5 Days Tanzania Budget Safari

Tanzania

5 Days Tanzania Budget Safari

Overview

Experience the best of Tanzania’s wildlife with our 5-day Budget Safari tour. Journey through the breathtaking landscapes of the north circuit parks in a custom safari jeep equipped with a pop-up roof, ensuring excellent views of the wildlife. Accompanied by a knowledgeable guide/driver and a skilled chef, you’ll have a truly immersive safari experience. The adventure begins with 2 days in Serengeti, the iconic park renowned for the annual migration of over a million wildebeests and 250,000 zebras. Witness this natural spectacle up close and immerse yourself in the vastness of the savannah.
 
Next, explore the Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for its stunning landscapes and abundant wildlife. Enjoy surreal views of the crater from its rim and venture down to the crater floor for unparalleled animal sightings. Lastly, visit Tarangire National Park, often referred to as a smaller version of Serengeti but famous for its large population of elephants. As you traverse the park, marvel at the diverse wildlife and lush scenery that make Tarangire a hidden gem in Tanzania’s safari circuit.
 
With a maximum group size of 6-7 people, this camping safari promises an intimate and personalized experience, allowing you to connect with nature and create lasting memories. Don’t miss this opportunity to embark on an unforgettable journey through Tanzania’s most iconic parks with Taffies Safaris curated 5-day Budget Safari tour.
 

Itinerary

We will pick you up from your hotel and after being familiar with the guide, chef & other clients we will drive to Tarangire national park (2hr drive) famous for its diverse landscape. The park is particularly known for the abundance of Ancient Baobab trees & having the largest concentration of elephants in the whole country and provides unique chances to observe the interaction between elephant families. We will do a game drive through the park depending on where they are reported sightings of animals (mostly predators, lions, cheetahs & leopards as they are harder to spot) as herbivores (giraffes, wildebeest, zebras etc are plenty to see through the park. Later on, will go to the Tarangire river picnic site and enjoy the beautiful view of the river & animals while having lunch, small monkeys & baboons will try to scare you of your lunch but there is nothing to worry about After lunch will proceed with the game drive and exit the park around 4:30 pm where will head to our accommodation (Fig lodge & campsite) for dinner & sleep

Meals included: Lunch and Dinner

After breakfast, you will drive from mto wa mbu to serengeti which takes 6 hours(includes all stops) as it transits through the Ngorongoro conservation Area Authority.

Stop At: Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority., Arusha Region. Brief stop at the gate and view point to look at the breathe taking view of the crater. 

Stop At: Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Arusha Region. Visit Maasai village, its optional to visit and explore the culture of the great Maasai tribe known for chasing lions of their kill and hunting lions to be considered a warrior, drinking raw animal blood though these traditions are thing of the past with exception of drinking blood you can surely learn something.

Arrive in late afternoon and do a game drive in Seronera (center of Serengeti) to late evening and experience the sunset in Serengeti while having close view of wild animals lucky enough seeing a predator hunting or on a kill, later heading to Seronera camp site

Note: You can still view animals from camp mostly hyenas there is close protection from active rangers so no worries

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation included: overnight at seronera camp site

After an early breakfast will go on an early game drive seeing a lot of animals till afternoon where will head to camp for lunch and packing doing a game drive while we exit the Serengeti heading to Simba campsite (2hrs drive) near the rim of Ngorongoro crater

note; animals can be spotted on campsites

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation included: overnight stay at Simba campsite Ngorongoro

After an early breakfast will descend the crater (6:15 am) on a journey to find the black rhino, rhinos are the hardest to spot in the beautiful crater as most animals will be easier to spot from this park due to it being a floor crater After lunch will do a game drive and ascend the crater to camp and pack for the trip to Fig lodge & campsite near lake Manyara national park

Meals included: breakfast, Lunch, dinner

After breakfast will go to the Lake Manyara national park famous for a large number of flamingoes in the lake & its tree-climbing lions (though they are rarely seen) We will do a game drive viewing plenty of birds, lucky enough you can spot these famous tree-climbing lions, visit the hippo pool for a close look of hippos and the hot spring all this while doing a game drive and viewing plenty of animals (buffaloes, wildebeest, warthogs, vultures, eagles, monkeys etc)

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch

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