Wild About Tanzania

Kilimanjaro Airport - Arusha. You will be collected from Kilimanjaro International Airport and transferred to your scenically located lodge in Usa River, 23kms east of Arusha. Spend the rest of the day at leisure.

Arusha - West Kilimanjaro. After breakfast you will set out for the stunning and African postcard landscape of West Kilimanjaro. Located to the north of Mount Meru in northeastern Tanzania, West Kilimanjaro is a concession area to the west of Mount Kilimanjaro and south of Kenya's Amboseli National Park. This remote, off-the-beaten-track destination combines Maasai culture and private wildlife game viewing in a spectacularly scenic environment Arrive at your lodge in time for lunch and later enjoy an afternoon game drive.

Spend day 3 making the most of your magnificent surroundings by taking a morning and afternoon game drive. This area of Tanzania has its share of game to see but is better known for its spectacular scenery and location and the opportunity to interact with the local Masai. Optional activities available to book at the lodge include a Masai Boma visit and a 5 hr Kilimanjaro Naitonal Park hike.

West Kilimanjaro - Tarangire National Park. This morning, wake to the views of Mt Kilimanjaro before heading down to breakfast. After collecting your packed lunch, set off with your driver guide to Tarangire National Park and enjoy a full day game drive. As the afternoon draws to a close, make your way out of the park to your accommodation.

Tarangire lies a little distance to the south east of Lake Manyara and covers an area of approximately 2,850 square kilometres. The park is famous for its huge number of elephants, baobab trees and tree climbing African pythons. Tarangire National Park has some of the highest population density of elephants anywhere in Tanzania, more than Manyara and Serengeti. If you are fortunate to visit the area after heavy rains, the surrounding Manyara and Tarangire Pans fill with water which attracts huge flocks of Flamingos and other wading birds.

After an early morning wake up call, head out to explore Tarangire National Park on a full day game drive with a picnic lunch. The landscape is iconically African with open Acacia woodlands and Baobab trees scattered all over the area and wildlife galore - zebra, kudu, eland, impala, gazelle, buffalo, wildebeest, leopard, rhino just to name a few of what this park has to offer. Returning to the lodge, top off your day with an evening walk accompanied by a professional guide before returning to the camp for evening drinks and dinner.

Tarangire - Serengeti. After breakfast and check out, depart to the Serengeti with a packed lunch. On arrival into the park, spend the day spotting wildlife and you game drive towards your teneted camp in the Central Serengeti. The Central Serengeti encompasses the world-famous Seronera Valley which is known for its prime wildlife-viewing opportunities. This picture-perfect landscape is characterised by endless stretches of savannah-covered open plains, interspersed by rocky outcrops of granite, scattered with acacia woodlands and covered in a network of rivers and streams. The Central Serengeti forms part of the great wildebeest and zebra migration and provides an ideal habitat for a variety of wildlife such as giraffe, impala, waterbuck, hippo, elephant, buffalo, lion, leopard, hyena, jackal, serval and much more.

As the sun rises on your second day in the Serengeti, make the most of the game viewing. Order a picnic breakfast or lunch and head out into the bush and spend the day looking for game while enjoying the magic that this park has to offer. Later back at camp dinner is served and evening drinks by the camp fire is the perfect way to discuss the day’s events.

Serengeti - Ngorongoro Highlands. After breakfast and check out depart with a packed lunch. Make your way slowly out of the Serngeti, game driving as you go. As you will carry your lunch this day there is no rush. Drive onto the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and towards your lodge. After checking in, you can spend the rest of the day relaxing in the quiet surroundings and taking in the stunning views before the time for dinner.

After breakfast, depart with a packed lunch and drive up to the Ngorongoro Crater Rim, where you see the Crater in all its glory - weather permitting. From here you drive around the rim and descend into the crater itself. Reaching the crater floor you will undoubtedly be amazed at this natural phenomenon before you. The crater is best known for its natural beauty and abundance of diverse wildlife. Surrounded by Tanzania’s highlands, this UNESCO-listed crater is said to be the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera. On your game drive look out for the world-renowned Big Five and a host of other wildlife species including large herds of zebra and wildebeest. After an exciting day return to your accommodation to relax and enjoy a well-earned dinner.

Ngorongoro Crater - Arusha. After breakfast and check out, drive back to Arusha, stopping at the Arusha Coffee Lodge ‘Shanga experience’ for lunch. Then visit the nearby Shanga shangaa workshops, where you can learn more about this wonderful project. The aim of Shanga Shangaa is to provide full time employment and training to help the locally disabled Tanzanian’s by creating unique bead work and glass work. There is also the opportunity to give it a go yourself, and indeed purchase some of their products at their shop on site.

Depending on your international flight time, you will then be transferred to Kilimanjaro Airport.