5-Day Tanzania Wildlife Safari through Tarangire Serengeti and Ngorongoro

Start with a two-hour drive to Tarangire National Park from Arusha, located southeast of Arusha Town, with your Tanzanian guide. At the park, enjoy game drives and a picnic lunch before continuing to Mto Wa Mbu for the night. Tarangire covers an area of 2,850 sq km and is famous for its large number of elephants and baobab trees. The park takes its name from the Tarangire River, which crosses the park and attracts many animals as the only source of water during the dry season, making it an easy place to spot different species gathering together. The Tarangire ecosystem is also defined by the long-distance migration of wildebeests and zebras.

After breakfast, you will be picked up from the camp and driven to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Ngorongoro Crater is the world's largest volcanic caldera. It is about 20 km wide and approximately 600 m deep, and is known for its great variety of wildlife, including the Big Five, as well as various hot springs that attract animals such as wildebeests, gazelles, reedbucks, and different bird species. Here, you will enjoy game drives and a picnic lunch before being driven back to Lilac Tented Camp for an overnight stay.

After breakfast, you will be driven to Serengeti National Park through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Enjoy some game drives here before an overnight stay at Serengeti Heritage Camp. Serengeti National Park in northern Tanzania is known for its massive annual migration of wildebeest and zebra. In search of new pastures, these herds often move north from their breeding grounds in the grassy southern plains. Many cross the marshy western corridor's crocodile-infested Grumeti River, while others veer northeast to the Lobo Hills, home to black eagles.

After breakfast, you will be picked up from the camp for morning game drives, followed by a picnic lunch and more game drives in the afternoon.

From here, you will be taken to Mto Wa Mbu for an overnight stay.

After breakfast, you will be picked up from the camp and taken to Lake Manyara National Park.

Enjoy morning drives and a picnic lunch, after which you will be driven back to Arusha. Located on the way to Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti, Lake Manyara National Park is worth a stop for its groundwater forests, bush plains, baobab-strewn cliffs, and algae-streaked hot springs, creating an excellent combination of ecological variety that makes it rich in wildlife. The alkaline soda of Lake Manyara is also home to an incredible array of birdlife that thrives on its brackish waters. Pink flamingos stoop and graze by the thousands, appearing as colourful specks against the grey minerals of the lakeshore. While here, you can also watch the famous tree-climbing lions of the park.