Tarangire National park is a park in Tanzania covering an area of  over 2600sq km. Its name is derived from the Tarangire river that is the primary source of water for the wildlife, especially during the dry season that runs from June to November. The area is dominated by gigantic ridges, river valley and swamps with a mix of acacia woodland open grassland and scattered baobab trees.

The park has one of the largest concentration of elephants in Africa with over 3000 herd and other animals found here include lion, leopard, cheetah, jackals, wild dogs, wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, waterbuck, giraffe and much more. The swamp areas of the park is a haven for birdwatchers with over 500 species recorded. The swamps are the focus of the largest selection of breeding birds anywhere in the world. Yellow-collared Lovebirds are a common bird sighting in the trees along the Tarangire River.

Day 1: Nairobi - Samburu

Transfer after breakfast for Samburu National Reserve. It offers unique vistas of rounded, rugged hills and undulating plains. The mix of wood and grassland with riverine forest and swamp home to a wide variety of animal and birdlife, Buffalo Springs records over 365 species of bird. Game viewing and visibility is excellent: Reticulated Giraffe, Grevy’s Zebra, elephant, oryx, Somali Ostrich, hippo, crocodile, gerenuk, buffalo, lion, leopard, cheetah and hyena. Arrive in time for your hot lunch. Evening game drive.

Accommodation: Full board at Samburu Sopa Lodge.
Meals: Dinner

Day 2: Samburu

A full day of game viewing at Samburu National Reserve with your private safari land cruiser and safari guide.

Accommodation: Full board at Samburu Sopa Lodge.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 3: Samburu - Aberdares

Enjoy your early morning breakfast at Samburu National Reserve. Depart after your morning breakfast for Aberdares to arrive in time for your hot lunch at your hotel. Abounding with wildlife, unfettered by the more rigorous strictures of the Kenyan National Parks and designed to offer a charming blend of under canvas ambience and uncompromising luxury, it has long been the preferred retreat of wilderness and safari lovers alike. One of only four private game reserves in Kenya.

Accommodation: Full board at Aberdare Country Club.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 4: Aberdares - Lake Nakuru - Lake Naivasha

Depart after breakfast for Lake Nakuru National Park. The park is home to warthogs, waterbuck, buffaloes, reedbucks, and the occasional leopard. White and black rhinos were introduced to the park some years ago and you may find white rhino at the southern end. The park has also retained its reputation as an ornithologists' delight with more than 400 species of bird found here. Arrive for your hot lunch. Enjoy your afternoon game drive at Nakuru National Park. Transfer in the evening to Lake Naivasha overnight.

Accommodation: Full board at Panorama Resort.
Meals: Dinner

Day 5: Lake Naivasha - Masai Mara

Boat rides can be arranged by your guide at a minimal rate. Depart with picnic lunch boxes after your morning breakfast and transfer to Masai Mara National Reserve. It is probably the most famous and most visited reserve in Kenya. It offers breathtaking views (seen in the film "Out of Africa" much of which was filmed here) an extraordinary density of animals including the "Big Five" and many varieties of plains game. Enjoy your en-route game viewing at Masai Mara National Reserve.

Accommodation: Full board at Mara Leisure Tented Camp.
Meals: Dinner

Day 6 & 7: Masai Mara

Enjoy your full day of game viewing at Masai Mara Game Reserve with your private safari land cruiser and safari guide.

Accommodation: Full board at Mara Leisure Tented Camp.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 8: Masai Mara - Serengeti

Depart after your early morning breakfast for Serengeti via the Isebania/Sirare border. This will include normal border crossing formalities to take only a few minutes. This is drive will take up to 8 hours through a rough road. Serengeti National Park is probably the most famous and most visited reserve in Tanzania and it's also the largest, at 14,763 sq km of protected area that borders Kenya's Masai Mara Game Park. Its far-reaching plains of endless grass, tinged with the twisted shadows of acacia trees, have made it the quintessential image of a wild and untarnished Africa. Its large stone kopjes are home to rich ecosystems and the sheer magnitude and scale of life that the plains support is staggering. Enjoy your en-route game drive at Serengeti plains.

Accommodation: Full board at Katikati Tented Camp.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 9 & 10: Serengeti

Ask your guide to take you for a full day of game viewing at Serengeti plains.

Accommodation: Full board at Katikati Tented Camp.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 11: Serengeti - Ngorongoro

Enjoy your early morning game drive at Serengeti, transfer after your game for Ngorongoro via the Olduvai gorge where it's believed the cradle of mankind were found. The Ngorongoro Crater is often called "Africa's Eden" and the "8th Natural Wonder of the World", a visit to the crater is the main drawcard for tourists coming to Tanzania and a definite world-class attraction. Within the crater rim, large herds of zebra and wildebeest graze nearby while sleeping lions laze in the sun. At dawn, the endangered black rhino returns to the thick cover of the crater forests after grazing on dew-laden grass in the morning mist. Just outside the crater's ridge, tall Masaai herd their cattle and goats over green pastures through the highland slopes, living alongside the wildlife as they have for centuries. Descend to the rim of the crater for your game.

Accommodation: Full board at Tloma Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 12: Ngorongoro - Tarangire

Depart after breakfast for Tarangire National Park. Day after day of cloudless skies. The fierce sun sucks the moisture from the landscape, baking the earth a dusty red, the withered grass as brittle as straw. The Tarangire River has shrivelled to a shadow of its wet season self. But it is choked with wildlife. Thirsty nomads have wandered hundreds of parched kilometres knowing that here, always, there is water. Herds of up to 300 elephants scratch the dry river bed for underground streams, while migratory wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, impala, gazelle, hartebeest and eland crowd the shrinking lagoons. It's the greatest concentration of wildlife outside the Serengeti ecosystem - a smorgasbord for predators – and the one place in Tanzania where dry-country antelope such as the stately fringe-eared oryx and peculiar long-necked gerenuk are regularly observed. Enjoy your afternoon game drive till late evening.

Accommodation: Full board at Burunge Tented Camp.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 13: Tarangire - Lake Manyara

Depart after breakfast for Lake Manyara National  Park. Located beneath the cliffs of the Manyara Escarpment, on the edge of the  Rift Valley, Lake Manyara National Park offers varied ecosystems, incredible birdlife, and breathtaking views. Located on the way to Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti, Lake Manyara National Park is well worth a stop in its own right. Its groundwater forests, bush plains, baobab strewn cliffs, and algae-streaked hot springs offer incredible ecological variety in a small area,  rich in wildlife and incredible numbers of birds. Enjoy your evening game drive around the lake.

Accommodation: Full board at Migunga  Tented Camp.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 14: Lake Manyara - Nairobi

Transfer after your morning breakfast for Nairobi.

Accommodation: Non
Meals: Breakfast

Includes:

• Meet and greet services
• Private game drives/activities as per itinerary
• Transfers as specified
• Accommodation and meals as specified
• Park/Entry fees
• Bottle of mineral water per

Excludes:

• International flights
• Visas
• Airport tax (International pay direct)
• Travel/medical/baggage insurance
• Driver guide gratuities
• Drinks/laundry (unless specified)
• Dining rooms tips & Porterage
• Any other items of a personal nature