You'll spend your first night in Arusha, resting up for your push into the bush the next day, when you go to Lake Manyara National Park. You won't scale the famous mountain, but you'll hopefully catch a glimpse of some tree-climbing lions, and definitely spend one there. The next two nights are passed in the legendary Serengeti National Park, conducting game drives by day. Next you'll go to the animal haven of Ngorongoro, a natural caldera, where you will spend a further two nights in official park accommodation. That's six nights on the ground in Tanzania before returning home via Arusha and Amsterdam.
Flights depart from New York City.
The minimum number of passengers per departure is four, although they don't all have to come from your party. That tacks on another six nights, doubling your African stay, and sends you to both Kenya and Tanzania. Again, all your ground transportation and game drives are included, as are most of your meals, all of your lodging, and your airfare. Safari drives are like fishing trips in that, except for the zealous, there can be diminishing returns, so if you can only afford the six-night option, you aren't missing out on anything but additional iterations of the same fabulous experience. These packages are good at various departure dates from April 1 to June 30.