5 days Serengeti Wildlife Safaris
5 days Serengeti wildlife encompasses a journey through various national parks in Tanzania, including Lake Manyara National Park, Serengeti National Park, and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Throughout your five-day Serengeti wildlife safari, you will participate in morning and afternoon game drives in Serengeti National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Your journey to Lake Manyara National Park during the 5-day Serengeti game safari will also provide a cultural experience in Mto wa Mbu town. This national park is renowned for its tree-climbing lions and the presence of substantial elephant herds observable on a safari. Activities conducted during a safari in Lake Manyara National Park include the canopy walk and birdwatching.
Serengeti National Park is a renowned tourist destination, attracting visitors annually, and is famous for the Great Wildebeest Migration, which involves the movement of approximately 2 million wildebeests in pursuit of greener pastures. This national park comprises the northern, western, and central Serengeti, also known as the Seronera area. Following your animal viewing session, your guide will transport you back to Arusha, concluding your 5 days Serengeti wildlife Safaris
Safari highlights of the 5 days Serengeti wildlife safaris
- Day 1; Pick up and drive to Lake Manyara national park
- Day 2; Drive to Serengeti national park
- Day 3; Full day in Serengeti national park
- Day 4; Drive to Ngorongoro conservation area
- Day 5; Drive to Arusha
Detailed itinerary of 5 days Serengeti wildlife safaris
Day 1: Pickup and transport to Lake Manyara National Park.
Your guide will get you from your hotel in Arusha and greet you for your five-day Serengeti game safari. You will advance to Lake Manyara National Park to commence your animal observation activities. This national park is renowned for its unusual tree-climbing lions, diversified landscapes, and substantial herds of elephants. A significant portion of the national park is also included by Lake Manyara, which serves as an attraction within the park.
You will pause in Mto wa Mbu town to engage with the local community and observe regional arts and crafts before proceeding to Lake Manyara National Park, where you will check in and have lunch at your lodge. Post-lunch, you will participate in a game drive to seek animal species such antelopes, lions, leopards, buffalo, waterbucks, baboons, and monkeys, among others. Following your game drive, you will advance to Twiga Lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Day 2: Journey to Serengeti National Park
Breakfast will be provided at your lodge as you prepare for your transfer to Serengeti National Park to engage in further wildlife observation while traversing the expansive savannah plains in pursuit of the Big Five: elephants, rhinos, lions, leopards, and buffaloes. After checking in at your lodge in the national park, you will eat lunch in preparation for an afternoon wildlife drive.
Driving in Serengeti National Park will be enjoyable as you seek various wildlife species, including giraffes, hippos, cheetahs, zebras, antelopes, gazelles, impalas, kudu, dik-dik, and hyenas. Following the afternoon game drive, you will return to your lodge for dinner and overnight accommodation at Osinon Camps and Lodges.
Day 3: Entire day in Serengeti National Park
Your day will commence with breakfast at your lodge in Serengeti National Park, followed by morning and afternoon game drives within the park. You will traverse the savannah grasslands in pursuit of the national park, observing wildlife species including wildebeests, zebras, antelopes, gazelles, waterbucks, kudu, dik dik, cheetahs, giraffes, impalas, and hyenas, among others. Lunch will be served following your morning wildlife drive in Serengeti National Park.
Post-lunch, you will participate in an additional game drive to seek various wildlife species in Tanzania’s oldest national park. The national park offers stunning landscapes and vistas of a diverse terrain that hosts around 4,000 lions, along with numerous other wildlife species. You will return to your lodge for dinner and overnight accommodation, similar to the previous day at Osinon camps and lodges.
Day 4: Journey to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area
On the fourth day of your five-day Serengeti wildlife safari, you will enjoy breakfast at your lodge in Serengeti National Park before departing for Ngorongoro Conservation Area. During your safari, you will explore the world’s largest dormant caldera while seeking wildlife species, including elephants, lions, leopards, buffaloes, and rhinos, which inhabit the Ngorongoro Crater. You will drop 600 meters into the Ngorongoro Crater, where you will appreciate the stunning vistas on your wildlife drive.
During your game drive in the Ngorongoro Crater, you will observe flamingos along the beaches of Lake Magadi, as well as hippos. Additional wildlife species observable in the crater during a safari encompass cheetahs, antelopes, wildebeests, zebras, impalas, gazelles, hyenas, warthogs, waterbucks, and elands, among others. Your evening meal and accommodation will be at Hhando Coffee Lodge.
Fifth day; travel to Arusha
You will partake in breakfast at your lodge before being transported back to Arusha, where your guide will drop you off at your hotel or the airport, concluding your five-day Serengeti wildlife safari.
Conclusion of the 5-Day Serengeti Wildlife Safari
The prices for the safari and trip listed below encompass
Full-day game drives according to the suggested itinerary.
Accommodation in a hotel or lodge throughout the safari
Animal excursions tailored to your itinerary preferences
Private four-wheel drive vehicle equipped with a roof hatch
Expert safari and tour guide/driver
All fees for national parks
All dining experiences during the safari
All designated game viewing activities
Price stated per individual in shared accommodation
The fees for the safari and trip listed below do not include
Beverages and mineral water
Clothing care
Personal items International and domestic airfares
Airport taxes, any airport transfers, and hotel accommodations prior to or following the safari.
Entry visas
Travel insurance
Recommendations and gratuities