This 5 Days Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater Safari is one of the best Tanzania safari tours to book for a Tanzania wildlife safari any time of the year. This 5 Days Tarangire, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro Crater Safari take you to the northern circuit of Tanzania’s most sought after Tanzania national parks including Tarangire National Park famous for large elephant herds and baobab trees, Serengeti National Park famous for the endless plains with a diversity of wild game, as well as Ngorongoro Conservation Area otherwise commonly known as Ngorongoro Crater Tanzania famous for the Ngorongoro crater itself that inhabits all the big 5 animals and well over 25,000 animals.
Looking for a typical wildlife safari in Tanzania? Book this 5 Days Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater Safari.
Detailed Itinerary of the 5 Days Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater Safari
Day 1: Pick up and drive to Tarangire National Park
On day 1 of the 5 Days Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater Safari, you will be picked up from your hotel after breakfast and your guide will welcome you for the safari. Have a short brief and after that you shall start your journey to Tarangire National Park, the third largest national park in Tanzania with huge herds of elephants and baobab trees. You will engage in a game drive around the national park as you look out for various wildlife species such as elephants, zebras, cheetahs, lions, buffalos, leopards, and cheetahs among others. You will have your lunch ahead of your drive to Karatu where you will check in at your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Twiga Lodge and Campsite for Budget, Heart and Soul Lodge for Mid-range, and Mbali Mbali Tarangire River Lodge for Luxury.
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Drive to Serengeti National Park, Game Drive
On the 2nd day of the 5 Days Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater Safari, after breakfast at the lodge, you shall transfer to Serengeti National Park for a wild game viewing experience. You will engage in a game drive around the national park and look out for wildlife species such as wildebeests, lions, leopards, elephants, giraffes, zebras, and buffalos among others. Your dinner and overnight will be at the lodge.
Accommodation: Tukaone Serengeti Camp for Budget, Central Serengeti Tanzania Bush Camp for Mid-range, Seronera Wildlife Lodge for Lower-Luxury
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Full day Game Drive in Serengeti National Park
On the 3rd day of the 5 Days Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater Safari, after a morning breakfast at your lodge, you will explore Serengeti National Park during a morning and afternoon game drive as you search for wildlife species around the endless savannah plains such as elephants, wildebeests, hippos, giraffes, zebras, gazelles, impalas, kudu, hippos, cheetahs, lions, leopards among others. You will have lunch after visiting Serengeti National Park as you prepare for another game drive around the national park. You will later return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay as above.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Optional Activity: Hot air balloon @550$ per person
Day 4: Early Morning Game Drive, Drive to Ngorongoro, Crater Rim Walk
On the 4th day of the 5 Days Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater Safari, wake up to an early morning game drive in Serengeti National Park and get to watch the park come to life. Look out for wild, game that you may have otherwise missed the previous day including nocturnal animals like leopards, and cheetahs, among so many others. Enjoy breakfast, and proceed on a transfer to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, all the while enjoying game viewing en-route, punctuated with a packed lunch picnic.
Enjoy a crater rim walk in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, coming up close to nature and admiring the amazing scenic highlands of the area. Thereafter, drive to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Eileen’s Tree Inn for Budget, Hhando Coffee Lodge for Mid-range, Ngorongoro Oldeani Mountain Lodge for Lower- Luxury
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater Drive, Departure
Wake up to a sumptuous breakfast at the lodge, and then head out to the world’s largest inactive caldera inhabiting over 25,000 animals. You will enjoy a safari in Ngorongoro crater where you will visit the world’s largest active caldera which is also home to numerous wildlife species such as such as the big 5 as well as wildebeests, zebras, hippos, cheetahs, antelopes, elands, impalas, gazelles, waterbucks, hartebeests among others.
You will also descend about 600 meters into the Ngorongoro crater. You will enjoy seeing attractions like Lake Magadi where you will see flamingos along the shores of the lake as well as hippos. After this experience, you will drive to Arusha and be dropped off at your hotel of stay or airport for your flight.
End of 5 Days Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater Safari
Price Includes
- Transportation as per itinerary, in a safari 4×4 safari land cruiser with pop-up roof
- Accommodation per itinerary
- Meals during the safari
- Services of a literate English-speaking driver/guide
- National park entrance fees as per itinerary.
- Excursions & activities as per itinerary
- Crater and concession fees
- Drinking water in the safari vehicle
- Government taxes
Price Excludes
- International Flights
- Visas and related costs.
- Personal expenses like Drinks, tips, laundry, telephone calls and others.
- Optional excursions and activities not listed in the itinerary
- Tips and souvenirs
