5 Days Tanzania Lodge Safari

Description

Lodge safaris are for the discerning traveller who wishes to experience Eastern Africa’s wilderness in comfort and ease. During the day, you will be out in the bush exploring the wilderness of Tanzania and in the evenings you will enjoy all the amenities your lodge or tented camp has to offer. Our portfolio includes some of the best lodges in Tanzania, ranging from classic, luxury and good value for you to explore. As we do not offer set departures, the lodges on your Tanzania Safari can be completely tailored to your needs. So whether you want to live in the lap of luxury or just want a little pampering, we can plan the perfect accommodation for you.

Highlights
  • On this 5-day lodge safari, you will visit the Tarangire and Serengeti National Park as well as the world-famous Ngorongoro Crater.
  • Enjoy the beautiful scenery as you immerse in Tanzania’s breath-taking nature and wildlife.
  • Experience the Wildebeest Migration safari when thousands of wildebeest, zebra and gazelle wondering about in the Serengeti plains.
  • Spotting the African Big 5 & big cats while stay in the best lodges & camps placed in wildlife areas.
  • An unforgettable African safari taking in the wildlife, scenic and cultural highlights of Tanzania.
Includes
  • Private Safari
  • Accommodation as indicated (2 people sharing a double and 3 sharing a triple room/tent)
  • Activities as indicated
  • Meals as indicated (B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner)
  • All park fees and government taxes
  • Services of Professional English-speaking driver-guide
  • Game drives in Land Rover or Land Cruiser with pop-up or flip-flop roof tops and guarantee of a window seat
  • Bottled water while on safari
  • Unlimited mileage on the safari
Excludes
  • Arrival and departure Kilimanjaro airport transfers
  • Accommodations in Arusha
  • International airfare
  • Items of a personal nature such as passport, visa and traveler’s insurance
  • Tips to driver-guide
  • Extra activities
  • Optional Visit of Maasai Village
  • Optional visit of Olduvai Gorge

Location Map

Tour Timeline

  • 1
    Day 1: Arusha & Tarangire

    After breakfast, leave Arusha drive to Tarangire National Park with picnic lunch; the park is spectacular and it is well known for its large herds of Elephant population. Later in the late afternoon leave and drive to Karatu for overnight.

    Estimated driving time: 2.5 hrs

    Activities: Game drives

    Accommodation: Ngongoro Farm House, on Full Board Basis

  • 2
    Day 2 : Karatu /Serengeti

    After breakfast leave Karatu with parked lunch and drive to an on-route game drive to Serengeti national park. Afternoon game drives in search for the predators and the herbivores the feed on the Serengeti Savannah.

    Estimated driving time: 4- 6 hrs

    Activities: Game drives

    Accommodation: Mbugani Camp [Central Serengeti] on Full Board Basis

  • 3
    Day 3: Serengeti

    After breakfast, we leave for a full day game drive in Serengeti plains. The Park contains the largest remaining concentration of plains game in Africa, on a scale, which has no parallel anywhere in the world. There is abundance of herbivores. Serengeti is also famous for lions and contains a wide variety of birdlife, believed to be in the region of 350 species, and with good chances also of seeing the predators at work. Lunch at the lodge/camp or as a picnic lunch while on game drive.

    Activities: Game drives

    Accommodation: Mbugani Camp [Central Serengeti] on Full Board Basis

  • 4
    Day 4: Serengeti/Ngorongoro

    After breakfast, we leave with packed lunch for a morning game drive in the western Serengeti then proceed to Ngorongoro with optional ($60/group) visit of Maasai village, and optional ($30/person) visit to Olduvai Gorge.

    Estimated driving time: 4- 6 hrs

    Activities: Game drives

    Accommodation: Ngorongoro Serena Lodge on Full Board basis

  • 5
    Day 5: Ngorongoro

    After breakfast, leave with picnic lunch and descend into the Ngorongoro Crater exploring the short grass plains of the largest intact caldera in the world. The crater enjoys its enduring charm stems from the overwhelming physical beauty and the abundance of wildlife permanently resident on the crater floor. This extinct volcano embraces 100sq miles alive with lions, leopard, rhino, elephant, buffalo, and many games, then later in the late afternoon leaves the crater in the late afternoon and drive back to Arusha.

    Activities: Game drives

    Accommodation: Arusha Planet Lodge on Bed & Breakfast basis