5-Day Tanzania Private Safari through Serengeti and Ngorongoro

You will depart from Arusha after being picked up in the morning. Following a short briefing, you will head in the direction of Tarangire National Park. The park, with its savannah, baobab trees, and seasonal swamps, is home to huge elephant herds.

Animals gather at the life-giving Tarangire River, and you should see a selection of mammals ranging from giraffe, bushbuck, and hartebeest to zebra and warthog. The park is also home to buffalo, zebra, and wildebeest, which are always closely followed by a range of predators such as lions. Leopards are seen now and then, but cheetahs are rarely spotted.

From the open roof of the safari vehicle, you will be able to absorb the landscape and watch the animals. In the late afternoon, you will leave the park and head to the nearby Kizumba campsite, where you will spend the night.

After breakfast, you will continue toward the fertile highlands, where the Iraqw people grow wheat, coffee, and corn. As you pass through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, you can enjoy breathtaking views of the Ngorongoro Crater.

You will travel onward to Serengeti National Park, which you will reach by midday. Serengeti National Park is the largest in Tanzania, with diverse landscapes and habitats that include grassy plains, swamps, lakes, savannah, and mountains.

Here, a giant wildebeest and zebra migration takes place, and depending on the season, you will have the opportunity to witness thousands of animals in their search for nourishment. You will spend the night in the Seronera area in Central Serengeti at Nyani campsite.

After breakfast, we head towards Serengeti National Park via the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Leaving the highlands behind, we 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.

We continue to the central park area, known as the Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park. It features the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife representative of most of the Serengeti's species.

We arrive in time for lunch and enjoy an afternoon game drive in Serengeti National Park, followed by dinner and an overnight stay at a camp.

Early in the morning, you will head down the forested slopes into the crater on a narrow, steep path. The crater floor is covered in open grassland with the occasional acacia tree and two small wooded areas.

Teeming with wildlife, the crater allows you to see many animals in a short period of time. You might even be able to tick the "Big Five" - lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino, and leopard - off your list. Other animals present in the crater area include wildebeest, zebra, gazelle, warthog, hippo, and more than 500 species of birds.

You will spend the entire morning exploring the park. After a picnic lunch in the crater, you will return to Mto Wa Mbu, arriving by early evening for dinner and an overnight stay at Kizumba campsite.

Today, you will drive to Lake Manyara National Park. This small park is a paradise for serious and amateur bird lovers, as it is home to over 400 species of birds, including flamingos, pelicans, storks, and cormorants.

Many mammals, such as bushbuck, waterbuck, wildebeest, zebra, baboon, monkey, lion, and leopard, can be seen roaming the forest and the acacia-dotted plains of the park. You will have an unhindered view of the surroundings, as the safari vehicle's roof can open up to allow you the best angle for photography.

After an extensive game drive in the park, you will leave in the afternoon. You will arrive in Arusha at around 5 PM.