When you arrive at Kilimanjaro Airport, our driver/guide will pick you up and take you to the Arumeru River Lodge across the northern Tanzanian city of Arusha.
The lodge, set on a beautiful coffee plantation, boasts gorgeous cottages built in a combination of African and European styles.
Distance: 45 minutes
Hotel options: Arumeru River Lodge
Today you’ll have an early breakfast and head straight to Lake Manyara National Park where, upon arrival, you will take a walk through the cosyMtoWaMbu village.
The 2-3-hour village walk will bring you into contact with the local communities and the Makonde woodcarvings and you’ll also taste the locally-brewed banana beer – your guide on hand to help you discern the locals’ way of life.
After lunch in the afternoon, you’ll enter Lake Manyara National Park for a game drive that is sure to reward you with breathtaking views of the park’s landscapes, as well as an array of animal and bird species. Today’s sightings will include hippo, zebra, wildebeest, baboon, warthog, giraffe, elephant, impala, and the tree-climbing lion.
After the game drive, you will retire to Escarpment Luxury Lodge, which overlooks the rift valley with Lake Manyara on the horizon.
Distance: 2 hours
Hotel options: Escarpment Luxury Lodge
After breakfast, you will embark on a two-hour journey to the Serengeti National Park, famous for playing host to the most extensive population of wild animals in the world.
Open and grassy, Serengeti means “endless plains” in the local Maasai language, and today you will experience these endless plains first-hand. It’s a day of lots of fun and excitement, a safari that will bring you into contact with Africa’s best: lions, elephants, giraffes, buffalos, leopards, zebras, mongoose, impalas – the list is endless. However, one thing is for sure: Serengeti is not going to disappoint you!
After the incredible game drive in the world’s most famous national park, you’ll be taken to Tortilis Camp, which boasts an astonishing exterior and a cosy interior – perfect abode for you after a long day in the wild.
Distance to park entrance: 2 hours
Hotel options: Tortilis Camp
Today you’ll leave the camp early in the morning, packed lunch in hand, and head out for a full-day safari. For most travelers, a safari in the Serengeti National Park is never complete without sporting the famous big cats – lions and cheetahs – and there are many chances that you’ll spot them here, in addition to the very elusive leopards!
Your guide will find for you an excellent picnic spot from where you’ll have lunch before heading back to the wild for the afternoon game drive. You’ll later be a guest at MbuziMawe Tented Camp, from where you’ll begin your final day in the Serengeti tomorrow.
Hotel options: MbuziMawe Tented Camp
Day 5 marks your final day in the beautiful, full-of-wonders Serengeti National Park. You will check out more animals as you game-drive on your way out of the park and to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
When you arrive at Ngorongoro National Park, you’ll be a guest at the beautiful Country Lodge Karatu, located just outside the park. It’s from here that you’ll explore another of Tanzania’s natural wonders tomorrow morning.
Hotel options: Country Lodge Karatu
After breakfast in the morning, you will head out for a game drive (again, with packed lunch) in the Ngorongoro Crater, whose floor hosts more than 30,000 wild animals.
A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the crater — cascaded by towering walls — is home to the African Big Five: lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino, and leopard, though it takes some luck to spot the shy and elusive leopards.
Today is your final day with Eco Community Tours. After the game drive, our driver/guide will take you to Kilimanjaro Airport for your flight back home.
Distance to the airport: 1 hour
After breakfast, you will head out to Amboseli National Park for a final game drive on your way to Tanzania.
You will be taken to Ilboru Safari Lodge, a pleasant property with a sprawling garden and swimming pool.
Located at the base of Mount Meru and harmoniously woven into the surrounding scenery, Ilboru Safari Lodge will be your starting point for tomorrow’s game drive in Lake Manyara National Park.
Distance: 45 minutes
Hotel options: Ilboru Safari Lodge
After an early breakfast, you will head to Lake Manyara National Park, packed lunch in hand. On arrival, your starting point will be the cosyMtoWaMbu village, where you’ll enjoy an early morning walk that will last for between 3-4 hours.
Here you’ll come into contact with the local community, taste locally-brewed banana beer, and also learn about the Makonde woodcarvings – with your guide on hand to discern for you the locals’ way of life.
You’ll later have lunch before embarking on a game drive in Lake Manyara National Park, where you’ll get to see an array of wild animals such as zebras, impalas, elephants, baboons, warthogs, giraffes, hippos, and the rare tree-climbing lions. If you are a birding enthusiast, Lake Manyara is also home to a range of bird species for you to see.
After the game drive, you’ll head to Manyara Wildlife Safari Camp, where you will enjoy a relaxing dip in the pool before slacking up on your veranda, drink in hand, as you watch the sun setting.
Distance to Lake Manyara: 2 hours
Hotel options: Manyara Wildlife Safari Camp
After breakfast, you will embark on a two-hour journey to the Serengeti National Park, famous for playing host to the most extensive population of wild animals in the world.
Open and grassy, Serengeti means “endless plains” in the local Maasai language, and today you will experience these endless plains first-hand. It’s a day of lots of fun and excitement, a full-day safari that will bring you into contact with Africa’s best: lions, elephants, giraffes, buffalos, leopards, zebras, mongoose, impalas – the list is endless. However, one thing is for sure: Serengeti is not going to disappoint you!
After the incredible game drive in the world’s most famous national park, you’ll be taken to Tortilis Camp, which boasts an astonishing exterior and a cosy interior – the perfect abode for you after a long day in the wild.
Distance to park entrance: 2 hours
Hotel options: Tortilis Camp
Today you’ll leave the camp early in the morning, packed lunch in hand, and head out for a full-day safari. For most travellers, a safari in the Serengeti National Park is never complete without sporting the famous big cats – lions and cheetahs – and there are many chances that you’ll spot them here, in addition to the very elusive leopards!
Your guide will find for you an excellent picnic spot from where you’ll have lunch before heading back to the wild for the afternoon game drive.
After the game drive, you’ll head back to the Tortilis Camp for a sumptuous dinner and overnight.
Hotel options: Tortilis Camp
Day 11 marks your final day in the beautiful, full-of-wonders Serengeti National Park. You will check out more animals as you game-drive on your way out of the park and to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
When you arrive at Ngorongoro National Park, you’ll be a guest at the beautiful Country Lodge Karatu, located just outside the park. It’s from here that you’ll explore another of Tanzania’s natural wonders tomorrow morning.
Hotel options: Country Lodge Karatu
After breakfast in the morning, you will head out for a game drive (again, with packed lunch) in the Ngorongoro Crater, whose floor hosts more than 30,000 wild animals.
A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the crater — cascaded by towering walls — is home to the African Big Five: lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino, and leopard, though it takes some luck to spot the shy and elusive leopards.
Today is your final day with Eco Community Tours. After the game drive, our driver/guide will take you to Kilimanjaro Airport for your flight back home.
Distance to the airport: 1 hour
After breakfast, you will head out to Amboseli National Park for a final game drive on your way to Tanzania.
You will be taken to Ilboru Safari Lodge, a pleasant property with a sprawling garden and swimming pool.
Located at the base of Mount Meru and harmoniously woven into the surrounding scenery, Ilboru Safari Lodge will be your starting point for tomorrow’s game drive in Lake Manyara National Park.
Distance: 45 minutes
Hotel options: Ilboru Safari Lodge
After an early breakfast, you will head to Lake Manyara National Park, packed lunch in hand. On arrival, your starting point will be the cosyMtoWaMbu village, where you’ll enjoy an early morning walk that will last for between 3-4 hours.
Here you’ll come into contact with the local community, taste locally-brewed banana beer, and also learn about the Makonde woodcarvings – with your guide on hand to discern for you the locals’ way of life.
You’ll later have lunch before embarking on a game drive in Lake Manyara National Park, where you’ll get to see an array of wild animals such as zebras, impalas, elephants, baboons, warthogs, giraffes, hippos, and the rare tree-climbing lions. If you are a birding enthusiast, Lake Manyara is also home to a range of bird species for you to see.
After the game drive, you’ll head to Manyara Wildlife Safari Camp, where you will enjoy a relaxing dip in the pool before slacking up on your veranda, drink in hand, as you watch the sun setting.
