• You’ll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

You will be picked up from the airport by a Lion King representative and conveyed to your accommodation in Arusha where you will overnight, relax, and prepare in anticipation of the adventures to come. Our partner lodge, The Arusha Planet Lodge, is an oasis of calm and aesthetic pleasure.

Main Destination: Arusha (City)

Accommodation: Arusha Planet Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located in or near Arusha

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

In the morning, we will collect you from our lodge in Arusha with our safari guide greeting you with a broad smile in anticipation of our coming adventures. The drive to Tarangire is on a good tarmac road that takes us across gently rolling Maasai plains with scattered acacia trees. As we zip along we’ll pass many Maasais in their colourful attire walking on the roadside, riding bicycles, herding cattle, and driving donkeys carts.
Tarangire, well known for its large elephant herds, is a diverse landscape of seasonal swamps, savanna and the life-giving Tarangire River which wends its’ way through the park. From the open roof of the vehicle, we will seek out the myriad animals that inhabit here including zebra, wildebeest, buffalo, elephant and giraffe. It is possible we’ll glimpse Simba stalking his prey or leopard relaxing in the trees. After an extensive game drive, we’ll leave the park and head for our nearby lodge where we’ll enjoy dinner and relaxation in our quarters awaiting us.

Main Destination: Tarangire National Park

Accommodation: Eileen’s Trees Inn

• Mid-range lodge located in or near Karatu

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

After an early breakfast, you will drive through the Rift Valley to the cooler regions of the Ngorongoro Highlands. The Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest volcanic caldera, is almost 20km wide and approximately 610m deep. It is known for its large variety of wildlife, including the “Big Five” – lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino and leopard. It should be recognised as one of the world’s wonders. It is truly magnificent.
In addition to the Big Five, the various springs attract animals such as wildebeest, gazelles, reedbucks and more than 500 bird species. At a picnic site, you will have lunch before enjoying some more game viewing in the crater. You will leave the crater in the afternoon, drive up the steep road out of the crater and return to the lodge.

Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater

Accommodation: Eileen’s Trees Inn

• Mid-range lodge located outside Ngorongoro Crater

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

After breakfast, you will drive to Lake Manyara National Park, a small but diverse park 120km west of Arusha. The park’s namesake is a shallow, salt lake. It covers a large area of the park, flooding and drying with the seasons. It is home to thousands of flamingos and over 500 other bird species. On your exploration of the park, you will see monkeys, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, buffalo, elephants and with some luck, lions lounging in the trees. In the afternoon, you will return to Arusha.

Main Destination: Lake Manyara National Park

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Non-alcoholic drinks

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You’ll be dropped off at the airport.