5-Day Guided Tanzania Private Safari Itinerary

Take a private guided safari in Tanzania for five days that will show you the raw beauty of East Africa's famous wildlife parks. This is the perfect Tanzania safari itinerary for people who love nature and want to see the Great Migration's drama along with thrilling game drives and luxury lodges.

What makes this day-by-day plan special:

• Day 1: Tarangire National Park

  On a full-day drive, you can see huge herds of elephants among baobab trees.

• Days 2 and 3: Serengeti National Park

  Follow the migrations of wildebeest and big cats across endless plains.

• Day 4: Ngorongoro Crater

  Go down into a natural wonder full of rhinos, lions, and hippos.

• Day 5: Go back to Arusha

  After an amazing trip, getting home will be easy.

Ultimate 5-Day Tanzania Private Safari: Tarangire, Serengeti & Ngorongoro

DAY 1. ARUSHA - TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK

There will be a meet and greet at your hotel after breakfast, or at the airport, where your assigned driver-guide will warmly welcome you. After a short safari briefing, your guide will explain the safari plan, safety tips, and what you can expect during the journey. You will then begin your drive to Tarangire National Park.

The drive to the park is scenic, passing through local villages and open countryside. Once you arrive at Tarangire, you will start your full-day game drive, exploring the park in search of wildlife. The park is famous for its large elephant herds, tall baobab trees, and animals such as lions, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, and many types of birds. You will have a picnic lunch inside the park at a safe and beautiful picnic site. After lunch, you will continue with your afternoon game drive, enjoying more wildlife viewing and photography opportunities. Later in the day, you will drive to your lodge or camp for dinner and an overnight stay.

• Accommodation: Tloma Lodge
• Meal plan: Lunch, dinner, and overnight

DAY 2. TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK – SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK

After breakfast, check out of your lodge and drive to Serengeti National Park. Upon entering the park, enjoy a game drive across its wide plains, known for abundant wildlife and beautiful scenery. Later in the early evening, arrive at your lodge or tented camp for dinner and an overnight stay, surrounded by the peaceful sounds of the African bush.

• Accommodation: Enkirari Wilderness Camp
• Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner.

DAY 3. EXPLORE SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK

Spend the day exploring Serengeti National Park with early breakfast followed by a full-day game drive across the vast plains. The park is famous for its abundant wildlife and the Great Migration, where large herds of wildebeest and zebras move in search of fresh grass.

During the game drive, you may see animals such as hippos, giraffes, elands, baboons, and monkeys in the beautiful open landscape. In the late afternoon, return to your lodge for dinner and a relaxing overnight stay, enjoying the peaceful sounds of the African wilderness.

• Accommodation: Enkirari Wilderness Camp
• Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner.

DAY 4. SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK – NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA

After an early breakfast, check out and travel with a packed lunch to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Upon arrival, descend into Ngorongoro Crater for a full-day game drive, where you may see animals such as elephants, buffaloes, gazelles, wildebeests, rhinos, and predators like lions and hyenas.

Later in the afternoon, ascend from the crater and continue to your lodge in the Ngorongoro highlands for dinner and an overnight stay.

• Accommodation: Tloma Lodge
• Meal plan: Lunch, dinner, and overnight

DAY 5. NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA - ARUSHA

After breakfast, depending on your flight departure time, you will check out of the lodge and depart for Arusha, arriving in the afternoon. Upon arrival, you will be dropped off at your hotel or at the airport for your onward flight to your next destination.

• Meal plan: Breakfast and Lunch.
• End of Safari

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COST INCLUSIONS

• Full board accommodation as per the itinerary and program
• Transport in a 4x4 Landcruiser
• Services of an English-speaking driver/guide
• All airport/hotel transfers
• Driver’s allowances and other vehicle expenses
• Game drives
• Drinking water during safaris
• Park entrance fee and concession fee
• Emergency evacuation covers by AMREF Flying Doctors
• Meals as stipulated in the itinerary

COST EXCLUSIVE

• Visas
• Personal items
• Beers, sodas, wines & spirits
• Boat ride safari
• Balloon ride safari
• Visit to Maasai village
• Tips and gratitude
• International/local flights