6 Days Tanzania Luxury Safari

This is a six-day tour in a custom safari jeep with a pop-up roof accompanied by a guide/driver. This tour takes you around the famous north circuit parks. Serengeti being the largest and famous for over a million wildebeest migrating alongside over 250000 zebras. The Ngorongoro Crater with its beautiful landscapes and surreal view of the crater, it is easier to see animals here as it is a crater floor. Then go to Lake Manyara National Park famous for its tree-climbing lions and flamingos.

Day 1: Arrival in Arusha

You will be picked up from the airport by a Budget Safaris Tanzania representative and conveyed to your accommodation in Arusha where you will overnight, relax, and prepare in anticipation of the adventures to come. Zawadi House is an oasis of calm and aesthetic pleasure.

Day 2: From Arusha to Lake Manyara National Park

After breakfast, you will go to the Lake Manyara National Park famous for the large number of flamingoes in the lake and its tree-climbing lions (though they are rarely seen). We will do a game drive viewing plenty of birds. If you’re lucky enough, you can spot these famous tree-climbing lions. Visit the hippo pool for a close look at hippos and the hot spring, all this while doing a game drive and viewing plenty of animals (buffaloes, wildebeests, warthogs, vultures, eagles, monkeys etc.).
After the tour, we’ll head out to our accommodation in Mto wa Mbu, Farm of Dreams Lodge.

Day 3 – 4: Explore the Serengeti National Park

Today we’re heading to the famous Serengeti. We will arrive at the gate at around lunchtime. For the rest of the day, we will be doing a game drive on the endless plains of this amazing park. The Serengeti is famous for its annual migration of over 1.5 million white-bearded wildebeest and 250,000 zebra and for its numerous Nile crocodile and honey badger. Our guides love to take you off the beaten track and find the best places to spot the animals. In the evening, you’ll overnight at Nyumbani Collection which is beautifully located in the middle of the park. Perhaps you’ll wake up in the morning with a zebra behind your tent! Today you can enjoy a full day of game drive in the Serengeti. In the evening, we’ll go back to Nyumbani Collection.

The next day, enjoy a morning and afternoon game drive in the famous and game-rich Serengeti National Park, searching for the Big 5 and other wildlife.

Day 5: Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast, you will continue your safari in the Serengeti National Park. In the Seronera Valley, you might be lucky to see predators hunt as animals gather at the waters during the dry season.

After lunch at a picnic spot, you will slowly drive in the direction of the Ngorongoro Crater. As soon as you have reached the crater you will have a superb view of the caldera. This approximate 20 km-wide crater is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is home to over 20,000 animals.

You will stay at the Lion’s Paw on the crater rim from where you will be able to enjoy an incredible sunset.

Day 6: Ngorongoro Crater to Arusha

Rise and shine! After an early breakfast, you will drive down the steep path into the crater. The Ngorongoro Crater is the largest, unbroken, and unflooded caldera in the world and it has an unbelievable diversity of wildlife. In addition to zebras and wildebeests, you might also spot the rare black rhino and other members of the Big Five. The crater is also home to other animals such as hyena, waterbuck, bushbuck, eland, and more than 500 bird species.

After an extensive game drive and a picnic lunch, you will leave the caldera in the afternoon and drive back to Arusha where you will arrive in the early evening and be dropped off at your overnight hotel.