Tanzania · Safari

5-Day Tanzania Wildlife Safari to Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater

5 Days Round trip from Arusha Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Witness the vast African wildlife across Tanzania's famous national parks
  • 02 Visit the famous 2000-ft-deep Ngorongoro Crater
  • 03 Spot Africa's Big Five: elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo, and rhinoceros
  • 04 Enjoy multiple game drives through national parks and wildlife reserves
  • 05 Watch the exciting Wildebeest Migration in Serengeti National Park
  • 06 See Lake Manyara's seasonal wildlife and rich birdlife

Embark on an incredible wildlife safari to Tanzania's world-famous national parks, including Tarangire, Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, and Lake Manyara. Participate in multiple game drives to spot lions, hartebeests, buffalos, zebras, giraffes, elephants, reedbucks, and a wide variety of bird species. Also witness the thrilling Wildebeest Migration and encounter the Big Five across some of the country's most celebrated safari landscapes.

Ngorongoro Conservation Area, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979, is a glorious landscape filled with about 25,000 animals, including ungulates, the Big Five, and other large mammals.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 5 Days
Tour type Shared
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Included · Standard
Transport Included
Wheelchair access Not applicable
Cities Arusha, Moshi, Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Lake Manyara, Tarangire National Park
Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

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Day 01

Arusha/Moshi to Tarangire National Park Safari

  • After breakfast, connect with your tour guide, who will pick you up from your hotel in Moshi or Arusha and transfer you to Tarangire National Park for a game drive.
  • A picnic lunch will be offered in the afternoon.
  • Then, proceed with the game drive until evening.
  • Head to the camp or lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Tarangire National Park shelters the largest herds of elephants. Its unique baobab trees, which harbour the African python, create mesmerizing sights and make Tarangire a popular safari destination. The park also hosts a large variety of colourful bird species.

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Day 02

Tarangire to Serengeti National Park

  • After breakfast, depart for Serengeti National Park for a full day of game viewing focused on the Great Migration.
  • Lunch boxes will be offered.
  • In the evening, head to your campsite in the centre of Serengeti for dinner and an overnight stay.

Serengeti is blessed with the jaw-dropping spectacle of the Great Migration, and the presence of the Big Five - lion, African leopard, eastern black rhino, African buffalo, and savanna elephant - makes it a truly outstanding park.

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Day 03

Full-Day Game Drive in Serengeti

  • After breakfast at the camp, spend the whole day game driving around Serengeti National Park.
  • Have a hot lunch in the afternoon at your camp or lodge.
  • Then, continue game driving until late hours before heading back to camp for dinner and an overnight stay.

Characterized by grasslands with scattered trees, rock outcroppings, wetlands, and rivers, the Serengeti hosts a diversity of wildlife found nowhere else on earth. It is widely argued that the wildlife in Serengeti is one of the top reasons Tanzania has consistently been voted the best safari country in the world. In addition to being home to the Big Five - lion, African leopard, savannah elephant, eastern black rhino, and African buffalo - you will also encounter diverse herbivore inhabitants.

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Day 04

Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater

  • After breakfast at the camp, head to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area for a full day game drive around the crater.
  • Enjoy a picnic lunch.
  • In the evening, ascend from the crater and continue to a campsite or lodge in Karatu for dinner and an overnight stay.

Ngorongoro Conservation Area, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979, is a glorious landscape filled with about 25,000 animals, including ungulates, the Big Five, and other large mammals. It is also one of the best places to spot critically endangered animals such as black rhinos, golden cats, and wild hunting dogs. The soda ash lakes are among its unique features, containing alkaline water that supports many water birds, especially flamingos.

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Day 05

Lake Manyara National Park and Departure

  • Today, depart for Lake Manyara National Park after breakfast at your camp or lodge.
  • In the afternoon, have a picnic lunch.
  • Later, drive back to your hotel in Moshi or Arusha.

Lake Manyara is highly famous for its tree-climbing lions, with lots of fascinating bird species spotted in and around the soda lake. More than 400 species can be found in the park, and even unenthusiastic bird-watchers will find something to watch and marvel at here.

Tarangire National Park baobabs, Serengeti National Park grasslands and rock outcroppings, Ngorongoro Crater soda ash lakes

Where this trip takes you

Tarangire National Park baobabs, Serengeti National Park grasslands and rock outcroppings, Ngorongoro Crater soda ash lakes

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Arusha 6 cities · 5 Days

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • Park fees
  • All accommodation as shown in the itinerary
  • Professional tour guide driver
  • All meals as specified in the itinerary
  • All transportation expenses
  • TANAPA fees
  • Drinking water

What's Not Included

  • Tipping for staff members (driver/guide)
  • Medical insurance
  • All beverages at the camp or lodge
  • Travel insurance
  • Visa
  • All accommodation before and after the safari
  • All accommodation not mentioned in the itinerary

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Moshi/Arusha
Tour start
Arusha, Tanzania
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 5 days finish where they began, in Arusha.

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