5 Days Best of Tanzania Safari

5 Days Best of Tanzania Safari

On this 5 Days Best of Tanzania Safari you explore Tanzania’s most iconic national parks – Serengeti National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, Tarangire National Park and Ngorongoro Conservation Area where you will see Africa’s heavyweights including the Big Five – lion, leopard, rhinos, buffaloes and elephants among other wildlife species.

Highlights of 5 Days Best of Tanzania Safari

Day 1: Arrival, Transfer to Lake Manyara national Park Game Drive and Guided Walking Safari

Day 2: Drive to Serengeti National Park, Game Drive

Day 3: Full Day Game Drive in Serengeti National Park

Day 4: Ngorongoro Crater Drive

Day 5: Tarangire National Park Game Drive and Departure Later

Detailed Itinerary of 5 Days Best of Tanzania Safari

Day 1: Arrival, Transfer to Lake Manyara national Park Game Drive and Guided Walking Safari

On arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you shall be picked by our company representative and your driver-guide, he will brief you about the safari and then proceed to transfer to Lake Manyara National Park.

On arrival in the park, you will enjoy a game drive giving you an amazing introduction to the Tanzania wildlife. After a picnic lunch, embark on a game drive and later a guided nature walk and get closer to the natural surroundings in the park including animals like giraffes, elephants, zebras among others. You will also the beautiful views around the park and visit the beautiful Lake Manyara, where you will flocks of flamingoes on the shores as well as other bird species.

Later you will go for a guided nature walk for a closer encounter with wildlife including zebras and giraffes. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation: Heritage Manyara Safari Lodge.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 2: Drive to Serengeti National Park, Game Drive

Enjoy an early breakfast at the lodge as you prepare for your transfer to Serengeti National Park.

After lunch at one of the picnic sites, you will engage in a late afternoon game drive as you search for wildlife species in the endless savannah plains such as the Big Five like elephants, lions, leopards, buffaloes and rhinos among others. Also, enjoy the beautiful scenery such as the Kopjes where lions can be seen as they watch their prey. You will proceed to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation: Central Serengeti Tanzania Bush Camp.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 3: Full Day Game Drive in Serengeti National Park

After early breakfast at your lodge, you will head out for a morning game viewing experience around the central region of Serengeti National Park where you will search for wildlife species like lions, leopards, cape buffaloes, wildebeests, baboons, zebras, cheetahs, impalas, gazelles, kudu, rhinos among others.  After enjoying your picnic lunch in the wilderness, you will engage in an afternoon game drive around Serengeti plains as you lookout for wildlife species and later return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay as above.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 4: Ngorongoro Crater Drive

After breakfast at your lodge, you will be driven to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. With your packed lunch boxes, descend 600 meters into the Ngorongoro Crater for amazing wildlife viewing opportunities and to enjoy the beautiful scenery, including the Big 5 – lions, leopards, cape buffaloes, elephants and rhinos as well as other animals like giraffes, zebras, warthogs among others. After the game drive, you will proceed to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation: Hhando Coffee Lodge

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 5: Tarangire National Park Game Drive and Departure Later

Today is the last day of your 5 Days Best of Tanzania Safari. You shall enjoy breakfast at the lodge and with your lunch boxes, drive to Tarangire National Park for an amazing half day wild game viewing experience.

Tarangire National Park is famous for large herds of elephants and the landscape dotted with the iconic baobab trees. During the game drive, lookout for other animals like zebras, giraffes, lions, large herds of elephants which Tarangire is famous for.

3 Days Tarangire Wildlife Safari
3 Days Tarangire Wildlife Safari

Enjoy lunch in the wilderness and another game viewing opportunity as you leave the park driving back to Arusha where you will be dropped off at the hotel or at the airport to catch your flight back home or to your next destination.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

End of 5 Days Best of Tanzania Safari

Price Includes

  • Airport transfers
  • 4×4 safari land cruiser with pop up roof
  • Accommodation per itinerary
  • Meals as per itinerary B=Breakfast, L=Lunch and D=Dinner.
  • Services of an English speaking guide
  • National park entrance fees as per itinerary.
  • Mineral Water while on safari.
  • Crater fees and concession fees
  • Government taxes

Price Excludes

  • All flights
  • Visas and related costs
  • Personal expenses like Alcoholic drinks, beverages, tips, laundry, telephone calls and other items of a personal nature
  • Optional excursions and activities not listed in the itinerary
  • Anything else not included in the itinerary
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