You'll be picked up from your hotel in Arusha and drive to Lake Manyara National Park with picnic lunches. You'll enjoy a daytime game drive in the park. Then, you'll head back to camp for dinner and an overnight stay. Manyara offers the perfect introduction to Tanzania’s birdlife, boasting over 400 recorded species. Even first-time African visitors can expect to see around 100 bird species in just one day. Inland from the floodplain, a narrow strip of acacia woodland is home to Manyara's renowned tree-climbing lions and impressively tusked elephants.

Main Destination: Lake Manyara National Park

Accommodation: Budget camping,

Meals & Drinks: Lunch & Dinner Included with Drinks

After breakfast, you'll drive to Serengeti National Park with a game drive en route and a picnic lunch evening drive to the camp for dinner and an overnight stay. The Serengeti is renowned for its abundant wildlife, including the famous Big Five animals, named for being the most prized trophies for hunters. Lion: The Serengeti is believed to have one of the largest populations of lions in Africa, with over 3,000 lions inhabiting the ecosystem due to the plentiful prey species. African leopard: These elusive predators are commonly spotted in the Seronera region but are found throughout the national park. The population is estimated to be around 1,000.

Main Destination: Serengeti National Park

Accommodation: Budget camping,

Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included with Drinks

Breakfast at the camp will be followed by a full-day game drive in the park with a picnic lunch. In the evening, you will head back to the camp for dinner and an overnight stay. The Serengeti is one of the best places to spot cheetahs, the fastest land animals on Earth. They can reach speeds of up to 60 miles per hour in just a few seconds.

Main Destination: Serengeti National Park

Accommodation: Budget camping,

Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included with Drinks

After breakfast, you'll go on a morning game drive in Serengeti National Park with a packed picnic lunch. You'll depart in the afternoon and drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area for a camp stay and overnight. Today, the Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and the Masai Mara National Reserve across the border in Kenya protect the greatest and most varied collection of terrestrial wildlife on earth, and one of the last great migratory systems still intact. The Serengeti is the jewel in the crown of Tanzania's protected areas, which altogether make up some 14% of the country's land area, a conservation record that few other countries can match.

Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater

Accommodation: Budget camping,

Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included with Drinks

Early breakfast will be followed by a game drive in the Ngorongoro Crater with a packed picnic lunch. In the afternoon, you'll drive back to Arusha and dropped off at the hotel that you booked on your own. The jewel in Ngorongoro's crown is a deep, volcanic crater, the largest unflooded and unbroken caldera in the world. About 20 km across, 600 meters deep, and 300 sq km in area, the Ngorongoro Crater is a breathtaking natural wonder. You will visit Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the southwestern corner, which is one of the main features of the crater A large number of flamingos, hippos, and other water birds can usually be seen here.

Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater

Accommodation: N/A,

Meals & Drinks: Breakfast & Lunch Included with Drinks