5 Days budget Tanzania Wildlife Safari

This 5 Days budget Tanzania Wildlife Safari is the best safari option for visitors who are interested in exploring the northern circuit of Tanzania, offering unique wildlife safaris, but have a limited budget. We will make sure that we arrange for you this wonderful safari package at a very good price, but rich in wildlife safari experience. This safari will lead you to one of the best destinations that are found within the northern circuit of Tanzania, which is the most popular selling section of Tanzania. Indeed, there is one exception. Tanzania’s 5 day budget lodge safari brings you to the best of the country’s unique wildlife-watching locations. Pay less and see four of Tanzania’s top northern parks: Tarangire, the world-famous Serengeti National Park with its vast rolling plains and the Great Wildebeest Migration, the world-famous Ngorongoro Crater, and Lake Manyara National Park. During this 5-day Tanzania lodge safari, you will get the opportunity to engage with locals while visiting a Masai hamlet in the Ngorongoro highlands. This safari can be designed based on your interests and, therefore, it is good that you contact us at Africa Adventure Vacations for the tailor-made safaris. This is very much an interesting prospect. You will have the highest privacy and conformability. Comfort and privacy: You will be transported in a comfortable, private 4 x 4 safari jeep with photographic roof thatch, operated by a knowledgeable local safari driver guide who will take you to regions that will leave you breathless with amazement and excitement. In the Serengeti, accommodation consists of a good budget lodge safari and a mid-range tented camp. This safari will start and end in Arusha.

Expectations for our 5 Days budget Tanzania Wildlife Safari

Lovely scenery and landscapes

Visit and interact with Masai village walks in the Ngorongoro Crater

Enjoy the big cats and the big five animals, as well as the herds of the wildebeest migration grazing in the Serengeti National Park.

Day 1: Depart Arusha for Tarangire National Park, where your 5 Days budget Tanzania Wildlife Safari will begin.

We believe that you arrived in Tanzania the previous day and that you have already settled in Arusha. Remember that we also organize the airport transfers and accommodation bookings in Arusha City. Therefore, on this day, early in the morning, you will meet both the safari planner and our driver guide, who will brief you on the itinerary before you embark on your journey to Tarangire National Park through Arusha Town to do some shopping. After 2 to 3 hours of traveling on the Great Northern Highway and through Masai grasslands and small settlements, we arrive at Tarangire and immediately begin the game drive. The journey to Tarangire Gate takes you across the Masai Steppe and various villages. Tarangire National Park, located at the base of the Great East African Rift Valley, is Tanzania’s fifth-largest national park and is characterized by steep hills and low ground characterized by acacia forests and massive baobab trees that dwarf certain animal species that come under it, and it runs between the lines of the Tarangire River.

The park also features a permanent water source from the river Tarangire, which moves from the north to the south. Apart from the river, there is also a swamp, which all provide the perfect conditions for the animals that do reside within the park. The park’s massive elephant population and three rare species of Great Kudu (Fringed Eared Oryx, Ash Stalling) are among its notable features. Buffalo, zebra, wildebeest, warthog, hippos, giraffe, and a slew of baboons and monkeys are among the animals you may expect to see.

Visitors will encounter various predators that call Tarangire National Park their home. Predators such as lions, hyenas, jackals, and leopards can easily be seen in Tarangire National Park. For birders, Tarangire National Park is the best destination for you to enjoy this wonderful safari. The park hosts more than 400 species of birds, and these include, among other things, herons, ostriches, secretary birds, and other wonderful migratory birds. After the game drive, you will drive back to your booked lodge through the spectacular scenes of the Great East African Rift Valley. There is no problem with you making a stopover and enjoying the picture. Later, you will drive back to your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Lodge options include: Tarangire Simba Lodge (luxury); Balloon Camp Tarangire (midrange) & Compor Camp (budget).

Meal plan: breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Day 2: Transfer from Tarangire to Serengeti National Parks.

Early in the morning, you will have a delicious breakfast, and after breakfast, you will check out of your lodge and drive to Serengeti National Park through the Karatu farmlands. Go to the Ngorongoro gate to check-in and head for the crater view point, where you can stand and enjoy the wonderful views of the carter and take nice pictures from here of the grater crater floor. After this photo moment, you can start driving around up and down through the Malanja depression until you get into the wonderful Serengeti plains. On the journey, you’ll stop by a Masai village for a cultural encounter, where a group of Masai warriors will welcome you and show you through their homes while telling you about their way of life in the region. You’ll also meet youngsters and other family members with whom you may ask questions and take photos. Finally, they will sing and dance to their popular song, which includes high-jumping; you are welcome to join in the dancing.

