4 Hour Drive. The early morning light only enhances the colors of this pretty park. We’ll breakfast and then depart in our 4 x 4 Jeep, on the way to the Serengeti. Along the way, we’ll break up our journey with a picnic to enjoy the views. Soon, the immense expanse of the great Serengeti will roll out before us. This is Tanzania’s largest, oldest… and most famous park. The greatest number of lions in the region, if not Africa are found here, along with leopard, rhino, elephant, and buffalo. And smaller species as well, like hartebeest, topi, and waterbuck. While here, we’ll take as many game drives as you please – just discuss with your driver/guide who will have lots of suggestions for spots to visit.

4 Hour Drive
Let’s get up early to enjoy the morning light play upon the great plains and massive wildlife stirring into the new day. The Serengeti is a large space with lots of opportunities to explore the wildlife over its limitless horizons. Of special note – this is where incredible numbers of wildebeests and zebras breed and during the season (February – March) up to 500,000 calves are born on these plains. But the Serengeti holds all manner of creatures – look for honey badger, otter, wild dog, mongoose, and monkey. However, the park isn’t all grasslands – we’ll also visit areas of forest and marsh and look for hippo and crocodile.

Serengeti to Ngorongoro. 3 Hour Drive. Now it’s time to head out to one of the world’s great wonders, the Ngorongoro Crater. We’ll fortify ourselves with a hearty breakfast and take off, soon coming to perhaps the most special anthropological site in the world, Oldupai Gorge. Huge caches of early mankind’s fossilized tools and artifacts have been found here, giving us a roadmap of how we evolved. Soon we’ll come to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and stand upon the crater rim. Looking out into the vast bowl of the volcanic caldera – 263 sq km (101 sq mi) – you’ll be viewing an isolated ecosystem of grassland, swamp, and woodland, all of it holding over 25,000 animals. We’ll descend the steep crater walls in our Jeep and spend the day exploring this hidden world, cut off from the rest of Africa by its steep walls. Into this rich environment, we’ll be tracking for lion, leopard, zebra, buffalo, black rhino, and even pink flamingoes on the alkaline shores of Ngorongoro’s Lake Magadi. Lunchtime arrives and we’ll break from our explorations to relax and soak up this unique and very special green world that surrounds us. Toward the late afternoon, we’ll head back up the crater and take in one of Ngorongoro’s fiery sunsets at the crater’s rim.

3 Hour Drive. Let’s get up early to catch an equally breathtaking sunrise at the crater’s rim. And then we’re on to Tarangire National Park. The park is known for populous elephant herds marching over its grassy plains and by its tall, unusual baobab trees. And though this reserve is home to a migration of over 250,000 animals, it is still not heavily touristed. While at Tarangire, we’ll also be looking for wild dog, antelope, and over 500 species of birds. If you prefer, you can skip Tarangire and instead visit Lake Eyasi, one of the last spots in Africa where you can see hunter-gathers, the Hadzabe people, still living as they have for eons. Stay overnight here and observe how the Hadzabe practice their hunting arts and ceremonial cultural dances.

3 Hour Drive. We’ll take a short morning game drive and enjoy the solitude, only a lightly touristed park can provide. From either Tarangire or Lake Eyasi, we’ll head back to Arusha, bringing you to your hotel, residence, airport, or another place of your choosing. You’ve explored Tanzania’s greatest parks and most vivid natural wonders with all the color, drama, and wildlife they offer. And you’ve taken away photos, memories, and stories enough to share for years to come. We at Natural World Kenya Safaris thank you for your time, trust, and your special curiosity of our beautiful world.