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Tanzania Wildlife Safari – Private Budget

The 5-day and 4-night safari takes you to the Tanzania Best Parks has been designed to meet the requirements for visitors to experience the best of the Northern Tanzanian parks. This tour is based on budget accommodation. You will visit Tarangire National Park (home of giant elephants), Serengeti National Park (the best national park in Africa), the Ngorongoro Crater (home of the Big 5 animals) and Lake Manyara National Park (Tree climbing park).

DAY BY DAY SUMMARY

Day 1: Drive to Tarangire National Park
Day 2: Wildlife Viewing - Serengeti National Park
Day 3: Early & Afternoon Game Drive - Serengeti National Park
Day 4: Home of the Big 5 - Ngorongoro Crater
Day 5: Lake Manyara National Park

TOUR INFO

$1637 per person

5 Days

Safari

Budget Safari

Itinerary Details

DAY-BY-DAY

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Day 1: Drive to Tarangire National Park

You will depart from Arusha in the morning and head to Tarangire National Park as the first from the list in Tanzania Best Parks, arriving before midday. Once in the park, you will be able to enjoy both a morning and afternoon game drive with a delicious lunch in the afternoon. In the early evening, after your game drive, you will exit the park and make your way to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Tarangire National Park's main attractions:

  • Land of giants - herds of giant elephants & massive baobab trees
  • Over 550 different bird species - migratory & permanent
  • Abundant biodiversity
  •  The Tarangire River.
1 NIGHT
Meals: All meals included
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Day 2: Wildlife Viewing - Serengeti National Park

Depart from Tarangire in the morning after a hearty breakfast and make your way to Serengeti National Park). En-route to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, you will see some views of Ngorongoro Crater before reaching the Serengeti gate. After lunch, you will head out on an afternoon game drive for the chance to look for some wildlife before sunset and dinner at the campsite.

Serengeti National Park's main attractions:

  •  Voted the best park in Africa (2020) by the World Travelers' Awards
  • Home to the great wildebeest migration
  • Home to the famous grassland plains
  • The high number of predators - leopards, cheetahs & lions
  • Most traveler's choice.
1 NIGHT
Meals: All meals included
Nyani Campsite
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Day 3: Early & Afternoon Game Drive - Serengeti National Park

After a cup of coffee, head out early for your morning game drive for a chance to witness a magnificent African sunrise in the bush. Experience the wilderness and its magnificent creatures as they wake up among the dew-covered grasses. Later, you will head back to camp for breakfast and some relaxation. In the afternoon, as you exit the park, you will have another chance to explore the plains in search of the African wildlife. Proceed to your accommodation in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

Main attractions of an early morning game drive:

  • Best time to spot the animals & birds
  • Animals are more active than in the afternoon
  • The best chance of experiencing predators on a hunt
  • Best time to capture pictures in beautiful light.
1 NIGHT
Meals: All meals included
Ngorongoro Simba Campsite
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Day 4: Home of the Big 5 - Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast, you will depart from the campsite with a packed picnic lunch. Descend into the amazing Ngorongoro Crater and explore the magnificent world of diversity that lies within, surrounded by the imposing walls that encircle the reserve.

It is possible to see all of Africa's Big Five within the crater, among a vast array of other wildlife, including hundreds of bird species. Enjoy a full day in the crater before departing to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Ngorongoro Crater's main attractions:

  • Visit the largest unbroken volcanic caldera on earth
  • Home to Africa's Big Five
  • Witness Maasai people living among wild animals
  • Exceptional natural landscapes.
1 NIGHT
Meals: All meals included
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Day 5: Lake Manyara National Park

After breakfast, you'll be picked up from your hotel at 08;00 am and start a beautiful journey across the Great Rift Valley for a full-day game drive. The park has breathtaking scenery and is well famous for its lush acacia forest, giant figs, mahogany trees, as well as a growing population of baboons and blue monkeys. In afternoon you will have Your picknic lunch Insde Lake Manyara National Park.

Permanent residents of this park include giraffes, elephants, impalas and a huge amount of buffaloes. The lake is also home to a large number of hippos. The landscapes of Lake Manyara are something that can not be described in words. The game drives along the lake provide stunning photo opportunities of giraffes and buffaloes in the foreground and the lake in the background. Some extra tours are possible, including a bike tour or a boat excursion.

Later you will be drive heading to Arusha town.

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INCLUSIONS

Our trips are unashamedly high-end but always deliver excellent value for money. Our guide price covers the majority of trip costs upfront, on a per person basis, including all transfers.

INCLUDES

Park fees (For non-residents)
All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
A professional driver/guide
All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
All flights during the tour
All Taxes/VAT
Roundtrip airport transfer
Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
Drinks (As specified in the day-by-day section)

EXCLUDES

International flights (From/to home)
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
Some meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)

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