Your African safari begins when you step off the plane in Kilimanjaro, where you will be met by our professional ground team, guided by Professor Charles Swai. Enjoy a cold drink and a smooth, comfortable ride in our private, customized Land Cruiser, where it’s just a 35-minute trip to our Mount Meru Village home: Nyumbani, as “Nyumbani” means “home” in Swahili. Ombeni’sguests are considered family VIPs, and you will experience what we know about Tanzania as if you were our family.

With family and friends waiting, music on the stereo, a fire in the fireplace and tea and cocktails upon arrival. This estate is only six bedrooms, welcoming you as a rustic, intimate oasis tucked away in a tropical plantation, and the perfect place to unwind after your flight. Arusha is only three degrees south of the equator, but its 4,500-foot elevation encourages floral luxuriance and gentle breezes with birds and monkeys jumping around.

The sixth largest national park in Tanzania, Tarangire National Park is well-known for its vast herds of elephants, lions, cheetahs, leopards, and buffalo. Your driver and guide is a highly-trained wildlife expert whose ability to spot animals and birds, along with his knowledge of the species you see, will fascinate you.

Your second day in Tarangire National Park features morning and afternoon game drives through the savanna grasslands. Enjoy panoramic views of baobab and acacia trees as you encounter the largest elephants in Africa, as well as elands, zebra, and Cape buffalo that congregate around the waterholes. Between and after game drives, you’ll relax at the award-winning Tarangire Treetops Safari Lodge, where you’ll enjoy dinner and another beautiful night’s sleep among the diverse African wildlife.

Tarangire Treetops Safari Lodge is built around a thousand year-old baobab tree. Each of the Treetop Rooms boasts one of the largest bedrooms to be found in any camp or lodge in East Africa, and all are stilted above ground, enabling you beautiful views of the surrounding fauna.

Though every experience you’ll have at Treetops Safari Lodge will be memorable, perhaps one of the best experiences will be exploring their dining options. Whether you’re enjoying a lantern-lit dinner in a traditional Boma echoing to the sounds of Maasai chants, or eating poolside by candlelight whilst a wealth of wildlife comes to drink at the Lodge water hole, Treetops creates memories by the minute and in so many differing ways.

We will follow what we call “The Ernest Hemingway Route”. We’ll enjoy one last game drive in Tarangire en route to Lake Manyara National Park, which lies at the base of the Rift Valley escarpment. This small park is surprisingly diverse, ranging from groundwater forests to grassy plains, to the alkaline Lake Manyara itself.

Oldeani is a 5-star colonial lodge located on a picturesque hill with spectacular views onto Oldeani Mountain and the Ngorongoro Crater Rim. The lodge is elevated with 360-degree views that extend all the way to Lake Eyasi and Lake Manyara, and the property is set on 40 acres of pristine lush green gardens and local vegetation with over 130 species of birds.