6 Days Ngorongoro and Serengeti Tanzania safari

6 Days Ngorongoro and Serengeti Tanzania safari is a Tanzania safari starting and ending in ARUSHA CITY, this safari offers you a Tanzania safari visit to 3 main national parks of Tanzania including Serengeti national park, Lake Manyara national park and Ngorongoro crater.

These tree national parks are a home to a variety of game which you will watch during the game drive including tree climbing lions, cape buffaloes, elephants, leopards, cheetahs, warthogs, wildebeests, gazelles among others.

Highlights of 6 Days Ngorongoro and Serengeti Tanzania safari

  • Day 1: Pick up, Lake Manyara Game Drive, Guided Walking Safari
  • Day 2: Drive to Ngorongoro Crater drive
  • Day 3: Drive to Serengeti National Park
  • Day 4&5: Hot Air Balloon Ride, Full day in Serengeti National Park
6 Days Ngorongoro and Serengeti Tanzania safari
Hot air Ballon Tour
  • Day 6: Departure

Detailed itinerary of 6 Days Ngorongoro and Serengeti Tanzania safari

Day 1: Pick up, Lake Manyara Game Drive, Guided Walking Safari

To start your safari, your guide will pick up from your hotel in Arusha in the morning after breakfast. He will brief you about the 6 Days Ngorongoro and Serengeti Tanzania safari and then drive to Lake Manyara National park – a home to the tree climbing lions and large flocks of pink flamingoes.

Arrive in the park in time for lunch which you will have at the lodge, in the afternoon you will enjoy a game drive in the park. During the game drive, lookout for various animals such as lions, elephants, buffalos, antelopes, elands, among many others as they graze in the plains. The game drive will last until sunset and then return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation: Twiga Lodge

Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner

Day 2: Drive to Ngorongoro Crater drive
Wake early for breakfast, check out of the lodge and with en-route game drive you will exit the park and embark on a journey to Ngorongoro Conservation Area the 8th Wonder of the world with the world’s largest intact crater. Along the drive, you will enjoy views of rolling hills, forests and coffee plantations.

When you arrive in the park, you will be welcomed by the beautiful sceneries of  the crater and beautiful landscape, have lunch at your lodge and have enjoy a game drive on the crater floor which is a home to several wildlife including lions, cheetahs, leopards, cape buffaloes, zebras, rhinos, giraffes, hyenas, warthogs, hartebeests among others. You will also enjoy spotting various bird species such as pink flamingo along the shores of Lake Magadi. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation: Karatu Tented Lodge

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

6 Days Ngorongoro and Serengeti Tanzania safari
Karatu Tented Lodge

Day 3: Drive to Serengeti National Park
Have early breakfast, checkout of the lodge and embark on a transfer from Ngorongoro Conservation Area to Serengeti national park – one of the most famous Tanzania safari destination in the country known for wildebeest migration and the Bi 5 (lions, leopards, buffalos, rhinos and elephants)

Arrive in the park in time for lunch and engage in an afternoon game drive , you will enjoy seeing various wildlife species as you drive through the savannah plains and various Kopjes. Rock granites such as Simba Kopjes. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation: Serengeti Heritage Luxury Tented Camps and Lodge

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 4&5: Hot Air Balloon Ride, Full day in Serengeti National Park

You will spend these 2 days enjoying Serengeti national park on a hot air balloon and game drives, wake up early and be driven to the starting point of the hot air balloon ride over the Serengeti plains enjoying aerial views of the park’s endless plains, animals and breathtaking views of the sunrise.

After the experience, you will have champagne breakfast in the bush and then head out for full day of exploration on game drive. During the game drives you will enjoy seeing various wildlife species elephants, impalas, elands, giraffes, hippos, waterbucks, wildebeests, lions, leopards, buffalos, rhinos, cheetahs, hartebeests, topi, hyenas and many others. You will have lunch either at the picnic site or at the lodge then return for another game drive, return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation: Heritage Luxury Tented Camp

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

6 Days Ngorongoro and Serengeti Tanzania safari
Serengeti Plains

Day 6: Departure
Enjoy a sumptuous breakfast at your lodge and enjoy a game drive as you exit the park heading to Arusha for a drop off, you shall be transferred either at the hotel or at airport for your departure flight back home.

End of Safari

Safari Price Inclusions:

  • all day game drives as per itinerary
  • accommodation for the duration of the safari
  • 4×4 land cruiser safari vehicle
  • Professional safari and tour guide / driver
  • All national park fees
  • All meals on the safari as indicated
  • Crater and concession fees
  • Drinking water in the safari vehicle
  • Government taxes

Safari Price excludes:

  • Flights
  • Items of personal nature( laundry, beverages, etc)
  • Any hotel accommodation before / after the safari
  • Entry visas
  • Travel insurance
  • Tips and gratuities
  • Any items not included in the itinerary
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