5 Day Tented Lodge Safari

Day 1

Kilimanjaro Airport to Tarangire National Park

You'll be picked up from your hotel in Arusha town or Kilimanjaro Airport. Your driver-guide will drive you to Tarangire National Park for a game drive. Enjoy an afternoon game drive through the park with a picnic lunch. This park is known for holding one of the largest elephant herds in Africa. Lions, giraffes, and zebras are commonly seen and there are over 500 different bird species. Later in the evening, you will drive to Farm of Dreams Lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.

Main Destination: 

Tarangire National Park (Town) 

Accommodation: 

Farm of Dreams Lodge 

• Mid-range lodge located in or near Karatu 

Meals & Drinks: 

• Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 2

Tarangire National Park to Lake Manyara National Park

After breakfast at your lodge, you will start your safari at 8:00 am, as we drive to Lake Manyara with a picnic bush lunch. We will enter the majestic Lake Manyara National Park and embark on this Tanzanian safari. This small park is sandwiched between the Rift Valley escarpment and the large soda lake, Lake Manyara. It is a pretty location with a variety of game, including giraffe, elephant, baboon and the rarely seen tree-climbing lion. In the late afternoon, drive back to your lodge, for dinner and your overnight at Farm of Dreams Lodge.

Main Destination: 

Lake Manyara National Park 

Best Time To Visit June to September (General wildlife viewing is best) 

High Season Most of the year – July to March (Expect crowds) 

Best Weather June to October (Rainfall is little to none) 

Accommodation: 

Farm of Dreams Lodge 

• Mid-range lodge located outside Ngorongoro Crater 

Meals & Drinks: 

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 3

Lake Manyara National Park to Serengeti National Park

After breakfast at your lodge, your driver-guide will pick you up and head to Serengeti National Park. This is one of Tanzania’s most famous parks. Great herds of wildebeest, buffalo, smaller groups of elephants, giraffe, topi, zebra, impala, and Grant’s gazelle are residents at any time of the year. Lions and leopards are easily seen all-year-round in Central Serengeti. You will enjoy a late afternoon game drive in the park. Later in the evening, you will drive to your accommodation for dinner and overnight at Kisura Serengeti Luxury Tented Camp.

Main Destination: 

Central Serengeti National Park 

Best Time To Visit June to February (Areas are best at different times) 

High Season July to March (The Seronera area is crowded) 

Best Weather June to October (Little to no rainfall) 

Accommodation: 

Kisura Luxury Serengeti Camp

• Mid-range tented camp located inside Serengeti NP 

Meals & Drinks: 

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 4

Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast, you will travel back to the adventurous trail that takes you into the Ngorongoro Crater. Grass steppes and acacia forests are home to almost all of the species of animals found in the East African savannah. Only a few hours' drive from Serengeti National Park, you will have the chance of spotting the Big Five—lion, elephant, buffalo, rhinoceros and leopard. After extensive game viewing and a picnic in the crater, you will leave the highlands of Ngorongoro in the afternoon and travel back to Karatu. You will spend a night at Farm of Dreams Lodge (mid-range accommodation).

Main Destination: 

Ngorongoro Crater (Town) 

Accommodation: 

Farm of Dreams 

• Mid-range lodge located in or near Karatu 

Meals & Drinks: 

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 5

Lake Manyara National Park To Kilimanjaro Airport

Early in the morning after breakfast at 8:00am, your driver guide will pick you up for a village walk in Mto Wa Mbu. Here you can test the local banana wine and see how it’s made. Later drive to a Masaai village to learn the Masaai culture and after that drive back to Kilimanjaro Airport for your flight.

Main Destination: 

Lake Manyara National Park 

Accommodation: 

No accommodation (End of tour) 

Meals & Drinks: 

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

End of tour

Included

• Park fees (For non-residents)
• All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
• Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
• Drinking water (On all days)
• All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
• Roundtrip airport transfer
• A professional driver/guide
• All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
• All Taxes/VAT
• Flying doctor's service
• Liability Insurance 

Excluded

• International flights (From/to home)
• Balloon safari
• Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
• Tips 
• Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
• Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees