14 Days Tanzania Luxury Safari

• Exceptional camps in five wildlife areas
• Private vehicle and guide throughout, with fly-in transfers
• Time to slow right down in the second week

• Luxury tented suites and lodges throughout
• Private guiding and flexible daily timing
• Boat, walking and vehicle safaris
• Ruaha's big lion prides and empty landscapes

This safari visits Tarangire National Park, Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, Nyerere National Park, Ruaha National Park.

1. Day 01

   Arrival in Arusha

   You are met on arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport and transferred to your lodge in Arusha. Your guide joins you for a full safari briefing, and the rest of the day is yours to rest and adjust after your flight.

2. Day 02

   Fly to Tarangire National Park

   We drive through Maasai grazing land to Tarangire National Park, a landscape of enormous baobabs and a permanent river that draws great herds of elephant. Game drives follow the river valley, with excellent chances of lion, giraffe and a remarkable variety of birds.

3. Day 03

   Tarangire Game Drives

   We drive through Maasai grazing land to Tarangire National Park, a landscape of enormous baobabs and a permanent river that draws great herds of elephant. Game drives follow the river valley, with excellent chances of lion, giraffe and a remarkable variety of birds.

4. Day 04

   Tarangire → Ngorongoro Highlands

   We drive through Maasai grazing land to Tarangire National Park, a landscape of enormous baobabs and a permanent river that draws great herds of elephant. Game drives follow the river valley, with excellent chances of lion, giraffe and a remarkable variety of birds.

5. Day 05

   Ngorongoro Crater Descent

   We descend more than 600 metres onto the floor of the Ngorongoro Crater, a contained world of grassland, forest and soda lake. The density of wildlife here is extraordinary — lion, elephant, buffalo, hippo and flamingo, with a genuine chance of black rhino.

6. Day 06

   Fly to Central Serengeti

   The Serengeti opens out in front of you: short-grass plains, granite kopjes and horizon in every direction. We spend the day tracking predators and plains game with your guide, pausing for a picnic lunch in the shade before the light softens into a golden afternoon drive.

7. Day 07

   Full Day in the Serengeti

   The Serengeti opens out in front of you: short-grass plains, granite kopjes and horizon in every direction. We spend the day tracking predators and plains game with your guide, pausing for a picnic lunch in the shade before the light softens into a golden afternoon drive.

8. Day 08

   Serengeti Plains & Optional Balloon Safari

   The Serengeti opens out in front of you: short-grass plains, granite kopjes and horizon in every direction. We spend the day tracking predators and plains game with your guide, pausing for a picnic lunch in the shade before the light softens into a golden afternoon drive.

9. Day 09

   Northern Serengeti Exploration

   The Serengeti opens out in front of you: short-grass plains, granite kopjes and horizon in every direction. We spend the day tracking predators and plains game with your guide, pausing for a picnic lunch in the shade before the light softens into a golden afternoon drive.

10. Day 10

    Fly to Nyerere National Park

    In Nyerere National Park the Rufiji River shapes everything. Alongside game drives, we take to the water for a boat safari among hippo, crocodile and waterbirds, and where conditions allow, walk with an armed guide.

11. Day 11

    Nyerere Rufiji Boat Safari & Walking

    In Nyerere National Park the Rufiji River shapes everything. Alongside game drives, we take to the water for a boat safari among hippo, crocodile and waterbirds, and where conditions allow, walk with an armed guide.

12. Day 12

    Fly to Ruaha National Park

    Ruaha is Tanzania's largest and least visited great park — baobab hills, sand rivers and some of the biggest lion prides in East Africa. Long, unhurried drives here are often shared with no other vehicle.

13. Day 13

    Ruaha Full Day Game Drives

    Ruaha is Tanzania's largest and least visited great park — baobab hills, sand rivers and some of the biggest lion prides in East Africa. Long, unhurried drives here are often shared with no other vehicle.

14. Day 14

    Ruaha → Dar es Salaam Departure

    Ruaha is Tanzania's largest and least visited great park — baobab hills, sand rivers and some of the biggest lion prides in East Africa. Long, unhurried drives here are often shared with no other vehicle.

• Hand-picked luxury lodges and tented suites
• Private decks, en-suite bathrooms and dedicated service
• Optional private-guide and exclusive-use arrangements

All meals, house drinks at most camps, and private bush dining where offered.

• ✓Private 4x4 safari vehicle with pop-up roof and English-speaking guide
• ✓All national park and conservation area entry fees
• ✓Accommodation as specified in the itinerary
• ✓Meals as indicated in the day-by-day programme
• ✓Drinking water throughout the safari
• ✓Airport transfers in Arusha or Kilimanjaro
• ✓Government taxes and levies

• —International flights and Tanzanian visa
• —Travel and medical insurance
• —Alcoholic and soft drinks unless stated
• —Optional activities such as balloon safaris and night drives
• —Tips for your guide and lodge staff
• —Personal items, laundry and telephone charges

June to October