Distance to Lake Manyara: 2 hours
Hotel options: Manyara Wildlife Safari Camp
After breakfast, you will embark on a two-hour journey to the Serengeti National Park, famous for playing host to the most extensive population of wild animals in the world.
Open and grassy, Serengeti means “endless plains” in the local Maasai language, and today you will experience these endless plains first-hand. It’s a day of lots of fun and excitement, a full-day safari that will bring you into contact with Africa’s best: lions, elephants, giraffes, buffalos, leopards, zebras, mongoose, impalas – the list is endless. However, one thing is for sure: Serengeti is not going to disappoint you!
After the incredible game drive in the world’s most famous national park, you’ll be taken to Tortilis Camp, which boasts an astonishing exterior and a cosy interior – the perfect abode for you after a long day in the wild.
Distance to park entrance: 2 hours
Hotel options: Tortilis Camp
Today you’ll leave the camp early in the morning, packed lunch in hand, and head out for a full-day safari. For most travellers, a safari in the Serengeti National Park is never complete without sporting the famous big cats – lions and cheetahs – and there are many chances that you’ll spot them here, in addition to the very elusive leopards!
Your guide will find for you an excellent picnic spot from where you’ll have lunch before heading back to the wild for the afternoon game drive.
After the game drive, you’ll head back to the Tortilis Camp for a sumptuous dinner and overnight.
Hotel options: Tortilis Camp
Day 11 marks your final day in the beautiful, full-of-wonders Serengeti National Park. You will check out more animals as you game-drive on your way out of the park and to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
When you arrive at Ngorongoro National Park, you’ll be a guest at the beautiful Country Lodge Karatu, located just outside the park. It’s from here that you’ll explore another of Tanzania’s natural wonders tomorrow morning.
Hotel options: Country Lodge Karatu
After breakfast in the morning, you will head out for a game drive (again, with packed lunch) in the Ngorongoro Crater, whose floor hosts more than 30,000 wild animals.
A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the crater — cascaded by towering walls — is home to the African Big Five: lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino, and leopard, though it takes some luck to spot the shy and elusive leopards.
Today is your final day with Eco Community Tours. After the game drive, our driver/guide will take you to Kilimanjaro Airport for your flight back home.
Distance to the airport: 1 hour
Today, you will fly from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s capital, to Selous Game Reserve for your exciting safari experience. After your short flight, you’ll be picked up from the airstrip by our guide/driver, who will take you to Rufiji River Camp, just in time for a sumptuous lunch.
After lunch, you’ll go for your first activity, a boat safari on the Rufiji River, where you’ll see water birds, hippos, buffalos, elephants, and, of course, crocodiles. Rufiji River is the lifeline of the reserve and taking a boat ride is an exciting means of exploring this part of Selous.
You’ll spend the night at Rufiji River Camp, a classic luxury tented camp with stunning views of the Rufiji River.
Distance from the airport: 45 minutes
Hotel options: Rufiji River camp
Today you’ll have an early morning breakfast at the camp and after that set off for a game drive in Selous Game Reserve. Apart from being the largest game reserve in Africa, it also has the continent’s largest antelope, leopard, greater kudu, eland, bush back, zebra, wildebeest, giraffe, and lion populations.
Selous Game Reserve is also the best place in Africa where you will have the chance to see the rare African wild dog, with over 30 percent of the continent’s wild dog population roaming this wild and rugged terrain.
Hotel options: Rufiji River camp
Today you’ll once again wake up very early in the morning to get ready for yet another exciting game drive in this fantastic reserve. Today you’ll take with you a packed lunch which you’ll have at some nice spot in the game reserve.
In the afternoon after lunch, you’ll embark on an exciting walking safari that will bring you into close contact with gazelles, giraffes, and even elephants. You don’t have to worry since there’s always an armed ranger to not only protect you in case of danger but also tell you about the park’s history and different trails of animals.
Hotel options: Rufiji River camp
Again you are going to have an early breakfast before heading out for your last game drive on your way to the airstrip. You will have the last opportunity to spot some of the animals you might have missed the previous days.
Distance to the Dar es Salaam: 45 minutes