5-Day Best Tanzania Big5 Safari Experience to Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater

This 5-Day Best Tanzania Big5 Safari offers an exceptional opportunity to discover one of the most desirable locations for African safari tours: Northern Tanzania. You’ll embark on early morning game drives with our expert guide in a 4X4 Jeep to explore Tarangire National Park, Serengeti National Park, and the Ngorongoro Crater.

5-Day Best Tanzania Big5 Safari Highlights

Day 1: Tarangire National Park
Day 2: Serengeti National Park
Day 3: Central Serengeti National Park
Day 4: Ngorongoro Crater
Day 5: Lake Manyara National Park

Detailed 5-Day Best Tanzania Big5 Safari

Day 1: Tarangire National Park

After breakfast, our 5-Day Best Tanzania Big5 Safari guide will pick you up from your hotel in Arusha and drive you to Tarangire National Park for a game drive and picnic lunch.

Tarangire National Park is named for the Tarangire River that crosses through it. The park is famous for its big herds of elephants, huge baobab trees, and high numbers of predators. There is a plethora to see and explore here!

Main Destination: Tarangire National Park
Accommodation: Fig Tree Lodge & Camp
Meals & Drinks: Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included), Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 2: Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, you will leave Karatu village and enter the Ngorongoro Conservation Area to Serengeti where you will start the game drive for these days.

Activities: Game drive. Serengeti Park is the most famous park of all in Africa. It is more than 15,000 square kilometers of savannah full of lions, leopards, cheetahs, giraffes, elephants, and many other wild animals. After game drives, you will drive to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.

Main Destination: Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Budget camping – Inside Central Serengeti NP
Meals & Drinks: All meals included, Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 3: Central Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, you’ll depart from Karatu village and enter the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, making your way through the Ngorongoro Highlands until you reach the Serengeti gate. Once there, you’ll embark on a game drive, which will continue over the next two days.

Activities: Game drive. The Serengeti Park is one of the most renowned parks in Africa, encompassing more than 15,000 square kilometers of savannah teeming with lions, leopards, cheetahs, giraffes, elephants, and countless other wild animals. Following your game drives, you’ll return to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.

Main Destination: Central Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Budget camping – On the crater rim of Ngorongoro Crater
Meals & Drinks: All meals included, Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 4: Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast, you will descend inside the Ngorongoro Crater for game drives with a picnic lunch. In the afternoon, you will drive back to Karatu for dinner and an overnight stay.

Activities: Game drive. The Ngorongoro Crater is a must-see while on safari in Tanzania for its high density of wild animals. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is a conservation project where the Maasai and their livestock live together with wild animals.

Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater
Accommodation: Fig Tree Lodge & Camp
Meals & Drinks: All meals included, Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 5: Lake Manyara National Park

Following breakfast, you will depart from the lodge, carrying packed lunch boxes, and head towards the entrance gate of Lake Manyara National Park. Once you complete the gate formalities, you will enter the park and be greeted by baboons in the initial forest. Continuing your 5-Day Best Tanzania Big5 Safari journey, you might encounter elephants, gazelles, tree-climbing lions, and a variety of other wildlife. After lunch, you will make your way to either the airport or a hotel in Arusha.

Main Destination: Lake Manyara National Park
Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks: Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included), Non-alcoholic drinks

End of 5-Day Best Tanzania Big5 Safari

5-Day Best Tanzania Big5 Safari Inclusions and Exclusions

Included

Park fees (For non-residents)
All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
A professional 5-Day Best Tanzania Big5 Safari 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
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