Board your overnight flight to Kilimanjaro today.

Welcome to Tanzania! Arrive at Kilimanjaro airport and make your way to Arusha, where you’ll enjoy an included dinner.

This morning, stop at the Shanga Foundation. This organization provides local people with disabilities the opportunity to work and develop new skills, such as using recycled materials to produce crafts that can be sold.

Then, discover Tarangire National Park, one of the best-kept secrets in Tanzania.

• Enjoy included lunch
• Set out on a game drive
• Roam along landscapes that vary from dry scrub to lush swamp
• Search for leopards and lions on the hunt for prey like kudu, eland, and gerenuk

Tonight, sit down with your fellow travelers to enjoy a welcome dinner with drinks.

Begin and end your day on thrilling game drives through Tarangire National Park.

• On a morning game drive, marvel at one of Africa’s largest herds of elephants, and keep watch for over 500 bird species
• Enjoy an included picnic lunch
• Spot predators on the prowl on an afternoon game drive

Sit down for an included dinner this evening.

Immerse yourself in the Maasai way of life with the help of a local guide and journey through Lake Manyara National Park.

• Tour an authentic boma and discover the history and heritage behind the Maasai tribe
• Travel through the Manyara region’s acacia woodland and the Great Rift Valley
• Enjoy an included lunch at your lodge
• Spy a stunning variety of wildlife, such as giraffes, zebras, hippos, and perhaps even tree-climbing lions on a game drive
• Glimpse Lake Manyara and its incredible swath of flamingos

Sit down for an included dinner this evening.

This evening, meet a local anti-poaching expert from the African Wildlife Foundation.

• Hear how locals and park rangers work together to protect the wildlife
• Learn about the anti-poaching efforts in East Africa, with a special focus on capacity-building in boma communities where poaching is most prevalent
• Ask the expert questions while chatting
• Hear about how communities and organizations collaborate to train new rangers, avoid human-wildlife conflict, and identify poaching threats

Drive through the scenic savanna to Serengeti National Park.

• Enjoy an included lunch at your lodge
• Head out on a game drive to watch the dramatic dance of predator and prey
• Keep watch for all of the Big Five: lions, leopards, elephants, Cape buffalo, and rhino

Sit down for an included dinner this evening.

Continue your exploration of the Serengeti’s endless plains on two game drives.

• Look for the exceedingly rare black rhino on your morning game drive
• Feast on an included lunch in the open air of the Serengeti
• Embark on an afternoon game drive to see the Moru Kopjes, stunning granite formations rising out of the plains
• View ancient Maasai cave art

Sit down for an included dinner this evening.

Set off into the Simba Kopjes area of Serengeti National Park for a morning game drive.

• Try to spot bohor reedbucks, flamingos, Grant’s gazelles, and bat-eared foxes
• Soak in views of the vast African plains

Enjoy an included lunch at your lodge before heading out on an afternoon game drive.

• Explore one of the Serengeti’s richest ecosystems, the Seronera Valley
• Stay on the lookout for lions, cheetahs, and leopards

Sit down for an included dinner this evening.

Make several stops as you travel to the Ngorongoro region today.

• Visit the famed Olduvai Gorge, known as the “Cradle of Mankind”
• Learn about the 1.25-million-year-old fossils that were found here
• Discover how the fossils provided insight into human evolution
• Savor a scenic picnic lunch at your lodge in the Ngorongoro region
• Stop at an Iraqw village to learn about local communities and culture

Sit down for an included dinner this evening.

Pay a visit to one of the most spellbinding sights in all of Africa: Ngorongoro Crater.

• Descend 1,000 feet into Ngorongoro Crater, an intact caldera covering over 100 square miles
• Survey the local wildlife on a game drive, catching sight of one of the world’s densest populations of lions
• Enjoy a picnic lunch near the region’s gorgeous flora and fauna

Back at the lodge, raise a glass with your fellow travelers at a farewell dinner.

Drive from Ngorongoro to the Kilimanjaro region, where you’ll relax in a dayroom.

Enjoy an included dinner before transferring to Kilimanjaro Airport for your overnight flight home or continue your adventure in Zanzibar.

Arrive home today.