9 Days Safari Highlights

Welcome to Africa! Upon arrival in Kilimanjaro, you will be met by a Eyes On Serengeti representative for your private transfer to the Arusha Hotel, where you will spend one night in a garden cottage set amongst lush tropical gardens.

Your safari starts in Arusha.

You will be picked up from your hotel or Kilimanjaro Airport and drive to Lake Manyara. Lunch will be served at the camp ( or enjoy a picnic at the park ) followed by an afternoon game drive at Lake Manyara National Park.

You will then return for Dinner and Overnight at one of the camps/lodges at Lake Manyara.

After breakfast departure from Lake Manyara, you will drive to Serengeti National Park.

A packed lunch will be carried and a game drive en route to the camp – afternoon game drive – Dinner & Overnight at the Camp.

Where exactly at the Serengeti depends on your travel season/month.
In Jan/Feb, the best area would be the Southern part called Ndutu, during the Migration in June/July the best area would be the Western Corridor or Northern part.

Central Serengeti is always a great place as a starting point for your game drives in different directions. Stay in a basic camp to get the real safari experience or choose a bit more comfort in one of the luxury tented camps or lodges.

Spend two full days in the Serengeti with game drives. This gives a good chance to cover a large area and see a lot of wildlife. The Serengeti is named after Siringet, a Masai word for endless plains – The park is one of the world’s best-known wildlife sanctuaries and symbolizes the classic African safari.

With more than 2 million wildebeest and a large number of Thomson gazelle and zebra, it has the greatest concentration of plains game in Africa. The area is so vast even at the height of the wildebeest migration when over one million animals are moving, the Serengeti never seems crowded.

The park lies between the shores of Lake Victoria to the West, Lake Eyasi in the South, and the Great Rift Valley to the East. Return to the camp for a hot lunch or spend the day on a game drive with a packed lunch in the park. Dinner and Overnight Serengeti

After breakfast, continue with a safari to the Olduvai Gorge with packed lunch.

The site is also known as “The Cradle of Mankind” it is a steep-sided ravine within the Great Rift Valley that stretches through East Africa. The Olduvai Gorge is one of the most important prehistoric sites in the world and has been instrumental in the further understanding of early human evolution.

Enjoy a brief visit to the museum and the visitor’s center before proceeding towards the Ngorongoro Crater rim. Dinner & Overnight at the Ngorongoro Crater Rim. The lodge is built high on the crater rim with amazing views over and into the crater – a truly breathtaking natural wonder!

An early start to the day is best in order to avoid the later influx of tourists into the Ngorongoro Crater. The park gate opens at 0600h, so it is best to be there as close to this time as possible. You’ll head off after a hearty breakfast.

Down on the crater floor, there is an abundance of wildlife including black rhinos, wildebeest, zebra, and eland. There are a number of lions that are typically larger in size than an average lion due to a large amount of game in the area.

Enjoy packed lunch under the trees on the crater floor before drive driving back to the lodge.

After an early breakfast in camp, head to the lounge area where you will be met by your expert guide and head out into the bush on foot for a morning walking safari in the Tarangire National Park.

There is no better way to experience the wilderness of East Africa up close and personal than on foot with the sun rising in the background. Stop in the shade where you will enjoy a delicious packed lunch before heading back to camp.

Proceed with an afternoon game drive in the park, Tarangire National Park. The park is located between the Masai Steppe in the South East and the Lakes of the Great Rift valley to the North and West.

Back at camp, relax and refresh before a three-course meal and time spent around the campfire, drink in hand.

Enjoy your last early morning game drive at Tarangire!

Drive back to Arusha, option to fly to Zanzibar for a few relaxing days on the beach or drop off at JRO Kilimanjaro Airport.