5 Days Kilimanjaro, Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater Safari

The 5-Day Kilimanjaro, Tarangire, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro Crater Safari is a concise yet comprehensive trip of Tanzania, encompassing all the premier attractions in the northern safari circuit. This five-day safari encompasses Kilimanjaro, Tarangire, Serengeti, and the Ngorongoro Crater, featuring a day hike on the formidable Kilimanjaro Mountain, exploration of Tarangire National Park to observe the colossal baobab trees and substantial elephant herds, and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area for viewing the Big Five within the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania. This brief Tanzania safari includes visits to the spectacular Serengeti National Park for comprehensive game drives and a hot air balloon safari experience. Serengeti National Park in Tanzania is an essential site for a safari journey in the country.

The 5-Day Kilimanjaro, Tarangire, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro Crater Safari is available for booking year-round and can be tailored to your preferences, such as additional days in Serengeti National Park for a migration safari, extended time in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, or a few days in Zanzibar. It is also feasible to incorporate a gorilla trekking safari in Uganda or Rwanda. Contact us for your ideal 5-day safari encompassing Kilimanjaro, Tarangire, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro Crater, among other destinations.

Comprehensive Itinerary for a 5-Day Safari: Kilimanjaro, Tarangire, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro Crater

Day 1: Kilimanjaro Day Excursion

On the first day of your five-day safari encompassing Kilimanjaro, Tarangire, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro Crater, you will be collected from Arusha and greeted for your expedition. Following a brief orientation, commence your transfer to Kilimanjaro Mountain and initiate your walk. Traverse the forests to Mandara Hut, appreciating breathtaking vistas. Descend and rendezvous with your guide for transportation to Arusha. Check in at the hotel, unwind while awaiting supper and an overnight accommodation at Zawadi House Lodge for mid-range lodging.

Evening Repast Schedule

Day 2: Travel to Tarangire National Park, Wildlife Safari

You will enjoy breakfast at your accommodation before departing for Tarangire National Park with your packed lunch. Tarangire National Park in Tanzania is renowned for its substantial elephant herds and ancient baobab trees.

Experience a game drive in Tarangire National Park, complemented by a picnic lunch in the woods. While on your game drive in Tarangire National Park, you will seek wildlife species including gazelles, impalas, zebras, and waterbucks, as well as the diverse avian species for which the park is renowned. Check in, unwind while awaiting supper, and stay overnight at Burunge Tented Lodge, a mid-range accommodation.

Dietary Schedule: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 3: Journey to Serengeti National Park, Wildlife Safari

Following breakfast at your lodge, your guide will transport you to Serengeti National Park, situated in the northern region of Tanzania. You will relish the opportunity to observe wildlife species, including the Big Five (elephants, lions, leopards, rhinoceroses, and buffaloes), on your safari in the national park.

Partake in a picnic lunch followed by a late afternoon game drive in Serengeti Park, Tanzania, to observe animal species like zebras, lions, buffalo, elephants, giraffes, elands, impalas, and antelopes, among others. Dinner and overnight accommodations will be at the Mid-range Central Serengeti Tanzania Bush Camp.

Dietary Schedule: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 4: Hot Air Balloon Expedition, Wildlife Drive in Serengeti National Park

Rise early for your hot air balloon excursion above the Serengeti plains. Observe the preparation of the hot air balloon and board it to ascend over the park. Observe diverse species in the park and witness one of the most exquisite sunrises. Enhance your experience with a champagne bush breakfast.

Engage in a comprehensive day-long game drive to observe many animal species inhabiting the vast savannah of Serengeti National Park, including elephants, giraffes, cheetahs, impalas, gazelles, buffalo, elands, antelopes, zebras, wildebeests, and hippos, among others. Evening meal and overnight accommodation as previously mentioned.

Dietary Schedule: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater Excursion, Departure

Be advised: It is an extended day.

Following an early breakfast on the final day of your 5-Day Kilimanjaro, Tarangire, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro Crater Safari, depart with your packed lunch for a half-day wildlife drive on the crater floor. You will descend 600 meters into the crater, which hosts a variety of wildlife species, including the Big Five: lions, leopards, buffaloes, rhinoceroses, and elephants. Additional wildlife species in Ngorongoro comprise hyenas, wildebeests, antelopes, cheetahs, zebras, hippos, waterbucks, and warthogs, among others.

Various avian species, like as ostriches and flamingos, can be observed near the Ngorongoro Crater and along the beaches of Lake Magadi. Following your game drive around the Ngorongoro Crater, you will be transferred back to Arusha, with a drop-off at your hotel or the airport, concluding the 5-Day Kilimanjaro, Tarangire, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro Crater Safari.

Dietary Schedule: Morning and Midday Meals

Conclusion of the 5-Day Safari: Kilimanjaro, Tarangire, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro Crater

Prices includes

• Airport transfers as indicated
• All activities as per itinerary
• Hotel/lodge accommodation during the safari
• Private 4×4 safari land cruiser
• Professional English speaking safari and tour guide / driver
• All national park fees
• All meals on the safari
• Hot air balloon
• All game viewing activities specified
• Concession and crater fees
• Drinking water in a safari vehicle
• Government taxes

Prices excludes

• Flights and visas
• Items of personal nature
• hotel accommodation before / after the safari
• Travel insurance
• Tips and gratuities
• Optional and anything else not included in the itinerary