5-Day Top Safari to Serengeti, Tarangire & Ngorongoro
$1430
/Per Person
- 5 Days/ 4 Night
- Min Age: 2 Years
- Start: Arusha
- End: Arusha
Overview
This tour does not only take you on a wildlife safari but allows you to really understand the African culture. A visit to Maasai Village or Materuni will enable you to really master your understanding of Maasai and Chagga culture respectively. Animals expected to be spotted in Serengeti, Tarangire and Ngorongoro are the Big 5, as well as many wild cats and dogs, zebra, warthogs, wildebeest, and many antelope species. You can also expect sunrise and sunset game drives.
Tour Features
- Budget tour This budget tour includes camping and lodges.
- Private tour This tour will be organized exclusively for you and won't be shared with others.
- Can start any day If availability permits, this tour can start on any day.
- Not for solo travelers Solo travelers cannot book this private tour.
- Can be customized The contents of this tour can be changed.
- Minimum age of 2 years The minimum age for this tour is 2 years.
Inclusions
Included
- Park fees (For non-residents)
- All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
- Drinks (As specified in the day-by-day section)
Excluded
- International flights (From/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Bath towels
- Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
- Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
Day by Day
Your adventure will start from the moment you land until the time you exit the country. We understand you've traveled a long way, so this day will be a relaxing day. First, you will be taken to your accommodation in Arusha to take a shower and drop your luggage. Then you will have a day trip to Maasai Market, as well as visit the Meru Waterfall, and a local market in Arusha. This will enable you to be part of the local culture by being able to enjoy a traditional meal. Breakfast will be around 7:00 am at the Karibu Heritage House, with local lunch at 13:00. Dinner and overnight.
- Main Destination: Arusha (City)
- Accommodation: Karibu Heritage House Budget hotel located in Arusha (City)
Meals & Drinks: All meals included + Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Tarangire National Park is a 118km (2-hour drive) south-west of Arusha and its total surface area is 2850sq km. The park has sparse vegetation strewn with baobab trees and acacia trees, and it's the area in the northern circuit with the greatest number of wildlife outside the Serengeti ecosystem.
Animals expected to be seen here are zebra, cheetah, giraffe, lions, Thomson's and Grant's gazelle, kori bustard heavy flying bird, antelope species, and many elephants. Apart from a wildlife game drive in Tarangire, you can also do a hot air balloon safari, which is optional at $600 per person. Dinner and overnight will be at Karatu Safari Camp Lodge.
- Main Destination: Tarangire National Park
Accommodation: Karatu Safari Camp Lodge Budget lodge located 2-3hr drive from Tarangire NP
Meals & Drinks: All meals included + Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Serengeti has endless plains accumulated with savannah grassland which provide a wide feeding area throughout the year for wildebeest, many antelope species, zebras making the potential area for carnivores such as cheetah, lions, hyena, and other wild cats to hunt these herbivores.
Also in Seronera valley, there are dotted acacia trees that appear in a group-like structure known as Kopjes, which provide a vantage point for predators to spot the prey and also provide a home for reptiles such as lizards, pythons. Dinner and overnight will be at Nyani Campsite.
- Main Destination: Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation: Budget camping Inside Central Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included + Non-alcoholic drinks
This day continues with the game drive at Central Serengeti but is more likely to be based in the southern part, which will make you be able to spot more hunting actions and even exit without a delay heading to Simba Campsite.
Activities such as a sunrise game drive will enable you to spot the Big 5 animals and many other animals including the hunting actions since at sunrise animals are very active in searching for their daily meals. On this day you may also book a hot air balloon safari at $600 per person. You will continue with the game drive until late in the afternoon. Exit the park to the Ngorongoro conservation area, which is the place where you will stay the night - at the rim of the crater.
- Main Destination: Northern Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation: Budget camping On the crater rim of Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included + Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
We will have breakfast at the campsite. At 8:00 am, you will be picked up as we will head to the crater gate, with game viewing along the way. At 9:00 am we will descend the crater, at 13:00 we will have lunch at a picnic site, and at 15:00 we will exit the crater and head back to Arusha.
The park has volcanic soil that supports many habitats making it very potential for big 5 spotting in a single day visit. Inside the park, there's Lake Makat, which provides a home for many birds. Apart from that the inside the park is well known for the existence of many Maasai families living in their circular-oriented Bomas.
Furthermore, it's best for anyone wishing to explore the history of human evolution pioneered by Leakey's family. Animal expected to spot are lions, buffalo, wildebeest, many birds, zebras, hippos, gazelle, jackal, fox and other wild dogs, eland, waterbuck, serval, ungulates. Absentees are giraffes, cheetahs, leopards, and elephants, which are rarely seen at the crater rim.
- Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks: Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included) + Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Rates
Pax | Low season | High season | Peak season |
2 | $5,543 pp | $7,137 pp | $8,134 pp |
4 | $4,776 pp | $6,265 pp | $7,184 pp |
6 | $4,513 pp | $5,989 pp | $6,886 pp |
Getting There
- This tour starts and ends in Arusha
- We can book your international and Domestic flights
- Fly to/from Kilimanjaro Airport (JRO - Check price) near Arusha.
- Fly to/from Arusha Airport (ARK - Check price) via Dar es Salaam or Nairobi (Kenya)
- A transfer from and back to the airport is included
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost
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