5 DAY ( Tarangire , Serengeti & Ngorongoro Crater ) SAFARI
Safari Overview
This five-day safari to Tanzania’s Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, and Tarangire Park offers Spend a fantastic day of wildlife viewing in Tanzania’s top national park. We stop for a picnic lunch in the African bush throughout the day. The Big Five of Africa (lion, leopard, rhino, elephant, and buffalo) as well as a dizzying array of other animals should be visible here.
On your guided Tanzania lodge safari, see three of the top safari parks in the well-known Northern Tanzania Safari Circuit. During the course of just five days, embark on 4×4 game drives in the renowned Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, and Tarangire National Park.
A memorable safari through Africa that includes Tanzania’s animals, scenery, and cultural attractions.
Tarangire National Park, renowned for its sizable elephant populations, is the first stop on our Tanzania safari tour. In a specialized 4×4 safari vehicle with a pop-up canopy for optimal vision, we tour the animal park. We pause for a picnic lunch in the African wilderness on our wildlife drive.
Many antelope species, wildebeest, giraffes, zebras, lions, and buffalo are among the many wild creatures that may be seen in Tarangire. The 2600km2 national park is characterized by undulating grasslands scattered with baobab and acacia trees. We travel to our first overnight stop at a tented safari resort outside the park after our animal safari in Tarangire National Park.
We stop to take in the breathtaking vistas of the Ngorongoro Crater before entering the Ngorongoro Conservation Reserve. We travel down the outer slopes of the Ngorongoro Crater’s rim into the wide-open grasslands of the Serengeti. We pass through remote Maasai settlements where they live as pastoralists throughout this rocky trip.
This safari is intended for Serengeti Park exploration. We start out with breakfast at the cozy tent camp before departing in our 4×4 for an action-packed Serengeti Safari.
Explore the Details Itinerary
Day 0: Arrival
Arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO), where you will meet a Kilimanjaro Joyful Adventures representative, and transfer to the hotel under the rate. The hotel will provide all the essentials for a comfortable stay
Day 1: Tarangire game drive
Today you will drive to Tarangire for a full day game drive. One of Africa’s little-known gems. The landscape is incredibly diverse with a mix that is not found anywhere else on the northern safari circuit it is dotted with ancient baobab trees & large termite mounds & the Tarangire River is the only source of water during the dry season when the harsh sun suck the moisture from the landscape, baking the earth a dusty red while during the wet season you will experience dense bush & luscious high grasses. Famous for its large elephant population, it is also home to zebra, wildebeest, giraffe, water buck,baboons, & impala. Predators include lion, cheetah & leopard. The swamps are shared by flocks of birds green wood hoopoes, lovebirds, tallish herons, white bellied go-away birds & giant kingfishers. On drier ground you will find the kori bustard & the heaviest of the flying birds; the ostrich.
Day 2: Serengeti National Park via Ngorongoro Conservation Area
After breakfast, we left Karatu around 8:30 am. It was a short drive to the entrance of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Due to the fog, the visibility was limited, so we didn’t stop at the crater viewpoint on the south side of the crater. We drove past Rhino Lodge, where we would return for our final night’s stay.
Day 3: Serengeti National Park
At dawn, it was not as quiet with the chirping of the birds, and Kasturi got up around 6 am. By the time I joined her, the sun was already out, and it was good to sit at the back of our tent and listen to the sound of nature.
When we met Benno for breakfast, he asked if we heard the lions past midnight and before dawn. Our first sighting of the day would be this pride of lions, a short drive from our campsite.
It was the biggest group we had seen in the last few days, with several cubs. Serengeti has about 3000 lions and 300 prides spread across 14,750 square kilometres.
We continued our drive and saw a big herd of elephants in the distance. Benno said that this group might be closer to the road later in the day, and we might have a better chance of seeing them close.
Day 4 :Serengeti National Park
I again slept through the night and didn’t hear anything, while Kasturi and Benno shared stories of hearing the lions at night. It was our final day in the Serengeti, and as per the permit, we were supposed to cross the Naabi Hill checkpoint by 1 pm.
Day 5: Ngorongoro to Arusha or Airport
We woke up at 5 am and went to the dining area for breakfast. The breakfast is typically served at 6 am, so we had to request a 5:30 am breakfast.
We were in the car by 6 am and drove to the Ngorongoro Crater Seneto Gate. We missed the sunrise by a few minutes, but it was a beautiful view of the sun rising over the mountains with the fog covering the crater.
The crater is 610 m deep, covers about 260 square kilometres, and has different ecosystems (grassland, swamps, forest, etc.) with thousands of animals
and hundreds of species. Our main goal for today was to see a Rhino.
Price Include & Exclude
Includes
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- Full board (breakfast, lunch & dinner) accommodation.
- All game drives viewing in a custom built 4x4 Safari Land Cruiser
- All park and entrance fees
- Transportation with 4x4 vehicles with viewing roofs
- Professional English speaking driver/guide during the safari.
- Bottled water in safari vehicles
- Ngorongoro Crater car supplement fee
- Transfers to and from the airport
- Current Government taxes and levies
- 24-Hour support during the safari from our office in Moshi.
Excludes
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- Internal or International flights
- Balloon excursion (US$600 pp)
- Entry visa to Tanzania.
- Travel and health insurance
- Gratuities to your guide, hotel staff, and porters
- Meals, drinks, and excursions not described in the itinerary
- Any other items of a personal nature, laundry, telephone and postage
- Item of personal Nature
