Overview
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.
Full Itinerary
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
