6 Days Camping Safari in Tanzania

Itinerary

Day 1 Arrive in Tanzania

You will be picked up at the Kilimanjaro International Airport and transferred to Arusha town. You will meet your driver guide who will brief you on your upcoming safaris, then rest until the next day morning.

Day 2 Arusha – Tarangire National Park

• Distance: 139 km
• Non – game viewing time: 2 – 3 hrs.

After breakfast depart for Tarangire National Park for game drive. First you will stop at the last minutes supermarket in Arusha Town for any last minute purchases before heading to Tarangire. The driving is along The Great Northern Highway across Maasai steppe & many village all the way to Tarangire National Park.

Tarangire is famous for its huge Baobab trees & large elephant population, you may expect to spot heads of wildebeest, buffalo, zebra, giraffe, hippos, baboons, many antelopes & the giant African elephant. For bird watchers this is the paradise over 400 species of bird have been recorded here which includes the rare species of Ash Staling, Great Kudu & fringed Eared Oryx are among rare species found in Tarangire.

Predators like lion, cheetahs, hyenas, jackals & the ever-elusive leopard are also inhabit this park. Tarangire Park forms the central annual migratory cycle within Tarangire Lake Manyara ecosystem which include up to 3000 elephants, 25,000 wildebeest and about 30,000 zebra. Late afternoon drive to Migombani public campsite at the base of the Great East African Rift Valley for sunset watch, dinner & overnight.

• All meals included – Breakfast, lunch & dinner
• Overnight at Migombani Public Campsite close to Lake Manyara

Day 3 Tarangire – Lake Manyara National Park

• Distance: 0.5 km
• Non – game viewing time: 10 min.

After breakfast, you will have short drive to Lake Manyara National Park & start game drive after all Park formalities. Lake Manyara is at the dramatic location & it is made up of overlapping habitats which include underground water forest, acacia woodlands, swamps, baobab strewn cliffs, algae-streaked hot springs, and the large area which occupied by the Lake.

Due to all this the Park is supporting a large number of animal species and incredible bird life. Lake Manyara has the largest concentration of baboons found anywhere in the world and the most highlighted features are large flocks of flamingos & the Lake Manyara tree climbing lion. Other animal to be seen are herds of buffalo, zebra, wildebeest, giraffe, warthog, & many antelopes. Late afternoon drive back to Migombani Public Campsite for dinner & overnight.

• All meals included – Breakfast, lunch & dinner
• Overnight at Migombani Public Campsite close to Lake Manyara

Day 4 Lake Manyara – Serengeti National park

• Distance: 132 km
• Non – game viewing time: 3 – 4 hrs.

After breakfast at your Campsite, leave for Serengeti National Park, the driving is via the beautiful high lying farmland of Karatu and across the Ngorongoro Conservation Area you will stop at Ngorongoro gate for check in before driving up to the Crater view point & stop for some nice pictures of the crater floor from the rim. Then you will drive around the crater rim & across Malanja depression & down to the world rich – the Serengeti National Park with its endless rolling plains, while check in at Naabi Hills gate you can have you packed lunch here or at the kopjes (rocky outcropping) before heading to the central Serengeti area known as Seronera area.

Seronera is the richest animal habitats in the park, endowed with Seronera River which serves as valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts big number of wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species. After lunch start your afternoon game drive searching for big cats & the wildebeest migration (this will depend on traveling time). Late afternoon drive to Seronera Public Campsite for dinner and overnight.

• All meals included – Breakfast, lunch & dinner
• Overnight at Seronera Public Campsite Central Serengeti

Day 5 Full Day Game Drive in Serengeti

6 Days Tanzania camping safari continues, as early as 06:30 with packed breakfast box & lunch box we take you for an early morning game drive in the vast Serengeti plains with possibilities of spotting cat family on the road as they avoid morning mist. You may also see other nocturnal predators coming back from their long night of hunting or a group of lioness organizing morning ambush or eating along the road after, you will break for breakfast in the bush.

Serengeti National park is the scene of the Great Wildebeest Migration (depending on traveling time) after bush breakfast you will follow the migration of herds & spend much time with them in anticipation of experiencing animal actions like eating, fighting even killing. Packed lunch can be served at the picnic site or somewhere in the bush. This is a full day game drive in Serengeti where you will return back to your campsite before or during sunset for dinner & overnight.

• All meals included – Breakfast, lunch & dinner
• Overnight at Seronera Public Campsite Central Serengeti

Day 6 Serengeti – Ngorongoro Conservation Area

• Distance: 145 km
• Non – game viewing time: 3 – 4 hrs.

Early start, if you wish 06:30 am with packed breakfast box then back to your campsite for early hot lunch before heading to Ngorongoro Conservation Area with en-route game drive. Arrive at Simba Campsite for sunset watch, camping orientation, dinner & overnight.

• All meals included – Breakfast lunch, dinner
• Overnight at Ngorongoro Simba Campsite located at the Crater rim

Day 7 Ngorongoro Crater – Arusha – Airport

Distance: 220 km

Non – game viewing time: 3 – 4 hrs.

As early as 06:30 after breakfast at your campsite, you will descend over 600 m high walls into the crater floor for game viewing. Ngorongoro Crater “The nature wonder of the world was formed some 3 million years ago due to some internal forces under the earth crust. Supported by yearly round water supply and enough fodder, the Ngorongoro conservation Area supports large number of animal species, which include herds of buffalo, zebra, wildebeest, eland, topi, warthog, hippo as well as giant African elephant.

On this 6 Days Tanzania camping safari another big draw card to this unique natural animal sanctuary, is the dense population of predators, which include lions, cheetahs, jackals, hyenas & the ever- mysterious leopard, which sometimes need binoculars eye to spot. The tour will take you to Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline Lake in the southwestern corner, frequently visited by hippos, flamingos & other aquatic birds. Late afternoon drive out and back to Arusha City for overnight or drop off at Kilimanjaro international airport JRO for your late flight back home. (Accommodation on this day can be included upon request at extra cost.)