5 Days Tanzania Budget Safari Serengeti, Ngorongoro & Tarangire
This is a 5-day private camping tour accompanied by a guide/driver and the chef. This budget tour is a camping bestseller. It takes you around the famous north circuit parks. The Ngorongoro Crater is the highlighted park with its beautiful landscapes and surreal view of the crater and it is easier to see animals as it is a crater floor. The Tarangire is like a smaller Serengeti but famous for the many numbers of elephants. This tour gives you adequate time in the parks.
We will pick you up from the airport and transfer you to Tulia Spa & Boutique. A city sightseeing tour comes as part of the excursion for day 1. The city excursion will involve visiting the local markets, Maasai market, cultural heritage and Arusha City Museum.
Accommodation
Budget: Tulia Spa & Boutique
Meal Plan: Breakfast included
WiFi
Swimming Pool
Laundry Service
Restaurant
Wildlife Area
Day 2
Arusha to Tarangire National Park
We will pick you up from your hotel at 8:00 am and after being familiar with the guide, chef and other clients, we will drive to Tarangire National Park (2 hours drive) famous for its diverse landscape. The park is particularly known for the abundance of ancient baobab trees and having the largest concentration of elephants in the whole country. It provides unique chances to observe the interactions between elephant families. We will do a game drive through the park depending on where they are reported sightings of animals (mostly predators, lions, cheetah and leopards as they are harder to spot) as herbivores (giraffes, wildebeest, zebras, etc. are plenty to see through the park).
Later on, we will go to the Tarangire River picnic site and enjoy the beautiful view of the river and animals while having lunch. Small monkeys and baboons will try to scare you off your lunch but there is nothing to worry about. After lunch, proceed with the game drive and exit the park at around 4:30 pm.
Accommodation
Luxury: Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast included
WiFi
Swimming Pool
Laundry Service
Restaurant
Wildlife Area
Day 3
Serengeti Plains
Be one of only a few fortunate people to glide in a Hot Air Balloon over the Serengeti Plains (available at supplementary cost by pre-arrangement). The balloon floats silently above the awakening bush while you spot wildlife and enjoy the fantastic scenery of Africa and across rivers.
We will take an after-breakfast game viewing drive along the Seronera River Circuit, which loops into the plains south of the Seronera River and is suitable for possible sightings of lions, Thomson gazelles, topi, ostriches, and cheetahs. We will enjoy a relaxed picnic lunch at the center in the shade of the giant acacia trees.
In the afternoon, we will follow the Kopjes Circuit, which goes anti-clockwise around the Maasai Kopjes and usually attracts several lions and some formidably giant cobras. Kopjes are weathered granite outcrops scattered around the plains, most are miniature ecosystems, providing shade and drinking water in pools left in the rock after the rains. This makes the kopjes particularly good for spotting wildlife in the dry seasons – including lions, which like to lie in wait for animals coming to drink!
Accommodation
Luxury: Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast included
WiFi
Swimming Pool
Laundry Service
Restaurant
Wildlife Area
Day 4
Serengeti – Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast, we will do a half-day game drive into the Serengeti and then depart for Ngorongoro Conservation Area. We will stop at Olduvai Gorge, which boasts a history dating back to the dawn. It was here that the anthropologists Drs. Lois and Mary Leakey discovered the skulls of the ’Nutcracker Man’ and ‘Handy Man,’ both significant links in human evolution.
We arrive at the camp in time for sunset and spend the evening leisurely.
Driving Distance: 145 / km (2 hrs)
Accommodation
Luxury: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast included
WiFi
Swimming Pool
Laundry Service
Restaurant
Wildlife Area
Day 5
Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast, we descend at 6:00 AM into this magnificent crater for a full-day game drive. The Ngorongoro Crater is one of the world’s most densely crowded African wildlife areas and is home to an estimated 30,000 animals, including some of Tanzania’s last remaining black rhinos. Supported by a year-round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro Crater supports a wide variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants. Another big draw card to this picturesque is its vast population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs, and the ever-elusive leopard. We will enjoy a picnic lunch on the crater floor.
Accommodation
Luxury: Ngorongoro Oldeani Mountain Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast included
Day 6
Tarangire National Park
After breakfast, we depart for the Tarangire National Park. The park runs along the line of the Tarangire River and is mainly made up of low-lying hills on the Great Rift Valley floor. Its natural vegetation primarily consists of Acacia woodland and giant African Baobab trees, with huge swamp areas in the south. During Tanzania’s dry season, the river and the swamps act like a magnet for wild animals. The Tarangire is reputed to contain some of the largest elephant herds in Africa. This African National Park is also home to three rare species of animals – the Greater Kudu, the Fringed-eared Oryx, and a few Ashy Starlings. After a picnic lunch, we do an afternoon game drive.
Driving Distance: 45 / km (30 mins)
Accommodation
Luxury: Maramboi Tented Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast included
Day 7
Transfer From Tarangire – Arusha
We will enjoy breakfast at the lodge, then head to a Maasai village for a cultural tour. We will then transfer back to Arusha or the airport to our next destination.
Driving Distance: 120 / km ( 2 hrs )
End of 7 Days Best Luxury Tanzania Safari
Accommodation
No Accommodations
Meal Plan: Breakfast included
End of Tour
Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost
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