5-Day Tanzania Wildlife Safari through Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro

Get picked up from your hotel in Arusha at 8 am.

Set out across the Great Rift Valley to Lake Manyara National Park for a full-day game drive. The park is small in dimension, covering 205 sq. miles, and is well known for its lush acacia forest, giant figs, and mahogany trees. Giraffes, elephants, impalas, baboons, blue monkeys, hippos, tree-climbing lions, flamingos, the ground hornbill, and the Crested Eagle are among the inhabitants residing there.

During this day, some extra tours can be covered, including a bike tour or a boat excursion.

Transfer to the camp in the afternoon for dinner.

After an early breakfast, depart towards the most famous national park in the world, the Serengeti.

Drive up the crater highlands, making a quick stop at the rim for a view of Ngorongoro Crater. As you progress towards the Serengeti, you will discover why the name means "endless plains" in the local language. The park covers 6,900 sq. miles (18,000 sq. km) and is home to the Great Migration, 2 million wildebeests, hundreds of thousands of zebras, and all kinds of antelopes, including the abundant impalas and Thomson's gazelles. Smaller animals like foxes, mongoose, honey badgers, jackals, monkeys, baboons, rock hyrax, and African hares, together with more than 500 species of birds, also inhabit this park.

On the way to the park, you will have the option to stop for a visit to Olduvai Gorge, a famous place where Dr Louis and Mary Leakey discovered the remains of the first man who walked on Earth. Here, you can learn about the archaeological digs and geologic characteristics of the gorge through a short lecture.

Spend a full day in Serengeti National Park.

The day will be flexible and arranged in accordance with your preferences. For instance, you could do a morning game drive, return to the camp for lunch and relaxation, and finish with an afternoon game drive, or you could do a full-day game drive with a picnic lunch.

Wake up super early in order to go for an early morning game drive, when the animals are more active, and witness one of the best sunrises that can be experienced.

After the game drive, return to the camp for a rewarding brunch and then proceed to Ngorongoro, the 8th wonder of the natural world. The crater spreads for 102 sq. miles and has 2,000 ft high walls, making it virtually Noah's Ark and home to almost every species of wildlife solely indigenous to East Africa. It's one of the very rare locations on the whole continent where you can witness the Black Rhino.

Reach Ngorongoro almost in time for sunset.

Start the day early and descend to the crater floor for an incredible morning of wildlife.

After the game drive, there will be time for a picnic lunch near the beautiful hippo lake, followed by another short game drive.

Ascend the crater and exit Ngorongoro Conservation Area towards Arusha.

You are expected to be back in Arusha around 5 pm, although the arrival is flexible.