5-Day Budget Safari Across Tanzania's Best Parks

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Tarangire National Park

Today, your safari adventure begins! After breakfast, our guide will pick you up from your hotel for a two-hour drive to Tarangire National Park. Upon arrival at the Park's gate, check in, and start your game drive. Tarangire is renowned for its large elephant herds and tree-climbing lions, as well as wildebeests, zebras, giraffes, buffaloes, and hippos. The park is also home to unique baobab trees, some of which are over 8,000 years old. Lunch will be enjoyed at the Tarangire River picnic site, with expansive views over the plains. Afterward, continue with a game drive until late evening, then head to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Tarangire National Park

Best Time To Visit July to November (Animals come to the Tarangire River)

High Season June to October (The park is full of visitors)

Best Weather June to October (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Tarangire NP

ElephantAbundant

GiraffeCommon

LionCommon

BuffaloAbundant

ZebraAbundant

WildebeestAbundant

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HippoCommon

HyenaOccasional

LeopardRare

CheetahRare

Wild DogVery Rare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

Accommodation:

Fig Tree Lodge

• Budget hotel located 1-2hr drive from Tarangire NP

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, you will depart for the Serengeti. A long and bumpy road will take you about 4-5 hours of a fascinating game en route, driving up the crater highlands towards the vast plains of Serengeti. If the weather is clear and not foggy, you will stop at Ngorongoro Viewpoint to take in the caldera for 10 minutes before continuing your drive to Serengeti. You will stop for a picnic lunch at Naabi Hill Gate before checking into the park for an evening/sunset game drive, and witness incredible wildlife in the Serengeti. After catching the sunset, you will proceed to the Campsite for dinner and an overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Serengeti National Park

Best Time To Visit January to February and June to October (Different areas are best at different times)

High Season July to March (The Seronera area is crowded)

Best Weather June to October (Little to no rainfall)

Wildlife in Serengeti NP

ElephantCommon

LionCommon

CheetahCommon

BuffaloAbundant

ZebraAbundant

WildebeestAbundant

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GiraffeCommon

HippoCommon

HyenaCommon

LeopardOccasional

Black RhinoVery Rare

Wild DogVery Rare

White RhinoNone

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Inside Serengeti NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Serengeti National Park

Early in the morning, following breakfast, you drive out to enjoy a full-day gamedrive inside Serengeti National Park. Our expert guide will take you to different sites of the Park and explore more! Serengeti is one of the biggest National Parks, and spending more time here provides you with the opportunity to explore rarely visited places. You will have greater chances of witnessing majestic wildlife such as Leopards, Lions, Rhinos, Hippos etc. As the afternoon approaches, pause at a carefully selected picnic site and enjoy lunch surrounded by the sights and sounds of nature. After lunch, proceed exploring until evening, when you'll drive back to the campsite for dinner and overnight.

Main Destination:

Serengeti National Park

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Inside Serengeti NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Serengeti National Park

Today you'll wake up early and enjoy a cup of coffee, then drive off to enjoy a sunrise gamedrive inside the Serengeti National Park. This is the time most of the predators prefer to hunt because of the cooler temperature. If you are lucky, you can come across a lion or hyena hunt. As the afternoon approaches, return to the lodge to enjoy a full breakfast before departing for Ngorongoro for dinner and an overnight stay. Enjoy a game en route, and arrive in the evening at your campsite.

Main Destination:

Serengeti National Park

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Inside Serengeti NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Ngorongoro Crater

Wake up early, with your packed breakfast, and descend into the Ngorongoro Crater to enjoy a gamedrive. Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a geological marvel in Tanzania. Its vast volcanic caldera shelters an extraordinary ecosystem, home to an abundance of wildlife, including Africa's "Big Five" animals. While inside the Crater, pause for breakfast at the hippo pool picnic site, surrounded by sites and sounds of nature. Afterwards, proceed with more gamedrive witnessing the magic of Ngorongoro. In the afternoon, slowly ascend the crater to your campsite for lunch. After lunch, you'll exit Ngorongoro and drive back to Arusha.

Main Destination:

Ngorongoro Crater

Best Time To Visit June to October (Wildlife viewing is best)

High Season Most of the year – July to March (Expect crowds)

Best Weather June to October (Rainfall is little to none)

Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater

Black RhinoCommon

LionCommon

BuffaloAbundant

ZebraAbundant

WildebeestAbundant

HyenaAbundant

Show more

ElephantCommon

HippoCommon

LeopardOccasional

GiraffeNone

White RhinoNone

CheetahNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.