5-Day Serengeti, Crater & Lake Manyara Safari, Tanzania

Highlights: Full-day game drive among baobabs and elephant herds, overnight near Ngorongoro

After breakfast, depart Arusha for Tarangire National Park, famous for its towering ancient baobab trees, seasonal swamps, and some of the largest elephant herds in Tanzania. Named after the Tarangire River that draws wildlife from miles around, the park offers superb, uncrowded game viewing. Enjoy a full day of game drives in search of elephant, giraffe, zebra, buffalo, and predators such as lion and leopard, plus over 500 bird species, with a picnic lunch at a scenic site. In the evening, head to the green highlands near the Ngorongoro Conservation Area for dinner and overnight.

Highlights: Scenic drive via the Ngorongoro highlands, afternoon game drive into the Serengeti

After breakfast, depart for the legendary Serengeti National Park, ascending through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area with dramatic highland views before descending onto the vast golden plains. Enjoy a picnic lunch around 13:00, then continue with an afternoon game drive across the Serengeti in search of lion, cheetah, elephant, and herds of plains game as you make your way to your lodge for dinner and overnight in the heart of the wilderness.

Highlights: Full day on the Serengeti plains with a bush lunch, prime predator country

Spend a full day exploring the Serengeti, the most famous safari destination on earth, whose name means "endless plains." Your guide will track the park's legendary predators — lion, leopard, and cheetah — alongside elephant, giraffe, and vast herds of wildebeest and zebra, following wildlife movements and, in season, the Great Migration. Today's highlight is a special bush lunch out among the wildlife, bringing a sense of occasion to your safari. Continue your game drive till evening before returning to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Highlights: Full descent into the Crater, Big Five and black rhino, then transfer to Karatu

After breakfast, depart the Serengeti and travel to the world-famous Ngorongoro Crater, descending approximately 600 meters onto the caldera floor — the largest intact volcanic caldera on earth and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Spend the day game viewing in this natural amphitheatre, one of Tanzania's most reliable Big Five destinations, home to black rhino, dense lion prides, elephant, buffalo, and vast herds of zebra and wildebeest. Enjoy a picnic lunch inside the crater before ascending and continuing to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Highlights: Morning safari in Lake Manyara, tree-climbing lions, then transfer for departure

After breakfast, descend into Lake Manyara National Park, famous for its rare tree-climbing lions, large elephant and buffalo herds, and thousands of flamingos and other birds along the alkaline lake. Enjoy a game drive until around 13:00, then exit the park after lunch and drive back to Arusha for your flight to Zanzibar, or to Kilimanjaro for your flight home. Prefer to keep exploring? A beach extension to Mafia, Kilwa, Pemba, or Zanzibar can be arranged on request. We're here to help — get a free quote.