Welcome to Tanzania! Upon your arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will proceed through passport control. You will be met by a Kotia Safaris Representative outside the arrival lounge and transferred to your accommodation in Arusha for an overnight stay. The drive to Arusha is about 60 minutes. Enjoy a great meal and a relaxing evening before starting your safari the next morning.

Arusha is considered the safari capital of East Africa. Depending on the time you arrive, we may be able to have an Arusha town tour on the way to your lodging.

We pick you up from your hotel at around 8:00 a.m. for your short, one-hour drive to Arusha National Park. We spend a full day in the park, maximising our opportunities to spot an excellent variety of animal and birdlife. A picnic lunch is included in the day tour. In the late afternoon, we make the short return journey back to your hotel in Arusha where we should arrive around 6:00 p.m. for dinner and our overnight stay.

After an early breakfast, we will leave Arusha at 8:00 a.m. and drive to Tarangire National Park. Tarangire National Park is known for its elephant population estimated to 4,000 elephants live in the park. There are also other varieties of wildlife migratory wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, impala, gazelle, hartebeest and eland which moves between the park and Simanjiro Game controlled Area. These animals spend their time grazing along the dry riverbed. The Silale Swamp attracts 550 varieties of birds, the largest number you’ll see in one habitat anywhere in the world! The park is also home to tree climbing pythons, as well as lions and leopards. Your full-day game drive will include a picnic lunch.

After breakfast, we will drive to Ngorongoro Crater where you will descend the 600-metre-high walls to the floor of the Crater. This is one the World’s seven natural wonders and is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. It is one of the most beautiful and unique places in the World. Here you will find a haven of African wildlife that includes not less than 27,000 plains animals that permanently reside in this Caldera. You might also be lucky enough to witness the endangered Black Rhino. We will enjoy a game drive and lunch on the Crater floor before driving back to the Lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Rise for an early breakfast, around 6:00 a.m., and depart for Serengeti National Park. Serengeti is undoubtedly the best-known wildlife sanctuary in the world, unequalled for its natural and scenic features. It has the greatest concentration of plains game in Africa and it is world renowned for its endless plains.

During the wildebeest migration, prides of lions and other predators like hyenas, cheetahs and leopards wait for the migrating animals to arrive. Crocodiles also wait patiently for the herds in the Grumeti River. Hippos co-habit the river with the crocodiles.

After breakfast you will go for game drive and later come back for lunch, after lunch spend some time relaxing at your lodge, and later go for evening game drive, the game drive will give a chance to see more animals and it’s the best time to see predators in action. Dinner and Overnight in Serengeti.

We will go for a game drive on the way to Lake Eyasi. On our way, we will stop to visit a Maasai boma to experience the culture and daily life of the Maasai people. It is customary during these visits to have an opportunity to purchase some of the artisanal handicrafts of the Maasai.

We will arrive at the lodge later in the afternoon and enjoy some rest and relaxation.

After breakfast you will enjoy another cultural interaction, this time with the Hadzabe people. You will be accompanied by a guide for a walking safari and witness a hunting activity with the Hadzabe bushmen. Hadzabe are the indigenous ethnic group in the north central region of Tanzania. They live around Lake Eyasi in the central Rift Valley and are the only remaining hunters and fruit-gatherers in East Africa. After lunch you will meet the Datoga tribe, one of the few remaining African tribes that still smelt iron to make tools for their daily activities.

After breakfast we will drive to Lake Manyara National Park where we will have a brief game drive and lunch. The park is home to the tree climbing Lions, Hippo, Elephants, Zebras, Buffalos, Giraffes, large groups of baboons, blue and velvet monkeys, warthogs and more. About 350 species of birds also inhabit the park including large flocks of flamingos.

Canoeing has also recently been added to the tourist activities in this park at extra cost. This is a great way to see the park from a new perspective.

After the game drive you will be transferred to the Lake Manyara/Arusha/Kilimanjaro airport to connect you with your flight back home.

And that mark end of our service.