5 Day Tanzania Big 5 Safari
2024
This 5-days safari has been designed to offer a non-stop wildlife adventure in exploring the heart of Northern Tanzania Circuit. You will experience what Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, Ngorongoro Crater (one of the 8th world wonders) and Serengeti National Park has to offer.
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Off the beaten track, Luxury Travel, Nature travel, Multi-destination stay, Travelling alone and travelling in a group.
Best months to go
The best time(s) to go is/are : Janvier, Février, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin, Juillet, Août, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Décembre.
You can go all year round.
How to get there?
You can get there by Plane, Car, Tourism bus.
OBMET CLUB TOURS AND SAFARIS
From 850€ à 1800€ / person
Travel suitable for :
Detail of the stay : 5 Day Tanzania Big 5 Safari - 5 days
Arrival at Arusha or Kilimanjaro Airport
Our guide will pick you up at Kilimanjaro International Airport and take you to our office in Arusha. As local Tanzanians, our guides know well the country and Arusha city, so you’ll be in good hands from when you arrive to the moment you leave. We always recommend sleeping in Arusha before the safari because we like to start our safaris early in the morning.
Arusha to Tarangire
Steps: Tarangire National Park
After breakfast, our office representative will be there for briefing about your safari, later depart for 2 hours’ drive to Tarangire National Park. Along the way, you will take in the scenic views of the grassland plains speckled with the ancient baobab trees, traditional Maasai houses, and cattle being herded by the nomadic people.
Tarangire National Park is known for – the famous ancient baobab trees, tree climbing pythons, and the largest concentration of African elephants, lions, leopards, cheetah.
After a picnic lunch in midday, you will resume your afternoon game drive then drive to hotel for dinner and overnight.
Tarangire to Serengeti
Steps: Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, you will drive to Serengeti national park. This drive will take you through Ngorongoro conservation area so you will be able to view the Ngorongoro crater on the way. This drive will take around six hours depending on game on the way because sometimes there is a high concentration of game on the southern plains. You may have a chance to stop at Olduvai Gorge Museum or a Maasai village enroute.
You will stop for picnic lunch on the way then proceeds to your camp with game drive enroute arriving in the evening for dinner and overnight.
Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater
Steps: Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast, you will take three hours’ drive to Ngorongoro conservation area for Ngorongoro crater descent then followed by a game drive. In a midday you will have your lunch at the base of the crater. Ngorongoro is one of the 8th Wonders of the World, the crater is a very important refuge for a variety of wildlife. Most commonly seen are big bulls of elephants and the vulnerable species of black rhinos. The crater is also home to big herds of wildebeest and Zebras, Thomson and Grant’s gazelles, Hippopotamus, African cape buffalos, prides of Lions, Hyenas, Serval cats, Golden and black backed jackals, and close to 400 species of birds.
You will enjoy picnic lunch, and evening drive on the crater rim, here is where we will have dinner and overnight.
Ngorongoro Crater to Lake Manyara
Steps: Manyara National Park
After breakfast, you will drive to Lake Manyara National Park with picnic lunches, for morning and afternoon game drive. The Park is situated inside of the Great Rift Valley with a distinctive evergreen forest that provides suitable habitat for olive baboons, monkeys, big families of elephants, tree climbing lions, leopards and African cape buffalos. Midday you’ll enjoy lunch in the park before setting out for the open woodland areas where you’ll hope to set your sights on giraffes, hippos and flamingos.
Late afternoon drive back to Arusha/ Kilimanjaro for an overnight, take an international flight for your next destination or back home.
