About 5 Days/4 Nights Camping Safaris
SAFARI OVERVIEW
5 Days Tanzania camping safari is a pocket friendly package enable you to spot variety of wildlife in Lake Manyara, Serengeti National park and The Ngorongoro Crater. We mostly offer private budget camping safari in Tanzania for family, friends and groups which is more fun, flexible, enjoyable at affordable prices.
Your 5 days Tanzania camping safari will start at around 08:00 to 8:30. The driving is via Arusha town to give you a chance of any last minute’s purchase before heading to Lake Manyara National Park.
The Highlight Of 5 Days Tanzania Camping Safari
Spot various animal species, the big cats & if lack the big 5 which includes lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant & the rare black rhino.
Enjoy the beautiful landscapes of Ngorongoro & the rolling plains of Serengeti
Witness the Great Wildebeest Migration safari in Serengeti plains (depending on the time of travelling).
Interact with locals as you visit one of the Masai village in Ngorongoro conservation area.
This 5 days Tanzania camping package can be combined with a beach holiday in Zanzibar, please let us know your preferences. Asante Sana!
Destination: Northern Tanzania
Location: Lake Manyara, Serengeti & Ngorongoro Crater
Time: Yearly Around
Physicality: fairly long drive
5 Days Tanzania Camping Safari Itinerary
Day 0: Arrival
This 5 days Tanzania camping safari starts when we meet you at Kilimanjaro international airport or Arusha airport and transfer to Arusha. Later our safari manager will come for safari briefing & leave you to spend the rest of the day enjoying the lodge facilities.
Overnight at Arusha.
Day 1: Arusha – Lake Manyara National Park
After breakfast meet your safari driver guide & start the safari, you will firstly stop in Arusha town for the last minutes shopping if any. Afterward drive to Lake Manyara National Park. This beautiful Park nestling at the base of Great Rift Valley is blessed with rich overlapping habitats, swamps and lake. All these supports a large number of animal and bird species. The park has a big number of baboons found nowhere in the world, Lake Manyara tree climbing lions and huge flocks of flamingos are some highlights of this park. You May expect to spot giraffe, zebra, elephant, wildebeest, hippos, buffalo and predators like leopard, hyena, jackal and countless number of bird species. Later drive to your campsite for dinner & overnight.
Overnight, Camping at Mto wa Mbu close to Lake Manyara.
Day 2: Lake Manyara – Serengeti National Park
After breakfast the 5 days Tanzania camping safari takes you to Serengeti National park, drive along the Great Rift Valley and across beautiful high lying farm lands of Karatu and along the Crater rim of Ngorongoro. Stop at the view point of the Crater for some nice photos. Visit one of the Masai village for some cultural encounter, some Masai worrier will invite you & take you in and around their houses you will meet some kids & other family members, you may ask as much questions as you can. Later they will sing & dance their favorite songs which involves high jumping. If you wish you can join the dancing.
Afterward, drive down into the heart of the “wild Africa” Serengeti National park with its endless rolling plains. Break for picnic lunch at Naabi Hills Gate or at the Copjes (Rocky outcropping) when heading to the Central Serengeti area called Soronera. This is one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park endowed with Soronera River the valuable water supply in this area hence attracts a vast amount of wildlife around the Serengeti. Afternoon game drive.
Overnight at Seronera Public Campsite. All meals included
Day 3: Full day Game drive in Serengeti
On this day of your 5 days Tanzania camping safari in Serengeti we will take you for an early morning game drive with packed breakfast box and lunch box. Early morning game drive gives you a chance to see some nocturnal animal coming back from their long night of hunting or a group of lionesses organizing an ambush and some other animal waking up ready to start their new day. If the wildebeest Migration is packed in Serengeti your safari driver guide will have already know so you will start early & go straight to where they are & spend much time with them, you may also expect to spot lion, leopard, hyena, cheetah, jackals & others. Herds of buffalo, elephants, giraffe warthog, zebra & many antelopes will be wondering in the Serengeti plains. Drive back to the campsite during or before the sunset.
Overnight at Seronera Public Campsite.
Day 4: Serengeti – Ngorongoro Conservation Area
This is your last day in Serengeti, if you wish you can do another early morning game drive & spend much time in Serengeti doing game drives then in the afternoon after lunch you will start your way to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Reaching Ngorongoro during or before the sunset.
Overnight at Ngorongoro Simba A. Public Campsite at the Crater rim.
Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater – Arusha
On this last day of your 5 Days Tanzania camping safari itinerary you will have an early breakfast and descent into Ngorongoro Crater floor for a wonderful game drive (picnic lunch will be served in the Crater floor). Very few animals migrate in and out of the Crater with its 600 meters high walls you might spot from elephants, zebras, hippos, rhinos, antelopes, lion, jackals and many bird species including the flamingos.
Your safari driver guide will be in contact with other safari drivers and will surprise you with his ability of spot the hidden animals. Later afternoon drive back to Arusha for overnight
Superb 5 Days Tanzania camping safari to the most highlighted Northern Tanzania parks can be combined with Kilimanjaro trekking or Zanzibar beach vacation upon request, please let us know your preferences. Karibu Sana!