6 Days Tarangire, Serengeti Ngorongoro Crater & Lake Manyara Tanzania Safari
TRIP OVERVIEW
This 6-day private Tanzania safari tour will make you enjoy and experience as well as learn more the opportunity of amazing natural wonders of Tarangire National Park, Serengeti National Park, Lake Manyara National, and Park Ngorongoro Crater. Lake Manyara National Park gives an experience of getting a chance of getting to view tree-climbing lions and variety of birds along the Lake Manyara. The inspiring wildebeest migration and endless savannah plains of the Serengeti National Park are very majestic and which has been listed as one of the Seven Natural wonders of Africa. The Ngorongoro Crater also boasts a number of African wildlife and unique vegetation in the only big caldera found on Earth.
Short Itinerary
- Day 1 - Arusha to Lake Manyara. Game drives at Lake Manyara
- Day 2 - Transfer to Central Serengeti. Afternoon game drives in Central Serengeti
- Day 3 - Central Serengeti. Full day game drives
- Day 4 - Morning game drives in Central Serengeti and transfer to Ngorongoro/Karatu
- Day 5 - TNgorongoro Crater Tour (5 hours) and transfer to Karatu/Tarangire
- Day 6 - Tarangire game drives and afternoon transfer 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: $1,767 per adult for safari with Land Cruiser
- Day 1 - 2 : Stay at Migombani Campsite, Mto Wa Mbu, Lake Manyara (Outside the Park)
- Day 2 - 4 : Stay at Seronera Campsite, Central Serengeti
- Day 4 - 5 : Stay at Ngorongoro Campsite, NCA
- Day 6 : Stay at Tarangire Campsite (Inside park), Tarangire (Within the Park)
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: $2,054 per adult for safari with Land Cruiser
- Day 1 - 2 : Stay at Omega View Hotel, Karatu
- Day 2 - 5 : Stay at Tukaone Camps, Central Serengeti
- Day 5 - 6 : Stay at Omega View Hotel, Karatu
Option E2: $2,405 per adult for safari with Land Cruiser
- Day 1 - 2 : Stay at Migombani Cottage, Lake Manyara (Outside the Park)
- Day 2 - 4 : Stay at Tanzania Bush Camps, Seronera, Central Serengeti
- Day 4 - 5 :Stay at Rhino Lodge, NCA
- Day 5 - 6Stay at Sangaiwe Tented Lodge, Tarangire (Outside the Park)
Option E3: $2,705 per adult for safari with Land Cruiser
- Day 1 - 2 : Stay at Manyara Best View Lodge - Silver Room, Lake Manyara (Outside the Park)
- Day 2 - 4 : Stay at Serenity Camp, Central Serengeti
- Day 4 - 5 : Stay at Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge, NCA
- DAy 5 - 6 :Stay at Tarangire Tortilis Camp, Tarangire (Within the Park)
Option $3,285 per adult for safari with Land Cruiser
- Day 1 - 2 : Stay at Manyara Best View Lodge - Platinum Room, Lake Manyara (Outside the Park)
- Day 2 - 4 : Stay at Mbali Mbali Soroi Serengeti - Safari Room
- Day 4 - 5 : Stay at Sanctuary Ngorongoro Crater Camp, NCA
- DAy 5 - 6 Stay at Nimali Tarangire Camp, Tarangire (Outside the Park)
Option E5: $4,592 per adult for safari with Land Cruiser
- Day 1 - 2 : Stay at Lake Manyara KIlimamoja Lodge, Lake Manyara (Outside the Park)
- Day 2 - 4 : Stay at Lemala Nanyukie, Central Serengeti
- Day 4 - 5 : Stay at Melia Ngorongoro Lodge, NCA - The Rim Room
- Day 5 - 6: Stay at Lemala Mpingo Ridge, Tarangire (Within the Park)
Option E6: $8.555 per adult for safari with Land Cruiser
- Day 1 - 2 : Stay at Lake Manyara Tree Lodge - Suite, Lake Manyara (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
- Day 5 - 6: Stay at Sanctuary Swala Camp, Tarangire (Within the Park)
TRIP ITINERARY
Day
1
Moshi/Arusha to Tarangire National Park
We will drive about over 120km from Arusha/Moshi in the morning at your hotel and to the Tarangire National Park, where you will get to view giant baobab trees and big number of giant elephants. African elephant population is over 300 strong, is an extremely remarkable adventure. Other animals existing to Tarangire savannah include the tree-climbing African lions, giraffes, toothy warthogs, ostriches, impalas, agile cheetah, mongoose, water buffalo, and red-bottomed baboons. After the day game drive in Tarangire National Park will head to Lake Manyara , get shower, rest, dinner and overnight in your accommodation.
