Big Five Safari

6 days—Big five safari in Tanzania

$1450-2000 USD

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Safari summary

During this safari you explore Northern Circuit National Parks in Tanzania: Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro. Those parks are full of residential wild animals all the year. We'll drive you in the middle of the bush looking for lions and other big predators ready to hunt. Are you ready for the Adventure of Your Life?

It's a private safari only you and your guide in the jeep, you will also experience early morning game drives.
The safari vehicle is a a Land Rover or Toyota Land Cruiser 4x4 jeep with pop-up roof, freezer or cooler box, binoculars, inverter (for charging batteries) and professional guide (English speaker). Complimentary drinks and water during the game drives.

About this tour

	Tour type	Custom, tailor-made, private
	Main focus	Game drives
	Activity level	Easy activity
	Best months	All months
	Countries	Tanzania
	Parks	Ngorongoro Crater Serengeti Tarangire

Fine details

Safari highlights

Night game drives

Itinerary

Day 1

Arusha | Kilimanjaro

DAY 1 – Arusha town: Kilimanjaro airport – Arusha 1 h transfer Activities: Town tour with local guide. Program: Pick up customers at Kilimanjaro airport and transfer to Arusha by private car for overnight in town. If you have time you can have a town tour. Accommodation: Dinner and overnight at Planet Lodge or Green Hills of Africa Lodge (half board).

Day 2

Arusha | Tarangire

DAY 2 – Tarangire National Park: Transfer Arusha - Tarangire NP is around 2 h. Activities: game viewing. Program: After breakfast we proceed to Tarangire National Park for game viewing with picnic lunch. The name of the park originates from the Tarangire river that crosses through the park, being the only source of water for wild animals during dry seasons. The park is famous for its huge number of elephants, baobab trees and tree climbing African pythons. Accommodation: Dinner and overnight at Roika Tented Camp or Sangaiwa Tented Lodge.

Day 3

Serengeti | Tarangire

DAY 3 – Serengeti National Park: Tarangire – Ngorongoro gate is 1,5 h transfer Activities: game viewing. Program: After breakfast we drive through Ngorongoro Conservation Area to Serengeti National Park with packed lunch, game viewing en-route. Serengeti, over 6,000 square miles of sprawling, unspoiled landscape is quite a sight. Add to that an extraordinary population of resident and migratory animals in a constant bid for survival, and you understand why this is often called, "the world as it was in the beginning." As soon as you enter the park, wildlife viewing begins. Search for leopard and lion. Watch in awe as zebra, wildebeest and elephant simply appear from amidst the woodlands and plains. Accommodation: Dinner and overnight at Kati Kati Tented Camp.

Day 4

Serengeti

DAY 4 – Serengeti National Park Activities: game viewing. Program: full day game drive in Serengeti National Park. You can have picnic or hot lunch. Serengeti is a huge park full of wildlife, there is a lot you can explore and see during this day. Accommodation: Dinner and overnight at Kati Kati Tented Camp.

Day 5

Ngorongoro Crater | Serengeti

DAY 5 – Ngorongoro crater Activities: game viewing. Program: After breakfast we leave Serengeti with last game drive en-route and move to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Today we descend down Ngorongoro crater for game viewing with packed lunch. The park is one of the most densely crowded wildlife areas in the world and is home to an estimated 30,000 animals. The Ngorongoro Crater is often called 'Africa's Eden' and the '8th Natural Wonder of the World,' a visit to the crater is a main drawcard for tourists coming to Tanzania and a definite world-class attraction. Within the crater rim, large herds of zebra and wildebeest graze nearby while sleeping lions laze in the sun. At dawn, the endangered black rhino returns to the thick cover of the crater forests after grazing on dew-laden grass in the morning mist. Just outside the crater's ridge, tall Maasai herd their cattle and goats over green pastures through the highland slopes, living alongside the wildlife as they have for centuries. Accommodation: Dinner and overnight at Country Lodge or Tloma Lodge or Olea Africana Lodge.

Day 6

Arusha | Kilimanjaro

DAY 6 – Karatu to airport: around 3 hours transfer Program: After breakfast we leave Karatu and drive to Arusha or Kilimanjaro airport (if you have time you can stop on the way for shopping).

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