_7 night Tanzanian Safari adventure with Ngorongoro Tours - a review by vegetarian travelers_ _We are a vegetarian mother-daughter team, and we booked a 7-night Tanzania safari package with _Ngorongoro Tours_. It was a bucket-list trip, and Ngorongoro made it a truly memorable, once-in-a-lifetime experience._Planning & Pre-Trip Communication:_ Communication with our lead travel coordinator, _Annette from the office_, was excellent from the start. She responded quickly to every question and built a fully personalized itinerary around what mattered most to us: witnessing the migration, seeing the Big Five, experiencing local culture and souvenir shopping, staying within budget, and accommodating our vegetarian diet._Our package included:_ - Round-trip airport transfers - 7 nights of comfortable stays at hotels and camps in and around Serengeti National Park - A private 4x4 safari vehicle - Vegetarian meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) plus water - An expert guide with deep knowledge of Tanzania's national parks and lakes_Our Guide:_ Our guide, *Gabriella*, was outstanding — knowledgeable, an expert tracker, polite, thoughtful, accommodating, and always willing to go above and beyond to make the trip special._Wildlife:_ We saw the Big Five multiple times, in a variety of locations and settings — the only exception being the leopard, which we spotted just once. A standout moment was watching a python resting on a tree branch after a large meal; *Gabriella* spotted it first, before any of the other safari vehicles arrived. We also saw the wildebeest and zebra migration, along with Thomson's gazelles, impalas, giraffes, elephants, hippos, hyenas, jackals, topi antelope, Ostrich, Tanzanian peacocks, Wild chickens, eagles, and many other beautiful and unique bird species.Serengeti National Park and conservation area topography is beautiful and changes frequently, and so do the trees, shrubs and grass, therefore the animals and birds they sustain...many acacia varieties, baobab trees, wild mango trees, melon vines, termite hills etc ...forest to grassland, mountains, lakes, waterfalls and rivers...and the modern Maasai (many speak English) interspersed with other civilians in the areas we visited!_Accommodations:_ Golden Crest (one-night stay): A great room with good lighting and a decently sized bathroom with reliable hot water, plus a bedroom, family room, and small kitchenette with tea and coffee. The breakfast spread here was the best of the entire trip, a wide variety of juices, huge range of hot and cold items, made-to-order dishes, hot beverages, premade Indian-style chai, and plenty of fresh fruit. Highview, Ikoma and Serengeti Wildebeest Camps: Comfortable and functional with attached private bathrooms, with decent meals that met our needs. We spotted hyenas and mongoose at the Serengeti Wildebeest Camp, and monkeys at the Ikoma camp. The chef Dinesh at Ikoma Camp was very accommodating of our dietary requirements. All accommodations had mosquito nets.Tanzanians are warm, friendly, and welcoming. Most speak English (Swahili is the native language), and everyone went out of their way to make our visit comfortable. Please tip generously. While Ebola was present in the neighboring DRC at the time of our trip, we saw no signs of concern in Tanzania and felt safe and well cared for throughout._Annette planned a seamless trip, and Gabriella brought it to life._ Between the wildlife, the people, and the hospitality, this was everything we hoped for and more. As a bonus, we discovered two new favorites along the way: hibiscus tea and hibiscus ginger juice. _Highly recommend Ngorongoro Tours for anyone planning a Tanzania safari._