Safari Highlights

Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro Airport you will be met by a member of the Expect in Africa Safari team who will transfer you by road to your hotel.

Accommodation : Gran Melia Hotel or similar
Meals : Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner

An oasis within Arusha set out on 18 acres of beautiful landscaped coffee and tea plantations, pure tranquility with spectacular views of Mount Meru, Gran Meliá Arusha offers a unique experience combining the most exciting once-in-a-lifetime safari destination with state-of-the-art conference facilities.

Following an early breakfast, we will transfer to Arusha airport for the flight to Kogatende to camp in the Northern Serengeti. The flight will take approximately 1.45 hour. Upon landing in the Serengeti, we will be greeted by our guides and begin our safari adventure, as we journey to our camp for lunch and ready ourselves for our first afternoon safari.

Accommodation : Serengeti River Camp or similar.
Meals : Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
Drinks : Soft drinks, Tea, Coffee

The River Camp is loved for its excellent location surrounded by acacia trees and grasslands accommodating the residents around the area. It purposefully resides a few meters from the Mara River, where the picturesque river crossing of the great migration occurs from June to October. Here, the fight for survival is eminent when you are caught off-guard with just how dramatic the crossing is, with hundreds of thousands of wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle toss themselves into the river overcrowded by the Nile crocodile ready to attack and feast on them.

National Park, Photo Tour
Explore the northern regions of the park, making your way to the Mara River, the sight of the infamous river crossing and the rolling northern hills. Both unique wilderness habitats, teeming with animals and offering amazing sightings. Make your way across the beautiful landscapes for the next three days, taking stunning photos along the way.

Accommodation : Serengeti River Camp or similar
Meals : Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
Drinks : Soft drinks, Tea, Coffee

Lions and hyenas are also found in great numbers as they also seek to feast upon the weak links of this ferocious race. Our 15 luxury tents all possess incredible viewpoints of this scenic attraction and how hospitality accommodates your experience with outstanding professionalism and detail. The dining and bar lounge areas are perfect for spending our time enjoying the savannah grassland whilst being pleasantly accommodated with our amenities. Fine wines, cold beers, and gourmet meals are our specialties when offering you an experience of a lifetime.

Today you make your way south to the central Serengeti and have the opportunity to experience the vastness of the Serengeti Plains for the first time. The word ‘Serengeti’ comes from the Maasai word ‘Siringet’, meaning ‘the land that flows on forever’. The plains are home to the huge herds of migrating wildebeest and zebra that cross these lands every year on a journey between Tanzania and Kenya. Arrive in time for lunch and later you will head out for your afternoon drive.

Accommodation : Serengeti Sametu Camp or similar
Meals : Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
Drinks : Soft drinks, Tea, Coffee

From the first sunray that glistens across the grassland into the sophisticated suites to the crackling campfire singing with the nightlife, Serengeti Sametu Camp offers your experience the perfect balance between a safari in the wild and the comfort of luxury hospitalities. Intentionally situated in a secluded part of the eastern edge of Central Serengeti, a fairly small distance from the Ngare Nanyuki River, our luxury boutique accommodation never ceases to gift you with an endless horizon silhouetted by grazing wildebeest, zebra, and various antelope species, as well as several hundred bird species gliding from one acacia tree to the next in search for suitable nesting space.

During your time in the central Serengeti you will have the opportunity to see the massive herds and the African big cats that pursue them. Enjoy exciting sightings, surrounded by over 2 million animals as you make your way into the middle of the herds. Wake up early for the best opportunity to see the lions, leopards and cheetahs on a hunt. Explore this vast region and get a sense of the size of the huge reserve, providing amazing photographs throughout.

Accommodation : Serengeti Sametu Camp or similar
Meals : Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
Drinks : Soft drinks, Tea, Coffee

Use our spacious and comfortable lounge and dining areas for a range of activities like a spot for sharing your photos and stories of your safari with family and friends, watching herds of elephants striding across the area with a pair of binoculars, or gathering soulfully to eat and drink under the African starry night over a campfire. Sametu Camp is made up of eight spacious luxury tents, eight luxury suites, and two-family suites. These flourishing rooms are designed to make you feel right at home in the wild, with the wall being made of thin canvas, still giving you the opportunity to sleep and wake with the music of the wild Serengeti just outside.

Make your way to the magnificent Ngorongoro Crater. Within the walls of the world’s largest unbroken volcanic caldera lies the densest concentration of wildlife in Africa, filled with more then 30,000 animals. Explore this spectacular reserve with phenomenal wildlife sightings in an amazing setting. Capture photographs of the big five and most notably the endangered black rhino amongst numerous other animal and bird life.

Accommodation : Ngorongoro Lions Paw Camp or similar
Meals : Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
Drinks : Soft drinks, Tea, Coffee

The view of the cradled Lake Magadi in the crater’s base is a sight to see from the lounge areas of our Eastern Rim Ngorongoro Crater accommodation, where you can sight large tusked elephants and endangered black rhinos with your binoculars from the comfort of the bar and lounge area of one of our 15 luxury suites. We are ten minutes away from the crater entrance to the crater floor; our location allows arranging your drive to the floor a tremendous advantage. Our bush meals in the dense forest will ensure a unique experience in the Ngorongoro, all accompanied by our luxurious amenities and hospitality. Our honeymoon suite is a favorite experience for many couples who have enjoyed the ultimate pleasures of Ngorongoro with us. Our family suites are spacious and welcoming to large and small families and groups. Neighboring our camp are the vibrant Maasai bomas that have lived in the area for generations and welcome you as a family into their homes and daily errands o enhance your knowledge and experience of Tanzania’s beauty and people

Explore the Tarangire National Park, the baobab capital of the world and the park that boasts Tanzania’s largest wildlife population outside the Serengeti, including over 550 bird species that frequent its seasonal swamps. The Tarangire River helps sustain huge herds of elephant during the dry season, offering amazing sightings of these gentle giants. You may also see eland and wild dog that roam the reserve in addition to the rare fringe-eared oryx and gerenuk.

Accommodation : Maramboi Tented Lodge or similar.
Meals : Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
Drinks : Soft drinks, Tea, Coffee

Wildlife calls at the door of Maramboi Tented Lodge – zebras, giraffes, warthogs, gazelles. You could see them appear between the palm trees from the terrace of your exclusive tent, from the swimming pool whilst enjoying a cool drink after a walk with a Maasai guide or whilst you enjoy a delicious dinner under the stars. Situated in the ecosystem of lake Manyara, in fields of golden vegetation, Maramboi Tented Camp brings together premium services, exclusive attentions and genuine hospitality in a spectacular scene. Elegant tents built on raised wood platforms with a private terrace and views of Lake Manyara and the Rift Valley. There is a choice of a king sized bed or two single beds. The bedrooms have a bathroom with shower. The family tent consist in rooms tents interconnected.

In the morning you will make your way back to Arusha. An en-route cultural stop for lunch and some souvenir shopping before driving to your hotel. You will have the use of a day room before making your way to the airport to catch your flight after an amazing photographic safari filled with hundreds of spectacular wildlife sightings.

Meals : Breakfast | Lunch