AFRICA & NORTHERN AFRICA
Tanzania: Arusha, Tarangire National Park, Ngorongoro Highlands & Crater, Serengeti National Park, Karatu
Small groups of no more than 16 travelers, guaranteed
Join us in Tanzania and witness giant herds of elephants and iconic baobab trees in Tarangire National Park ... visit Ngorongoro Crater, an extinct volcanic caldera whose towering natural walls contain magnificent wildlife like a modern-day Garden of Eden ... spend 4 nights in an O.A.T. private tented camp in the Serengeti, whose legendary plains teem with one of the densest concentrations of wildlife on Earth, and much more. This is the game-viewing safari adventure of your dreams.
13 days starting from $6,195
including international airfare from New York
Single Supplement: FREE
Departure Dates: Jan-Mar; May-Dec
Activity Level: Moderately Easy
IT'S INCLUDED
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11 nights accommodation, plus 1 day room
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International airfare, airport transfers, government taxes, fees, and airline fuel surcharges unless you choose to make your own air arrangements
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33 meals-11 breakfasts, 11 lunches, and 11 dinners
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15 small group activities, including up to 8 game-viewing drives
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Services of a local O.A.T. Trip Experience Leader and driver-guides
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Gratuities for local guides, drivers, lodge and camp staff, driver-guides, and luggage porters
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Complimentary O.A.T. safari duffel bag and water bottle
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5% Frequent Traveler Credit toward your next adventure
ITINERARY
DAY 1 • Depart U.S.
Depart today on your overnight flight from the U.S. to Arusha, Tanzania.
DAY 2 • Arrive in Arusha, Tanzania
At your lodgings near Arusha, meet your fellow travelers, including those who took our optional pre-trip extension to Foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro: Maasai Visits & Game Drives or Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve.
Moivaro Lodge or similar
DAY 3 • Arusha • Safe Water Ceramics • Conversation about Tanzanians with albinism
Visit Safe Water Ceramics of East Africa and learn about their efforts to increase access to clean water for the people of Africa. Later, learn about the persecution of those living with albinism from the director of the Albino Peacemaker Center.
Meals: B,L,D | Moivaro Lodge or similar
DAY 4 • Tarangire National Park • Maasai market • Game-viewing drive
On our way to Tarangire National Park, we'll visit a local Maasai market and enjoy a game-viewing drive with a picnic lunch. We'll check into our camp late in the afternoon.
Meals: B,L,D | Lake Burunge Tented Camp or similar
DAY 5 • Tarangire National Park • Game-viewing drive
Enjoy a morning game-viewing drive in Tarangire National Park, seeking out wildlife that includes elephant, zebra, kongoni, impala, eland, and gazelle. Back at our lodge, you can relax or join an elective guided walk.
Meals: B,L,D | Lake Burunge Tented Camp or similar
DAY 6 • A Day in the Life of a Maasai village • Controversial Topic: Female genital mutilation • Karatu
Spend A Day in the Life of a Maasai village to glimpse the day-to-day lives of one of Africa's most iconic ethnic groups. Participate in daily activities, like milking cows or wearing traditional dress, and sit down with the village chief and a tribeswoman to discuss the Controversial Topic of female genital mutilation, a common practice in the village. En route to Karatu, we'll stop at a local market in Mto Wa Mbu village.
Meals: B,L,D | Ngorongoro Farm House Valley Lodge or similar
DAY 7 • Travel to Serengeti camp
Transfer to Serengeti National Park, enjoying game-viewing and a picnic lunch en route. We'll arrive at O.A.T.'s private tented camp in the afternoon.
Meals: B,L,D | Serengeti Tented Camp
DAY 8 • Serengeti National Park • Game-viewing drive
Venture out on multiple game-viewing drives daily during your stay in the Serengeti, whose vast plains are home to the world's greatest concentration of wildlife. Spend our nights under the star-filled African skies, and enjoy our lodging with covered verandas, comfortable beds, and private showers.
Meals: B,L,D | Serengeti Tented Camp
DAY 9 • Optional Sunrise Safari & Hot Air Balloon tour • Conversation about Serengeti poaching • Game-viewing drives
You can rise early for an optional Sunrise Safari & Hot Air Balloon Ride tour, and then meet up with the rest of the group during our daily game-viewing excursions. We'll also hear about poaching in the Serengeti and how it impacts surrounding "buffer zone" communities.
