The Gemuka Adventures guide meets you at the airport and after completing the passport and customs formalities at Kilimanjaro Airport, you head to the hotel in Arusha for check-in and rest after the trip. Dinner together in the evening.

You’ll be picked up from your hotel right after breakfast, and your first destination of the trip is a safari in Tarangire National Park, which is reached in time for lunch.  On your way to Tarangire, you walk through gently rolling Maasai plains with scattered acacia trees. Many people can be seen riding bicycles, herding animals, and walking alongside the road in their colorful attire. The vegetation consists of savannah, acacia forests, riverbeds, grasslands, and shrublands. Baobab trees (monkey bread trees) are common here.

During the dry season, from July to November, you can witness how thousands of animals go down to the Tarangire River to drink. With a bit of luck, you can already see them from the lodge upon arrival. You’ll spend the afternoon on safari and then spend the night in Tarangire.

Departure for Lake Manyara National Park, where you’ll arrive in time for lunch. In the park-like landscape is the beautiful lake that irrigates the area all year round and makes the environment almost like a tropical rainforest with dense and abundant vegetation. There are plenty of herbivores such as antelopes, gazelles, and zebras, but also larger animals such as elephants, giraffes, hippos, and buffalo.

In the morning, we travel towards the Serengeti to reach our lodge near the Seronera area in the afternoon. The Serengeti is a vast wilderness area where the savannah never seems to end. Many spectacular nature films have been shot here. The reason is simple—this is probably the world’s most game-rich area.

The majestic Ngorongoro Crater will be seen as you pass through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area before continuing on to the Serengeti National Park, where you will arrive at around noon. The Serengeti National Park is Tanzania’s biggest park, and it has a range of habitats and environments, including grassy plains, lakes, swamps, and savannahs. Following a long game drive, you will make your way to your accommodation for dinner and an overnight stay.

Both morning and afternoon are spent on safari in the Serengeti. The annual great migration is undoubtedly the Serengeti’s most well-known characteristic, despite the fact that it is home to a wide range of wildlife. Every year, enormous herds of antelope, zebra, and wildebeest travel a predictable route in search of new grazing. The exact location and timing of the migration are determined by each year’s rainfall patterns.  After a full day of close contact with the Serengeti’s wild animals and nature, we spend the night at the lodge

Today, you get up early in the morning and have breakfast at the lodge, then leave the Serengeti and continue towards the collapsed Ngorongoro volcano. On the way there, you pass Oldupai, where several prehistoric human species have been found, and stop along the way for lunch. Once at the lodge, there is time before dinner to relax and enjoy the view of the crater

The tour descends into the caldera, which is the crater-like formation created when a volcano collapsed. The morning is spent on safari. In the middle of the caldera there is a lake that is often visited by flamingos and the lake’s shores are therefore undulating in shades of pink. Wild animals of all kinds live here in complete freedom. We even have a chance to see the rare black rhinoceros. Back at the lodge at lunchtime. The rest of the afternoon is free for your own activities. Pool available

During the morning, the journey goes towards Arusha for lunch. Here we say goodbye to the Gemuka Adventures guide. The transfer to the airport is with Gemuka Adventures’ local representative. If the safari is combined with sun and swimming in Zanzibar, the journey then continues there. For those going home, the flight leaves later in the evening.

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