6-Day Budget Safari To Tarangire, Serengeti, Ngorongoro & Manyara
Highlights
Arusha, Arusha National Park, Lake Manyara, Tarangire National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti National Park
Locations Covered
Arusha, Arusha National Park, Lake Manyara, Tarangire National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti National Park
nature, safari, Wildlife
Private Tour
6 Days
Easy
English
Description
Embark on a 6-day budget safari through Tanzania's national parks. Witness stunning landscapes and diverse wildlife in Arusha, encounter tree-climbing lions in Lake Manyara, explore the vast plains of Serengeti, and descend into the magnificent Ngorongoro Crater. This affordable adventure promises unforgettable game drives and remarkable wildlife encounters.
Itinerary
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Day 1: Arusha/Moshi to Arusha National Park and Back to Arusha
After breakfast, you'll depart from your Arusha or Moshi accommodations and drive to the park. After entering the park, you will embark on a game drive. Your drive will pass you past park landmarks such as the Momella Lakes and Ngurdoto Crater - sometimes known as 'Little Ngorongoro'. Also, your Safari Vehicle will go under the Fig tree (Ficus thonningii), whose roots have grown to form an arch large enough for a Safari car (elephant size) to pass underneath. You may stop, get out of the car and take pictures. During lunch, you will stop at a picnic site where you will have your lunch. After that, proceed with the game drive. At around four, you will start leaving the National Park for Arusha, where you will spend the night!
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Day 2: Arusha to Lake Manyara National Park
You'll depart from Arusha after breakfast for the drive to Lake Manyara National Park. The journey takes approximately two hours, but we'll pass through the market town of Mto Wa Mbu along the way. This agricultural and fresh produce market is a melting pot of local cultures and a souvenir hunter's paradise. After a brief stop at the village market, you'll enter Lake Manyara National Park. The park is truly a photographer's playground and offers some of the best game viewing in the world. You can expect to see many of Africa's most well-known animals, with the tree-climbing lions a particular treat. These proud predators lounge in acacia trees, practically begging to be photographed. Bird watchers will find Lake Manyara to be an absolute delight, with a huge variety of birds on display in the park. Even the novice can expect to be amazed by large flamingo flocks, circling birds of prey, and the brightly coloured lilac-breasted roller. You'll then retire to the nearby accommodation for dinner and a good night's rest.
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Day 3: Lake Manyara National Park to Tarangire National Park
After breakfast, you will depart for Tarangire National Park. You will arrive at the gate around 10:00a.m After arriving at the park, you will proceed on a Game drive. Animals expected to be seen include Elephants, Dik Dik, Leopards, zebra, giraffes, Lions, ostrich and many more. You will stop at a nice picnic site at lunchtime and enjoy an amazing lunch. After that, you will proceed on a game drive. You will start departing from the National Park at around four and proceed to Ngorongoro crater rim, where you are expected to be at around 17:30hrs where your overnight and dinner will be.
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Day 4: Lake Manyara National Park to Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, we head towards the Serengeti National Park via the beautiful Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Leaving the highlands behind, we descend into the heart of wild Africa, the Serengeti National Park, with its endless plains rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see. We head to the central park area, known as the Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park, featuring the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species. We arrive in time for lunch and enjoy an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti National Park. Dinner and overnight at a camp.
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Day 5: Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro
After breakfast, you will do a game drive in Serengeti National Park with your lunch box following the animal Migration at the Northern Serengeti where the migration will be, you will be able to see wildebeest, zebra, a topi hartebeest, eland, antelope, hyena, varieties of birds singing on the trees also viewing the beauty of landscape and nature. After having your lunch You will continue with a game view in Serengeti heading to the gate of Serengeti to check out of Serengeti National Park, after there you will proceed with the game on route heading to Ngorongoro Crater. Dinner and overnight at a Campsite at the rim of the crater.
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Day 6: Ngorongoro Crater - Arusha
After breakfast, descend into the crater with your lunch box, enjoying the game drive for over six hours. The Ngorongoro Crater is one of the world's most densely crowded African wildlife areas and is home to an estimated 30,000 animals, including some of Tanzania’s last remaining black rhinos. Supported by a year-round water supply and fodder, the crater supports a wide variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants. Another big draw card to this picturesque national park is its huge predator population, including lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard crater floor. After a picnic lunch, you will have a game drive thereafter, in the late afternoon, you will drive back to Arusha Town.
What's Included
What's Excluded
Meeting Point
Cancellation Policy
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For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -
Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price
Adult | |
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1 to 20 | /person |
Child | |
1 to 20 | /person |
This is a private tour |