5 Days Arusha N.P, Lake Manyara, Serengeti & Ngorongoro Crater Tanzania Safari
TRIP OVERVIEW
This itinerary concerning about 5 days Tanzania safari starts from Arusha Town or Moshi to Arusha National Park in which you will drive passing various landmarks such as the Momella Lakes and Ngurdoto Crater. Ngurdoto Crater sometimes is called 'Little Ngorongoro'. Your Tanzania Safari jeep will pass under the Fig tree in Arusha National Park whose roots have grown to take the shape of an arch, large enough for a Safari car to pass underneath. This 5-day package also will allow you to see the Manyara's tree climbing lions, species of birds, and wallowing hippos from Lake Manyara. Then proceed to Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Crater to decide on diverse photographing and wildlife game drive that Macpace Tours & Safaris offers. You will get a chance of coming close to the Maasai culture as you will pass near their some bomas and get to see the huts try their daily experience as well as culture..
Short Itinerary
- Day 1 -Arusha to Tarangire. Game drives at Tarangire
- Day 2 - Transfer to Central Serengeti. Afternoon game drives in Serengeti
- Day 3 - Central Serengeti
- Day 4 - Morning game drives in Central Serengeti and transfer to Ngorongoro/Karatu
- Day 5 - Ngorongoro Crater Tour (5 hours) to Arusha
Basic Camping Packages
Below are packages with basic camping for your private tour, starting on 2024, in a group of two adults. On basic camping tours, you sleep in small dome tents that are pitched at campsites & bathrooms are shared. A cook travels with you & prepares meals.
Option C1: $1,536 per adult for safari with Land Cruiser
- Day 1 - 2 : Stay at Tarangire Campsite (Inside park), Tarangire (Within the Park)
- Day 2 - 4 : Stay at Seronera Campsite, Central Serengeti
- Day 4 - 5 : Stay at Ngorongoro Campsite, NCA
Ensuite Accommodation Packages
Below are packages with a few popular ensuite options for your private tour, starting on Nov 13, 2023, in a group of two adults. Ensuite hotels are tented camps/lodges that can be inside/around national parks. You will have a private room with attached bathroom. Meals are provided by hotels.
Option E1: $1,806 per adult for safari with Land Cruiser
- Day 1 - 2 : Stay at Omega View Hotel, Karatu
- Day 2 - 4 : Stay at Tukaone Camps, Central Serengeti
- Day 4 - 5 : Stay at Omega View Hotel, Karatu
Option E2: $2,074 per adult for safari with Land Cruiser
- Day 1 - 2 : Stay at Sangaiwe Tented Lodge, Tarangire (Outside the Park)
- Day 2 - 4 : Stay at Tanzania Bush Camps, Seronera, Central Serengeti
- Day 4 - 5 : Stay at Rhino Lodge, NCA
Option E3: $2,415 per adult for safari with Land Cruiser
- Day 1 - 2 : Stay at Tarangire Tortilis Camp, Tarangire (Within the Park)
- Day 2 - 4 : Stay at Serenity Camp, Central Serengeti
- Day 4 - 5 : Stay at Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge, NCA
Option E4: $2,862 per adult for safari with Land Cruiser
- Day 1 - 2 : Stay at Nimali Tarangire Camp, Tarangire (Outside the Park)
- Day 2 - 4 : Stay at Mbali Mbali Soroi Serengeti - Safari Room, Central Serengeti
- Day 4 - 5 : Stay at Sanctuary Ngorongoro Crater Camp, NCA
Option E5: $4.086 per adult for safari with Land Cruiser
- Day 1 - 2 : Stay at Lemala Mpingo Ridge, Tarangire (Within the Park)
- Day 2 - 4 : Stay at Lemala Nanyukie, Central Serengeti
- Day 4 - 5 : Stay at Melia Ngorongoro Lodge, NCA - The Rim Room, NCA
Option E6: $7,243 per adult for safari with Land Cruiser
- Day 1 - 2 : Stay at Sanctuary Swala Camp, Tarangire (Within the Park)
- Day 2 - 4 : Stay at Four Seasons Safari Lodge - Terrace Suite Water Hole View, Central Serengeti
- Day 4 - 5 : Stay at Ngorongoro Crater Lodge, NCA - Suite, NCA
TRIP ITINERARY
Day
1
Arusha/Moshi to Arusha National Park and Back to Arusha
Depart from your hotel in Arusha/Moshi after morning breakfast drive to the Arusha National Park. Entering to the Arusha National Park, you will start a game drive through the Arusha National Park passing you to different landmarks such as the Momella Lakes and Ngurdoto Crater. You will go under the Fig tree (Ficus thonningii) large enough for a Safari jeep car to pass underneath and where you may need to take photos. When lunch time you will be directed to a picnic point to get lunch. At around 04 will leave the Arusha National Park to Arusha Town in your hotel.
