5-Day Tanzania Safari through Tarangire Serengeti and Ngorongoro

• The early morning drive from Moshi to Tarangire National Park takes approximately 4 hours.
• Once at the gate, you will register, and we will begin our mid-morning game drive. Tarangire National Park contains various habitats, from grasslands and woods to low hills, scrub, and swampland in the south. Tarangire is southeast of Lake Manyara and is well known as the home of elephants, where it is not unusual to hear of hundreds of sightings in a day. It is also home to the mystical baobab trees, the elephants' favourite food. Other wildlife includes waterbucks, impalas, wildebeest, zebra, and buffalo. The predators most commonly spotted here are lions and hyenas.
• You will also spot the stunning birds of East Africa, from the Fire Finch to the African Fish Eagle. The Tarangire River cuts through the park and connects to Lake Burunge in the west; it is the key to life in the dry season, when much of the migration congregates here.
• We will stop at one of the many viewpoints in the park for a picnic lunch and then enjoy an afternoon game drive.

Overnight and dinner at Haven Campsite - camping.

• After breakfast at the lodge/campsite, we will drive through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area towards the Serengeti plains, taking approximately 4 to 5 hours. As we transit through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, the opportunity for game viewing is endless.
• The Serengeti is one of Tanzania's oldest and largest national parks, covering an area of 14,763 square kilometres. The park is a World Heritage Site, with the earth's largest concentration of plains game - mainly wildebeest and zebra - which are especially abundant during the annual migration.
• The population of plains game also includes buffalo, giraffe, and warthog, as well as a wide range of antelopes, including Thomson's and Grant's gazelle, dik-dik, bushbuck, eland, and impala. Apart from Ngorongoro, the Serengeti is one of the best places to see predators in action. Predators include large clans of hyenas, lion prides, cheetahs, and the hardest to spot, leopards.
• We will have a picnic lunch in the park before an afternoon game drive and then head to the lodge/campsite.

Overnight and dinner at Nyani Campsite - camping.

• After an early breakfast, we will begin a full day's game viewing in the northern Serengeti. This is the best time to get excellent views of the animals as they wake up and head out into the day.
• Apart from the wildlife mentioned above, you may be lucky enough to see other scavengers, including jackals and vultures.
• Some 520 bird species can also be spotted here, including storks, ostriches, and many more.
• We will enjoy a picnic lunch, followed by a full afternoon and early evening game drive.

Overnight and dinner at Nyani Campsite - camping.

• Tea and coffee will be served in the early morning before a sunrise game drive.
• We will return to the campsite for brunch before leaving the park. Plenty of wildlife can still be spotted as we head back through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area towards the crater rim.
• You will have plenty of opportunities to view more game en route.

Overnight and dinner at Simba Campsite - camping.

• We will have breakfast at the campsite before descending into the 600-meter-deep Crater. The Crater has a 19-kilometre diameter, making it one of the world's largest unbroken and unflooded calderas.
• The park covers approximately 300 square kilometres, where the landscape ranges from lush rainforest on the rim to bush savanna and acacia woodland.
• Ngorongoro is home to the highly endangered black rhino and the largest herds of wildebeest, zebra, and buffalo. Predators also live in the Crater, and there is plenty of opportunity to spot a hunt here. The main predators in the Crater include lions, hyenas, cheetahs, jackals, and serval cats.
• We will enjoy a picnic lunch before leaving the Crater, where plenty of wildlife can still be spotted.
• We will begin our drive back to Moshi in the late afternoon.