Meals: B,L,D | Serengeti Tented Camp
ADVENTURE HIGHLIGHT
On Days 7-10, spend four nights in O.A.T.'s private tented camp in the heart of the Serengeti, and sleep under a star-filled African sky.
DAY 10 • Serengeti game-viewing drives
Serengeti means "endless plain" in the Maasai language and-as you'll discover when we journey across this vast land during morning and afternoon drives, we'll see everything from lion, cheetah, and giraffe to zebra, topi, and eland.
Meals: B,L,D | Serengeti Tented Camp
ADVENTURE HIGHLIGHT
On Day 12, meet the students of a local primary school in the village of Karatu, supported in part by Grand Circle Foundation.
DAY 11 • Serengeti • Ngorongoro Crater
Set off for Ngorongoro Crater, the largest unflooded caldera in the world. There's considerable movement of animals in this area, and the landscape is surprisingly green and lush. We'll enjoy a game-viewing drive and lunch in the crater before transferring to our lodge in Karatu.
Meals: B,L,D | Ngorongoro Farm House Valley Lodge or similar
DAY 12 • Ngorongoro Highlands & Karatu • GCF visit: Local school • Iraqw village
Spend time with the children and teachers of a local primary school-supported in part by 
Grand Circle Foundation-and learn more about education in Tanzania. Then, visit an Iraqw village, where we'll be welcomed into the home of a tribe member. We gather for a Farewell Dinner this evening.
Meals: B,L,D | Ngorongoro Farm House Valley Lodge or similar
DAY 13 • Arusha • Conversation about Tanzania's disabled population • Return to U.S.
Learn about the treatment of Tanzanians with physical disabilities during a conversation at Shanga House-a crafts workshop largely run by locals with physical handicaps. Then, you'll have a day room available until we transfer to the airport for our flights to the U.S. or to begin The Spice Island of Zanzibar post-trip extension.
Meals: B,L | Moivaro Lodge (day room) or similar
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OPTIONAL EXTENSIONS
Choose to maximize your discoveries and value when you add a pre- or post-trip extension-or both to your adventure.
Foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro: Maasai Visits & Game Drives
PRE-TRIP: 3 nights from $1,295
Discover the Maasai village of Sinya and camp within the 45,000-acre private game reserve that runs along Tanzania's and Kenya's shared border, where you'll explore the foothills of iconic Mount Kilimanjaro.
IT'S INCLUDED
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3 nights accommodation
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8 meals-3 breakfasts, 3 lunches, and 2 dinners
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5 small group activities
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Services of a local Extension Guide
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Gratuities for your Extension Guide, local guides, drivers, and luggage porters
Learn more at www.oattravel.com/unx-kilimanjaro-2026
Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve
PRE-TRIP: 4 nights from $2,895
Explore the wild beauty of Masai Mara National Reserve, where rolling grasslands yield to breathtaking views of the distant Great Rift Valley escarpment. Enjoy exclusive game-viewing drives in this 45,000-acre private camp, where legendary wildlife abounds.
IT'S INCLUDED
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Roundtrip airfare between Nairobi and the Masai Mara
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4 nights accommodation
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11 meals-4 breakfasts, 4 lunches, and 3 dinners
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Up to 7 game-viewing drives
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Services of an English-speaking O.A.T. Extension guide, as well as step-on local guides
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Gratuities for your Extension Guide, local guides, drivers, and luggage porters
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All park fees
Learn more at www.oattravel.com/unx-masaimara-2026
The Spice Island of Zanzibar
POST-TRIP: 5 nights from $2,295
This destination is only available as a trip extension
Once known as the "Spice Islands," the Zanzibar archipelago sits 25 miles off the Tanzanian coast. Explore its unique heritage in Stone Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site; visit a spice plantation; and immerse yourself in Zanzibar's kaleidoscope of cultures and unique wildlife.
IT'S INCLUDED
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Airfare between Arusha and Zanzibar, and Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam
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5 nights accommodation
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11 meals-5 breakfasts, 3 lunches, and 3 dinners
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6 small group activities
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Services of a local O.A.T. Trip Experience Leader
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Gratuities for local guides, drivers, and luggage porters
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All transfers
Learn more at www.oattravel.com/unx-zanzibar-2026