5-Day Shared Tanzania Safari with Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater

You'll depart from Arusha in the morning and drive to Tarangire National Park to discover the true enormity of the deserted termite mounds and historic baobab trees. Giant herds of African elephants dominate the golden savannah, and screeching flocks of the striking yellow-collared lovebird may be heard from miles away.

The flora and fauna roaming the scenic landscape of Tarangire include lions, giraffes, warthogs, ostriches, impalas, cheetahs, mongooses, buffaloes, and baboons. You will spend your first night at the comprehensive tenting centres provided, and dinner may be served at night.

After breakfast, we leave for Serengeti National Park. If you are fortunate, you may come across unusual wildlife along the way as we pass through the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater.

Tanzania's oldest and most visited national park is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is now branded as one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The Serengeti is renowned for the annual migration of the herds and its ever-growing wildlife population.

We will enjoy a picnic lunch on one of the kopjes (rock outcroppings). Our game drive will continue further into the park, and after the drive, we proceed to the Serengeti, where comprehensive tenting facilities and a tasty meal will be provided.

We will begin our day with an early morning game drive in the central Serengeti. The savannah is an active landscape, and the air is filled with the melodies of birds as the first daylight begins to illuminate the entire landscape.

Your guide will observe the prints on the ground to track predators. Later, we will journey to the camping area near the rim of the crater, where dinner and comfortable tenting facilities will be provided.

Few safari destinations produce an experience equal to the Ngorongoro Crater, where wildlife viewing is truly effortless. Most animals remain within the crater because of its high walls, making this an ideal location to see every member of the Big Five in a single day.

We will enjoy a wonderful picnic lunch inside the crater. This unfilled caldera is home to hyenas, hippos, zebras, wildebeest, and an impressive variety of waterbirds.

Your guide will share information about the animals, flora, and the hidden wildlife found here. In the late afternoon, we drive to Mto wa Mbu for your overnight stay and dinner.

Main accommodation options are based on the client's choice: public campsite, tented campsite, or lodge. Water is included with all meals, while other drinks are not included.

On our last day of the tour - we know you'll wish it were longer too - we will experience the beauty of Lake Manyara National Park. After an early breakfast, we begin our game drive early enough to spot the Big Five mammals.

Nestled at the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment, Lake Manyara National Park offers picturesque yet varied scenery. During the day, we will enjoy the shrubbery of the golden savannah, flowing rivers, and extraordinary wildlife.

We will eat our picnic lunch in the heart of this beautiful park. The soda lake and surrounding savannah support a wide range of habitats, contributing to the park's rich variety of flora and fauna.

With over 400 species of remarkable birds, several of them migratory, Lake Manyara National Park is a birdwatcher's paradise. The park is also home to the mythical tree-climbing lions, as well as powerful water buffalo, large African elephants, towering giraffes, graceful impalas, and big hippos.

In the late afternoon, we leave Manyara and continue to Arusha to end our safari. Along the way, visitors will enjoy lovely scenery as we drive past Maasai bomas, baobab woodland, and rolling savannah plains on the road back to Arusha.