5 Days Big Five Safari Adventure to Taragangire, Lake Manyara and Ngororngoro Crater Rim

Immerse yourself with our 4 day Big Five Safari Adventure that will give you a chance to witness the Big Five animals and other interesting animals of prey. You will be immersed in the unspoiled nature of real Africa that you never see on online. Take snap shots of wild animals up close together with the the amazing landscapes of the Northern Tanzania during the guided walking safari in Arusha National Park

Safari in brief

• Day 1. Game drive & Guided walking Safari in Arusha National park
• Day 2. Big Five wildlife experience in Tarangire National Park
• Day 3. Extra-ordinary wildlife safari experience in Lake Manyara
• Day 4. Ngorongoro Crater Rim Experience
• Day 5. Cultural Immersion with Masai tribe at Mto Wa Mbu - Departure

Safari in Details

Day 1. Transfer to Arusha National Park - Game drive & Guided Walking safari.

With an early breakfast, start your thrilling journey to Arusha National Park while carrying lunch boxes. After the game drive, you will also explore this park by walking accompanied by a park ranger. Once the game drives are done, we will transfer you to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.

The park is dotted with an abundance of unique mammal species such as the African elephant, Cape buffalo, hippo, zebra, giraffe, and even the camera-shy wildebeest. It has also fascinating landscapes including an expansive open savanna that later gives way to a patch of acacia scrubland before finally culminating in a lush rainforest. Overnight at Arusha Planet Lodge

Day 2. Big Five wildlife experience in Tarangire National Park

Pick up from Arusha Hotel in the morning and drive to the Tarangire National Park for lunch for the camp/Lodge.
Afternoon game drive through the park, much of the park is grassland, along with swamps and flood plains, which feed the Tarangire River. Large baobab trees, especially in the northern part of the park, stand dotted throughout the landscape that dominates the landscape. Many of the trees are hundreds of years old. In other places there are forests of acacia, open shrub and groves of palm trees. Famous for its large population of elephants.  Dinner and overnight at Tarangire Simba Lodge

120 km south of Arusha is the Tarangire National Park. The Tarangire National Park, with 2600 km2, has the highest population density of elephants in Tanzania, and its sparse vegetation and its landscape dotted with baobabs and acacias give this park a very special atmosphere. 
Tarangire offers incomparable safaris, and during the dry season elephants abound. The families of the pachyderms play around the trunks of the ancient baobab and acacia trees tearing the bark off these thorny spiny trees for their afternoon meal. The views of the Masai steppe and the mountains to the south make Tarangire a memorable                                       
Herds of up to 300 elephants scratch the dry riverbed looking for groundwater, while migratory wildebeest, zebras, buffalo, impalas, gazelles, eland antelopes clump around the scarce water sources.

Day 3. Extra-ordinary wildlife safari experience in Lake Manyara

After breakfast, depart to Lake Manyara National Park for game drives while carrying lunch boxes. Once we have finished the game drives. The park is famous for the arboreal lions, which hide among the branches of the trees. It is also known for the numerous colony of baboons that populate the forest and accompany you along the road from the moment you enter the park. Overnight at Eilleen Tree Inn Karatu

Day 4. Ngorongoro Crater Rim Experience

After breakfast, you'll depart to Ngorongoro for a game drive inside Ngorongoro Crater while carrying lunch boxes. Once game drives are done, we will transfer you to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

This park constitutes the largest uninterrupted caldera in the world and one of the Natural Wonders of Africa. It has the presence of about 30,000 large mammals, residents all year round (such as buffaloes, lions, elephants, cheetahs and rhinos) and many varieties of birds (such as flamingos, eagles and buzzards). Be ready to see many animals here within a little time. Overnight at Eilleen Tree Inn Karatu

Day 5. Cultural Immersion with Masai tribe at Mto Wa Mbu - Departure

With a lazy breakfast, we drive to through the Ngorongoro highlands down to Mto wa Mbu (River of mosquitoes) for a an authentic cultural tour and walking safari with the Masai people. We can decide to have a lavish local lunch in the areas before we head back to Arusha or Kilimanjaro airport for your flight back home with lots of African memories.

End of Safari