills and listen to the sounds of Africa nestle up to you as night slides in.

After lunch, enjoy an afternoon game drive in the park.

Distance/drive time: 150km / 2 hours

Day 5: To the Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast, drive to the Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area and ascend the edge of the crater. On the rim of the crater is the Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge, where you will have the afternoon at leisure and dinner. Should you wish, you can take a nature walk in the grounds or on the crater rim. One of Africa’s best-known wildlife arenas and a World Heritage Site, the crater is one of the largest volcanic craters in the world (almost 20 kilometres wide, 610-760 metres deep and covering a total area of 264 square kilometres). An utterly unique biosphere, it harbours grasslands, swamps, forests, saltpans, a freshwater lake and a glorious variety of birdlife, all enclosed within its towering walls. Due to its high concentration of wildlife, close-range viewing opportunities and striking scenery it is also Tanzania’s most visited destination.

Distance/drive time: 66kms / 1 hour

Day 6: Explore the crater

After breakfast descends into the crater for a half-day tour returning to the lodge for lunch. In the afternoon either take an optional(extra) guided nature walk or enjoy views of the crater from your private stone-built veranda. Dinner at the lodge.

Day 7: To the Serengeti

After breakfast, drive to Olduvai Gorge, one of the world’s most important Palaeolithic sites. Arrive in the Serengeti National Park in time for lunch at the Mbuzi Mawe Camp, and then enjoy an afternoon’s game drive. Dinner and overnight at the lodge

Serengeti Park

Covering 14,763 sq km of endlessly rolling savannah plains, the Serengeti is Tanzania’s first-established, largest and most famous park wherein tens of thousands of hoofed animals roam in a constant and unremitting search for the fresh grasslands upon which their survival depends. The million-plus wildebeest are the predominant herbivore and also the main prey of a huge cast of large carnivores, principally lion and hyena. Whilst the annual migration is the Serengeti’s most famous attraction, the Park is also renowned for its lion, many of which have been fitted with radio-transmitter collars so that their movements may be tracked, and additionally for its wealth of cheetah, zebra, giraffe, Thomson’s and Grant’s gazelle, eland, impala, klipspringer, hippo and warthog.

Distance/drive time: 200km / 2 ½ hours

Day 8: On safari in the Serengeti

A full day on safari in the vast and sensational Serengeti. Breakfast, lunch and dinner at the camp

Day 9: Depart via Arusha

After breakfast, transfer to the airstrip for your internal flight to Arusha airport(Included in the safari price). Transfer either to a city hotel or to the Kilimanjaro International Airport.

IMPORTANT: Please note that, because this is a flying safari, you are allowed a maximum baggage allowance of 15kgs per person (inclusive of hand-luggage). Additional luggage can be left in safe-keeping at African Horizon’s Offices. Please bring SOFT (Duffel type) bags only.

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Serengeti Park

Covering 14,763 sq km of endlessly rolling savannah plains, the Serengeti is Tanzania’s first-established, largest and most famous park wherein tens of thousands of hoofed animals roam in a constant and unremitting search for the fresh grasslands upon which their survival depends. The million-plus wildebeest are the predominant herbivore and also the main prey of a huge cast of large carnivores, principally lion and hyena. Whilst the annual migration is the Serengeti’s most famous attraction, the Park is also renowned for its lion, many of which have been fitted with radio-transmitter collars so that their movements may be tracked, and additionally for its wealth of cheetah, zebra, giraffe, Thomson’s and Grant’s gazelle, eland, impala, klipspringer, hippo and warthog.

Ngorongoro Crater

Often referred to as ‘the eighth wonder of the world' the Ngorongoro Crater is one of Africa's best-known wildlife arenas. A World Heritage Site, it is also one of the largest volcanic craters in the world (almost 20 kilometres wide, 610-760 metres deep and covering a total area of 264 square kilometres).

An utterly unique biosphere, the Crater harbours grasslands, swamps, forests, saltpans, a freshwater lake and a glorious variety of birdlife, all enclosed within its towering walls. Due to its high concentration of wildlife, close-range viewing opportunities and striking scenery it is also Tanzania’s most visited destination.

Wildlife highlights: Quite apart from the ‘big five’ (lion, elephant, rhino, leopard and buffalo), all of whom can often be spotted in a morning, the Crater also hosts up to 25,000 large mammals. Most are grazers, of which zebra and wildebeest comprise almost half, the rest being gazelle, buffalo, eland, hartebeest and warthog. As a result of these extraordinarily large numbers of herbivores, the crater also numbers one of the densest predator populations in Africa, most of which are the lion and spotted hyena. Finally, the crater supports a large elephant population, most of which are bulls due to the relative paucity of food for the breeding herds, whilst certain animals such as giraffe, topi and impala, are notable by their absence.

Tarangire National Park

Named after the Tarangire River which runs through it, is an arid haven, peppered with ancient baobab trees, towering termite mounds, and home to huge herds of elephant.

Only 30km from the Rift Valley escarpment, Tarangire falls outside the nutrient-rich volcanic belt and therefore its annual rainfall is very low (550mm). As a result, much of the park is semi-arid, dominated by baobabs, acacias and Doum Palms, often festooned with the nests of African palm swifts. 120 km south-west of Arusha, the greatest concentrations of animals are seen between June and November.

Second, only to the Ngorongoro Crater as a dry-season (June/July) sanctuary for vast herds of migratory creatures, the park's wildlife tend to follow clearly defined seasonal patterns. First to move north-east, often as far as Lake Natron, are the zebras and wildebeests, which begin their trek in October. After them, trek the gazelle's buffaloes, elands, oryxes and hartebeests.

Finally, the elephants move out. The Defassa waterbucks, impalas, giraffes, lesser kudus, Kirk's dik and warthogs, meanwhile, remain resident. The return of the park's migratory species begins in June and July; firstly with the oryxes and elands, then the elephants; and finally, the zebras and wildebeest. By August all the animals have returned and, because the migration path for many is through the Simanjiro area, this makes an ideal viewing spot. Night drives also allow for the spotting of leopards, springhares, gents, civets, white-tailed mongooses and ratels.

Tarangire is famous for its large herds of elephant (there is over 3,000 elephants in the park), also for its large numbers of the lion (which can often be seen digging for water in the dry riverbeds), leopard, African buffalo, and lesser and great kudu. The park also hosts an enormous variety of birds - more than 550 species. The park has the highest concentration of wildlife during the dry season, starting in July and - depending on the short rains - lasting until November or through to February.

Tarangire is also world-renowned for its birds, boasting some 450 recorded species. Of the 60 raptor species that occur in Tanzania, 49 occur in Tarangire. What is more, the parks open habitat (especially in the northern sector), dotted with leafless trees makes for ideal bird-watching conditions (Tarangire Safari Lodge, which sits high on a bluff above the river is considered one of the finest ornithological haunts in the whole of Africa).