Tanzania

Landing at Kilimanjaro Airport, you're met by your guide and transferred to a leafy lodge in Arusha. Trip briefing over dinner.

Full-day game drive among Tarangire's giant elephant herds and iconic baobab trees. Overnight near the park.

Drive across the Serengeti's endless plains, game-viewing en route to your central camp. Sundowners under the stars.

A full day tracking the migration herds and their predators — lions, cheetahs and leopards on the hunt.

Morning game drive, then journey to the Ngorongoro highlands with views over the crater rim at sunset.

Descend into the crater floor — a natural amphitheatre teeming with the Big Five and flamingo-fringed lakes.

Relaxed morning before your transfer to the airport, or extend your trip to Zanzibar's beaches.

Met at Kilimanjaro International Airport and transferred to a garden lodge outside Arusha. Trip briefing and an early night before the flight into the park.

A light aircraft from Arusha onto a Serengeti airstrip — an hour in the air instead of most of a day on the road. Your guide meets the plane and you game-drive your way to camp.

• Sunrise game drive, when the cats are still moving.
• Back to camp for a late breakfast and the heat of the day.
• Afternoon drive through a different sector of the park.
• Sundowners on a kopje, then dinner under canvas.

A full day built around wherever the migration is. Depending on the month that means the southern calving grounds, the western corridor or the northern river crossings — your guide will know before you arrive.

• Optional hot-air balloon flight at dawn, with a champagne breakfast on the plains.
• Or a slow morning in camp and a long afternoon drive.
• Optional guided walk with an armed ranger, where the concession allows it.
• Last night in the Serengeti.

A final morning game drive, then the flight east to Zanzibar. Transfer to your hotel on the coast, and the first swim of the trip before sunset.

A guided walk through Stone Town — the old fort, the House of Wonders, the carved doors and the market — followed by a spice-farm tour and a Swahili lunch.

• Nothing scheduled — the point of the day.
• Optional snorkelling trip to Mnemba atoll.
• Optional dhow cruise for sunset.
• Final dinner on the beach.

A last morning by the water before your transfer to Zanzibar Airport for the flight home or an onward connection.

Met at Kilimanjaro International Airport and transferred into Arusha. The rest of the day is yours to recover from the flight, with a briefing from your guide over dinner.

Leave after breakfast and climb through Mto wa Mbu and the Rift Valley escarpment to the Ngorongoro highlands. Arrive in time for the view over the crater rim as the afternoon light drops into the bowl.

• Early descent — the gate opens at dawn and the floor is best before the vehicles arrive.
• A full morning inside the caldera: lion, elephant, buffalo and one of the best chances of black rhino left in East Africa.
• Flamingos on Lake Magadi when the water level suits them.
• Picnic lunch by the hippo pool, then the climb back out.
• Overnight on the rim.

Cross the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and drop down onto the plains, with the Olduvai Gorge as an optional stop on the way. Game-viewing continues as you drive, arriving at your Serengeti camp in the afternoon.

A full day in the park — out early for the predators, back through the heat of the day, and out again in the late afternoon when the plains turn gold and everything starts moving.

A last morning game drive, then a light aircraft back to Arusha rather than the long road. Afternoon at leisure and a night in town.

• The Cultural Heritage Centre — East African art, carving and Tanzanite under one roof.
• The Maasai curio market for beadwork and cloth, with your guide to help you bargain.
• The clock tower, said to mark the midpoint between Cairo and Cape Town.
• A working coffee estate on the slopes outside town, from cherry to cup.
• Lunch in town, then your transfer to the airport.

Arrival, gear check and a full climb briefing with your mountain guide over dinner.

Five days trekking through rainforest, moorland and alpine desert, acclimatising steadily toward the summit.

A midnight start rewards you with sunrise at 5,895 m on the Roof of Africa, then descent to camp.

Final descent, certificate celebration, then a short flight to the spice island of Zanzibar.

Rest those legs on powder-white beaches, or explore historic Stone Town and a spice-farm tour.

One last swim before your transfer to Zanzibar Airport for your flight home.