Join our 5 days Tanzania safari. Enjoy game drives in Tarangire, across the Serengeti plains and down into the Ngorongoro Crater.
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This 5 days Tanzania safari takes you to some of Tanzania’s best wildlife areas: Tarangire National Park, the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater. In addition, enjoy great game drives and wide landscapes. Visit the Serengeti, where the Great Migration unfolds, then descend into the Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site full of wildlife. Request a quote for this 5 days Tanzania safari and we will adapt it to your dates and group size.
In short, this 5 days safari covers the best wildlife areas of northern Tanzania. First, you visit Tarangire National Park and the Ngorongoro Highlands. Then you travel to the Serengeti, where the Great Migration unfolds. Next, you spend a full day there.
After that, you pass Olduvai Gorge on the way to the Ngorongoro Crater area. Finally, you go down into the crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and return to Arusha. Because the plan is short, each day has a clear goal. Overall, it gives great game drives and wide landscapes.
Locations are approximate. Your route may vary a little with conditions.
Tarangire, the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater
A descent into the Ngorongoro Crater to see wildlife
Lunch in the park on your Tarangire day
Flamingos and water birds at Lake Magadi
Day by Day Plan
Day01As the sun rises, enjoy a hearty breakfast, then set off for Tarangire National Park, a haven for elephants and baobab trees. Also, enjoy a morning game drive followed by a picnic lunch in the park. In the afternoon, travel toward the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and reach a lodge near the crater. The day ends with dinner and the night at the lodge, ready for the Ngorongoro Crater.
Highlight: Elephants and ancient baobabs on your Tarangire game drive.
Day02After breakfast, head to the Serengeti through the green farmland of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Later, leave the highlands behind and descend into the heart of wild Africa. Endless plains roll to the horizon. Drive to the central Seronera area, one of the best places for wildlife in the park. The Seronera River is a key water source, so it attracts most of the Serengeti’s animals. Later in the day, arrive in time for lunch and enjoy an afternoon game drive.
Highlight: Endless plains and the wildlife-rich Seronera area.
Day03Start with an early morning game drive to see nocturnal animals returning from the hunt and lions waking at dawn. Then enjoy a full day of game drives around the Serengeti. What you see depends on the time of year and the Great Migration. Later, you can expect wildebeest, lions, elephants, giraffes, zebras, monkeys, baboons, hippos, rhinos, antelopes and many birds.
Highlight: Dawn game drive and a full day with the Serengeti herds.
Day04Enjoy an early morning game drive, then head for the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Finally, stop at Olduvai Gorge, a place with a history dating back to the dawn of time. Here the anthropologists Dr Louis and Mary Leakey found the skulls of Nutcracker Man and Handy Man. Both are important links in human evolution. In the late afternoon, transfer to your lodge for dinner and the night.
Highlight: Olduvai Gorge, the cradle of human history.
Day05After an early breakfast, go down over 600 metres into the crater to see wildlife. The crater has water and food all year. It supports wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo and giant African elephants. It also has many predators, including lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the elusive leopard. Visit Lake Magadi, a shallow alkaline lake where you can often see flamingos, hippos and water birds. In the late afternoon, transfer to Arusha for dinner and the night, or to the airport for your flight.
Highlight: The crater floor, Lake Magadi and a dense population of predators.
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