This morning, fly to Manyara with views over Kilimanjaro. En route from the airstrip, you'll visit Mto Wa Mbu. This local farming village is home to over 120 different tribes from across Africa. On a walk through the village, you'll encounter local farms, schools, a kindergarten, local homes, and the market. Lunch is at the Swahili Canteen Restaurant. This afternoon you'll climb high into the crater forest for your stay at the other-worldly geodesic domes of The Highlands. 

At dawn, you'll descend a remote access road to the floor of the Ngorongoro Crater arriving well ahead of the rest of the crowds. Wildlife is seemingly everywhere you look - buffalo, impala, elephant, rhino. This is truly a wonder of the world and one of the densest wildlife concentrations anywhere on the continent. Spend a full day in the crater or head back to camp for a hike or village visit after a picnic lunch. Overnight at The Highlands.

As dawn breaks over the highlands, you'll head to the airstrip for your scenic flight over the crater and into the heart of the Serengeti. Fly to Seronera and immediately head out on a game drive toward camp. After lunch, you'll set off for an afternoon walk with your guide. Upwards of 1.5 million wildebeest and a third as many zebra trace an annual and unending circuit through the greater Serengeti-Mara ecosystem. In April-August the herds move north, passing through the central and western Serengeti and heading towards Kenya. Our camp puts you right in the heart of the action. Overnight at Walking Camp.

Rising with the sun, today will be a full day walking in the Serengeti, a rare treat! Wildlife abounds throughout the area - lion, cheetah, and hyena are prevalent. Plains game like Thomson’s gazelle, eland, and impala are always on alert for these predators. Spend today ranging from your exclusive safari camp looking for wildlife and herds of elephants that live in the area. Toast the setting sun with a sundowner cocktail and re-tell of your encounters from the day around the campfire tonight. Overnight at Walking Camp.

Embark on a final dawn walk this morning before your bush flight to the Kogatende airstrip in the wild Northern Serengeti. Set amid the rolling hills, Sayari camp is exquisitely located adjacent to several crossing points along the Mara River where sightings of wildebeest plunging off the banks and into the crocodile-infested waters are frequent and spectacular. Elephant, buffalo, lion and leopard sightings are frequent with occasional lucky spotting of rhinos. The greater Serengeti is one of the largest intact ecosystems in the world and home to a dazzling array of wildlife. Every day brings new sightings and occasionally the action drama of predator and prey. Overnight for three amazing nights at Sayari. 

After a final game drive this morning, you'll transfer to the Kogatende airstrip and fly back to Arusha. Enjoy a relaxing lunch and day room before your afternoon or evening departing international flight. 

Today you'll spend a full day out exploring with your private guide. By vehicle, on foot, and by boat, you'll delve deep into this amazing ecosystem. In June, the rainy season is over, and the landscape is still lush and green. Water levels are high and daytime temperatures are comfortable which makes this an excellent time of the year for exploring the waterways by boat and canoe looking for wildlife coming to drink. Guests will set out their individual camera traps today to see what moves around when nobody is looking. Tonight you'll also have the chance to head out on a night drive to look for the more elusive nocturnal species. Overnight Usangu Expedition Camp.

After a game drive at dawn, you'll visit the Douglas Bell Eco Research Station and hear about the latest field-based conservation research activities at Usangu. You'll learn about anti-poaching efforts and learn about how the center is mapping biodiversity distribution. You'll review the latest known locations of animals from the days before and learn firsthand how radio-collaring and telemetry work. Then head into the field with the researcher to help them find and collect the day's data from the resident collared animals using a radio telemetry tranceiver to track and locate them. Collared species differ over time depending on advancing research but usually focus on key species in the area such as lion, wild dog, roan, and sable antelope.  Overnight Usangu Expedition Camp.

A morning game drive will bring you back to the airstrip for your flight east into the massive Selous - Nyerere National Park, the largest national park in Tanzania and also one of the world's largest wildlife sanctuaries. This less-visited area of Tanzania is known for its prolific wildlife. Lions, wildebeests, zebras, and rhinos rule the land, while a large number of crocodiles and hippos lurk in the Rufiji River. Of particular note is the resident African wild dog population which is the largest on the continent. Set on a small peninsula, your camp overlooks a key waterway linking Lake Manze to Lake Nzerakera, in the heart of the best wildlife area in the park. The perfect place to start each days exploration of this magnificent park. Overnight at Roho Ya Selous.

The real magic of the Selous Nyerere National Park lies in the variety that each day on safari brings. The choice is yours to either explore on a game drive in search of leopard lurking in the shady boughs of a fig tree or head out on foot to track wildlife that’s ventured close to camp during the night. No safari here is complete without a boat trip out on the water, passing pods of hippo in the shallows and crocodiles sunning themselves on sandbanks. Watch wildlife come to drink from the ultimate perspective and enjoy drifting up close to bird colonies nesting in the riverbanks. Enjoy a sundowner cocktail before a night drive back to camp where dinner is served, alfresco under the endless African sky. Overnight 2 more nights Roho Ya Selous.

After a final morning game drive, you'll head to the airstrip and fly to Dar Es Salaam in time for your international departure, bringing a lifetime of memories and experiences with you.