5-Day Tanzania Safari with Tarangire, Ndutu and Ngorongoro Crater

You will be picked up from the airport by a Lion King representative and transferred to your accommodation in Arusha, where you will relax, overnight, and prepare for the adventures to come. Arusha Planet Lodge, nestled in the heart of Arusha, will captivate you with the natural beauty of the Tanzanian landscape as you await your safari adventure.

In the morning, you will be picked up from your lodgings in Arusha by our personal safari guide. We set out for Tarangire National Park on a good tarmac road across gently rolling Maasai plains with scattered acacia trees. As we travel, we'll pass many Maasai in their colourful dresses walking along the roadside, riding bicycles, herding cattle, and driving donkey carts.

Tarangire, well known for its large elephant herds, is also home to a multitude of other creatures. From the open roof of our state-of-the-art safari jeep, we'll experience the seasonal swamps, savanna, and life-giving Tarangire River. Expect to encounter a variety of wildlife, from zebra, wildebeest, buffalo, elephant, and giraffe to, if luck is on our side, lions stalking prey or leopards relaxing in the trees above.

After our extensive game drive, taking in the varied sights and sounds of the wilderness, we will drive you to your accommodation for dinner and your overnight stay.

After breakfast, we leave Karatu and enter the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. We will proceed across the Ngorongoro Highlands to the Ndutu area, where we'll begin the game drive for the day with special attention to the great migration.

The great migration herds gather close to the Lake Ndutu area between Serengeti and Ngorongoro from December to April, where they find fresh food and big predators waiting for them. From January, this is also the beginning of the calving season for wildebeests.

Early in the morning after breakfast, we will enjoy the last game drive in the Ndutu area. Late in the afternoon, we will proceed to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

This UNESCO World Heritage Site was formed millions of years ago by the massive explosion of a volcano once higher than Kilimanjaro. It is 610 m deep and covers roughly 304 sq km. The area has a dense animal population of approximately 25,000 ungulates.

After a final game drive in Ndutu, you will drive to your accommodation at the crater rim for dinner and your overnight stay.

After breakfast, we will descend into Ngorongoro Crater for a game drive with a picnic lunch. Ngorongoro Crater is a must-see while on safari in Tanzania because of its high density of wild animals.

We will be able to see wildebeest, zebra, gazelle, elephant, and, if we are lucky, black rhino through the grass. In the afternoon, we will drive back to Arusha.