Overview
Taking in the very best of Tanzania’s Northern Circuit, our 5 Days Tanzania Safari visits both Serengeti National park and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. A short tour, but the driver-guide in your private vehicle will inform and entertain you as you witness some of the best of the planet’s wildlife in its natural environment. On this trip, you will stay in comfortable safari lodges, selected by us. An unforgettable safari trip, enjoyed in comfort.
Itinerary
Day 1:Kilimanjaro International Airport To Arusha
Arriving at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will be warmly welcomed by one of our experienced driver guides, ready to greet and escort you to your chosen hotel in Arusha.
Accommodation: Gran Melia Arusha Hotel (B&B
Day 2:Arusha to Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, we collect our lunch boxes and set off on the long journey to the Serengeti. On the way, the sheer vastness of Africa's open plains unfolds before you. In the afternoon, we reach Serengeti, Lunch at the camp. Spend the afternoon game viewing in the endless plains of the Serengeti for a chance to see the great herd of wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles or a pride of lions lounging in the shade. Return to your Tented camp for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Grumeti Migration Camp on Full Board Basis
Day 3:Serengeti National Park
A full day of Serengeti game drives with lunch at a picnic spot en-route. You might witness the great migration with hundreds of thousands of wildebeests, zebras, and Thompson gazelles, depending on the time of year. Your driver-guide may find you lion, leopard, elephant, zebra, cheetah, and antelope on today's safari... just some of the many species here. After the game drive, you will return to your Tented camp for some welcome rest and your evening meal.
Accommodation: Grumeti Migration Camp on Full Board Basis
Day 4:Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater
The exciting sounds of Africa will rouse you from your sleep. We make the most of the day with a 08:00 start, heading off on our morning game-drive. Later, we will travel to Ngorongoro via Olduvai Gorge, site of Louis and Mary Leakey's renowned archaeological discoveries. Their findings include some of the man's earliest known ancestral remains. Picnic lunches will be served at the Gorge. Proceed driving to Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Tortilis Camp, Based on Full Board Basis
Day 5:Ngorongoro Crater Tour –Arusha/Airport
Today may be ‘departure day’, but there will be plenty of time to enjoy another true spectacle before your thoughts turn to home. Ngorongoro Crater is often referred to as a wonder of the world and your early morning game drive shows you why.
First, there’s the volcanic caldera (the world’s largest), full of grassland, forest, and swamp, a setting of jaw-dropping beauty. Secondly, the permanent water of the Crater floor supports a resident population of more than 25,000 large mammals. Here you’ll find many of the reasons you chose to come on safari: elephant, lion, leopard, hyena, jackal, wallowing hippo, waterbuck, baboons… even the rare black rhino finds shelter here.
After your early morning game drive, we have our picnic lunch in the crater before we return to the airport for your flight home. You will drive for 5 hours from Ngorongoro Crater Floor to Kilimanjaro International Airport.
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Packed lunch
Journey time and Distance: 5 hours, 245 km from Ngorongoro to Airport