5 day safari Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti National Park.

5 day safari Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti National Park.

Day 1 

From Arusha you leave towards Lake Manyara National Park which is a 2 hour drive, to enjoy a ful afternoon of game driving accompanied with a picnic lunch.  Lake Manyara National Park is famous for its tree climbing lions and stunning views over the colorful lake, which is a paradise for flamingos. The Great Rift Valley offers another beautiful geological feature, which forms a natural habitat for baboons and many other monkeys. Dinner and overnight at Jambo Campsite or Migunga lodge in Karatu.

Day 2 

Early in the morning you leave heading towards Serengeti National Park. You will enjoy a full day of game viewing crossing the southern plains of Serengeti which is the breeding ground for migratory wildbeests. From December until February the migratory animals occupy the plains for breeding before moving clockwise towards the western Serengeti corridor, where after they make there way up North crossing the border into the Masai-Mara (Kenya).  Dinner and overnight at Seronera Campsite, or Seronera Wildlife Lodge both located at the middle of Serengeti National Park. Seronera is often referred as, to be the heart of the Serengeti.

Day 3 

Depart early after breakfast with a picnic lunch for a game drive in the heart of the Serengeti. Around the Seronera river circuit we common have predators hunt in the early morning, the river make the base for the resident animals which are not migrant grazing on the river basin which is always green. However by the time of January the migratory animals will invade this area. Dinner and overnight at Seronera Wildlife lodge  or at the Campsite, both located in the heartland of the migratory animals, in the middle of the southern plain of the Serengeti national park.

Day 4 

With picnic lunch you depart and drive to the famous Ngorongoro crater.  Descend down into the crater for a full game drive. Ngorongoro crater is sometimes referred to as being the ‘Garden of Eden’ or the ‘Ark of Noah’, the crater provides the home for the big five, wild beasts, zebras and an uncountable number of gazelles and thousands of flamingos. Dinner and overnight at the Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge or Simba Campsite both located on the crater rim.

Day 5. 

Depart from the Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge or Simba campsite with picnic lunch; you drive to Arusha National Park. Here you will enjoy a morning walking safari escorted by a national armed ranger, now you will get the chance to get near to the animals like giraffes, buffaloes and many other antelopes. Lunch at the shore of Momela Lake, which is in the middle of the national park, overlooking hippos and flamingos. After lunch you do a full game drive in the park, afterwards you drive back to Arusha.

Total price per person for lodging is $1900USD.

Total price per person for camping is $1600USD

Cost is inclusive of the following

• All the parks fees
• Guiding fees
• Accommodation in a lodge during safari
• Meals, full board at the lodges and on safari
• Conservation fees
• Transfer to and from the national parks
• Full game drives in the mentioned parks
• Local government taxes
• Camping fees and camping facilities for in case you choose camping safari

In general price is inclusive of everything except tips and of the things of personal nature like alcohol, etc.