Duration
10 Days
Trip season
High Season
Safari Type
Mid-Range
Meal Plan
Full Board
Tour Overview
Tour Overview
Take part in a convenient yet exciting 4-day camping safari that features some of Tanzania’s most unique and beautiful wildlife destinations: Tarangire National Park and the world-famous Ngorongoro Crater. For travelers with time constraints who seek an impactful adventure through a safari that facilitates spotting the “Big Five,” this itinerary is designed for you. Your adventure starts with the enormous elephant herds and baobab trees of Tarangire National Park. And it ends with the Ngorongoro Crater, a self-contained, unique ecosystem that is frequently referred to as “Africa’s Garden of Eden” for how much of wildlife it holds.
This is an experience that is as close as it gets to nature. You will travel in a specially designed safari 4x4 with a professional driver-guide, whose knowledge will enrich your adventure. Each campsite offers beautiful views, and a private cook will provide you with a well-deserved hot meal as you listen to the warm, inviting sounds of the music of the African bush. You will truly experience a great safari, with a condensed time and effort.
Why This Itinerary
The primary goal for this safari is to ensure it is completed in 4 days, if traveling to any other country or spending more time is unfeasible. This is achieved by going to Tarangire and the Ngorongoro Crater as they are close to each other and their trails. This helps safari and game drive enthusiasts focus more on game driving and less on road time, and is a testament to the fact that they are on top of their game on safari planning. It makes everything more comfortable for the tourists.
The choice of these two parks provides a great example of safari diversity. You will see the savannah and rivers of Tarangire, then head off to the beautiful and unique Ngorongoro caldera. This combination offers one of the highest probabilities of spotting the "Big Five" in a short time. A safari romance is the camping, which pairs consummate care from a safari team with a profound bond to the wilderness. Ideal for tourists who seek strong and adept guides, which is every person given the short span of 4 days.
Included / Excluded
- • Airport transfers to and from Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO).
- • All ground transportation in a customized 4x4 Toyota Land Cruiser with a pop-up roof.
- • The services of a professional, English-speaking safari driver-guide.
- • The services of a professional private cook.
- • All national park and conservation area fees as per the itinerary.
- • High-quality camping equipment (spacious dome tents, comfortable sleeping mattresses, chairs, and table).
- • Three meals per day prepared by your cook while on safari (breakfast, lunch, dinner).
- • Unlimited purified drinking water in the safari vehicle.
- • Accommodation in Arusha on Day 1.
- • International and domestic airfare.
- • Tanzanian visa fees.
- • Comprehensive travel and medical insurance.
- • Personal sleeping bag (can be rented).
- • Tips for the driver-guide and cook.
- • Alcoholic beverages, sodas, and other personal expenses.
- • Optional activities like a Maasai village visit.
Day Trip
After you land at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO), one of the local partners of our safari will be waiting for you at the arrivals hall for a meet and greet that includes handling your luggage and the provision of a private transfer to a hotel in Arusha. Arusha is the perfect starting point of the Northern circuit and its captivating parks. After settling in, our safari specialist will take you for a safari briefing. This will help address any questions you may have about the 4-day safari itinerary, safety, camping protocols, and the parks. After this, you will have the rest of the day at your disposal to rest and build up the anticipation.
Activities: Airport transfer, comprehensive pre-safari briefing.
Accommodation: Hotel in Arusha.
Meals: Dinner.
You will have breakfast served by the hotel, where our skilled driver will be waiting for you for the next trip as you board their sturdy Land Cruiser 4x4. It will take our driver 2 hours to reach Tarangire NationalPark. Safari commences as soon as you enter the park. It covers the entire day, and it begins the moment you enter the park. Tarangire is defined by the life-giving Tarangire River and its iconic, ancient baobab trees. Tarangire became even more popular, and its fame grew sky-high for the spectacular large herds of elephants and the number of people who come to observe them. You will also search for lions, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, and a rich diversity of birdlife. Lunch will also be served somewhere inside the park. After lunch, another round of game drive will take place until it is almost evening, when you will have to rest after the rounds and return to the camp for dinner and a delightful sleep.
Activities: Full-day game drive in Tarangire.
Accommodation: Public Campsite in the Karatu / Mto wa Mbu area.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Starting early today allows you to enjoy one of Africa’s most amazing wildlife locations. After eating breakfast, you will enjoy a brief ride to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area gate, and then go up the crater rim, where you will be amazed by the views. You will then descend 600 meters to the floor of the crater. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, this area is a and is a 260 square kilometer natural enclosure, which has a wildlife concentration like no other. You will spend 5 to 6 hours driving around exploring this wildlife "Garden of Eden," where you will have a great chance at seeing the "Big Five," including the incredibly rare black rhinoceros. Zebra and wildebeests will also be present, along with lions and hippos. You will enjoy a picnic lunch on the crater floor, before ascending the steep walls in the afternoon, and relaxing at your campsite, which will be your last night in the wild.
Activity: 5-6 hour game drive on the Ngorongoro Crater floor.
Accommodation: Public Campsite in the Karatu / Mto wa Mbu area.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Day 4 :
Return to Arusha
During breakfast, you will have an opportunity to reflect on the wonderful animals you have seen over the last two days. After breakfast is over, you will get ready to go back to Arusha. The trip is about 3 to 4 hours. There is the possibility of stopping along the way at a craft market. The market has local souvenirs. The last stop on the trip is to take you to the hotel for the first night, or Kilimanjaro International Airport for your flight. This concludes the final day of an exciting 4-day safari trip, which your guide will help you with.
Activities: Return trip to Arusha.
Meals: Breakfast.
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