5-Day Serengeti and Ngorongoro Wildlife Safari with Budget Camping

• On arrival at the airport, you will be transferred to your hotel by our representative.

• Attend a trip briefing at the hotel or lodge in the evening.

• The rest of the day will be free. There are no excursions planned for this day, so you may reach Arusha at any time.

Accommodation: Outpost Lodge
Meals included: Breakfast

• After breakfast at your hotel, you will be picked up by our driver-guide to depart for your safari. There is no bad time to visit Serengeti, as every season has its own special highlight - even the rainy season has daily thunder and lightning to look forward to. The changing seasons and light patterns create a beautiful backdrop for viewing Africa's majestic and incredible wildlife.

Accommodation: Serengeti Public Campsite
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

• After breakfast, go for game viewing drives along the Sogore River Circuit, which loops into the plains near the Seronera River and is good for possible sightings of lions, Thomson gazelles, topis, ostriches, and cheetahs.

• The Visitor Centre, close to Serengeti Seronera Lodge and the public campsites, is worth a visit after the morning's game drive. This nicely designed centre offers interesting wildlife displays as well as a gift shop selling information leaflets and maps of the area. It also has a shop where cold drinks and snacks can be purchased, along with a picnic area and an information trail up and around a nearby kopje. We will enjoy a relaxed picnic lunch at the centre in the shade of the giant acacia trees.

• In the afternoon, follow the Kopjes Circuit, which goes anti-clockwise around the Maasai Kopjes and usually attracts a number of lions and some formidably large cobras. Kopjes are weathered granite outcrops scattered around the plains, and many of them are miniature ecosystems that provide shade and drinking water in pools left in the rock after the rains. This makes the kopjes particularly good for spotting wildlife in the dry seasons, including lions that come there to hunt.

Accommodation: Serengeti Public Campsite
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

• Enjoy a morning game drive in central and southern Serengeti.

• Then drive toward the Ngorongoro Crater rim via the Olduvai area. You can visit a Maasai village in the Olduvai area as an optional activity, with extra fees payable. The Maasai people who inhabit Kenya and northern Tanzania are semi-nomadic. Traditionally, they were pastoralists famous for their fearsome reputations as warriors and cattle rustlers. You can spend some time interacting with the villagers and learn about their lifestyle and culture.

• In the late afternoon, proceed to your camp located on the crater rim for relaxation and your overnight stay. The world-famous Ngorongoro Crater lies at the eastern edge of the Serengeti in northern Tanzania. Nearly three million years old, the ancient caldera of the once-volcanic Ngorongoro shelters one of the most beautiful wildlife havens on earth, ringed with towering walls and sheltering forests, grasslands, and fresh springs.

Accommodation: Ngorongoro Public Campsite
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

• Leave very early in the morning for game viewing in Ngorongoro Crater.

• Descend into the Ngorongoro caldera to see wildlife on the crater floor. The Ngorongoro Crater is often called "Africa's Eden" and the "8th Natural Wonder of the World". Witness large herds of zebra, buffalo, antelope, and wildebeest grazing nearby while sleeping lions laze in the sun. At dawn, the endangered black rhino returns to the thick cover of the crater forests after grazing on dew-laden grass in the morning mist.

• Leave the crater late in the afternoon and drive back to Arusha for departure.

End of tour.