Overview

On this 4-day camping safari, you will discover three of Tanzania’s most remarkable wildlife destinations. Begin your adventure in Tarangire National Park, famous for its giant baobab trees and large elephant herds roaming across the golden savannah. Continue to Lake Manyara National Park, a scenic gem known for its diverse landscapes, lush forests, open plains, and rich birdlife along the lake shore. Conclude your safari at the world-famous Ngorongoro Crater, a breathtaking collapsed volcanic caldera teeming with wildlife, including lions, elephants, buffaloes, hippos, flamingos, and the rare black rhino. This 4-day camping safari is perfect for travelers seeking an authentic and affordable Tanzanian safari experience, combining adventure, comfort, and unforgettable wildlife encounters in the heart of the northern safari circuit.

DAY 1
Arusha - Tarangire National Park
After a short safari briefing in the morning, you will travel southwest towards the Tarangire National Park. The park has a diversity of landscapes including grass, acacia woodlands and forests and it is especially popular for its huge elephant herds and animals gathering at the river and swamps. Animals range from swarms of yellow breasted lovebirds to kudus, buffaloes, giraffes, eland and the weird-looking gerenuk. Predators include lions, leopards and hyenas, while wild dogs are rare. In the late afternoon you will arrive at a campsite inside the park, where you will spend the night in tents. Lunch; Dinner

DAY 2
Tarangire National Park - Lake Manyara National Park - Ngorongoro Conservation Arean
After breakfast, you will leave the Tarangire National Park and drive via the town of Mto wa Mbu to the Lake Manyara National Park. This park with its shallow alkaline lake stretches along the base of the Rift Valley Escarpment. Lake Manyara attracts thousands of birds, including huge flocks of flamingos. Other animals in the park include buffaloes, elephants, hippos and Masai giraffes as well as troops of boisterous baboons and monkeys in the forests. The park once became famous for tree climbing lions and if you are lucky to spot them you will be amused by the site of these animals lounging on branches in the acacia trees. After a game drive in the park you will ascend to the Ngorongoro highlands, where you will overnight on a campsite situated on the crater’s edge with magnificent views of the caldera below. Breakfast; Lunch; Dinner

DAY 3
Ngorongoro Crater - Mto wa Mbu
Rise and shine! After an early breakfast at your campsite, you will travel down a precipitous trail into the crater. Its grass plains and acacia forests are home to almost all the species of animals found in the East African savannah. In only a few hours you might see all of the Big Five – lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino and leopard – as well as eland, mountain reedbucks, hyenas and rare wild dogs. After an extensive game drive and a picnic lunch inside the crater, you will leave the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and travel to Mto wa Mbu, where you will spend the night in a tent on a campsite Breakfast; Lunch; Dinner

DAY 4
Mto wa Mbu - Arusha After a leisurely breakfast, you will start your journey back to Arusha, where you will arrive around midday. You will be dropped off in the city centre or at the airport.
The entire day is dedicated to game viewing in the Serengeti National Park. You will either go on a full day game drive or join early morning and afternoon drives in the Seronera area, depending on last night's stop. Between December and May huge herds of wildebeests and zebras will be seen, with calves and foals being born between January and March. The Seronera area is also the best place to spot the shy and nocturnal leopard. You will spend the night at a campsite in the Seronera area.
Breakfast; Lunch; Dinner