4-DAY BEST OF TANZANIA FLY & DRIVE SAFARI

Our journey begins at the fertile, forested underworld of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. The superlatives attributed to this magical realm – largest intact volcanic crater in the world, greatest density of lions in Africa, over 25,000 animals – still doesn’t paint a complete picture of what you’re about to experience.

Cut off from the rest of Africa, the woods, plains, and marshes of Ngorongoro, are home to big cats, buffalo, elephants, endangered black rhinos, hippos, and all kinds of bird life, including pink flamingoes.

On the way to the great Serengeti, we’ll stop at Olduvai Gorge, another singular geological wonder. This rich anthropological site has offered up thousands of fossilized artifacts of early humankind’s beginnings, going back several million years.

The Serengeti, Tanzania’s largest park, impresses not only with its over 3,000 lions but every sort of wildlife, including more than 500 bird species. But perhaps Serengeti’s most impressive display is the millions of wildebeests that begin life here.

Depending on what season you visit, you’ll be witness to either uncountable wildebeests calving on the great plains or, toward summer, the formation of the world’s largest movement of animal life – the Great Migration.

Here, before you, thousands and then millions of zebra, gazelle, and wildebeests create an endless train of herding wildlife, moving over the Serengeti toward the Masai Mara, in search of water and taller grasses.

This is nature’s design for survival expressed as one immense spectacle. And it is unforgettable.