5 Days Ngorongoro And Serengeti Safari

Game drive in Serengeti

5 Days Ngorongoro And Serengeti Safari

This is a 5 days safari to Ngorongoro and Serengeti National Park for a wildlife experience where you will have a chance to spot all the big five animals, since both of these Tanzania destinations are home to the big five. In case of the great migration season, you will also be able to spot wildebeests in large numbers, plus other wildlife species.

Safari Highlights For The 5 Days Ngorongoro And Serengeti Safari

Day 1: Pick up from Arusha to Serengeti National Park

Day 2: Full day game drive in Serengeti National Park

Day 3: Morning game drive and transfer to Ngorongoro Crater

Day 4: Full day game drive in Ngorongoro Crater

Day 5: Depart for Arusha

Detailed Itinerary For The 5 Days Ngorongoro And Serengeti Safari

Day 1: Pick up from Arusha to Serengeti National Park

In a hotel where you spent the night in Arusha, a guide will come and meet you there in the morning after breakfast, and you will discuss the safari. The guide will then transfer you from the hotel to Serengeti National Park. You will arrive in the afternoon, and you will check into a lodge.

You will have lunch and then you will go for an afternoon game drive that will grant you the opportunity to spot a number of wildlife species, plus the big five animals. You will, after the game drive of approximately 3 to 4 hours, head back to the lodge. You will have dinner and then you retire to bed.

Accommodation options

  • Luxury: Four Seasons Safari Lodge
  • Midrange: Serengeti Sopa lodge
  • Budget: Serengeti Mawe camp

Meal plan: lunch and dinner

Day 2: Full-day game drive in Serengeti National Park

Immediately after breakfast, you will have your packed lunch meal at the lodge, and then you will set off to the park headquarters for a briefing about a full day game drive in Serengeti National Park. You will then start the game drive, where you will get the views of the sunrise and also see animals rising from their habitats. You will take about 4 hours in this morning’s session of the game drive, and then you will have a break for lunch.

You will continue in the afternoon, where you will spot animals resting under the shade and also others roaming around. After, you will retire to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Day 3: Morning game drive and transfer to Ngorongoro Crater

At the lodge, you will be served breakfast, and then you will be transferred to the park headquarters for a briefing. You will then go for an early morning game drive, and you are most likely to spot all the big five animals and the great wildebeest migration, in case it is the season of the migration. You will then get back to the lodge for lunch, and after you will check out. You will then head to Ngorongoro.

Upon arrival, you will check into a lodge, and you will settle in. You will be served dinner, and then you will retire to bed.

Accommodation options

  • Luxury: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge
  • Midrange: Ndutu safari lodge
  • Budget: Simba campsite

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Day 4: Full day game drive in Ngorongoro Crater

After an early morning breakfast, you will have your lunch packed for you at the lodge, and then the guide will take you for a briefing. After the briefing, you will go for a full-day game drive in the Ngorongoro Crater. You will descend into the Ngorongoro Crater, where you will have amazing wildlife experiences. You will get a chance to spot the big five animals that reside in this crater and also other animals like gazelles, zebras, wildebeests and many more. You will have a lunch break and then continue with the game drive to spot other attractions like landforms, among others. You will then retire to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Great migration in Ngorongoro
Great migration in Ngorongoro

Day 5: Depart for Arusha

In the morning, you will wake up to an early morning breakfast, and then you descend to the Ngorongoro Crater for an early morning game drive. You will have the morning game drive for approximately 4 hours, and you will spot animals like elephants, lions, leopards, buffaloes, rhinos, wildebeests, zebras, gazelles and many more. You will then head back to the lodge, and you will have lunch.

After lunch, you will check out of the lodge, and then the guide will take you back to Arusha and drop you at the Airport for your flight.

Meal plan: Breakfast and lunch

End of the 5 Days Ngorongoro And Serengeti Safari

Quotation Includes

  • All activities fees as per the itinerary
  • Accommodation
  • Mineral water
  • Meals
  • 4WD safari vehicle
  • English-speaking driver guide
  • Pick up and drop off
  • Park entrance fees

Quotation Excludes

  • Visa fees
  • Air ticket fees
  • Life insurance
  • Personal expenses
  • Tips