7-Day Honeymoon Beneath the African Sky

Your guide greets you in Arusha with a warm welcome and a gentle briefing, and your honeymoon begins. A scenic drive of about two and a half hours carries you to Tarangire National Park, where your first afternoon game drive awaits.

Tarangire is a land of great elephant herds and baobab trees that have stood for centuries. In the dry season the Tarangire River draws the wildlife down to its banks. Look for elephants, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, buffalo and impala, and perhaps a lion or leopard half-hidden in the shade.

A romantic touch: As the light turns to gold, a sundowner is poured among the baobabs.

After breakfast and a short morning game drive, you journey towards the Serengeti through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. The road climbs through the Ngorongoro highlands, passes Olduvai Gorge, and opens onto the endless Serengeti plains. A picnic lunch is shared along the way.

It is a long day, but a beautiful one, and the wildlife begins to appear as you enter the Serengeti in the late afternoon.

Rise early and meet the sunrise on the plains. The Seronera region is one of the finest places in Africa to watch big cats: lions resting on sun-warmed kopjes, leopards draped through the acacias, cheetahs surveying the open grassland. A packed breakfast is taken in the bush. You then return to camp for a leisurely lunch and a quiet rest before heading out again for an afternoon drive.

A romantic touch: A private candlelit dinner in the bush, beneath a sky crowded with stars (subject to camp and weather).

Begin with a final morning drive in the Serengeti, then travel south to the Ndutu area. This is a wide, open land of short-grass plains, acacia woodland and shimmering soda lakes, lying where the Serengeti meets the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Wildlife accompanies you all the way.

Today belongs to you. Explore Ndutu at your own pace with your private guide. From roughly December to March, Ndutu becomes the heart of the wildebeest calving season, when hundreds of thousands of animals gather, newborn calves take their first steps, and predators follow the herds. In other months the area remains rich in resident wildlife, including lions, cheetahs, hyenas, giraffes and the birdlife of Lake Ndutu.

A romantic touch: A champagne sundowner on the open plains.

After breakfast, leave Ndutu for the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, with game viewing along the way. You arrive at your lodge on the crater rim with time to settle in and take in the view. The afternoon is yours to enjoy at leisure, followed by an intimate dinner for two.

Descend early into the Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the largest unbroken volcanic calderas on earth. The crater floor holds extraordinary concentrations of wildlife: black rhino, lions, hippos, flamingos, elephants, and great herds of wildebeest and zebra.

Enjoy a picnic lunch beside the hippo pool, then climb out of the crater and drive back to Arusha (about 3.5 to 4 hours), arriving in the late afternoon for your onward journey.