5 Days Explore the Big Five

After an early pickup from your hotel in Arusha, drive about two hours to Tarangire National Park. Spend the day on game drives among ancient baobab trees and some of the largest elephant herds in Tanzania, with lion, giraffe, zebra and rich birdlife along the Tarangire River. Picnic lunch in the park. In the late afternoon, continue to Karatu in the green highlands for dinner and overnight.

Meals: Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, drive through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and onto the Serengeti plains. Game drive en route into central Serengeti and the Seronera Valley, famous for big cats and huge herds of plains game. Dinner and overnight in central Serengeti.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

A full day in the Serengeti. An early morning drive to catch predators on the move, a picnic lunch on the plains, and an afternoon drive around the kopjes and rivers of Seronera. Depending on the season, you may meet the Great Migration herds. Dinner and overnight in central Serengeti.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Morning game drive out of the Serengeti, then continue to the Ngorongoro Crater. Descend onto the crater floor for a game drive among black rhino, lion, elephant, buffalo and hippo pools. Picnic lunch in the crater, then climb out for dinner and overnight on the crater rim or in Karatu.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Enjoy a relaxed breakfast, then drive back to Arusha through the Rift Valley and Maasai country, arriving around midday in time for lunch and onward travel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch