5-Day Tanzania Camping Safari with Serengeti and Ngorongoro

• Meet your guide in Arusha and drive to the scenic Lake Manyara National Park.

• Enjoy a safari penetrating deep into the park to spot some of the exotic birds that live here, as well as smaller primates like baboons and blue monkeys.

• Take pictures of the elephants, hippos, wildebeest, impalas, and giraffes that you may come across. If you are lucky, you might even see some carnivorous inhabitants, such as leopards and lions.

• Marvel at the diverse landscape changing from lush acacia woodlands to grassy floodplains as you approach the lake, where colonies of flamingos and other waterfowl can be found.

• Leave the park and head to your campsite in the small town of Mto wa Mbu. The evening can be spent lounging at the pool or bar before dinner.

The night will be spent in the camp.

• Leave early in the morning after breakfast and continue towards the fertile highlands, where wheat, coffee, and corn are grown by the Iraqw people.

• Pass through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, where you will be able to see the breathtaking Ngorongoro Crater before travelling onwards to Serengeti National Park.

• Reach Serengeti National Park around midday. It is the largest park in Tanzania.

• Enjoy a safari tour of the park and admire the diverse landscapes and habitats it features, such as grassy plains, swamps, lakes, savannah, and mountains.

• Experience the biggest wildebeest and zebra migration, depending on the season.

Have dinner and stay overnight in the Seronera area in central Serengeti.

• Explore Serengeti National Park.

• Take a closer look at where the migrating herds are to be found. Their exact location differs yearly as they migrate according to the rainfall, but your guide will know where you will be able to see them best.

• Try to spot leopards, cheetahs, and lions.

• Return to your campsite in the Seronera area.

Have dinner and stay overnight at the campsite.

• Set out on another game drive in the Serengeti before continuing towards the Ngorongoro Crater.

• Explore the 600-meter-deep, unbroken caldera and take in the fantastic, awe-inspiring views of the collapsed volcano.

• Spot various animals like wildebeests, zebras, gazelles, warthogs, and hippos.

• Move to the crater's edge, where your campsite lies, offering a breathtaking view of the sun slowly setting over the crater.

Dinner and overnight stay at your campsite.

• Head down the forested slopes into the crater on a steep and narrow path.

• Marvel at the crater floor, which is covered with grass and acacia trees, along with some small wooded areas.

• Try to spot the Big Five - lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino, and leopard.

• Admire the other animals present in the crater area as well, including wildebeests, zebras, gazelles, warthogs, hippos, and more than 500 species of birds.

• Enjoy a picnic lunch in the crater.

• Return to Arusha, where you will arrive by early evening.

That will conclude your tour.