Climbing the road to the top of the rift you will arrive at your home for the next two nights, Kirurumu Tented Lodge. This is a charming permanent tented camp perched atop the escarpment overlooking the Great Rift Valley and Lake Manyara. The tents are built on volcanic stone and have shaded verandahs, beds, and full en-suite bathrooms. After settling in you can go on a wildlife walk with a Maasai guide, or relax with a cold drink and enjoy the panoramic view from the observation deck off the lounge. The next morning awake at sunrise to be the first into the park. Enjoy a long morning of game viewing, stopping for a picnic breakfast before returning to the lodge for a late lunch. Overnight - Kirurumu Tented Lodge (all meals & activities)

This morning after a wonderful breakfast and time to stretch your legs you will leave Gibb’s Farm and drive the short distance to the "eighth wonder of the world", the Ngorongoro Crater. Driving up the slopes of the lush green mountain and arriving at the rim of the crater , the first glimpse takes your breath away. The floor of this collapsed volcano spreads for 102 sq. miles and the walls are 2000 feet high, a truly awesome sight. The crater floor is a virtual "Noah's Ark", inhabited by almost every species of wildlife indigenous to East Africa. It contains a river, several swamps, a soda lake - complete with flamingoes, a forest and open plains.

After checking in to your lodge, perched high on the crater rim and enjoying lunch, you will descend the crater walls and spend the afternoon and early evening wildlife viewing on the crater floor. The next morning, after an early breakfast you will depart with a picnic lunch and spend the entire day exploring this magnificent wonder. Overnight - Serena Crater Lodge (all meals & activities)

This morning after breakfast and a final glimpse of the crater, you’re off to the infamous Serengeti National Park, the symbol of Africa's wildlife. The word Serengeti comes from the Maasai language meaning "endless plains". The 6,900 sq. mile (18,00 sq. km) park is inhabited by more than 2 large million animals including more than a million wildebeest, hundreds of thousands of plains zebras, and Thomson’s gazelles. Large predators including lions, cheetahs, and hyenas are drawn to the area by this abundance of prey which migrate throughout the park. Many smaller animals – rock hyrax, bat eared foxes, mongoose, honey badger, jackals, monkeys, baboon and African hare inhabit the area along with nearly 500 species of birds. Off road you’ll find the "Kopjes", massive boulder islands of granite standing in a sea of grass, provide shelter to a great variety of plants and animals, from the elusive leopard to the tiny dik dik.

Along the way to the Serengeti you will stop at the famous “Oldupai Gorge”, where Dr. Louis and Mary Leakey made their discovery of early man. Here you will visit the small museum and attend a lecture describing the archeological digs and geology of the gorge.

Your lodging for the next four nights will be at Ndutu Lodge , near the location of the migratory herds of wildebeest and zebras. From December to March, the migration is clustered in the southern Serengeti between the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Lake Ndutu. This delightful small lodge, sits back from the lake in a beautiful setting, and is know for it’s friendly staff and wonderful food. At night you can sit around the campfire and look up at the magnificent African sky, while listening to the sounds of animals in the distance. In the morning you'll be awakened by the sounds of birds.

* from October through December Lobo Lodge will be used for closer proximity to the migration. ** Luxury Seasonal Tented Camps are also available at additional cost Overnight - Ndutu Safari Lodge (all meals & activities)