Elephant Special Serengeti & Ngorongoro Crater 5 Days / 4 Nights

4.9 (76 reviews) Arusha, Tanzania
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Duration5 days
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LanguagesEnglish
Group sizeUp to 12 travelers
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Overview

Lake Manyara National Park, Serengeti National Park, Olduvai Gorge and Ngorongoro Crater are the most popular National Parks in Northern Tanzania. In this 5 days safari, you will get to know them all, With the Best of Tanzania Safari travel in custom designed 4x4 safari vehicles with open roofs for game viewing. This is a small group seat-in-vehicle safari with a maximum of 6 travelers per vehicle, all with window seats. Take this opportunity to witness the amazing event that wildlife enthusiasts and photographers around the world dream about. Join this safari to photograph the millions of wildebeests and zebras that make up the annual ‘Great Migration’ that creates an extraordinary spectacle of life, birth and death as nature plays out this series of awe inspiring events. One of the best times to view this incredible spectacle is during February and March each year when the calving season reaches its peak.

What's included

  • Full board (breakfast, lunch & dinner) accommodation.
  • 24-Hour support during the safari from our office in Moshi.
  • All park and entrance fees
  • Lunch
  • All game drives viewing in a custom built 4x4 Safari Land Cruiser
  • Current Government taxes and levies
  • Professional English speaking driver/guide during the safari.
  • Bottled water in safari vehicles
  • Ngorongoro Crater car supplement fee
  • Transportation with 4x4 vehicles with viewing roofs
  • Internal or International flights
  • Transfers to and from the airport
  • Balloon excursion
  • Entry visa to Tanzania.
  • Travel and health insurance
  • Gratuities to your guide, hotel staff, and porters
  • Meals, drinks, and excursions not described in the itinerary
  • Any other items of a personal nature, laundry, telephone and postage

What to expect

Day 1: Drive from Moshi to Tarangire National Park
  1. Tarangire National Park
    6h
    The drive from Moshi to Tarangire National Park takes about three hours. This park is spectacular in the dry season when many of the migratory wildlife species come back to the permanent waters of the Tarangire River. Huge herds of wildebeest, zebras, elephants, elands, and Oryx gather to stay in Tarangire until the onset of the rain when they migrate again to good grazing areas. Overnight at the Highview Hotel.
Day 2: Drive to Serengeti National Park
  1. Olduvai Gorge
    6h · Admission ticket included
    The drive to Serengeti National Park via Olduvai Gorge takes 3 to 4 hours. Olduvai Gorge is an archaeological site located in the eastern Serengeti plains, in which early human fossils were first discovered. It has an amazing landscape that resulted from the same tectonic forces that created the Great Rift Valley millions of years ago. Then, in the late evening drive to and overnight at the Serengeti Wildcamps.meal plan FB
Day 3: Venture into the Serengeti's Wilderness
  1. Serengeti National Park
    8h
    After breakfast, venture into the Serengeti's wilderness corners for a full-day of game viewing in the park. With a picnic lunch beside you, take your leisure while exploring this world heritage site, where earth's largest concentration of plain game still roams free! In the late evening, go to the Serengeti Wildcamps for rest, dinner, and overnight.
Day 4: Drive to Ngorongoro Crater
  1. Ngorongoro Crater
    6h · Admission ticket included
    After breakfast, drive to Ngorongoro Crater for a game drive inside the crater. This is the best place in Tanzania to see black rhino as well as prides of lion that include the magnificent black-manned males. There are lots of colorful flamingos and a variety of water birds. Other game that you can see includes leopard, cheetah, hyena, other members of the antelope family, and small mammals. Dinner and overnight at the Highview Hotel.FB
Day 5: Drive to Lake Manyara National Park
  1. Lake Manyara National Park
    6h
    The drive from the Highview Hotel to Lake Manyara National Park takes about 30 Minutes. After having a Picnic lunch in Manyara, you start a late afternoon game drive, which is the best time to view animals in this park. When you approach it from the east, the Rift Valley escarpment looms on the horizon forming an impressive backdrop to the lake. In the tall trees of the ground water forest, monkeys leap from branch to branch, and on the escarpment, elephants stand in the shade. Other animals frequently seen are zebras, impalas, monkeys, giraffes, buffalos, hippos, and others. In the late afternoon, drive back to the Springlands Hotel in Moshi.

Additional information

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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