A 5-Day Wildlife Standard Safari in Tanzania offers a fantastic opportunity to experience some of the best game viewing in Africa. Tanzania is known for its vast and iconic wildlife areas like the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, and Tarangire National Park.
What to Expect on a 5-Day Wildlife Safari in Tanzania:
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Wildlife: Tanzania is home to incredible wildlife, and during your safari, you'll have the chance to see the Big Five (lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard, and rhinoceros) as well as cheetahs, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, and countless bird species.
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Comfortable Safari Lodges and Camps: While this is a "Standard" safari, you'll still stay in comfortable lodges and tented camps. These accommodations are often located inside or near the national parks for easy access to game drives.
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Safari Vehicles: The game drives will take place in customized 4x4 safari vehicles that are ideal for navigating rough terrains and offering panoramic views of the wildlife.
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Experienced Guides: You’ll be accompanied by expert local guides who know the parks intimately, making your safari informative and enjoyable.
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Meals: Meals are typically included in the safari package, and you'll be able to enjoy local and international dishes in beautiful settings. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are provided, with many safaris offering picnic lunches in the parks.
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Cultural Experiences: Depending on your tour operator, some safaris include cultural visits to local Maasai villages or other indigenous groups to learn about their lifestyle and traditions.
General Safari Highlights:
- Tarangire National Park: Known for its elephant herds and baobab trees.
- Ngorongoro Crater: A unique ecosystem with an abundance of wildlife in a collapsed volcanic caldera.
- Serengeti National Park: Famous for its vast savannahs and the Great Migration (if visiting during the migration season).
This 6-day wildlife safari provides an amazing and diverse safari experience, from stunning landscapes and wildlife sightings to cultural encounters. It’s ideal for those who want to visit Tanzania's most iconic parks within a relatively short time frame.
Day 0: Welcome to Tanzania
When you arrive, you will meet our driver with a sign bearing your name; He will pick you and drive to Hotel in Arusha for dinner and overnight. Your Safari Guide will meet you at the hotel for a safari briefing.
Dinner on your own, overnight at Green Mountain Hotel
Day 1: Tarangire National Park
Departing Arusha, we will drive across the Maasai village on our way to Tarangire National Park. The fourth largest park in Tanzania, you will see majestic Baobab and Acacia Tortilla Trees. On The game drive, you will be able to spot big groups of Elephants, Impalas, Warthog, Lion, Leopard, Gerenuk, Zebra, Giraffe, Water-buck and over 300 species of birds. (Overnight at Marera Valley Lodge)
Day 2: Ngorongoro Crater – Serengeti National Park
After an early start you will make your way to the cooler regions of the Ngorongoro highlands. On your game drive you have the possibility of seeing all different kinds of mammals ranging from the “Big Five” – lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino and leopard – to Grant’s and Thomson’s gazelles and mountain reedbucks. You might also see spotted hyenas and some of the more than 500 bird species of the area. After a picnic lunch in the crater and some more game viewing, you will leave the crater in the afternoon and drive to Serengeti National Park where you will overnight at Serengeti Heritage Camp
Day 3: Serengeti National Park full day game drive
After Breakfast we will do full game drive at Serengeti National Park, Serengeti National Park is the scene of the Great Wildebeest Migration after breakfast you will follow the migration of herds & spend much time with them in anticipation of experiencing animal actions like eating, fighting even killing. Packed lunch can be served at the picnic site or somewhere in the bush. This is a full day game drive in Serengeti where you will return back to Serengeti Heritage Camp for dinner and overnight.
Day 4: Serengeti via Ngorongoro conservation area – Marera Valley Lodge
After breakfast, you will leave Serengeti with your picnic lunch and drive to Karatu. Game on route via Ngorongoro conservation Area.
Dinner on your own and Overnight at Marera Valley Lodge
Day 5: Lake Eyasi – Arusha (Cultural activities)
Early Morning around 5-6am our driver will be ready to escort you for your day adventure. Everyone will have their own, favorite cultural experience today. But perhaps your lasting memory will be of the Hadzabe hunter’s gatherers, their lifestyle will make you ponder how uncomplicated though not-easy life can be. We will first experience a hunting trip with the hadzabe, the last hunter’s gatherers in Tanzania, before receiving a welcome from different tribes, the colorful Datoga people you will also a local blacksmith practicing his craft, fashioning pots and weapons from scrap metal. Afternoon we will drive to Arusha. Dinner and Overnight at Green Mountain Hotel
The price for 5 days’ safari per person is shown below.
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Number of pax |
2pax |
3-4pax |
5-6pax |
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price per person |
$2,455 |
$2,320 |
$2,290 |
Items included:
- Lodge safari according to the itinerary
- Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle
- Professional, English-speaking guide
- Overnight accommodation according to the itinerary
- Meals according to the itinerary
- All mentioned activities
- All national park fees
Items excluded:
- Flights
- Lunch or dinner at the hotel in Arusha
- Optional activities
- Alcoholic and soft drinks
- Visa fees
- Tips for driver guide
- Personal spending money for souvenirs etc.
- Travel insurance
