After the breakfast plates have been cleared, you will travel onward to the Serengeti National Park, which you will reach by mid-day. The Serengeti National Park is among the largest parks in Tanzania with diverse landscapes and habitats, such as grassy plains, swamps, lakes, savannahs, and mountains. Here the biggest wildebeest and zebra migrations take place and you will have the opportunity to witness thousands of animals in their search for nourishment.

Today, plan for a full-day game drive at Serengeti National Park.  We will start early in the morning after breakfast since it is when most of the cats are active. Serengeti is well known for being the home of carnivores due to the topography - the kopjes (rock formations), endless plains, and the Mara‐Grumeti ecosystem which facilitates interaction with prey.  Here you will witness the famous annual wildebeest migration too!  After the early morning game drive, we will get back for a hot lunch and have a short break.   Thereafter after we will proceed with the game drive until the evening, then get back for dinner at the Camp.

Early morning you will set out on another game drive in the Serengeti before continuing towards the Oldupai Gorge. The site is significant in showing the increasing developmental and social complexities in the earliest humans (hominids).  The collecting of tools and animal remains in a central area is evidence of developing social interaction and communal activity. All these factors indicate an increase in cognitive capacities at the beginning of the period of hominids transitioning to hominins—that is, to human—form and behavior.

Today the group divides – you will either go to the airport or participate in the add-on adventure.  If you are flying out, after breakfast we drive to Arusha to go to the JRO airport.  If you have enough time before your flight, your guides will take you to the Cultural Heritage Museum so you can have lunch at the museum restaurant.  For folks with the add-on, you will head to Tarangire.

After breakfast, you will be picked up by your guide with lunch boxes and start a 1hour drive to Tarangire National Park. With its savannah, seasonal swamps, and upside-down trees, it is well known for its large number of elephant herds. There are approximately 4000 elephants here!   After an extensive game drive, you will leave the park and travel to Lake Burunge for your overnight at Burunge Tented Camp.  You will see elephants just off the pavilion of this amazing lodge at any given time of day.

After breakfast, we drive back to Arusha where your guide will take you to JRO.  If you have enough time before your flight, your guide will take you to the Cultural Heritage Museum so you can have lunch at the museum restaurant.