If your time is tight, this five-day safari covers the three parks most people come to Tanzania for without cramming them into a blur. It opens in Tarangire's elephant country, moves on to a full day working the Serengeti's plains, and closes with a full day down inside the Ngorongoro Crater. Five days is short by safari standards, so there's less flexibility to linger somewhere that catches your eye, but you still get a genuine day in each park rather than a drive-through. Comfortable lodges and tented camps, full board, and one driver-guide throughout.
Safari HighlightsYour driver-guide picks you up from your Arusha hotel or Kilimanjaro International Airport and drives you to Tarangire National Park. After lunch, you head out for an afternoon game drive through baobab-studded plains, watching for the elephant herds that gather along the river here.
🏨 Overnight: Tarangire Simba LodgeAfter breakfast it's the scenic drive to the Serengeti, climbing through the Ngorongoro Highlands with a stop at the Oldupai Gorge viewpoint along the way. You'll arrive with time for an afternoon game drive out on the open plains.
🏨 Overnight: Serengeti Acacia Tented CampA full day in the Seronera Valley, the central part of the ecosystem, known for wildlife that stays put year-round and a good concentration of predators around the granite kopjes.
🏨 Overnight: Serengeti Acacia Tented CampAn early start for the Ngorongoro Crater, descending onto the caldera floor for a full day among lion, elephant, buffalo, wildebeest and, with some luck, the crater's resident black rhino, with a picnic lunch beside the Lerai Forest.
🏨 Overnight: Karatu Simba LodgeAfter a relaxed breakfast, it's back down through the Rift Valley to Arusha, timed to reach the airport in good time for your onward flight from Kilimanjaro International Airport.
✈ Transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport| Season | Per Person (sharing) | Group of 6 |
|---|---|---|
| Peak Season (Jul–Sep, late Dec) | $3,900 | $19,890 |
| High Season (Jun, Oct) | $3,420 | $17,440 |
| Low Season (Mar–May) | $2,848 | $14,520 |
June to October brings the driest conditions and, generally, the easier game viewing across all three parks on this route. November's short rains bring greener scenery and fewer other vehicles around, while March to May, the long rains, is the cheapest time to go, with big skies and calving season down south, though a few roads get muddy after heavy downpours.
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