5 Days Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater safari
This 5 Days Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater safari is designed for anyone interested in observing animals in Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania. The safari includes game drives, birdwatching, and community interactions. You will have opportunities to observe animals such as leopards, cheetahs, buffalo, and black-manned lions.
This 5 Days Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater safari will expose you to the remarkable beauties and wonders of Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Conservation Area, both situated in the northern region of Tanzania and part of the renowned northern Tanzania safari circuit.
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is a renowned location in Tanzania, esteemed as the 8th wonder of the world for containing the Ngorongoro Crater, the largest undamaged caldera globally. The caldera’s floor is home to a plethora of animals, including prides of lions, cheetahs, and leopards, which you can observe during game drives.
Serengeti National Park is the most renowned national park in Tanzania, celebrated for its extensive wildlife population and the yearly wildebeest migration, the greatest animal movement ever recorded.
Brief Itinerary of 5 Days Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater safari
- Day 01: Pick up from Airport/ Hotel in Arusha and drive to Serengeti National Park
- Day02: Full day game drives in the Park
- Day03: Transfer Ngorongoro crater
- Day 05: Game drives Ngorongoro Conservation Area
- Day 06: Game drive and transfer back to Arusha for your flight out to end the trip
Detailed Itinerary of 5 Days Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater safari
Day 1: Pick up from the Airport/Hotel in Arusha and drive to Serengeti National park.
Following an early breakfast, you will be collected from your hotel and commence your journey to the renowned Serengeti National Park. The journey, albeit lengthy, is magnificent, and as you traverse the Serengeti, you will appreciate the boundless plains. This region hosts the Great Migration and is inhabited by 2 million wildebeests, hundreds of thousands of zebras, and various antelope species, including numerous impalas and Thomson’s gazelles. The park is the preferred location for observing big cats and large predators, including lions, cheetahs, leopards and hyenas, with numerous television scenes, such as the renowned river crossings, having been filmed here.
Accommodation: Serengeti Sopa Lodge (Budget), Serengeti Kifaru Tented Lodge (Mid-range), or Melia Serengeti Lodge (Luxury)
Dining: All-inclusive
Day 2: Full day Exploring Serengeti National Park
Today, you will spend the entire day in Serengeti National Park. Based on your preference, you may go for a morning game drive, return to the lodge for lunch and leisure, and conclude with an afternoon game drive, or you may choose a full-day game drive with a picnic lunch.
Accommodation options: Serengeti Sopa Lodge (Budget), Serengeti Kifaru Tented Lodge (Mid-range), or Melia Serengeti Lodge (Luxury)
Meal plan: Comprehensive board
Day 2: Full day Exploring Serengeti National Park
Today, you will spend the entire day in Serengeti National Park. Based on your preference, you may go for a morning game drive, return to the lodge for lunch and leisure, and conclude with an afternoon game drive, or you may choose a full-day game drive with a picnic lunch.
Accommodation options: Serengeti Sopa Lodge (Budget), Serengeti Kifaru Tented Lodge (Mid-range), or Melia Serengeti Lodge (Luxury)
Meal plan: Comprehensive board
Day 3: Morning wildlife drive followed by travel to Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
We recommend rising early to embark on a morning game drive, when wildlife is more active, and to experience one of the most spectacular sunrises you will ever see. It is truly one of the most exquisite pleasures to own. Following the wildlife drive, we will return to the lodge for a gratifying lunch before proceeding to Ngorongoro, the eighth wonder of the natural world. Subject on the arrival time, an evening game drive may be undertaken.
Accommodation options include Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge (Budget), Ngorongoro Marera Mountain View Lodge (Midrange), or Ngorongoro Lions Paw Camp (Luxury).
Dining: Complete board
Day 4: Entire day in Ngorongoro
We will commence the day at dawn and descend to the crater floor for an extraordinary morning of wildlife observation in one of the most breathtaking locations on the planet. It is one of the exceedingly uncommon spots on the continent where one can observe the black rhinoceros. The density of African animals is highest on the continent. The crater contains a river, many marshes, a soda lake with a high concentration of flamingos, a forest, and open grasslands.
Accommodation options: Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge (Budget), Ngorongoro Marera Mountain View Lodge (Midrange), or Ngorongoro Lions Paw Camp (Luxury)
Comprehensive meal plan: Full board
Day 5: Game drive followed by transfer back to Arusha to conclude the safari.
Commence with an early breakfast, followed by a morning wildlife drive in this authentic marvel of the Natural World. The crater hosts the highest known density of lions, approximately 62, with leopards in the rainforest of the crater rim, around 30 large elephants, mountain reedbuck, and over 4,000 buffalo, as well as spotted hyenas, jackals, rare wild dogs, cheetahs, and other felines.
Following the wildlife drive, there will be an opportunity for a picnic lunch adjacent to the picturesque hippo lake. Post-lunch, we will embark on a brief wildlife drive, followed by an ascent of the crater and an exit from the Ngorongoro Conservation Area en route to Arusha for airport drop-off or other destinations within Arusha.
Conclusion of 5 Days Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater safari
Safari Price Inclusions:
- all day game drives as per itinerary
- accommodation for the duration of the safari
- 4×4 land cruiser safari vehicle
- Professional safari and tour guide / driver
- All national park fees
- All meals on the safari as indicated
- Crater and concession fees
- Drinking water in the safari vehicle
- Government taxes
Safari Price excludes:
- Flights
- Items of personal nature( laundry, beverages, etc)
- Any hotel accommodation before / after the safari
- Entry visas
- Travel insurance
- Tips and gratuities
- Any items not included in the itinerary