5 Days Wonderful Budget Camping Safari in Tanzania

Day 1: Arusha- Lake Manyara N. Park

Pick up at 7:00am from your Hotel in Arushand depart for Lake Manyara National Park, picnic lunch and game drive in Lake Manyara National Park. This is a relatively small but diverse park, 120km west of Arusha. The park’s namesake is a shallow, salt lake. It covers a large area of the park, flooding and drying with the seasons and is home to thousands of flamingos and over 500 other bird species. On your exploration of the park you will see monkeys, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, buffalo, elephant and with some luck, lions lounging in the trees. The park is known for its diverse landscapes; not only open grassy plains, but also primate-filled woodlands and baobab dotted cliffs.

• Main destination: Lake Manyara National Park
• Accommodation: Twiga Campsite

Day 2: Lake Manyara - Serengeti

After breakfast depart for Serengeti National Park, en-route game drive, picnic lunch and afternoon a short game drive in Serengeti Park. The legendary Serengeti Plain is your destination today (210 km), a vast rolling plain whose sparse vegetation allows for some of the best wildlife viewing in the world. The annual migration of wildebeest and zebra is one of the park’s great attractions, but throughout the year the Serengeti is excellent for seeing predators such as lion, leopard and cheetah, along with elephant, giraffe, hyena, hippo, rhino, and many varieties of antelopes and birds.

• Main destination: Serengeti National Park
• Accommodation: Seronera Campsite

Day 3: Explore Serengeti

The entire day is set aside for more game drives in the Serengeti National Park. The Serengeti is the habitat for an abundance of wildlife, such as impalas, buffalo, crocodiles and hippos, but is more well-known for its great migrating herds of zebras and wildebeest. The animals’ trek is determined by the rainfall and varies from year to year. In November and December the animals move from the northern region, dominated by woodlands and hills, to the grassy plains of the south. During the longer rainy season from April to June, they return to the north. Apart from the migrating herds, you might have the chance to see predators, such as leopards, cheetahs and lions, always lurking close by.

After an unforgettable day, you will return to your camp for dinner and an overnight stay.

• Main destination: Serengeti National Park
• Accommodation: Seronera Campsite

Day 4: Serengeti- Ngorongoro

Early morning breakfast then depart Serengeti at 7 am for Ngorongoro. Depart Serengeti with a Game drive in route to Ngorongoro are which extends to the National Park. Enjoy a picnic lunch. You will pass through the Olduvai Gorge, in northern Tanzania. Often called the cradle of mankind, this area is internationally recognized for Louis and Mary Leakey’s famous discoveries of early humans and magnificent antiquities documenting the evolutionary history of our stone tool-using ancestors over the last two million years. Research at Olduvai began almost a century ago, producing an unparalleled wealth of archaeological and paleontological data for the study of some key phases of early human evolution Museum viewing

Proceed to our hotel for check in.

• Main destination: Ngorongoro Crater
• Accommodation: Simba campsite

Day 5: Drive To Arusha

After early breakfast we will descend over 600 meters into the crater to view wildlife for a half day’s safari tour. Supported by a year round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro National Park supports a vast variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants. Another big draw card to this picturesque national park, is it’s dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard, which sometimes requires a trained eye to spot. We will visit Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the southwestern corner, which is one of the main features of the crater. A large number of flamingos, hippos and other water birds can usually been seen here. In the afternoon after lunch start driving to Arusha arriving late in the evening. We will drop you off at your hotel in Arusha or Airport.

• Main destination: Arusha
• Accommodation: No accommodation.