5 Days Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater

5 Days Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater: Embark on an unparalleled wildlife expedition during this 5-day tour of Lake Manyara, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro Crater, encompassing three renowned destinations: Lake Manyara National Park, Serengeti National Park, and Ngorongoro Crater. This expedition provides an ideal equilibrium of exhilarating game drives, cultural interactions, and opulent comfort. Accompanied by seasoned guides and thoughtfully selected lodgings, you will traverse the essence of Tanzania’s northern safari circuit with elegance.

Anticipate encountering stunning landscapes, varied ecosystems, and plentiful animals, including elephants, lions, leopards, hippos, flamingos, and, if fortunate, the elusive black rhino. This lodge-based tour offers an immersive, stress-free, and memorable experience for both first-time visitors and returning safari enthusiasts.

 

Day 1: Arrival in Arusha

We will get you from Arusha Airport or Kilimanjaro Airport for an overnight stay at your accommodation in Arusha city.

Day 2: Arusha to Lake Manyara

Depart from the Arusha hotel at 8:00 AM for a three-hour journey to Lake Manyara National Park, where you will engage in a full-day wildlife drive. Subsequently, you will proceed to your lodge for dinner and overnight accommodation. Within the park, one may observe climbing tree lions and numerous flamingos drawn by the algae in the lake, as well as visit a hot spring. On the same day, you will visit a Maasai boma to observe their lifestyle and learn about their culture and traditions, followed by a return trip to Karatu for dinner and an overnight stay.

Day 3: Transition from Lake Manyara to Serengeti National Park

Upon awakening this morning, you will partake in a substantial breakfast, thereafter pack your stuff into the safari jeep, and then commence an en-route game drive to the Serengeti. containing your food within the jeep.

En route, you will observe the stunning Rift Valley and the Ngorongoro Crater, arriving in Serengeti by approximately 3 PM. You will partake in an evening wildlife drive in central Serengeti, where you may observe the sunset. Following this, dinner will be served, and you will spend the night in a tented accommodation within Serengeti Heritage.

Day 4: Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater

You will awaken at 5:45 for an early breakfast and witness the sunrise within the Serengeti. following completing your breakfast, you will embark on a morning wildlife drive until 11:30 AM, following which you will return to the campsite for a delicious lunch and prepare your belongings in the jeep.

After completing your delicious lunch, you will go on a wildlife drive in the Serengeti on route to the Ngorongoro Crater for dinner and an overnight stay.

Day 5: Ngorongoro to Arusha

You will awaken at approximately 5:30 AM for breakfast. Following breakfast, you will descend to the Ngorongoro Crater floor, where you will have the opportunity to observe all of the Big Five, as well as other species of birds, including the black rhino present within the crater. Today, you will enjoy your lunch within the crater while observing nature and significant concentrations of flamingos.

Subsequently, following a 6 to 7-hour game drive within the crater floor, you will commence your ascent from the crater, passing past the campground to put all bags into the jeep in preparation for the return journey to Arusha for an overnight stay.