Ngorongoro and Serengeti Explorer Luxury Safari – 7 Days

Our driver/guide will meet you at the airport and drive you to your hotel which is located on the calm outskirts of Arusha city.

You will check into your hotel and then your guide will brief you. You will have lunch and spend the rest of the day at leisure.

Accommodation at The Arusha Coffee (Plantation Room)

Meal plan: Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, your driver/guide will take you on a scenic drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area via Mto wa Mbu, Makuyuni, and Karatu Villages. Upon arrival at the lodge, you will check in and then have lunch.

You will spend the afternoon relaxing while enjoying the scenery and fresh air of the Ngorongoro Highlands. You may also do optional activities like horse riding that you can book and pay for directly.

Accommodation: The Manor at Ngorongoro 

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast will be served at your lodge early in the morning. With picnic lunch boxes, you will descend down the steep walls of the caldera for game drives along the Ngorongoro Crater Floor.

Ngorongoro Crater is a large volcanic caldera in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.  The Ngorongoro Conservation Area spans vast expanses of highland plains, savanna, savanna woodlands, and forests.

It is also of global importance for biodiversity conservation due to the presence of globally threatened species, the density of wildlife inhabiting the area, and the annual migration of wildebeest, zebra, gazelles, and other animals into the northern plains. Lions, Elephants, Buffalos, Black Rhinos, Cheetahs, spotted hyenas, Impalas, and others may be spotted here.

The area is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site because extensive archaeological research has yielded evidence of human evolution and human-environment dynamics, including early hominid footprints dating back 3.6 million years.

Ascend back to your lodge in the late afternoon and the rest of the day is spent relaxing.

Accommodation: The Manor at Ngorongoro 

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Early in the morning after breakfast, you will check out of your lodge. Your driver/guide will then drive you to the Manyara airstrip for your scheduled flight to Serengeti.

Upon arrival in Serengeti, you will be driven to your lodge. You will have lunch and then go for a game drive in Serengeti National Park in the afternoon.

Try your luck in spotting and identifying as many animals and birds with the help of your expert guide. Return to your lodge in the late evening.

Accommodation: Four Seasons Serengeti Lodge 

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

You will spend these days either relaxing at your lodge or enjoying game-viewing activities in the seemingly endless Serengeti Plains as per your arrangement with your guide.

Serengeti derived from the name “Siringet” which means endless plains in the Masai Language hosts the Great Plains where the endless streams of wildebeest and zebra pour south towards Ngorongoro or north towards the Masai Mara during their annual migration.

The park is home to the BIG 5 and other species including Hyenas, Cheetahs, Caracals, Serval Cats, and several bovine species. It is also home to hundreds of bird species including vultures, Eagles, and Marabou Storks.

Accommodation: Four Seasons Serengeti Safari Lodge

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast will be served at your lodge. Check out and enjoy en route game viewing as you are transferred to Seronera airstrip for your scheduled flight back to Arusha.

Upon arrival at Arusha airport, you will be driven to a hotel for lunch, followed by a transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport in time for the departure flight.