4-Day Budget Safari: Tarangire, Serengeti & Ngorongoro Crater

Your adventure kicks off with a 7:30 AM pickup from your hotel in Arusha. After a short briefing, drive southwest toward Tarangire National Park, arriving by 9:30 AM. Famous for its giant baobabs and herds of elephants, Tarangire offers a peaceful game-viewing experience. Enjoy a full-day game drive, stopping for a picnic lunch inside the park around midday. In the late afternoon, around 4:30 PM, exit the park and head to your public campsite near Lake Manyara, arriving by 5:30 PM for dinner and overnight in tents.

After breakfast, depart by 7:00 AM for a scenic drive through the Ngorongoro Highlands en route to Serengeti. Enjoy glimpses of crater views, Maasai villages, and highland landscapes before reaching Naabi Hill Gate around 1:00 PM. After a brief lunch and registration, enter Serengeti for an afternoon game drive across its vast open plains. Expect sightings of lions, buffaloes, and grazing herds. Reach your public campsite inside Serengeti by 5:30 PM for dinner and a night surrounded by the sounds of nature.

Start early with breakfast and a 7:00 AM departure for a full-day game drive in Serengeti. Explore various wildlife habitats—river areas, kopjes, and plains—in search of big cats, elephants, giraffes, and potentially the Great Migration (depending on the season). Stop for a picnic lunch at a designated site, then continue your game drive until late afternoon. Return to the same campsite by 5:30 PM for dinner and overnight.

Have an early breakfast and depart camp by 6:00 AM, driving back to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Arrive at the crater rim by 8:30 AM and descend into the Ngorongoro Crater for a half-day game drive. This UNESCO World Heritage Site is teeming with wildlife—expect sightings of zebras, wildebeests, lions, and possibly black rhinos. After a picnic lunch, begin your ascent around 1:00 PM, then drive back to Arusha, arriving around 6:00 PM.