Day
2
Arusha Town to Lake Manyara National Park and overnight at Lake Manyara
You will leave from your hotel early in Morning in Arusha directly to Lake Manyara National Park after breakfast taking approximately 2 hours passing through the town of Mto Wa Mbu near the way. After reach at the village market and short brief, you will enter Lake Manyara National Park. The Lake Manyara National Park is one of the best places for photographing and best game viewing garden in the world. You will be able to see many of most well-known animals like BIG FIVEs, especially the tree-climbing lions, acacia trees which you may need to take photograph. Bird-watching safari is made in Lake Manyara discovering a huge amount of bird species displaying near the Lake Manyara. Such bird’s species are like large flamingo flocks, circling birds of prey, and the colored lilac breasted roller. You will then retire to the accommodation site in Lake Manyara National Park for dinner and overnight.
Day
3
Lake Manyara National Park to Serengeti National Park and overnight in Serengeti
After a fascinating breakfast in the Lake Manyara National Park, we travel towards the Central Serengeti National Park by passing through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. We enter into the center of wild Africa; Serengeti National Park known as endless plain. We head to the central Serengeti area, the Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the Serengeti National Park, with its beside Seronera River, as water source attracting wildlife animals’ representatives of most of the Serengeti’s wildlife species. We will arrive best time for lunch in the afternoon and proceed with game drive in the Serengeti National Park. Dinner and overnight at your hotel/camp.
Day
4
Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast time you will proceed with a game drive safari in Serengeti National Park with lunch box following the wildebeests Migration at the Northern Serengeti, you will be able to see wildebeest, zebra, a topi hartebeest, eland, antelope, hyena, varieties of birds on the trees also taking pictures of the beauty of Serengeti landscapes and nature. We will get lunch and then continue with game view in Serengeti towards the Serengeti gate checking out of Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Dinner and overnight at your accommodation site
Day
5
Ngorongoro Crater - Moshi/Arusha
In the early morning you wake up with healthy breakfast before descend into the Ngorongoro Crater with lunch box experiencing the game drive for more than six hours. The Ngorongoro Crater is the most crowded African wildlife area in the world. Ngorongoro Crater supports a variety of animals including herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and elephants, huge population of predators, like lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and leopards available in the Ngorongoro Crater floor. Then after a picnic lunch you will have a short game drive in Ngorongoro Crater and in the late afternoon you will ascend to Ngorongoro gate drive heading back to Arusha/Moshi Town.
Pre & Post Tour Hotels
Arusha is the base for safari tours in North Tanzania. If you need accommodation in Arusha before/after your safari tour you can check some popular hotel prices on bed and breakfast basis below.
Single Room
- - Crest Safari Lodge - USD 47
- - Kutoka Lodge - USD 64
- - Karama lodge - USD 113
- - The African Tulip - USD 149
- - Four Points by Sheraton, Arusha - Traditional queen room - USD 205
- - Elewana Arusha Coffee Lodge - Plantation room - USD 375
Double Sharing room
- - Crest Safari Lodge - USD 29
- - Kutoka Lodge - USD 49
- - Karama lodge - USD 76
- - The African Tulip - USD 112
- - Four Points by Sheraton, Arusha - Traditional queen room - USD 120
- - Elewana Arusha Coffee Lodge - Plantation room - USD 240
Triple Sharing Room
- - Crest Safari Lodge - USD 29
- - Kutoka Lodge - USD 40
- - Karama lodge - USD 73
- - The African Tulip - USD 93
- - Elewana Arusha Coffee Lodge - Plantation room - USD 180
Transfers
This tour starts from Arusha. Kilimanjaro airport is the nearest international airport and Arusha airport is the nearest domestic airport.
Airport Pickup/Drop
Pickup or drop off at Arusha airport on the day of safari: No extra charge Pickup or drop off at Kilimanjaro airport on the day of safari: USD 30 per vehicle
Airport to Hotel transfers
Transfer from Arusha airport to Arusha hotel or vice versa: USD 25 per vehicle Transfer from Kilimanjaro airport to Arusha hotel or vice versa: USD 50 per vehicle
InterCity transfers
Transfer from Moshi to Arusha or vice versa: USD 100 per vehicle Transfer from Nairobi to Arusha or vice versa: USD 275 per vehicle
Flights
We do not book International Flights.
We can book local flights based on availability. Below are indicative additional costs for local flights.
Intercity Flights
- From Zanzibar to Arusha: From USD 100 per person (Morning flight)
- From Dar es salaam to Arusha: From USD 90 per person (Morning flight)
- From Arusha to Zanzibar: From USD 170 per person (Late Afternoon flight)
- From Arusha to Dar es salaam: From USD 110 per person (Late Afternoon flight)
Meals
- Day 1 - Lunch & Dinner
- Day 2 - Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
- Day 3 - Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
- Day 4 - Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
- Day 5 - Breakfast & Lunch
Inclusions
- Park Fees (for Non-Residents).
- Concession/ Camping Fees.
- Daily game drives while on Safari.
- A professional driver/guide.
- 4x4 Land Cruiser or Safari Van.
- All Taxes and VAT.
- Meals as per itinerary.
- Drinking water while on safari (2 litres per person per day).
Exclusions
- International flights.
- Optional activites in Lake Natron.
- Airport Transfers (Unless mentioned otherwise).
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour (Unless mentioned otherwise).
- Personal Items (Souvenirs, Travel Insurance, Visa Fees, etc.).
- Tips
- Government imposed increase of Taxes and or Park Fees.
- Any activities not mentioned in the itinerary.
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