7 Nights
Simba Safari
The 7-night Simba Safari explores some of Tanzania's most stunning and diverse wilderness areas, including the Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tarangire National Park and Lake Manyara National Park.
Expect to see an incredible variety of wildlife, including the Big Five (lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard, and rhinoceros) and large herds of wildebeest, zebras, and other grazing animals during their migration. The scenery is just as spectacular, with rolling grasslands, towering cliffs, and shimmering lakes providing breathtaking backdrops for your safari.
Tour Highlights
DAY 1
ARUSHA
Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport where you will be met and transferred to the Arusha Serena Hotel. The Arusha Serena Hotel stands amid coffee plantations on the shores of tranquil Lake Duluti. Designed to echo the traditional style of the colonial coffee farm, which originally stood on this site, Arusha Serena Hotel offers a range of tastefully presented cottage-style rooms set amid extensive landscaped grounds.
Accommodation: Arusha Serena Hotel
Meals: N/A
Activities N/A
TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK
Morning at leisure with safari briefing followed by lunch. In the afternoon, join seat in vehicle safari and depart Arusha passing through the Masai Steppe filled with many picturesque African villages as well as maize, coffee and banana plantations. At the town of Makuyuni continue to Tarangire National Park Gate to clear formalities. Enter the park and begin exploring and game viewing as you continue to your way to the lodge arriving for dinner.
Accommodation: Tarangire Sopa Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Activities: Afternoon Game Drive
DAY 3
LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK
This morning you will head out on a morning game drive in Tarangire National Park in search of its large lion prides and elephant herds. Drive through the baobab tree lined park and explore the silale swamp. Return to your lodge for lunch. Afternoon lunch drive north through the park and to the town of Makuyuni where you continue the journey through a scenic escarpment that brings you to your lodge, perched on the edge of the Rift Valley with stunning views over the distant Lake Manyara.
Accommodation: Lake Manyara Serena
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Activities: Morning Game Drive
SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast there is a game drive in Lake Manyara National Park. Return to the lodge for lunch. Leaving Lake Manyara behind, the journey continues North West across the stunning hilly countryside of the highlands which is filled with wheat and coffee plantations, and then into the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. From here lie the vast plains of the Serengeti, where you begin spotting wildlife as you approach the entrance gate. Complete the formalities and enter the Serengeti with game viewing en route to the lodge arriving for dinner.
Accommodation: Serengeti Serena Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Activities: Afternoon Game Drive
DAY 4
DAY 5
SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
Explore one of the world's most famous national parks with morning and afternoon game drives. The Serengeti abounds with wildlife, with approximately two million ungulates, 4,000 lions, 1,000 leopards and 500 cheetahs; the game viewing is simply superb. The area around Lemala Nanyukie is very well known for its large concentration of cats. So much so that this area, until recently, was set aside for scientific research into predator behaviour.
Accommodation: Serengeti Serena Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Activities: Morning and Afternoon Game Drives
NGORONGORO CRATER
After breakfast, depart the Serengeti for the world-famous Ngorongoro Crater. Stop for a picnic lunch viewing wildlife across the vast Serengeti plains before continuing to your lodge, set high on the rim of Ngorongoro Crater.
Ngorongoro Serena is a unique lodge that clings to the rim of the crater, the largest and most perfect volcanic crater on Earth. Long and low, the lodge is built from local river stone and camouflaged with indigenous vines.
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Serena Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Activities: Morning Game Drive
DAY 6
DAY 7
NGORONGORO CRATER
A highlight awaits you this morning as you depart to explore what is commonly referred to as the World’s largest natural wildlife arena. After an early breakfast, drive to the crater entry gate and descend with a picnic lunch through the early morning mists and 2,000 feet into the crater. Ngorongoro Crater is the World’s largest intact volcanic caldera. Due to its size and diversity, the crater floor is comprised of several distinct areas, ranging from forest, swamps, lakes and springs, to open grassland and some sandy dunes. A truly unique wildlife experience. A picnic lunch box is served near a pond populated with hippos. Spend the day exploring the crater and meeting the wildlife of the area.
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Serena Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Activities: Morning and Afternoon Game Drives
DEPARTURE
Depart Ngorongoro Crater after breakfast, and head south east past Lake Manyara and Mto wa Mbu Village. Through the highlands and the Karatu district, you’ll view the scenic wheat plains and coffee plantations here before journeying down the spectacular escarpment turning south onto the main road to Arusha. The journey will pass through the Masai Steppe, filled with many picturesque African villages as well as maize, coffee and banana plantations. On arrival in Arusha, lunch is provided, followed by a transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport to connect international departure flight .
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch