Parks, people and the southern Serengeti plains
Per person, 2 adults sharing, mid-range accommodation, peak-season park fees.
Combines a cultural day at Lake Eyasi with a night in the Ndutu area and the Ngorongoro Crater.
Tarangire and Lake Manyara, a day with communities at Lake Eyasi, a night on the Ndutu plains and the crater before returning to Arusha.
Elephants · Baobab woodland · Lions · Giraffes · Baboons · Flamingos (seasonal) · Hippos · Wildebeest calves (Jan–Mar) · Cheetahs · Hyenas
Wild animals move freely; sightings are never guaranteed.
Shown at the Mid-range level. Select a day to highlight it on the map.
Morning pick-up from your Arusha hotel (or Kilimanjaro Airport by arrangement). Game drive along the Tarangire River, where elephant families gather in the dry months beneath giant baobabs. Overnight at Africa Safari Rift Valley Camp.
Africa Safari Rift Valley Camp
Mid-range · Tented camp · Escarpment above Lake Manyara NP
Lunch, Dinner (Full board)
After breakfast, travel to Lake Manyara National Park. Drive through the groundwater forest of Lake Manyara National Park to the lake shore below the Rift Valley wall. Overnight at Africa Safari Manyara Escarpment Camp.
Africa Safari Manyara Escarpment Camp
Mid-range · Tented camp · Escarpment above Lake Manyara NP
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Full board)
After breakfast, travel to Lake Eyasi. Spend the day around Lake Eyasi: an early walk with Hadzabe hunter-gatherers, a visit to a Datoga blacksmith and time by the lake shore. Overnight at Africa Safari Karatu Lodge.
Africa Safari Karatu Lodge
Mid-range · Lodge · Karatu
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Full board)
After breakfast, travel to the Ndutu plains of the southern Serengeti ecosystem. Game drive on the short-grass plains around Ndutu, where wildebeest usually calve between late January and March. Overnight at Africa Safari Ngorongoro Ndutu Camp.
Africa Safari Ngorongoro Ndutu Camp
Mid-range · Tented camp · Ndutu area (Ngorongoro Conservation Area)
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Full board)
After breakfast, travel to the Ngorongoro Crater. Spend the morning in the Ngorongoro Crater, among grassland, swamp and the soda lake that fill the caldera floor. Overnight at Africa Safari Karatu Lodge.
Africa Safari Karatu Lodge
Mid-range · Lodge · Karatu
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Full board)
Return to Arusha in the afternoon for your onward journey, or transfer to Kilimanjaro Airport. End of services.
Breakfast, Lunch · End of services
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Escarpment above Lake Manyara NP
Mid-range · Tented camp · 1 night (day 1)
Escarpment above Lake Manyara NP
Mid-range · Tented camp · 1 night (day 2)
Karatu
Mid-range · Lodge · 2 nights (days 3, 5)
Ndutu area (Ngorongoro Conservation Area)
Mid-range · Tented camp · 1 night (day 4)
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3 daysPopular choiceA short, high-impact luxury safari with a night in the Serengeti
The shortest practical way to see both the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater, staying at a luxury tented camp.
3 daysThree parks in three days from one Karatu lodge
Three contrasting parks without changing rooms: Tarangire's elephants, the Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara.
3 daysFly straight to the calving plains
A light-aircraft flight puts you on the Ndutu plains in under two hours, in the middle of the calving season.
