Vegga Tours & Traveling
Overview
This is the journey that made northern Tanzania famous, driven at a pace that leaves time to watch rather than rush. From Arusha you explore the forests of Arusha National Park and the baobab country of Tarangire, climb over the Ngorongoro highlands and roll out onto the endless plains of the Serengeti.
Your guide travels with you all week in a pop-up-roof safari vehicle, with nights in lodges and tented camps chosen for their setting. Depending on the month you may meet the great wildebeest migration; in any season the Serengeti’s big cats and the black rhino of the Ngorongoro Crater make it a week you will talk about for years.
Our driver meets you at Kilimanjaro International Airport for the hour-long transfer to a garden lodge on the edge of Arusha. Settle in, then sit down with your guide over dinner to talk through the week ahead.
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Accommodation
Garden lodge near Arusha
Lodge
A short drive takes you into Arusha National Park, where giraffes browse beneath Mount Meru and black-and-white colobus monkeys leap through the forest canopy. Look out over the Momella Lakes, often dotted with flamingos, and stretch your legs on a walking safari with an armed ranger before returning to the lodge.
Arusha National ParkMeals Included
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Garden lodge near Arusha
Lodge
Head south-west to Tarangire, a park of ancient baobabs and large elephant herds, especially in the dry months when wildlife gathers along the Tarangire River. After a full day of game driving, continue to the cool green highlands around Karatu for the night.
Tarangire National ParkMeals Included
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Farm lodge in Karatu
Lodge
Climb through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, pausing at the crater viewpoint, before descending onto the short-grass plains. After a picnic lunch, game-drive into the central Serengeti and reach your tented camp as the evening light turns the grass to gold.
Serengeti National ParkMeals Included
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Tented camp in the central Serengeti
Tented Camp
With no distance to cover, the whole day belongs to the Serengeti. The Seronera area is known for its resident big cats, so your guide follows the freshest sightings — lions on rocky kopjes, leopards draped over sausage trees, cheetahs scanning the grass. We plan the route to bring you as close to the migration as the season allows.
Serengeti National ParkMeals Included
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Tented camp in the central Serengeti
Tented Camp
Enjoy a last morning drive before heading back east across the plains, with an optional stop at Olduvai Gorge, one of the most important sites in the story of early humans. Arrive on the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater for a crisp highland evening far above the crater floor.
Ngorongoro CraterMeals Included
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Lodge on the Ngorongoro rim
Lodge
Descend at first light into the Ngorongoro Crater, a vast volcanic caldera where lions, hyenas, buffalo and a small population of black rhino share the grasslands. After a picnic lunch by the hippo pool, drive back to Arusha in time for your evening flight.
Ngorongoro CraterMeals Included
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From $2,400 per person · 7 days · all inclusive