After that, drive to the wild and fabulous Serengeti National Park “with its fabulous plains” and have yourself registered at Naabi Hills gate. You will get your packed lunch here and then drive ahead to Kopjes before beginning your afternoon game drive into the vast Serengeti Plain in search of big cats and the Great Wildebeest Migration. However, this will depend on when you travel to Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. After an interesting game drive, you will head to your booked lodge for dinner and an overnight stay. For supper and overnight, late in the afternoon before or during twilight.

Lodge options include Heritage Luxury Lodge (luxury), Seronera Public Camp (midrange) and Serengeti Wildness Camp (standard).

Meal plan: breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Day 3: Serengeti National Park full-day game drive

During our 5-day budget Tanzania wildlife safari, we will have a full-day game drive safari today. You’ll get up early with a packed breakfast and lunch box for you. Early morning game drives allow you to observe the cat family on the road as they attempt to avoid the morning mist. You may also witness nocturnal creatures returning after a long night of hunting, or a group of lionesses planning an ambush or munching along the road. After a bush breakfast, you’ll go to the heart of the wildebeest migration. Spend a lot of time observing herds, large cats, and other animals that migrate. Many animal behaviors, such as hunting, killing, fighting, and so on, may be observed. Return to the lodge just as the sun sets or just before it sets.

Lodge options include Heritage Luxury Lodge (luxury), Seronera Public Camp (midrange) and Serengeti Wildness Camp (standard).

Meal plan: breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Day 4 of our 5 Days budget Tanzania Wildlife Safari. Morning game drive and shift to Ngorongoro Crater.

In the morning, you will wake up early at around 0600 hours, pack your breakfast and lunch, and later drive for the early morning game drive in Serengeti National Park to boost your chances of spotting the predators in the park. These can be seen along the highway in the morning as they run away from the deep mist within the park. Other nocturnal predators returning from a night of hunting or a group of lionesses planning a dawn ambush may also be seen. Breakfast will be served in the wilderness, then travel to the heart of the Wildebeest Migration to spend time with the herds. (This will depend on travel dates and whether or not they will be in Central Serengeti). However, the Serengeti is still the finest spot to visit, whether or not the migration of herds is taking place. Later that afternoon, depart for the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, stopping for a wildlife drive along the way before arriving at your booked lodge for sunset viewing, supper, and sleep.

Accommodation: Ngorongoro Crater Lodge (Luxury), Entamanu Camp (Midrange) & Ngorongoro Sopa (standard).

Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner

Day 5 of our 5 Days budget Tanzania Wildlife Safari; Depart from Ngorongoro Crater to Lake Manyara National Park, then return to Arusha to end the safari.

In the morning, after breakfast, you will travel to Lake Manyara National Park for a wildlife drive. Lake Manyara is one of Tanzania’s most beautiful parks, and its name comes from the Masai word for Euphobia trucalli, a milky bush plant used for cow fence. The park’s diverse ecosystems of lush flora and tropical forest with massive fig and mahogany trees, which are nourished by numerous subterranean water streams, keep it green all year. The tree-climbing lions of Lake Manyara and the numerous flamingos are the park’s attractions. Wildebeest, buffalo, elephants, zebra, hippos, and antelope herds may be seen roaming the park. Baboons, blue monkeys, and velvet monkeys are among the primates found in this park. If you’re lucky, you might glimpse the elusive leopard, which requires keen eyes to spot. At the lake’s edge, colorful flamingos and other water birds may be observed. If you’re not traveling the same day, you may stop at a Masai market on your way back to Arusha. We’ll spend the night in Arusha after arriving late in the afternoon. Accommodation will be arranged for you if you request it. We will transport you to Kilimanjaro Airport if you are flying that day, and it is best that you depart. Kilimanjaro International Airport at around 21:30 hours. This marks the end of our 5-day Tanzania wildlife safari budget.

What is included in this safari package?

• Any and all transfers
• Private Tanzania budget lodge safari for 1 to 7 people over 5 days and 4 nights
• Game watching and transportation in a customized 4WD Land Cruiser with a photographic roof hatch
• A competent English-speaking safari driver guide’s services are available.
• While on safari, you will stay in an F/B hotel for 5 days and 4 nights.
• All park fees and game drives are included in the itinerary.
• During the game drive, each individual will receive bottled mineral water.
• All meals are included in the safari price.
• The government has included a value-added tax.

What is not included in this safari package?

•  International flights are available.
• All objects of a personal nature are prohibited.
• Tipping the safari guide and resort personnel (please tip separately)
• Insurance for travel
• Beverages and drinks at lodges and camps
• Transfers to and from the airport to your accommodation (but can be arranged at extra cost)