5-Day Private Wildlife Safari in Tanzania with Serengeti and Ngorongoro

The journey

Trip highlights

• 01 Visit the famous 2000 m deep Ngorongoro Crater
• 02 Spot Africa's Big 5: elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo, and rhinoceros
• 03 Enjoy multiple game drives through Tanzania's wildlife reserves
• 04 Watch the exciting wildebeest migration in Serengeti National Park

Embark on an incredible wildlife safari through some of Tanzania's world-famous parks, including Tarangire, Serengeti National Park, and the Ngorongoro Crater. Enjoy multiple game drives across vast plains, forests, and conservation areas while looking out for lions, hartebeests, buffalos, zebras, giraffes, elephants, rhinoceros, and a wide variety of birdlife. This journey also offers the chance to witness the exciting wildebeest migration in the Serengeti and explore one of the world's most sought-after safari destinations.

This journey also offers the chance to witness the exciting wildebeest migration in the Serengeti and explore one of the world's most sought-after safari destinations.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 5 Days

Tour type Private

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Included · Standard

Transport Included

Wheelchair access Yes

Cities Arusha, Moshi, Mount Kilimanjaro, Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Lake Manyara, Tarangire National Park

Languages English, French

Day by day

The itinerary

1

Day 01

Arrival in Arusha

• Upon arrival at Arusha or Kilimanjaro Airport, your Wide Range of African Safaris guide will pick you up and transfer you to your hotel in Arusha or Moshi, Tanzania.
• Settle into your accommodation, relax, and get used to the African atmosphere.

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Day 02

Scenic Drive to Tarangire National Park

• Depart early in the morning from Arusha town and drive across the beautiful and scenic Masai Steppe to Makuyuni Junction. From there, take a left along the Arusha to Dodoma Highway towards Tarangire National Park, a journey that takes about two hours at most.
• Arrive at the park gate at Tarangire, and after your driver has completed the paperwork, begin your game drive almost straight away from the gate to see as many animals and birds as possible. Tarangire is known for its large baobab trees and huge herds of elephants, but there is much more to the park than that. It hosts many migratory large and small animals, as well as abundant birdlife, including some very rare species found almost only in this park, such as the Ashy Starling. Other animals that may be seen include hartebeest, gazelles, elands, leopards, buffaloes, giraffes, lions, dik-diks, impalas, cheetahs, and more.
• Your professional guide will take you to the best wildlife-spotting areas of the park, including the Tarangire River, which is a permanent water source. Later, continue to Manyara or Karatu in the Ngorongoro Highlands for dinner and an overnight stay.

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Day 03

Through Karatu and Ngorongoro to Serengeti

• After breakfast, head towards Serengeti National Park via the beautiful high-lying farmland of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Leaving the highlands behind, descend into the heart of wild Africa, the Serengeti National Park, with its endless plains rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see.
• Continue to the central park area, known as the Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park. The Seronera River provides a valuable water source to this area and attracts wildlife representative of many of the Serengeti's species. Arrive in time for lunch and enjoy an afternoon game drive in Serengeti National Park.
• Reach the Serengeti in the late afternoon for an evening game drive until evening, when you will check in at a camp or lodge for dinner and an overnight stay. Lunch is taken at one of the picnic sites, most likely at Naabi Hill Gate, where you can stretch your legs while your guide completes the registration and relevant paperwork. Dinner and overnight in Serengeti. All meals included.

4

Day 04

Morning Game Viewing in Serengeti and Onward to Ngorongoro

• Early in the morning after breakfast, leave the camp for game viewing in the heart of Serengeti National Park while enjoying the beautiful sunrise. Although the morning can be chilly, continue with the game drive until midday, then return to camp for a full breakfast and lunch, which means a brunch.
• Today, enjoy a half-day exploring wildlife around the Serengeti, an ideal location for marvelling at the annual migration of large herds of animals at this time of year. The Serengeti's endless plains provide an exceptional landscape for wildlife viewing and truly represent the ultimate safari country. Animals often spotted here include wildebeest, elephants, lions, zebras, giraffes, buffaloes, and more.
• Later, leave the Serengeti for the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, enjoying a game drive en route towards the Ngorongoro campsite for dinner and an overnight stay.

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Day 05

Ngorongoro Crater Game Drive and Return to Arusha

• Early in the morning, start the game drive before heading to Ngorongoro. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is a special place because it is a conservation area rather than a national park. This means the whole area is managed for both the animals and the local Masai people. During the drive to Ngorongoro, there is a chance to glimpse something of the Masai way of life.
• After stopping at the entrance gate, where there is an opportunity to learn more about this fascinating volcanic landscape, drive around the rim of the crater itself. From there, look down and see herds of buffaloes or wildebeest.
• Finally, descend into the crater, the floor of the largest unbroken caldera in the world, also called the Ngorongoro Crater. It is home to over 120 species of animals, including the Big Five. Ngorongoro Crater is one of the world's most sought-after safari destinations. It is a particularly good area to see the endangered black rhinoceros enjoying a solitary meal out on the grass plains, as well as large numbers of hippopotamuses enjoying the cool water.
• Spend the whole day on the crater floor during game drives in search of animals that can often be spotted at very close range.
• From the comfort of your vehicle, spot abundant wildlife. Picnic lunch will most likely be taken at the Hippo Poolside Picnic Site, where you can also visit the washroom before continuing with afternoon game drives as you head out of the Ngorongoro Crater.
• Later in the afternoon, drive up the crater rim and out of the park, and your guide will take you to Arusha or Moshi for an overnight stay and preparation for departure.

The route

Where you'll travel

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

• Park fees, government fees, and taxes inclusive of 18% VAT
• Accommodation as stated in the itinerary
• Transport in 4x4 Toyota Land Cruisers
• English-speaking driver-guide
• Meals as stated in the itinerary
• Bottled mineral water throughout the safari
• One night of hotel accommodation in Moshi or Arusha

What's Not Included

• Tips for the driver-guide
• Alcoholic beverages, sodas, and items of a personal nature
• Laundry service
• Pre- and post-safari accommodation in Moshi or Arusha
• Flights
• Travel insurance
• Safari add-ons
• Tanzania visa: $50 per person on arrival; for USA and Canada passport holders, USD 100

What to bring

• Cash

Know before you go

• Visa can be processed at the airport upon arrival.
• For a person who has already been vaccinated, there is no need for a negative RT-PCR certificate.
• The tour price per person decreases as the number of clients increases.
• Wheelchairs are available.
• Special filming and photography are available at an extra cost.
• Travellers can easily arrive and depart by public transport.
• Infants are required to sit on laps (seats are available for private safari).
• Arusha is a city in northern Tanzania and the capital of the region, with a population of 416,442 plus 323,198 in the surrounding Arusha District. Located below Mount Meru on the eastern edge of the eastern branch of the Great Rift Valley, Arusha has a temperate climate. The region is close to Serengeti National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Olduvai Gorge, Tarangire National Park, Mount Kilimanjaro National Park, and Arusha National Park on Mount Meru.

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point

Moshi, Tanzania

Tour start

Arusha, Tanzania

Tour ends at the same location as the start point.