Tanzania · Safari

5-Day Camping Safari in Tanzania with Serengeti and Ngorongoro

5 Days Round trip from Arusha Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Drive through the beautiful landscapes of Lake Manyara with savannah trees, baobab trees, and seasonal marshes
  • 02 Enjoy an extensive game drive with a picnic lunch at Hippo Pool in Ngorongoro
  • 03 Watch the magnificent sight of the wildebeest migration
  • 04 Marvel at the endless plains of the Serengeti

This 5-day Tanzania camping safari takes you through three of northern Tanzania's most celebrated wildlife destinations: Lake Manyara, Serengeti National Park, and the Ngorongoro Crater. Travel through beautiful landscapes of savannah trees, baobab trees, and seasonal marshes, enjoy extensive game drives, and look out for a wide range of animals across the parks. From the endless plains of the Serengeti to the wildlife-rich floor of Ngorongoro Crater, the tour offers breathtaking wildlife views and landscapes throughout your holiday in Tanzania.

You might expect to see the 'Big Five' in one day.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 5 Days
Tour type Shared
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Included · Budget
Transport Included
Wheelchair access Yes
Cities Arusha, Moshi, Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Lake Manyara
Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

1
Day 01

Arusha to Lake Manyara National Park

  • The first day of your 5-day camping safari in Tanzania starts with the drive to Lake Manyara. Nestling at the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment, the park is recognized for its incredible beauty. You can see many game animals, such as buffalo, elephants, giraffes, impalas, and hippos.

Overnight at a public campsite at Lake Manyara.

Lunchbox and dinner included.

2
Day 02

Lake Manyara to Serengeti National Park via Olduvai Gorge

  • After breakfast, you start on your way to Serengeti National Park. A picnic lunch will be provided. On the way, you will stop at the Olduvai Gorge, where anthropologists Louis and Mary Leakey made many significant discoveries, contributing to the theory that human life originated in Africa.
  • After stopping for your picnic lunch on a kopje (rock outcropping) in Serengeti, you will continue further into the park and go on a game drive.

Overnight at Seronera Public Campsite in Central Serengeti.

All meals included.

3
Day 03

Full-Day Game Drives in Serengeti National Park

  • Halfway through your 5-day camping safari tour in Tanzania, you will head out on an early morning game drive to see nocturnal predators returning from hunting and animals waking up in the early morning light, followed by a day filled with more drives around Serengeti. Depending on the time of year and the migration of the herds, you can expect to see wildebeest, lions, elephants, giraffes, zebras, monkeys, baboons, hippos, rhinos, antelopes, and many birds and other species.

Overnight at Seronera Public Campsite in Central Serengeti.

All meals included.

4
Day 04

Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater Game Drive

  • After breakfast, we will proceed to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and descend into the crater for a wonderful game drive, with a picnic lunch, inside the Ngorongoro Crater, considered a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Very few animals migrate in and out of the crater. With its 2000 ft. high walls, the Ngorongoro Crater has the highest wild animal density worldwide. Among the species are lions, elephants, giraffes, zebras, hippos, flamingos, jackals, rhinos, antelopes, and many other species. You might expect to see the 'Big Five' in one day.

Overnight at Simba Public Campsite at Ngorongoro.

All meals included.

5
Day 05

Ngorongoro Crater Rim Nature Walk and Return to Arusha

  • In the morning, when the morning mist has cleared away, depending on the weather, you go on a nature walk at the northern crater rim of Ngorongoro Crater, inhabited by buffaloes, elephants, baboons, monkeys, and different species of birds. Escorted by a ranger or Maasai guide, you follow animal paths through the dense bush.
  • Afterwards, you return to Arusha in the early afternoon to finish your 5-day safari camping tour.

Breakfast and lunchbox included.

Lake Manyara National Park savannah and baobab trees, Serengeti National Park plains, Ngorongoro Crater rim

Where this trip takes you

Lake Manyara National Park savannah and baobab trees, Serengeti National Park plains, Ngorongoro Crater rim

The route

Where you'll travel

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

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • Transport in a modified 4WD Land Cruiser or Land Rover with a photographic roof
  • Services of a professional safari guide and chef
  • All wildlife reserve entry fees
  • All camping gear (please come with your own sleeping bags)
  • 3 meals a day during the trip
  • All game drives, as mentioned
  • Transfer from the airport and drop-off
  • All taxes and VAT
  • Drinking water while on safari (2 litres per person per day)
  • Concession/camping fees

What's Not Included

  • International airfare and flights
  • Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
  • Gratuities for safari guide and camp staff
  • Travel insurance
  • Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and beverages at the camp
  • Government-imposed increases in taxes or park fees

What to bring

  • The ideal clothes to pack for your safari are casual in nature, loose-fitting, and lightweight so as to keep you cool and dry.
  • Shoes.
  • Hats and sun protection.
  • Insect repellant.
  • Medication.
  • Cameras, binoculars, travel adaptors, and laptop.
  • Other stuff.

Know before you go

  • Don't cut your trip too short.
  • Wildebeest have their own clocks.
  • Tailor your travels.
  • Set aside money for tips.
  • Carry a credit card for parks and ATMs, and cash for everywhere else.
  • Tanzanian time.
  • A safari is about so much more than just spotting the 'Big 5'.

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Moshi, Tanzania
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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Estimated room rates

Single Room $970.00 — $1,170.00
Double Sharing $970.00 — $1,170.00

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