6-Day Luxury Serengeti and Ngorongoro Safari (Fly-in)

On arrival in Arusha, meet your safari guide and settle into the starting accommodation. This day adds a distinct landscape to the trip and gives you another setting for guided exploration. The route out of town passes settled farmland before the land opens towards the northern wildlife reserves. If you arrive late, keep the evening simple and allow enough time for rest before setting out in the safari vehicle.

The overnight stop is Gran Meliá Arusha. The next stage may use different roads and habitats, so a brief conversation with your guide is worthwhile.

Leave Arusha on the arranged domestic flight into the Serengeti, where your safari guide will take you towards the wildlife areas. Your guide will use the available hours to balance travel, stops and the principal activity. Your guide can adjust the order of drives according to local conditions, track reports and the distance between wildlife areas. The Serengeti is a large ecosystem of plains, seasonal rivers, kopjes and wooded sections, so the character of each drive changes with the chosen area.

You stay tonight at Nyota Serengeti Camp. After the day’s activities, return to your lodge and check arrangements for tomorrow.

Continue from Serengeti National Park towards Serengeti National Park, leaving time for the day’s scheduled visits. The schedule keeps this destination as the centre of the day rather than making it a brief roadside visit. The Serengeti is a large ecosystem of plains, seasonal rivers, kopjes and wooded sections, so the character of each drive changes with the chosen area. Lion prides, cheetahs, hyenas, giraffes and many grazing mammals may be seen, but a particular sighting always depends on wildlife movements.

You stay tonight at Nyota Serengeti Camp. Once you have reached the overnight property, you can settle in and prepare for the next change of scenery.

Continue from Serengeti National Park towards Ngorongoro Conservation Area, leaving time for the day’s scheduled visits. The plan for this stage is to spend enough time in the main area to appreciate its character. Wildlife is present in this wider conservation area, although many visitors travel through it mainly to reach the crater and nearby lodges. The highland transfer allows you to see changes in vegetation and land use before a later crater visit or onward journey.

The overnight stop is Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge. The next stage may use different roads and habitats, so a brief conversation with your guide is worthwhile.

Continue from Ngorongoro Conservation Area towards Ngorongoro Crater, leaving time for the day’s scheduled visits. Today concentrates on a different part of the route, with the journey arranged around the main destination. An early descent can make better use of the permitted time on the crater floor. The vehicle follows designated tracks between different habitats. The descent reveals a broad basin with changing colours and an impressive rim above it. Weather can be cool or misty at the higher viewpoint.

The overnight stop is Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge. After the day’s activities, return to your lodge and check arrangements for tomorrow.

This is the closing day of the route. Enjoy the final planned outing before your guide arranges the onward transfer. The scenery changes again as you reach this stop on the northern Tanzania circuit. The route out of town passes settled farmland before the land opens towards the northern wildlife reserves. If you arrive late, keep the evening simple and allow enough time for rest before setting out in the safari vehicle.

Take time to confirm the next morning’s departure, luggage needs and any dietary requests. A relaxed start makes the early park transfers easier. Travel times can change with road conditions and animal sightings, so the guide will discuss a realistic schedule.

No overnight room follows the last day of game viewing on this programme.