Day 1: Arusha / Lake Manyara

• After breakfast and picnic lunch, proceed to Lake Manyara National Park for a full-day game drive

• Explore the park’s acacia woodland and view tree-climbing lions

• Late afternoon drive to Karatu for dinner and overnight at the lodge

Day 2: Lake Manyara / Serengeti

• Breakfast and picnic lunch at the lodge

• Depart for Serengeti with an optional stop at Olduvai Gorge

• Afternoon game drive in Serengeti, home to lions, leopards, and vast wildlife plains

• Dinner and overnight at the lodge

Day 3: Serengeti Full Day

• Morning and afternoon game drives in Serengeti

• Witness migratory herds: over a million wildebeest, 200,000 zebras, and 300,000 Thomson’s gazelles

• Observe predators including lions, leopards, cheetahs, and hyenas

• Dinner and overnight at the lodge

Day 4: Serengeti / Ngorongoro

• Morning game drive followed by departure to Ngorongoro

• Optional stop at Olduvai Gorge to learn about hominid and ancient animal fossils

• Dinner and overnight at the lodge

Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater / Arusha

• Full-day game drive in Ngorongoro Crater

• Picnic lunch at Ngoitoktok Springs

• View the Big Five and other wildlife within the 250 sq km caldera

• Late afternoon drive back to Arusha to conclude the safari