5 Days Tanzania Explorer Safari

5 Days Tanzania Explorer tour itinerary

Day 1: Ngorongoro Conservation Area

After breakfast, collect picnic lunches and drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area for game drives in the crater. Enjoy your picnic lunches in the crater. Descend into the crater (600m) for an in-depth exploration of this distinctive Eco-system. Enjoy abundant wildlife viewing set against the impressive backdrop of the Ngorongoro Crater, the heart of the conservation area. These drives provide one of the best opportunities in Africa to view the rare black rhino, which tend to spend their time on the crater floor. Ngorongoro Crater is one of the world’s greatest natural spectacles; its magical setting and abundant wildlife never fail to enthrall visitors. For lunch, enjoy a picnic next to the hippo pools on the crater floor. Continue with the game drive throughout the various ecosystems of the crater, including woodland filled with zebra and baboon, plains that support scavenging hyena and a lake that is tinted pink with greater and lesser flamingos. Other game that you can see includes leopard, cheetah, hyena, other members of the antelope family, and small mammals. Dinner and Overnight at Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge or similar.

Day 2: Serengeti Game Reserve

After breakfast, collect picnic lunches and drive to Serengeti Game Reserve for full day game drives. The legendary Serengeti Plain is your destination today, a vast rolling plain whose sparse vegetation allows for some of the best wildlife viewing in the world. Throughout the year the Serengeti is excellent for seeing predators such as lion, leopard and cheetah, along with elephant, giraffe, hyena, hippo, rhino, and many varieties of antelopes and birds. You will enjoy a picnic lunch as you drive North of Serengeti. The evening is free to rest. Enjoy your picnic lunches in the reserve. Dinner and Overnight at Seronera Wildlife Lodge or similar.

Day 3: Serengeti Game Reserve

Today we enjoy morning and afternoon game viewing drives on the vast Serengeti plains. In the early morning and evening light, the Serengeti landscape is stunningly beautiful. The Serengeti ecosystem supports the greatest remaining concentration of plains game in Africa, including more than three million large mammals. The park is one that can never disappoint. One is spoilt by the variety of bird and wildlife species in this game reserve. Depending with wildlife movement at different times, we may serve picnic lunch at a picnic site or take hot lunch from our lodge. Dinner and Overnight at Seronera Wildlife Lodge or similar.

Day 04:  Lake Manyara National Reserve

After breakfast you depart for Lake Manyara National Park. Nestling at the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment, a beautiful park, Lake Manyara contains a diverse range of habitats and topographical features ranging from the rift wall, ground water forest, acacia woodlands and open grasslands to the shores of Lake Manyara and the lake itself. Have afternoon game viewing in the park searching for the diverse flora and fauna of the park. There are some 350 different bird species in the park. The park provides sanctuary to a variety of animals such as the gazelle, impala, buffalo, wildebeest, hyena, baboon, giraffe, hippo and the famous tree-climbing lions that are unique to the Lake. The park is generally recognized for its incredible beauty. Dinner and Overnight at Country Lodge Karatu.

Day 5:  Arusha

You leave for Arusha. Here you can explore the city, go shopping for souvenirs or just relax depending with day’s flight. If you want, we can organize an optional program like the visit of a Masai Village or the Snake Park. We can also organize a visit to a local school or orphanage to interact with the children before transferring you to the airport for your flight.

Our package for above arrangements includes:

• 2 bottles of mineral water per client per day while on safari
• 1 safari hat per client
• 1 safari bag per client
• Transport in a 4 x 4 Landcruiser in Tanzania with pop-up roof for game viewing
• Accommodation in the above lodges in standard rooms on full-board
• Government taxes
• Game drives and picnic lunches where mentioned
• Services of a professional driver-guide while on safari
• Park entrance fees to the park for clients
• Entrance fees to the park for bus and driver
• Window seat is guaranteed for every passenger

Our Package DOES NOT include:

• Domestic and International flights
• Domestic and International departure taxes
• Entry Visa to Tanzania
• Personal insurance cover
• Accommodation in Arusha
• Both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks except mineral water while on the safari
• Gratuities, tips, cigarettes, laundry
• Any item of personal nature
• Any other item NOT mentioned above
• Any deviation from above itinerary