9-Day The Grand Tanzania Premium Safari - Lemala Lodges Experience
Premium Safari Tours

Scheduled flight time: Approx. 1–1.5 hours. Main focus: Scenic bush flight, wildlife sightings on arrival. The day’s main experience is Fly to Serengeti - Begin Your Safari in Legendary Lands, with the starting time matched to local conditions and the confirmed itinerary. The day is paced around the confirmed flight, with realistic time for check-in, luggage and the road transfer on either side.

Scheduled travel time: Game drives within the park. Main focus: Full-day guided safari through diverse landscapes. The morning starts in Explore the Serengeti, with The Land of Endless Wonders as the final point on today’s route. The route crosses open plains, seasonal grasslands and scattered kopjes. Plains game, elephants and predators may be seen, while the location of migratory herds changes with rainfall and cannot be guaranteed.

Scheduled travel time: Early morning balloon safari and short game drive. Main focus: Sunrise hot air balloon ride, champagne breakfast, afternoon at leisure. Preparations for Serengeti by Air - Balloon Safari & Relaxation begin at the confirmed meeting point, followed by the main activity at a measured pace. The route crosses open plains, seasonal grasslands and scattered kopjes. Plains game, elephants and predators may be seen, while the location of migratory herds changes with rainfall and cannot be guaranteed.

Scheduled travel time: Approx. 5–6 hours with game drive en route. Main focus: Morning safari and scenic transition to the highlands. From Serengeti to Ngorongoro is the starting point for today’s journey to Changing Landscapes, Constant Wonder. The day links the Serengeti plains with the cooler Ngorongoro highlands, passing grassland, volcanic slopes and broad viewpoints along the way. Wildlife may be encountered en route, but timing remains flexible and follows current conditions.

Scheduled travel time: Full day game drive in crater and return. Main focus: Big Five safari inside the caldera. The Ngorongoro landscape combines a forested rim with grassland, wetlands and soda-lake habitat on the crater floor. Wildlife can be diverse, but the guide reads conditions carefully and keeps every sighting patient and responsible.

Scheduled travel time: Approx. 3–4 hours. Main focus: Scenic transfer, relaxing afternoon, and evening game drive. The morning starts in Ngorongoro to Tarangire, with Baobabs and Elephants Await as the final point on today’s route. Inside Tarangire, baobab woodland and the river corridor create varied habitat. Elephants, giraffes, zebras, antelope and predators may be encountered, and your guide chooses roads according to current conditions rather than promising particular sightings.

Scheduled travel time: 45 Minutes to Arusha after safari. Main focus: Guided morning safari, farewell drive through the bush. The morning starts in Return, with Arusha as the final point on today’s route. Inside Tarangire, baobab woodland and the river corridor create varied habitat. Elephants, giraffes, zebras, antelope and predators may be encountered, and your guide chooses roads according to current conditions rather than promising particular sightings.

Scheduled travel time: Approx. 1 hour to Kilimanjaro International Airport. Main focus: Private transfer for international flight or Zanzibar extension. The final travel arrangements begin from the confirmed hotel, lodge or meeting point, with timing built around the scheduled flight or onward transfer. Travel logistics take priority today, while clear weather may offer a final aerial view of the coast, highlands or plains below. On the 9-Day The Grand Tanzania Premium Safari - Lemala Lodges Experience, this is the main focus of day 9.