You are met in the early afternoon by your guide and leave Arusha for the start of your safari.

You are taken to the Manyara Serena lodge (approx 3hr15min), where you check in and have some time to relax before dinner.

After a leisurely breakfast you can enjoy a morning game drive in the Lake Manyara National Park, before enjoying lunch back at the Manyara Serena Lodge and later making your way to the Serengeti (approx 4hr).

An exciting few days of game viewing await you and there are sure to be plenty of excellent photo opportunities in the jewel in the crown of Tanzania's parks. In the evenings you have dinner back at the Serengeti Sopa Lodge.

Today you leave the Serengeti. You go for a game drive on your way out of the park and then on an excursion to Olduvai Gorge, thought by many to be the cradle of humanity.

Here you can see a cast of footprints made over 3 million years ago. After a picnic lunch you continue on to Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge in time to freshen up and settle in before dinner (total driving time approx 3hr).

In the morning you enjoy an exciting crater tour. The wildlife is incredible and you will see why Ngorongoro is often referred to as the world's largest wildlife zoo.

Lunch is served back at the lodge before an exciting afternoon visit to a local Maasai village.

Today you travel to Tarangire National Park where you will have lunch at the Tarangire Sopa Lodge.

In the afternoon you can enjoy a game drive in the reserve, home to thousands of elephant, large herds of antelope and an incredible diversity of birdlife.

Drive to Arusha with a picnic lunch en route. Here you board your flight to the Selous Game Reserve.

You are met at the airstrip by your ranger and transferred to the Selous Riverside Camp. Here you are accommodated in a double tent on the banks of the river.

After your morning safari activity you are transferred back to the airstrip for your flight to Zanzibar. On arrival you'll be transferred to Tembo House Hotel for one night on a bed & breakfast basis.

Spend the remainder of your day exploring the fascinating coral city of Stone Town. This is also the best place for you to buy curios and mementos to take home.

Transfer to Mapenzi Beach Club for 3 nights in a garden-view room. Spend your days lazing on the perfect white beaches or swimming in the warm turquoise water.

Zanzibar is renowned for its incredible diving, and the Planhotel Mapenzi Beach Club has a variety of non-motorised watersports for you to choose from.