7 Days The Scenic Safari

Your journey begins at Legendary Lodge, set within a historic coffee estate on the outskirts of Arusha. Here, sprawling tropical gardens offer a quiet refuge to recharge ahead of your safari — unwind in your private cottage, enjoy your first taste of our exceptional cuisine, and let the pace of Africa begin to take hold.

Your first taste of the wild arrives at Chem Chem Lodge, a sanctuary set amid a palm-dooted oasis within the exclusive-use Burunge Wildlife Management Area. This is the home of the Slow Safari — a place where the pace is yours to set and every experience is shaped by the rhythms of the land around you.

The people of this land are as much a part of the story as the wildlife. Today, step beyond the lodge and into their world — walk or run through the bush alongside a Maasai warrior, or visit a local village to glimpse a way of life shaped entirely by this landscape. As the day winds down, sundowners on the edge of Lake Manyara await.

Surrender to the Slow Safari. The morning is yours — sip a steaming cup of coffee to the sound of birdsong as the sun begins to rise, linger over a bush breakfast beneath the branches of a baobab, take to the pool, or let our therapists’ defts hands work the tension from your body. There's always something worth doing, and equal reason to do nothing at all.

Next, your journey takes you north to the rolling hills of Kogatende, where Songa’s hillside perch invites you to gaze out over one of Africa’s most iconic landscapes. Vintage explorer-inspired and intimate by design, this is your base from which to experience the action of the Great Migration.

Dawn breaks with news of an imminent crossing, your private guide and vehicle primed to trace the herds to the banks of the Mara. The Serengeti rewards patience as hours of stillness erupt into the chaos of crossing — a story to be rehashed around the campfire that evening, and for many years to come.

Your final day in the Serengeti unfolds on the plains, punctuated with a picnic lunch in the shade of an acacia. Soak it all in — look closely, listen carefully, and feel the breeze. Learn the stories of the land from your guide. As the light softens on your final day on safari, raise your glass to the wild and everything it has shown you.