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4 Days, 3 Nights Tanzania Budget Camping Safari to Serengeti & Ngorongoro

Enjoy your safari to Ngorongoro and serengeti parks the homes for the big five.

Duration4 days
Max People12
Min Age6+
PickupArusha / hotel

Tour Overview

Experience an unforgettable 4-day Tanzania budget camping safari through the legendary Serengeti National Park and spectacular Ngorongoro Crater. Enjoy thrilling game drives across the Serengeti plains, renowned for abundant wildlife and the Great Wildebeest Migration, before descending into the Ngorongoro Crater for an exceptional wildlife experience. With comfortable budget camping, shared safari experiences and beautiful natural surroundings, this is an ideal adventure for travelers seeking an authentic and affordable Tanzanian safari.

Highlights

  • Exciting game drives across the Serengeti National Park
  • Spot lions, elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, zebras and more
  • Opportunity to see leopards and cheetahs
  • Explore the vast Serengeti plains and wildlife-rich habitats
  • Descend into the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater
  • Chance to spot the Big Five, including black rhino
  • Enjoy an authentic budget camping safari experience
  • Stunning landscapes and unforgettable wildlife encounters

Day by day itinerary

Day 01

Arusha/Serengeti National Park (335km – 5 hours)

Pick up from Arusha at 0800am and drive to the Great Serengeti National Park (14,763 sq km or 5,700 sq mile’s) with your Picnic Lunch. Game drive enroute to the campsite.

Serengeti National Park is a home to lion, leopard, Elephant, Cheetah, Buffalo, Zebra, Wildebeest, Eland, Wild dog, Gazelles, Crocs and more. Lot of birds includes the Eurasia migrants.

Dinner and Overnight at Serengeti Seronera Camp Site.

Days 02

Full Day Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, continues with both morning and afternoon game drives in Serengeti national Park.

Remember this is the migration safari, so as Serengeti is very large as your game drives will depend on the move of the migrants, your guide knows very well how to locate the herds.

The Serengeti means endless plains in Maasai language. In the central plains there are carnivores like leopard, lion, hyena and cheetah.

This park is normally the scene of the annual migration of wildebeest and zebra that occurs between the Kenyan Mara and the Serengeti.

Varied bird species can be seen here including eagles, ducks, geese, egrets, vultures, secretary birds, ibis, stork, herons, kites, pelicans, cranes and guinea fowl.

You will have all meals and Overnight at Serengeti Seronera Camp Site.

Meals Plan: {Breakfast, Lunch, Diner}

Day 03

Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Crater Rim

Wake up at 0600 hours for early morning game drives in Serengeti at 0900 hours back to the Campsite for breakfast.

Then check out and drive with lunch and game viewing en route to Ngorongoro Crater Rim.

Ngorongoro Crater- The largest unbroken caldera in the world, Ngorongoro has an area of 260 kilometers and a depth of 610 meters.

The crater provides a protected habitat for thousands of mammals and birds. The entire day is spent on the crater floor viewing lion, hyena, wildebeest, zebra, black rhinoceros, and many species of small antelopes.

The Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area is located between the Serengeti and Lake Manyara. It is home to the famous Ngorongoro Crater which is the largest unbroken caldera in the world.

The Crater is a spectacular setting in which to experience your African safari. Some scientists maintain that before it erupted, Ngorongoro Crater- the largest intact caldera in the world would have been higher than Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest point in Africa.

It is one of the few places in Africa where you stand a very good chance of seeing the Big Five (lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino and elephant) in the course of a game- drive.

The local Maasai have permission to graze their cattle on the Crater floor, and it is not unusual to see Maasai cattle and buffalo grazing together with lion mere meters away.

There are around 1000 lions in the Crater, approximately 20 black rhino, and the spectacular Lerai Forest is one of the best places in Africa to spot leopard.

OPTION: Visit the Olduvai Gorge at extra fee for the museum.

Dinner and Overnight at Ngorongoro Simba “A” Campsite.

Day 04

Ngorongoro Crater Floor- Arusha .

Wake up early morning for breakfast then at 0730hours drive to Ngorongoro Crater where you will descend into the Crater floor  for game drives.

All the Big five Rhino Lion, Leopard, Buffalo and Elephant live in this wonderful caldera, others are Zebra, Hippo, Wildebeest, Hyena and more…

Birds includes flamingos on the Soda lake, Geese, Storks, Vultures and more.. Break for lunch at Ngoitoktok spring Picnic sites it will be an unforgettable experience.

After lunch proceed with fame viewing while ascending the Crater and Arusha for drop off in Arusha Town or Arusha Airport for your flight.

END OF YOUR SAFARI

What is included

Included

  • 3 night accommodation
  • All park fees
  • Meals as per itinerary
  • Bottled water
  • Our assistance at any point
  • Pick up from your hotel in Arusha
  • Professional guide

Not included

  • International flights and visas
  • Travel insurance
  • Tips for guides, lodge staff and porters
  • Drinks and beverages
  • Alcoholic drinks and personal expenses
  • Drinks and beverages

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