Day
2
Tarangire National Park to Serengeti National Park
A morning breakfast standing locally and organic will be served at place, then a drive to Serengeti National Park. We will take the scenic journey to Serengeti, allowing for an amazing, bird’s-eye-view of Ngorongoro Crater. The endless savanna, concentrated with the variety patterns of zebras, lions, and elephants make it easy to understand the Serengeti as one of the Seven Natural wonders of Africa. We will get picnic lunch at a famous kopje (a small hill in a generally flat area) in the park, allowing you to sightseeing the wideness of Serengeti National Park from top of the hill. We will proceed bit into the Serengeti National Park for a short game drive where you will get to view herds of giraffes, elephants, and zebra. You will spend the night at the hotel/camp/lodge in the Serengeti National Park.
Day
3
Serengeti National Park
The day game drive will begin from your point of accommodation after early breakfast in the center of the endless plain Serengeti National Park. Since we have a full day of game driving, you will be viewing hundreds of the diverse animals (including BIG FIVEs) that are found in their home Serengeti’s endless plains Serengeti National Park. This day will experience and wonder sightings of the Tanzanian mammals like lions, leopards, elephants, cheetahs, and buffalo. You will have a chance to view some of the animals majestic including, elands, hyenas, gazelles, crocodiles, giraffe, zebras, monkeys, baboons, hippos, rhinos and antelope. Depending on the seasons of the year, visitors have a chance to view thousands of zebras and wildebeest on their Great Migration. The hundreds of bird species, both endemic and migrating from different regions, are a special bonus for bird-watchers and photographers. After a long game drive, get to your hotel for dinner and overnight, prepare yourself for the morning short game drive and then transfer to Ngorongoro Conservation for continue game drive.
Day
4
Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater
You will progressively exploring Serengeti National Park after breakfast in the morning. The park contained the majority of the animals. This is a day which you will enjoy predators like lions tracking on other animals as their source of food. Perhaps in this day you will see more hippos, troop of monkeys and family of mongoose. After such an early start you will be looking forward to a magnificent delicious lunch, which will be served in the park. In the afternoon, you’ll start your Ngorongoro drive adventure by heading off to the accommodation site in Ngorongoro Conservation Area for dinner and overnight.
Day
5
Ngorongoro Crater to Lake Manyara National Park
Depart for the Ngorongoro Crater descending early in the morning, as in the morning there is high probability of spotting game, especially the "Big 5" animals. The strongest animals in Africa can be seen like lion, the elephant, the leopard, the rhino and the strong buffalo. We will enjoy a leisurely game drive in the morning and have a picnic lunch near a pond full of hippos inside the Crater. The Ngorongoro Crater drive visitors can definitely expect to encounter zebra, hippo, wildebeest and cackling hyenas, home to flocks of graceful flamingos gathering at Soda Lake, vultures and hawks eagerly circling the sky in search of a meal of discarded carcasses. Also, Storks, ibis, and cranes are popular water birds in the crater. Our game drive will conclude shortly after lunch when we will begin our drive to Lake Manyara for the overnight and dinner.
Day
6
Lake Manyara National Park to Arusha/Moshi
Your last safari game drive day starts with a breakfast and then head off to the Lake Manyara National Park, which extends along the base of the Rift Valley escarpment. Lake Manyara National Park is a stock of forest, arid scrubland, Soda Lake and a paradise for bird lovers. The forest is fascinating with the birdsong and flittering with the antics of monkeys in the forest; giraffe roam the savannah and lions loll in trees, and others resting in the tree shade, while hippo families submerge in the soda lake water. You will get and enjoy a delicious picnic lunch served in the park before drive back to Moshi/Arusha, where your Best Safari Adventure ends. We can arrange for a transfer to Arusha/Kilimanjaro Airport on request.
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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