5-Day Tanzania Big5 Private Safari

Arusha to Tarangire National Park

The first 5-Day Tanzania Big5 Private Safari Experience Day we will pick you up from your hotel in (or around) Arusha. During the 2,5-hour drive, you will enjoy the beautiful nature and landscapes. In Tarangire, we’ll do a game drive before lunch. After lunch at the picnic site, we’ll do a game drive all afternoon. Tarangire National Park is located 115 km south of Arusha and is a long and narrow park that covers 2850 km2 and runs along the Tarangire River.

The name of the park is also coming from the Tarangire River, which is the only source of water for wild animals during the dry season. The park is famous for its large number of elephants, baobab trees, and tree climbing African pythons. During the dry months, the concentration of animals around the Tarangire river is almost as diverse and reliable as in the Ngorongoro Crater. At the end of the afternoon, we will arrive at Marera Valley Lodge where you can relax the swimming pool.

• Main Destination: Tarangire National Park
• Accommodation: Marera Valley Lodge
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included, all drinks (Premium wines & liquors might be excluded)

Lodge to Lake Manyara National Park

In the morning we’ll be heading to Lake Manyara where we do a game drive all day. Lake Manyara is known for its breathtaking panoramic views, waterfalls, babbling brooks with clear water and hot springs. Lake Manyara National Park is located between the rocks of the Great Rift Valley and Lake Manyara. The beauty of this park is partly due to a large variety of wildlife, grasslands, forests, and water. Lake Manyara has one of the largest populations of water birds, over 400 species, including flamingos and pelicans. But also, large herds of elephants, giraffes, hippos, water buffalos and of course the impalas. At the end of the afternoon, we will arrive at the Marera Valley Lodge.

• Main Destination: Lake Manyara National Park
• Accommodation: Marera Valley Lodge
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included, all drinks (Premium wines & liquors might be excluded)

Adventure in Serengeti National Park

This day of 5-Day Tanzania Big5 Private Safari Experience, we will leave after breakfast and head towards the Serengeti. After a 4-hour drive, we will arrive at the Serengeti. After lunch, we’ll do a game drive all afternoon in this beautiful park. The Serengeti is known for its endless plains of savannah and forest landscapes. An area of ​​about 30,000 km2 in the north of Tanzania and Kenya, of which 80 % is located in Tanzania.

The park is famous for the migration involving about 1.5 million herbivores and followers, thousands of predators are moving because of the drought in the northern hills to the southern plains. After the rains in mid-April, they go back via a detour through the western part. At the end of the afternoon, we’ll arrive at Serengeti Wild Camp where you can enjoy the beautiful sunset in Serengeti.

• Main Destination: Serengeti National Park
• Accommodation: Serengeti Wild Camp – Mid-range tented camp located inside Serengeti NP
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included, all drinks (Premium wines & liquors might be excluded)

Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater

The fourth day of 5-Day Tanzania Big5 Private Safari Experience, we spend all morning in Serengeti and in the afternoon, we’ll be heading to the Ngorongoro conservation area. We overnight at Marera Valley Lodge which is a few hundred meters away from the crater rim. The lodge offers amazing views of the untouched high montane forest with Mount Oldeani and Mount Makarot.

• Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater
• Accommodation: Marera Valley Lodge – Mid-range lodge located on the crater rim of Ngorongoro Crater
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included, all drinks (Premium wines & liquors might be excluded)

Ngorongoro Crater to Arusha

We will wake up early in the morning and after breakfast, we will drive into the Ngorongoro crater. The Ngorongoro crater has a diameter of about 20 kilometers and a 600-meter-high crater wall. The Ngorongoro Crater is the largest intact crater in the world. The crater life estimated 30,000 larger mammals. In the center of the crater is a Salt Lake. This is one of the most densely populated wildlife areas in the world. It is a unique area where animals and humans as the authentic Maasai and Hadza live together. From the edge of the crater, you look out over the impressive crater and its wonderful inhabitants. In the afternoon we’ll drive back to Arusha where we arrive before dinner time.

• Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater
• Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included, all drinks (Premium wines & liquors might be excluded)

End of 5-Day Tanzania Big5 Private Safari Experience