6 Day Classic Tanzania Safari – Tarangire, Serengeti, Ngorongoro & Lake Manyara
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Tour Plan
Your safari starts with a morning pick-up from your hotel in Arusha. Drive to Tarangire National Park, famous for its huge elephant herds and iconic baobab trees. Enjoy a full-day game drive with picnic lunch, spotting elephants, lions, and other wildlife around the Tarangire River.
Highlight: Large elephant herds, baobab trees, and scenic landscapes.
Accommodation:
Budget: Panorama Campsite
Meals: Lunch & Dinner
After breakfast, depart for Serengeti National Park via the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Enjoy game viewing en route and an afternoon game drive in Serengeti’s central plains. Expect to see lions, cheetahs, wildebeests, and zebras.
Highlight: Witness the Great Migration herds (seasonal) and big cats.
Accommodation:
Budget: Seronera Campsite
Meals: Full Board
Spend the entire day exploring Serengeti’s wildlife-rich plains. Depending on the season, follow the migration or search for predators in Seronera Valley. Picnic lunch in the wild.
Optional Activity: Hot Air Balloon Safari (additional cost).
Highlight: Following the migration and predator action.
Accommodation:
Budget: Seronera Campsite
Meals: Full Board
Early morning game drive in Serengeti before heading to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Optional stop at Olduvai Gorge for a cultural-historical tour (extra cost). Arrive at the lodge/campsite on the crater rim for overnight.
Highlight: Sunset over the Ngorongoro Crater.
Accommodation:
Budget: Simba Campsite
Meals: Full Board
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Descend early into Ngorongoro Crater for a half-day game drive in this UNESCO World Heritage Site. Spot the Big Five, including the rare black rhino. After lunch, ascend the crater and drive to Mto wa Mbu town, near Lake Manyara, for overnight.
Highlight: Big Five sightings in the world’s largest unbroken caldera.
Accommodation:
Budget: Fanaka Campsite or Similar
Meals: Full Board
After breakfast, enter Lake Manyara National Park for a game drive. Explore its groundwater forests, open floodplains, and spot tree-climbing lions, elephants, and large flocks of flamingos. After lunch, drive back to Arusha, marking the end of your safari.
Highlight: Tree-climbing lions, flamingos, and rich birdlife.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Included & Exclude
- All park entry fees
- 4x4 private safari vehicle with a pop-up roof
- All meals during safari (full board)
- Professional driver guide
- Camping fees
- Camping gear (tent, mattress, table and chair)
- Bottled drinking water during game drives
- Transfers (arrival and departure)
- Flights
- Tanzania visa fees
- Tips & personal expenses
- Optional activities (Hot Air Balloon, Olduvai Gorge tour)
- Personal nature
