5 Days Ngorongoro and Serengeti Safari is one of the best Tanzania safari packages to book for an opportunity to explore the 2 most sought after Tanzania national parks and Tanzania safari destinations in the northern safari circuit of Tanzania. This 5 Days Ngorongoro and Serengeti Safari is one of the short and yet rewarding Tanzania safari tours that takes travelers to both the Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti National Park, for classic game drives and so much more.
This 5 Days Ngorongoro and Serengeti Safari has you enjoying a guided walking safari in Ngorongoro Conservation Area with n opportunity to come up-close with nature, enjoy the Ngorongoro Crater drive as well as extensive game drives in Serengeti National Par, through the beautiful endless plains of Serengeti National Park.
Summary Itinerary of 5 Days Ngorongoro and Serengeti Safari
Day 1: Pick up, Drive to Ngorongoro, Walking Safari
Day 2: Ngorongoro Crater Drive
Day 3: Drive to Serengeti
Day 4: Full Day Serengeti Game Drive
Day 5: Departure
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Pick up, Drive to Ngorongoro, Walking Safari
You shall be picked up at the airport or hotel in Arusha by our company driver guide. He will welcome you to Tanzania and for the safari, and brief you about the same. You will proceed to drive to the Ngorongoro conservation area where you will engage in a walking safari. During your walking safari, you will be accompanied by a ranger and you will get a close encounter with your natural surroundings in Ngorongoro and also get to know how to track animals. After this experience, you will return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge
Day 2: Ngorongoro Crater Drive
You will have breakfast as you prepare for a drive to the Ngorongoro crater where you will descend 600 meters into the crater and engage in a game drive as you look out for elephants, lions, buffalos, leopards, zebras, hippos, wildebeests, hyenas, dik dik, antelopes, and warthogs
among others.
You will also enjoy amazing views around the Ngorongoro crater during your game drive and also see flamingos along the shores of the alkaline lake found in the crater, Lake Magadi. After your game drive, you will return to your lodge, relax as you wait for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Drive to Serengeti
After breakfast at your lodge, your guide will drive you to Serengeti national park. You will have lunch at your lodge in the national park and later you will engage in a late afternoon game drive around Serengeti national park.
You will search for different wildlife species during your game drive such as the big 5 and many others during your safari. After your game drive, you will be driven you to your lodge for your dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge/Ang’ata Serengeti Camp
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Full Day Serengeti Game Drive
Today after breakfast at the lodge, together with your packed lunch you shall head out for a full day game drive in the Serengeti Plains, looking out for various animals in the park. Explore Serengeti national park and engage in a game drive as you look out for wildlife species like giraffes, wildebeests, zebras, gazelles, lions, leopards, elands, wildebeests, zebras, hippos, cheetahs among others.
At the end of the day, relax at the lodge as you wait for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: As Above
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Departure
Drive Time: 7 Hours
You will have breakfast as you prepare for your drive to Arusha from your lodge in Serengeti national park, enjoying another opportunity to see wildlife species on the way to Arusha where you will be dropped off at the airport in Arusha which will bring your safari to an end.
Alternatively, you shall be transferred to Seronera Airstrip for your flight to Arusha.
End of 5 Days Ngorongoro and Serengeti Safari
Price includes
- 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
- Crater and Concession fees
- Drinking water in the safari vehicle
- Government taxes
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
