5-Day Private Camping Tarangire Serengeti Crater Manyara

Day 1: Arusha to Lake Manyara National Park

1. Lake Manyara National Park
   9h
   After your safari briefing, leave from the hotel in Arusha Town and drive on Tarmac Road for 130 kilometers to Lake Manyara National Park. The lake occupies a large portion of the park, the forest starts just when you cross the park gate along the base of the Great Rift Valley and the hot springs are located to the west of the park. The park is home to the famous tree-climbing lions as well as buffalo, giraffe, hippo, baboons, flamingo, ostrich, geese and so many more. After your picnic lunch, take off for an afternoon game drive. In the late afternoon, drive to camp for dinner and your overnight stay.

Day 2: Tarangire National Park

1. Tarangire National Park
   10h
   In the morning you will be picked up from your lodge and you will travel to the Tarangire National Park. This park with its huge baobab trees, the perennial Tarangire River, and seasonal swamps is home to the largest elephant herds in northern Tanzania. Animals gather at the river and you should be able to see elephants, giraffes, bushbucks, hartebeests, dik-diks, waterbucks, warthogs, and reedbucks all year round.
   Furthermore, the park is also home to buffaloes, zebras, and wildebeests which are always closely followed by a range of predators such as lions. Leopards are seen every once in a while but cheetahs are rarely spotted. From the open roof of the vehicle, you will be able to absorb the landscape and watch the animals. After an extensive game drive, you will leave the park in the late afternoon and drive to the accommodation, where you will spend the night.

Day 3: to Serengeti National Park

1. Serengeti National Park
   10h
   After breakfast, head towards the Serengeti National Park through the beautiful high lying farmland of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation area. Leaving the highlands behind, you descend into the heart of wild Africa into the Serengeti National Park with its endless plains rolling in the distance as far as the eye can see. Head to the central park area, known as the Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park. The Seronera River provides a valuable water source to this area of the park and attracts wildlife well-represented of most of the Serengeti’s species. Arrive in time to enjoy lunch and then head out for an afternoon game drive. Dinner and your overnight stay will be at the Seronera Camp.

Day 4: Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater

1. Ngorongoro Conservation Area
   16h
   After breakfast, you will continue the game drive through Serengeti National Park. You will see hundreds of wildebeest and zebras and often lions and other big cats such as leopards and cheetahs in the Seronera Valley. After lunch at a picnic site, you will drive in the direction of Ngorongoro. Later in the evening, you will drive to Simba campsite in Ngorongoro for overnight.

Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater to Arusha

1. Ngorongoro Crater
   6h · Admission ticket included
   Today you will wake up very early to do an early morning game drive after breakfast, to spot the animals when they are more active, and also to have a fantastic sunrise in front of you. The sunrise in the African Savanna is one of the most beautiful experiences one can have. You will then travel to Ngorongoro Crater, inhabited by almost every species of wildlife indigenous to East Africa including the rare black rhino. In fact, the crater has the greatest
   concentration of wildlife on the planet. It contains a river, several swamps, and a soda lake that from the top looks like steam, full of flamingos, a forest, and open plains. The large bull elephants that reside here have extremely large tusks, due to the rich mineral content of the volcanic soil and its grasses. After Your game drive in the crater, we expect to be back in Arusha around 6:00 pm although we can be flexible if needed.

• Wheelchair accessible
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels