5 Days Budget Safari in Tanzania – Big Five Tour
Thrilling 5-day budget safari in Tanzania with Safari Moja Matata, exploring Tarangire, Serengeti, Ngorongoro, and Lake Manyara. Experience the Big Five up close as you camp under the African sky in well-equipped tents. Enjoy breathtaking game drives across the Serengeti’s endless plains, the wildlife-rich Ngorongoro Crater, and the scenic Lake Manyara, all while staying in affordable yet immersive campsites for a true wilderness adventure.
Morning after breakfast at 8:00 am driver will pick you at Hotel in Arusha and the drive Tarangire National Park where will arrival for Full day game view.
The park has great landscapes including plain known as small Serengeti, Tarangire river which act as major magnet for animals during dry season. Its natural vegetation mainly consists of Acacia woodland and giant African Baobab trees, with huge swamp areas in the south. The Tarangire National Park is reputed to contain some of the largest elephant herds in Africa. This National park is also home to three rare species of animals – the Greater Kudu, the Fringed-eared Oryx, as well as a few Ashy Starlings. Afternoon will stop at picnic site for lunch packed. Later evening after sunset view will transfer to Migombani Campsite for dinner and overnight.
Migombani Camp is located in the Great Rift Valley and is central to many beautiful national parks. With the picturesque Lake Manyara at your doorstep.
Today after breakfast with lunch boxes will drive to Serengeti National Park it will take 4hrs to reach the Park, We head to the central park area, known as the Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park, featuring the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species. Arrival in time for lunch packed at picnic site followed by game drive till sunset view where will transfer to Nyani Campsite for dinner and overnight.
Today enjoy an early morning game drive in the central Serengeti. The savannah is an active landscape and the air is flooded with the melodies the birds create as the regenerated sunlight starts to illuminate the full landscape. Afternoon enjoy lunch at the Bush then drive toward Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Arriving at the crater rim, the 600m deep caldera. You will spend the night at Simba campsite.
Breakfast then drive down the forested slopes into the crater on a steep and narrow path. The crater floor is covered in open grassland with the occasional acacia tree and two small wooded areas. Teaming with wildlife, you will be able to see many animals in a short period of time and might even be able to tick the “Big Five” – lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino and leopard – off your list. Other animals present in the crater area include wildebeest, zebras, gazelles, warthogs, hippos and more than 500 species of birds. Later after lunch will drive to Migombani Campsite for dinner and overnight.
Morning Breakfast then proceed to Lake Manyara National Park. This small park is a paradise for serious and amateur bird-lovers as this small park is home to over 400 species of birds, including flamingos, pelicans, storks and cormorants. The park is highlighted with lots of these trees and the tree climbing lions which are often spotted taking afternoon siesta on the branches. After game will drive back to Arusha
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- Park entry fees
- Meals (FB)
- Camping fee
- Camping gear
- Bottled water
- Game view drive
- All government taxes.
- Pick and drop off after safari.
- Crater fees
- Transport 4x4 with open roof
- International flights(From/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Bath towels
- Tips(Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
- Personal items(Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
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