Big Five Wilderness Experience

7 days—Witness Africa’s most iconic wildlife on an unforgettable safari adventure

$2200-2600 USD

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Safari summary

Embark on an unforgettable safari through Tanzania’s most iconic wildlife regions. Track the Big Five—lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, and rhino—while enjoying expert-guided game drives, stunning landscapes, and immersive wilderness experiences. Perfect for adventure seekers and wildlife enthusiasts alike.

About this tour

	Tour type	Custom, tailor-made, private
	Main focus	Game drives
	Activity level	Easy activity
	Best months	January, February, June, July, September, October, November, December
	Countries	Tanzania
	Parks	Arusha Lake Manyara Ngorongoro Crater Serengeti Tarangire

Fine details

Safari highlights

Bird watching—with professional guide
Photography safari—with professional guide
Wildlife sanctuaries

What’s included?

Accommodation
Airport transfers
All drinks
Meals
Park fees
Private vehicle and driver

What’s not included?

Alcoholic beverages
Hot air balloons
Internal flights
International flights
Laundry
Premium alcoholic beverages
Spa treatments
Tips and gratuities
Visas

Itinerary

Arrive in Tanzania

Embark on an enchanting wildlife safari adventure with your arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO). Trixie Safaris warmly welcomes you and ensures your smooth transfer to a cozy accommodation in Arusha. Take the afternoon to relax or explore the town. In the evening, enjoy a delightful dinner at the lodge, setting the tone for the exciting safari ahead.

Forest hill hotel

Arusha to Tarangire National Park

Arusha | Tarangire

One of the largest national park in Tanzania located in Manyara region, this place is characterized by the large herds of elephants, tree climbing lions, and the fascinating baobab trees also called the Tree of Life for its almost mythical powers that some cultures attach to it. This park is especially known for Tarangire river which flows all year round and the only source of water for wild animals during dry seasons.

Maramboi Tented Lodge

Tarangire to Lake Manyara

Lake Manyara | Tarangire

We pick you up from your hotel and drive to Lake Manyara. The park derived its name from the Maasai word “manyara”, which is the swahili name for the plant, Euphorbia tirucalli. The Maasai use this plant to grow livestock stockades, which matures to a highly durable stockproof hedge. The Great Rift Valley is part of a fault in the earth’s crust which stretches 8,000 kilometers (4,971 miles) from Turkey to the mouth of the Zambezi River in Mozambique.

Farm of Dreams Lodge

Karatu to Serengeti National Park

Ngorongoro Crater | Serengeti

After breakfast, we proceed to Serengeti, Tanzania’s oldest and most popular national park and famed for its annual migration, when some six million hooves pound the open plains, as more than 200,000 zebras and 300,000 Thomson’s gazelle join the wildebeest’s trek for fresh grazing. Yet even when the migration is quiet, the Serengeti offers a remarkable game-viewing experience in Africa.

Dove Serengeti Camp

Serengeti National Park Full day

Serengeti

Early morning game drive to see also nocturnal animals returning from hunting and lions awaking in the dawn followed by a full day of game drives around Serengeti. Depending on the time of year and the Great Migration and the movements of the herds you can expect to see wildebeest, lions, elephants, giraffes, zebras, monkeys, baboons, hippos, rhinos, antelopes and many birds and other species.

Mberesero Serengeti Central Camp

Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater

Ngorongoro Crater | Serengeti

Early morning game drive and after depart to Ngorongoro Conservation area. We will stopover at Olduvai Gorge, boasting with a history dating back to the dawn of time. It was here, that the anthropologists Drs. Lois and Mary Leakey discovered the skulls of ‘Nutcracker Man’ and ‘Handy Man’, both very significant links in the chain of human evolution Late afternoon transfer to your Lodge where you will have dinner and overnight

Marera Valley Hotel

Lake Eyasi tour (Hadzabe, Datoga)

We depart for Lake Eyasi to visit the bush men and observe their activities such as hunting and wild fruits gathering. The Hadza, or Hadzabe are indigenous ethnic group in north-central Tanzania. They live in Lake Eyasi in the central rift valley and in the neighboring Serengeti Plateau. The Hadza is just under1,000 in population living as hunter-gatherers, among the last hunter-gatherers in the world. After lunch we will drive back to Arusha or Kilimanjaro Airport

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