4 Days Tarangire, Ngorongoro, Serengeti & Lake Manyara Safari
Big Time pick
Tarangire · Ngorongoro · Serengeti · Lake Manyara
Stays are in camps or lodges.
Tanzania · Midrange · Big Time pick
5 Days Upper-Midrange Tarangire, Serengeti, Ngorongoro & Lake Manyara Safari
A 5-day midrange safari through Tarangire, the Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Lake Manyara. Accommodation is in lodges.
- Duration
- 5 days
- Route
- Tarangire → Serengeti → Ngorongoro → Lake Manyara
- Comfort
- Midrange
- Transport
- 4×4 Land Cruiser
- Accommodation
- Overnight at the lodge.
Price
Price on request
The way through.
- 01Tarangire
- 02Serengeti
- 03Ngorongoro
- 04Lake Manyara
Places as named in the journey title. Nights in each are set out in your itinerary.
Day by day
Your itinerary, day by day.
Starts in Arusha · finishes in Arusha
The route, days and named stays are as planned. What is included at each stop, from food, park fees and drinking water to room types, permits and border arrangements, and any camp or lodge not named here, is set out in your written quotation. Game drives on travel days depend on arrival and departure times, timings can change with road and park conditions, and wildlife sightings are never guaranteed. Photographs illustrate each day’s destination; they are not pictures of a particular departure.
Lions resting in the branches of a tree in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania. Illustrative photograph. Photograph: Diego Delso (CC BY-SA 4.0) Elephants and baobabs at Tarangire
Arusha → Tarangire
The journey begins in Arusha and heads for Tarangire National Park, the first of four parks. TANAPA notes that camps and lodges sit along the Tarangire River and the Silale Swamp area, and that the dry months of June to October are the peak season, when wildlife gathers along the river. The park’s baobabs and elephants are its signature, and an afternoon game drive is the first chance to see both, with old termite mounds serving as lookouts for lions and mongooses.
- Overnight
- Lodge in Tarangire, named in your quotation
- Meals
- Set out in your written quotation
A Grant’s gazelle walking across the plains of Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. Illustrative photograph. Photograph: Giles Laurent (CC BY-SA 4.0) West to the Serengeti
Tarangire → Serengeti
A long drive west takes the safari from Tarangire across the Ngorongoro highlands to the Serengeti. The road journey is, in TANAPA’s words, long but scenic, and it reaches the park by the afternoon. The first game drive in the Serengeti may already show the scale of the plains. Remember that drones are prohibited in the park without special permission, and that all guides here must be certified.
- Overnight
- Lodge in the Serengeti, named in your quotation
- Meals
- Set out in your written quotation
A male lion lying on a rock in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. Illustrative photograph. Photograph: Giles Laurent (CC BY-SA 4.0) A full Serengeti day
Serengeti
This full day is the heart of the safari. Depending on the month, the herds may be in the area or elsewhere in the ecosystem: TANAPA points to June to October for the migration, and January and February for calving in the south. Either way, the Serengeti’s lions, leopards, elephants and buffalo make every drive worthwhile, and the park’s birdlife ranges from ostriches to eagles. TANAPA advises booking accommodation early for the peak migration months.
- Overnight
- Lodge in the Serengeti, named in your quotation
- Meals
- Set out in your written quotation
Herds on the floor of the Ngorongoro Crater, seen from the rim. Illustrative photograph. Photograph: Eric Kilby (CC BY-SA 2.0) To the Ngorongoro Crater
Serengeti → Ngorongoro Crater
Leaving the Serengeti, the journey reaches the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and descends into the crater, the world’s largest intact and unfilled volcanic caldera. Its floor is home to more than 25,000 animals, and the rim and floor both give superb viewing. Game drives here are the only way to explore, because walking is not allowed on the crater floor. The night is spent at a lodge on or near the rim.
- Overnight
- Lodge in the Ngorongoro area, named in your quotation
- Meals
- Set out in your written quotation
A grey crowned crane in grassland in Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania. Illustrative photograph. Photograph: Richard Mortel from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (CC BY 2.0) Lake Manyara on the way home
Ngorongoro → Lake Manyara → Arusha
The final park of the journey is Lake Manyara, a short way down the escarpment from the highlands. TANAPA describes towering mahogany and fig trees sheltering blue monkeys and bushbuck, and lesser flamingos on the soda lake, with a canopy walkway among the treetops. After a drive through the park, the Land Cruiser returns to Arusha, ending a five-day circuit that took in all four of the northern circuit’s classic parks.
- Meals
- Set out in your written quotation
Like the shape of these days? Tell us your dates and who is travelling, and our team will set out the stays, meals and inclusions in a written quotation.
Where you stay.
Overnight at the lodge. The camp or lodge is discussed with you during planning and confirmed with your itinerary, subject to availability. How accommodation works on our safaris
Places along the way.
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