Your private guide will greet you at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) and transport you to your accommodation in Arusha for a good night's rest following a long journey.

Overnight: Arumeru River Lodge or similar (bed & breakfast)

After breakfast, head west from Arusha and arrive at lodge accommodation in Mto wa Mbu town in the afternoon, viewing local attractions along the way, including an animal sanctuary and Maasai cultural museum. Receive cultural orientation from local Red Sweater Project staff members.

Overnight: Wildlife Manyara Luxury Lodge or similar (full board)

Enjoy an authentic East African experience in Mungere Village, spending eight days interacting with students, staff and community members at the Mungere School, a successful development education project. Engage your volunteer group on an important service project, which could include classroom construction, garden development or other enhancement to the rural campus. Join a student football soccer, volleyball, or basketball game, hike to nearby waterfalls on the Great Rift Valley escarpment, and visit our neighbors by taking a village home tour lead by Mungere's tri-lingual students. Be sure to take time to enjoy the local life around you, taking in the sights, sounds and smells of African village life.

Overnights: Wildlife Manyara Luxury Lodge or similar (full board)

Embark on your African safari adventure after breakfast by heading into Lake Manyara National Park. At the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment, the scenery is as stunning as the exotic wildlife, including the park’s famous tree-climbing lions. Plentiful herds of elephants, water buffalo, giraffe, zebra, and the mysterious leopard are found around this lake, covering 89 square miles. With over 10,000 in number, Tanzania boasts more bird species than any other country in Africa, including flamingos, pelicans, vultures, and various cranes.

Overnight: Wildlife Manyara Luxury Lodge or similar (full board)

Pick up from the lodge after breakfast and drive through Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area to Olduvai Gorge to see the famous work of paleoanthropologists, Louis and Mary Leakey and their many discoveries in the region, including the remains of homo habilis, the first known ancestors of modern humankind at over 2.3 million years old. Continue game driving to the heart of Tanzania’s outback by heading west, toward the Serengeti Plains.

Overnight: Wildlife Seronera Luxury Lodge or similar (full board)

Spend the next two days in the center of Serengeti, home to millions of ungulates. This pristine and unique sanctuary will give you a glimpse into “the world as it was in the beginning.” Relish the vastness of the serengeti, “the land that flows on forever,” coupled with some of the best game-viewing all of Africa has to offer. After game driving for the day, head back to your lodge for a nice sundowner and a swim before dinner and some relaxing local entertainment. Optional air balloon safari each morning.

Overnights: Wildlife Seronera Luxury Lodge or similar (full board)

After an early breakfast, enjoy your final day of wildlife game drive viewing by entering the Ngorongoro Crater, a geological marvel boasting several vegetation zones from lakes to forest to savannah. The Crater is home to about 30,000 animals, despite its tiny size of only 10 miles in diameter.

Transport back to Kilimanjaro Airport for departure.

Spend the day traversing the plains, home to millions of ungulates and the world's largest land migration. This pristine sanctuary will give you a glimpse into "the world as it was in the beginning." Relish the vastness of Serengeti, "the land that flows on forever," coupled with some of the best game-viewing all of Africa has to offer.

Overnight: Serengeti Sopa Luxury Lodge or similar (full board)

After breakfast, spend the morning on a final game drive through the Serengeti before boarding your chartered flight from the Seronera Airstrip to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your evening departure.

(half board)