4-Day Northern Tanzania Safari from Moshi with Serengeti and Ngorongoro

• Meet your tour guide, who will pick you up from your hotel or the airport. After a short briefing, set off for Lake Manyara National Park. This small park stretches along the 600 m-high Rift Valley escarpment and is dominated by the alkaline Lake Manyara. Many water birds gather at the lake, and more than 400 bird species are found in the park. The diverse vegetation provides habitat for many animals, such as monkeys in the forest, giraffes and antelopes in the grasslands, and elephants around the acacia trees. If you are very lucky, you might also see the Manyara lions lounging in the trees.
• Leave Lake Manyara National Park in the afternoon and head to a 3-star lodge, where you will spend the night.

• Have breakfast, then drive towards the fertile crater highlands, where farmers grow wheat, corn, and coffee.
• Pass the Ngorongoro Crater before reaching the plains of Serengeti National Park around midday. The Serengeti is the largest park in Tanzania and has a diversity of habitats and landscapes, including short-grass plains, savannah, thick bush, swamps, mountains, and lakes. Bizarre rock formations called Kopjes dot the grassy landscape, where predators are often seen. Depending on the season, you will witness the migration of thousands of animals for which this park is famous. During the short rainy season in November and December, the herds move from the hills in the north to the plains in the south. During the longer rainy season from April to June, they return north. This circle of life is completely dependent on the yearly rainfall, and the locations of the herds may vary from year to year, but your guide will know where to find the animals and where to see them best.

You will spend the night at a 3-star lodge.

• Join an early morning game drive, as dawn is the perfect time to watch wildlife.
• Return to the camp for breakfast before heading out for another game drive in the park. Here in the Seronera region, you will often see wildebeests and zebras near lions and other predators such as leopards and cheetahs. After a picnic lunch, continue your journey towards the Ngorongoro Crater.
• Reach the crater rim and enjoy fantastic views of this 600 m-deep collapsed volcano.

You will spend the night at the 3-star lodge on the crater edge.

• Have an early breakfast, then drive down the steep and narrow road that takes you into the crater. The slopes are forested, but soon the landscape changes to savannah. Here, the wildlife is just breathtaking, and with a little luck, you can observe the 'Big Five' - lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino and leopard - in just a few hours.
• See warthogs, wildebeests, zebras, hippos, and some of the more than 500 bird species in the area. After a morning dedicated to game viewing and a picnic lunch, leave the crater in the early afternoon and drive back to Moshi, where you will arrive in the early evening.