5 Days Wildlife Safari Tanzania to Lake Manyara Serengeti Plains & Ngorongoro Crater Tour – Overview
5 days Tanzania safari tour is a 5 days short Tanzania wildlife safari to Lake Manyara, Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Crater where you see amazing African wildlife and birds i.e Lion, Giraffe, Elephant, Buffalo, Leopard, Cheetah, Zebra, Hyena etc during game drive.
The 5 Days Wildlife Safari Tanzania to Lake Manyara Serengeti Plains & Ngorongoro Crater Tour allows you to explore the magical wilderness of Tanzania including spending two nights in the famous Serengeti National Park where you stand an opportunity to explore the migration of Wildebeest.
This remarkable 5 Days experience in Tanzania features Ngorongoro Crater which has one of the highest wild game concentrations on the continent of Africa and offers an opportunity to explore the impressive wildlife views that thrive in a self-contained natural world filled with animals.
The 5 Days Tanzania Safari also features Serengeti National Park the remarkable expanse wilderness that stretch to 14,763 km2where every new day comes with bright new landscape and adventure.
Lake Manyara National Park which is among the dramatically positioned wildlife areas in Tanzania with an expanse shallow soda lake lying at the floor of the Eastern Arm of the Great East African Rift Valley presents a memorable encounter worth encountering.
5 Days Wildlife Safari Tanzania to Lake Manyara Serengeti Plains & Ngorongoro Crater Tour – Highlights
Day 1: Transfer from Arusha to Lake Manyara
Day 2: Transfer from Lake Manyara National Park to Serengeti National Park
Day 3: Explore the magical Serengeti National Park in detail
Day 4: Transfer from Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro crater
Day 5: Transfer from Ngorongoro Crater back to Arusha
5 Days Wildlife Safari Tanzania to Lake Manyara Serengeti Plains & Ngorongoro Crater Tour – Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Transfer from Arusha to Lake Manyara
After breakfast at your place of stay in Arusha, embark on the transfer to Lake Manyara National Park 130km about 2 ½ hours’ drive.
You drive along the impressive landscapes of Tanzania before approaching Lake Manyara National Park arriving in time for lunch. In the afternoon, you embark on an afternoon game drive in the park.
Lake Manyara with its famous soda composition covers about 2/3 of the Park and the surrounding park landscapes support counts of wild game including the great elephant concentration, the tree climbing lions which only exist here and the Ishasha sector in the Queen Elizabeth National Park of Uganda along with concentration of flamingo that are pulled with Algae concentration in the lake.
Retire from relaxation, dinner and overnight
Accommodation Upmarket / Luxury:Lake Manyara Serena Lodge Midrange / Standard:Kirurumu Tented lodge Budget / Basic:Migunga Forest Camp Wild Camping
Day 2: Transfer From Lake Manyara National Park to Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, embark on the transfer to Serengeti National Park 205km about six (6) hours driving through the magical high lying landscapes of Karatu farmlands and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
In the shadows of the magical highlands, there lie the endless plains of Serengeti National Park rolling endlessly marked with the natural Savannah.
You drive to the Central area of the park named Seronera which features one of the extensive wildlife habitats in the Serengeti Park traversed by River Seronera that provides the natural waters which in turn pull most of the wildlife species to quench their thirst and thus offering the impressive magical views.
You settle for lunch and in the afternoon, you embark on a thrilling game drive in the Serengeti National Park.
Serengeti features magical wildlife including the Big five of land animals including over 3,000 populations of lion, over 1,000 populations of leopards, populations of African elephant, the Eastern Black Rhinos, the African Buffalo, the famous Tanzanian Cheetah, the populations of Impala antelope, the Thompson’s Gazelle, the eland, the Topi, spotted hyena, Water buck, striped hyena, East African wild dog, baboon along with the Masaai Giraffe.
Serengeti also features around 500 bird species including the Secretary bird, the Ostrich, Crowned crane, the Kori Bustard, the Marabou Stork, lovebirds, martial eagle among other species.
These combine to make the drive in the Serengeti plains a rewarding adventure that will generate lifetime memories. Retire for relaxation, dinner and overnight
Accommodation Upmarket / Luxury:Serengeti Serena Lodge Midrange / Standard:Serengeti Sopa Lodge Budget / Basic:Serengeti Kati Kati Camp Wild Camping
Day 3: Explore The Magical Serengeti National Park in Detail
You can opt to undertake a thrilling hot air balloon exploring the Ariel views of Serengeti plains and its magical wild game.
You silently float over the growing bush gaining impressive views of both wildlife and scenery along the flowing rivers and the small villages that mark the area.
Alternatively, you undertake a game along theSogore River Circuit that stretches to the plains in the south of Seronera River offering chances for viewing lions, Topi, the Thompson gazelle, the Ostrich and the sightings of Cheetah.
You can pay a visit to the Visitor Center near the Serengeti Seronera Lodge along with the public Campsites.
The impressively designed center features rewarding displays of wildlife along with gift shops that sell leaflets for information and the area maps.
There is also a shop where cold drinks can be bought along with snacks. The picnic area and the information trail up to and around the Kopje can also be explored.
The giant acacia trees shade presents a good ground for picnic lunch. After lunch and short relaxation, you get back on the game exploration following the Kopjes Circuit which stretches anti clock wise around the Maasai Kopjes that mainly pulls counts of lions and large cobras.
Kopjes which are granite weathered outcrops are scattered throughout the plains with miniature ecosystems that offer shade and water for drinking in the pools that are left in these rocks after rain.
These points are ideal for wild game viewing in the dry season mostly the lions that lie waiting for the animals that will come for drinking. Retire for relaxation, dinner and overnight
Accommodation Upmarket / Luxury:Serengeti Serena Lodge Midrange / Standard:Serengeti Sopa Lodge Budget / Basic:Serengeti Kati Kati Camp Wild Camping
Day 4: Transfer From Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro crater
After breakfast, embark on the transfer to Ngorongoro Conservation Area 145km about 4 hours’ drive. You make a stop at Olduvai Gorge where the skull of early man was discovered by Dr. Leakey.
You continue to Ngorongoro settling for lunch after which you slope down 600m to the crater for an afternoon game viewing encounter.
Enriched by the water and fodder all year round, the Ngorongoro National Park supports a range of animals including the wildebeest herds, the Buffalo, the Zebra, the eland, Hippos, Warthogs along with giant elephants.
The park also supports predators like lions, the jackals, the hyenas along with the leopard. The extension to Lake Magadi which is a shallow expanse salty lake to the south west of the park and a range of water birds including flamingoes can be explored.
Accommodation Upmarket / Luxury:Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge Midrange / Standard:NgorongoroSopa Lodge Budget / Basic:Ngorongoro Farmhouse Wild Camping
Day 5 : Transfer From Ngorongoro Crater Back to Arusha
After breakfast, embark on the transfer to Arusha 190km about 4 hours’ drive to mark the end of the safari.
If you do not have any flight departing in the afternoon, you can opt to undertake a morning game drive in Ngorongoro and then connect to Arusha in the afternoon
End of The 5 Days Wildlife Safari Tanzania to Lake Manyara Serengeti Plains & Ngorongoro Crater Tour.

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