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Kilimanjaro Airport - Arusha:

Airport transfer with private vehicle and guide, Amani Afrika donates $50 per person to Support for indigenous Children program, a non-profit organization supporting which provides funds to supply food and mosquito nets to the orphanages in Tanzania (www.sichildren.org).

Arusha is a city of northern Tanzania surrounded by some of Africa's most famous landscapes and national parks. Beautifully situated below Mount Meru on the eastern edge of the eastern branch of the Great Rift Valley, it has a pleasant climate and is close to Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Manyara, Olduvai Gorge, Tarangire National Park, and Mount Kilimanjaro, as well as having its own Arusha National Park on Mount Meru. International flights arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport, and regional flights use Arusha airport.

West Kilimanjaro:

Drive through a patchwork of farmland skirting the flanks of Mount Kilimanjaro before reaching into the beautiful highlands of the western edge of Mount Kilimanjaro, onto a private Maasai conservancy reserve where award-winning Elephant conservation efforts take place. Spend 2 nights in a Luxury Tented Camp, the only guests on 60 000 acres. Game view in vehicles and track Elephant on foot. Learn about the local Maasai and experience some of the most awesome scenery in Africa.

West Kilimanjaro - Lake Manyara:

Spend the morning visiting sacred Maasai cave paintings with an optional visit to a Maasai boma and chance to buy Maasai beads and artefacts. Then, drive to the edge of the Great Rift Valley, Lake Manyara with your skilled driver guide.

Lake Manyara and the Great Rift Valley:

Depart early in the morning, Game viewing with your expert guide in Manyara National Park. Lake Manyara National Park is a national park two hours west of Arusha. The majority of the land area of the park is a narrow strip running between the Gregory Rift wall to the west and Lake Manyara, an alkaline or soda-lake, to the east. It is famous for its population of flamingos. Manyara is used as an alternate or extension to Ngorongoro, located just outside the the conservation area gate. Guests can sightsee in two completely different temperate zones only 90 minutes apart. Park fees are less expensive than Ngorongoro. From soaring groundwater forests and a tranquil lake, to the mountain escarpment of the Great Rift Valley, Lake Manyara National Park boasts an incredible wealth of habitats and diverse African wildlife.

Lake Manyara - Serengeti:

Includes a stop at the famous Olduvai Gorge where the homonid Lucy and other significant archaeological discoveries have been made. Game viewing with your expert guide in Serengeti National Park. Includes national park fees. Tanzania's oldest and most popular national park, the Serengeti is massive in size, 14,763 sq km (5,700 sq miles). Famed for its annual migration, when some six million hooves pound the open plains, as more than 200,000 zebra and 300,000 Thomson's gazelle join the wildebeest’s trek for fresh grazing. Yet even when the migration is quiet, the Serengeti offers the most expansive game-viewing in Africa: great herds of buffalo, smaller groups of elephant and giraffe, and thousands upon thousands of eland, topi, kongoni, impala and Grant’s gazelle. Enjoy dinner (included in tour price).

Serengeti Plains:

Game viewing with your expert guide in Serengeti National Park. Includes national park fees. Hot air balloon ($460pp) not included in tour price, (Optional). Enjoy lunch (included in tour price). Enjoy afternoon game viewing with your skilled guide. Enjoy dinner (included in tour price).

Serengeti Western corridor:

The Serengeti and Ngorongoro Conservation Area represent more than 7 000 sq. miles of some of the finest pristine wilderness left on earth. Travel from the southern plains to the far northern reaches of the park near the Kenyan border. Here among spectacular kopjes live noble Maasai very much as they have for centuries. Here you'll be able to take some stunning walks among the wild animals, while learning more about the proud Maasai and the important role they are playing in preserving the African wilderness. The beauty and solemnity of this area is indescribable and the perfect way to end a grand safari.

Western corridor - Ngorongoro Crater:

Wake up very early in the morning, game on route to Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Hike the hills of Ngorongoro with a local guide ($10pp). Enjoy Dinner included in your tour price.

Ngorongoro Crater:

Descend into the Ngorongoro caldera to view the wildlife on the crater floor. Enjoy lunch (included in tour price). Game viewing with your expert guide in Manyara National Park. The Ngorongoro Crater is often called ‘Africa’s Eden’ and the ‘8th Natural Wonder of the World’. A massive extinct volcano, the sheet walls drop thousands of feet to a "Noah's Ark" of animals on the verdant floor below. Large herds of zebra, buffalo, antelope and wildebeest graze nearby while sleeping lions laze in the sun. At dawn, the endangered black rhino returns to the thick cover of the crater forests after grazing on dew-laden grass in the morning mist. Leave the Crater around late evening, drive back to Arusha for dinner and overnight.

Arusha and Beyond:

This morning we have an adventure de-briefing followed by transfer to your Arusha departure point or JRO for your travel beyond.