
5 Day Explore Tanzania Safari Year End Special
A 5-day Serengeti Ngorongoro safari with Tarangire and Lake Manyara
Overview
5-day Serengeti Ngorongoro safari
Starting in Tarangire and ending at Lake Manyara, our 5-day Serengeti Ngorongoro safari covers the northern circuit in one short trip.
This is a tour from December 25 to 29, 2019 to the best of the Northern Park of Tanzania for “Serengeti”. The parks are home to small and large animals including birds and reptiles. You will also visit Lake Manyara and Ngorongoro Crater, and enjoy, experience nature, wildlife, and habitat of the fauna and flora in the natural areas.
Travel logistics
Start / Finish
Start
- Arusha
- JROKilimanjaro International Airport
Finish
- Arusha
- JROKilimanjaro International Airport
Highlights
What Makes This Safari Special
Witness the Great Migration herds
Descend into the Ngorongoro Crater
Search for tree-climbing lions
Flamingo-lined soda lakes
Explore Serengeti National Park
Explore Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Day by Day
5-day Serengeti Ngorongoro safari itinerary
You will be picked up from the airport/Arusha by your driver-guide and drive to Tarangire for a full day game drive. You will spend overnight at the lodge/camp.
Tarangire National Park Descriptions:
The Park Located slightly off the main safari route, Tarangire National Park is a lovely quiet park in Northern Tanzania that is most famous for its elephant migration, birding and quiet authentic safari atmosphere. The majority of travelers to the region either miss out Tarangire altogether or venture into the park for a matter of hours leaving parts of Tarangire virtually untouched. The park is famous for its huge number of elephants, baobab trees and tree climbing lions. Visitors to the park can expect to see any number of residential zebras and wildebeests in addition to the less common animals. Other common animals include waterbuck, giraffe, and olive baboons.
You will have breakfast at the camp and depart after breakfast for Serengeti National Park via the Ndutu area where you will see the great migration.
Serengeti National Park Descriptions:
Tanzania's oldest and most popular national park, also a world heritage site and recently proclaimed a 7th worldwide wonder. The Serengeti is famed for its annual migration, when some six million hooves pound the open plains, as more than 200,000 zebra and 300,000 Thomson's gazelle join the wildebeest’s trek for fresh grazing. Yet even when the migration is quiet, the Serengeti offers arguably the most scintillating game-viewing in Africa: great herds of buffalo, smaller groups of elephant and giraffe, and thousands upon thousands of eland, topi, kongoni, impala and Grant’s gazelle.
After breakfast follows a full game drive in the central Serengeti, home of big cats, lions, leopard, and cheetahs. You will have a picnic lunch and in the evening goes back to the camp for a campfire, shower and overnight stay.
Serengeti National Park Description:
A million wildebeests, each one driven by the same ancient rhythm, fulfilling its instinctive role in the inescapable cycle of life: a frenzied three-week bout of territorial conquests and mating; survival of the fittest as 40km (25 mile) long columns plunge through crocodile-infested waters on the annual exodus north; replenishing the species in a brief population explosion that produces more than 8,000 calves daily before the 1,000 km (600 miles) pilgrimage begins again.
After breakfast, depart Serengeti drive to Ngorongoro for the game drive in the Ngorongoro crater. Late in the afternoon, you will drive back to the lodge.
Ngorongoro Conservation Area Description:
The jewel in Ngorongoro's crown is a deep, volcanic crater, the largest unflooded and unbroken caldera in the world. About 20kms across, 600 meters deep and 300 sq km in area, the Ngorongoro Crater is a breathtaking natural wonder. We will visit Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the southwestern corner, which is one of the main features of the crater. A large number of flamingos, hippos and other water birds can usually be seen here.
We depart for a morning game drive at the Lake Manyara National Park, with picnic lunch. In the evening, we drive to Arusha to drop you off to your hotel booked by your own arrangements.
Lake Manyara National Park Descriptions:
Manyara provides the perfect introduction to Tanzania’s birdlife. More than 400 species have been recorded, and even a first-time visitor to Africa might reasonably expect to observe 100 of these in one day. Inland of the floodplain, a narrow belt of acacia woodland is the favored haunt of Manyara’s legendary tree-climbing lions and impressively tusked elephants.
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Where You Stay
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Retreats
Every lodge and camp is chosen for its location, character and comfort, so the place you rest is as memorable as the adventure itself.
What's Included
Inclusions & Exclusions
Included
- Park fees
- All activities (unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation as stated in the itinerary
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation (unless labeled as optional)
- All Meals (as specified in the day-by-day section)
- Drinking water on all days
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
Not Included
- International flights (from/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips (tipping guideline US$20.00 pp per day)
- Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Travel insurance and medical repatriation
Questions
Frequently Asked
The price covers park fees; all activities (unless labeled as optional); all accommodation as stated in the itinerary; a professional driver/guide; all transportation (unless labeled as optional). Budget separately for international flights (from/to home); additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour; tips (tipping guideline US$20.00 pp per day). Your personalized quote confirms the full breakdown line by line.
This safari runs year-round. Tanzania shifts between dry and green seasons, each with its own advantages for wildlife viewing. Share your travel window and our experts will advise on conditions.
This is a private, tailor-made safari for your own party of 2 to 12 guests. You won't be grouped with strangers. The itinerary, vehicle and guide are yours alone.
You'll stay at Serian Tarangire Camp, Olkarien Eco Safari Lodge and Ngorongoro Farmhouse Lodge, as laid out in the day-by-day itinerary. If availability requires it, we substitute properties of a similar or better standard and always confirm before you travel.
Send an inquiry through the form on this page and our safari experts will come back with a personalized quote within 24 hours, free and with no obligation. Once the plan feels right, we lock in your dates and lodges.
Absolutely. Treat the 5-day program as a starting point. We can adjust the pace, upgrade or change lodges, add days, or combine it with other destinations. Tell us what your ideal trip looks like and we'll shape it around you.
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