5 Day Safari from Zanzibar Detailed Itinerary
Day 1
Zanzibar to Tarangire National Park
Your safari adventure begins today! You will be picked up by Our driver from your hotel in Zanzibar and driven to the airport for your flight to Arusha Airport. You will fly for an hour in a small plane to Arusha and our safari manager will be waiting for you at the Airport to welcome you in Arusha and give a glimpse explanation about your 5-day safari and later our professional Safari guide will pick you up from Arusha Airport and drive for 2 hours to Tarangire National Park.
The park is well-known for its large elephant herds and abundance of ancient baobab trees (the largest trees on the continent). From the open roof of the vehicle, you will experience the seasonal swamps, savanna, and Tarangire River which is full of wildlife ranging from a large variety of birds to giraffes, impalas, zebras, lions, leopards, elands, warthogs and elephants. Later, you will drive to your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
> Accommodation:
✓ Name: Heart and Soul Lodge / Kizumba Campsite
✓ Type: Lodge / Campsite
✓ Level: Mid-range/ Budget
Day 02
Tarangire National Park to the Serengeti National Park.
After breakfast you will depart towards the Rift Valley, passing through Mto Wa Mbu and Karatu, in the cooler regions of the crater highlands. You will enter the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and stop for a short look into the crater from a viewing point. Continuing your journey around the crater, you will descend to the other side, enjoying your free “African massage” on the bumpy road, passing Maasai villages on your way to the Serengeti National Park.
At the Naabi Hill entrance gate, you can walk to a viewpoint with spectacular views across the plains of the Serengeti savannah. You will then continue towards the Seronera Area in the central part of the Serengeti. The park offers a multitude of wildlife including the Big Five – lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino, and leopard. Late in the afternoon, you will arrive at the Serengeti Heritage Tented Camp. The camp is in a secluded area, in the heart of the bush, and the stars at night are breathtaking. Lunch will be enjoyed en route.
Breakfast; Lunch; Dinner
> Accommodation:
✓ Name: Serengeti Heritage Tented Camp/ Nyani Campsite
✓ Type: Lodge / Campsite
✓ Level: Mid-range/ Budget
Day 3
Full day at the Serengeti National Park.
On this day you can wake up early for a sunrise game drive to try and catch up with the rare nocturnal animal species as well as the early risers among the diurnal ones. It is a nice time to see animals within a close distance as most game like to line up at the roadsides to escape the morning dew. After breakfast at your camp, you will then spend the day doing game drives for the whole day within the Serengeti National Park.
The name Serengeti comes from a Maasai word ‘Siringiti meaning plains without end and true to the name you will explore vast stretches of African Savannah in search of the many animals that Serengeti has to offer. Apart from the wildebeests you expect to spot other animals including elephants, lions, cheetahs, elusive leopards, zebras, elands, and a lot of resident and migratory birds
> Accommodation:
✓ Name: Serengeti Heritage Tented Camp/ Nyani Campsite
✓ Type: Lodge / Campsite
✓ Level: Mid-range/ Budget
Day 04
Serengeti National Park – Ngorongoro Crater.
Breakfast at your camp / or lodge then we check out and head out for one more last game drive in the Serengeti. You will explore the Seronera River Valley rich in wildlife and bird life or anywhere else in the Serengeti as per your professional safari guide’s guidance.
Your safari guide as usual will be in constant contact with other guides around through the VHF high-frequency radios fitted in our safari cars so he will have a better idea of the best places to explore. Later in the afternoon you will drive back to the Ngorongoro Conservation area and check in at a lodge for dinner and overnight.
Dinner and overnight at a nice mid-range lodge at Ngorongoro Crater All meals included.
> Accommodation:
✓ Name: Rhino Lodge / Simba Campsite
✓ Type: Lodge / Campsite
✓ Level: Mid-range/ Budget
Day 05
Ngorongoro Crater – back to Arusha – End of safari
Breakfast at your lodge you will descend early into the Crater floor for game drives in the Ngorongoro Crater. The earlier you descend to the Crater floor so you may descend after breakfast or even with a packed breakfast in order to be at the Crater floor as early as you can and better your chances of seeing the rare animals like Black Rhinos with a little luck.
Spend the better part of the morning exploring the Ngorongoro Crater until lunchtime. Ngorongoro Crater with its 600 to 650-meter-high walls is like a natural zoo with the highest concentration of wild animals and it is here where you can even spot the Big Five even in one day if lucky enough. After picnic lunch which you will most likely take at the hippo poolside designated picnic site, you will drive up the Crater rim and out of the Conservation area.
You will return to Arusha where you will arrive later in the afternoon. Breakfast and Lunch included
