5 Day Budget Wildlife Safari

Day 1 ; Arusha – Lk. Manyara National Park
Depart at 0800am from Arusha for Lake Manyara, will arrival for full day game view. Lake Manyara is one of the biggest breeding sites of the pelicans, white stork and many other species of water focols. You may spot hippos wallowing along the lake shore, monkeys leaping between the trees. Dinner and overnight at Flamingo Safari Lodge.

Day 2: Lk. Manyara – Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast, collect packed lunch and transfer to the Ngorongoro crater. Upon arrival we will descend 600m into this magnificent crater for a full-day game drive. The Ngorongoro Crater is one of the most densely crowded African wildlife areas in the world and is home to an estimated 30,000 animals including some of Tanzania’s last remaining black rhino. Supported by a year round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro Crater supports a vast variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants. Another big draw card to this picturesque national park is it’s dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard, which sometimes requires a trained eye to spot. We will enjoy a picnic lunch in the crater. Later will drive to  Flamingo Safari Lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 3: Karatu -  Serengeti National Park

Breakfast then will drive to Serengeti National Park, arrival for the afternoon take a game drive in the park, The park covers 12,944km2 of open plains making it one of the largest in the world. The rocky outcrops commonly known as Moru kopjes in the eastern part of the park are of scenic beauty and occasionally cats can be seen lazing on them. The park contains vast herds of wildebeest, zebra, gazelle and other antelopes. Dinner and overnight at Ikoma Safari Camp.

Day 4: Full day Serengeti National Park

Breakfast then full day with morning and afternoon game drives to explore the plains most famous Park, Over a million wildebeest and about 200,000 zebras flow south from the northern hills to the southern plains. This location offers the most expansive game viewing in Tanzania. From predators to prey, great herds of grazing herbivores to tactically cunning packs of carnivores, life on the plains of the Serengeti can best be defined as a complete “circle of life.” A photographic dream unfolds before your eyes as giraffes and elephants feast on tasty shrubbery, whilst impalas, gazelles and buffalos dance watchfully through the plains as to not become the latest meal for on-looking lions, cheetahs and hyenas. Spend the day taking in the spectacle of the famous wildebeest migration. This annual migration through the Serengeti is one of the safari highlights of Africa. Return to camp for dinner. Dinner may be served as a 4 course meal in the atmosphere of the  Ikoma Safari Camp.

Day 5: Serengeti Park – Arusha
After breakfast  with lunch packed  enjoy game view  en route  back to Arusha, lunch  will be on the way. Later afternoon will arrived Arusha  and drop off at  Mc Elly Lodge.