4 Days Safari

Overview

A four-day private safari that takes you from Tarangire's baobabs and elephant herds into the Ngorongoro Crater for the Big Five, then out onto the endless Serengeti plains for classic game viewing.

Day-by-day itinerary

1. Arr
   Arrival Day

   Arrival Day

   When you arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO), a representative from Tanzania Travelers will meet you and transfer you to your hotel in Arusha. After your journey, you’ll have the rest of the day to relax and settle in. Your comfortable hotel offers everything you need for a pleasant stay, including well-appointed rooms, hot water, friendly service, Wi-Fi, and a swimming pool. This overnight stay in Arusha gives you time to rest and prepare for your safari adventure, which begins the following day. If you arrive at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi, Kenya, we can arrange a transfer to Arusha by shuttle bus.

   Note: Hotel check-in starts at 2:00 PM.

   Meals: Breakfast, DinnerArusha Planet Lodge
2. 1
   Day 1

   Arusha → Tarangire National Park

   Pick-up from your Arusha hotel at around 08:00 after a short briefing, then a two-and-a-half hour drive to Tarangire Gate. You spend the rest of the day on game drives along the Tarangire River, where elephant families gather in the dry season and ancient baobabs stand over herds of zebra, wildebeest, impala and eland. Look out for the park's tree-climbing pythons, fringe-eared oryx and over 500 recorded bird species. Picnic lunch in the park, sundowners and dinner at camp.

   Trip Essentials

   Accommodation

   Tarangire Pure Tented Camp

   Accommodation type

   Tented Lodge

   Meal plan

   Picnic Lunch – Dinner in Lodge

   Mode of transport

   Private 4×4 SUV Vehicle

   Transfer duration

   Approximately 2.5 hours (Arusha → Tarangire)

   Game drive duration

   5 – 6 hours

   Activity

   Game Drive Safari (Tarangire National Park)

3. 2
   Day 2

   Tarangire → Ngorongoro Conservation Area

   A relaxed morning game drive in a quieter corner of Tarangire before you leave the park and drive north through Mto wa Mbu, a lively market village at the foot of the Rift Valley escarpment. The road climbs past Karatu's coffee estates and maize shambas to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area gate. You arrive on the crater rim in the late afternoon — 2,300 m up, cool and often cloud-wrapped — in time for a first look down into the caldera at sunset. Dinner and overnight on the highlands.

   Trip Essentials

   Accommodation

   Embalakai Ngorongoro Camp

   Accommodation type

   Tented Lodge

   Meal plan

   Breakfast in Lodge – Picnic Lunch – Dinner in Lodge

   Mode of transport

   Private 4×4 SUV Vehicle

   Transfer duration

   Approximately 3 hours (Tarangire → Ngorongoro rim)

   Game drive duration

   3 – 4 hours

   Activity

   Morning Game Drive Safari (Tarangire) and transfer to the Ngorongoro Highlands

4. 3
   Day 3

   Ngorongoro Crater → Serengeti National Park

   Early breakfast and a dawn descent onto the crater floor, the best time to find lion, black rhino and hyena still active. A morning of game viewing across grassland, the Lerai fever-tree forest and the shores of Lake Magadi, with a picnic lunch beside the hippo pool. In the afternoon you climb out and continue west across the Malanja depression and Maasai grazing plains to Naabi Hill Gate, entering the Serengeti with an afternoon game drive on the way to camp.

   Trip Essentials

   Accommodation

   Serengeti Pure Tented Camp

   Accommodation type

   Tented Lodge

   Meal plan

   Breakfast in Lodge – Picnic Lunch – Dinner in Lodge

   Mode of transport

   Private 4×4 SUV Vehicle

   Transfer duration

   Approximately 5 hours (Ngorongoro → Serengeti)

   Game drive duration

   7 – 8 hours

   Activity

   Game Drive Safari (Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti National Park)

5. 4
   Day 4

   Serengeti → Arusha

   A sunrise game drive is the highlight of the trip for many travellers — the light is soft, and lion, leopard and cheetah are at their most active around the kopjes and river lines of the central Seronera valley. After breakfast at camp you make a last loop through the plains, then drive back via Ngorongoro and Karatu with a lunch stop en route, reaching Arusha in the late afternoon for your hotel or airport drop-off. Flights back to Arusha from the Serengeti airstrip can be arranged on request.

   Trip Essentials

   Accommodation

   Arusha Planet Lodge

   Accommodation type

   Lodge / Hotel Accommodation

   Meal plan

   Breakfast in Lodge – Picnic Lunch

   Mode of transport

   Private 4×4 SUV Vehicle

   Transfer duration

   Approximately 7 – 8 hours by road (Serengeti → Arusha) or a 1 – 1.5 hour flight

   Game drive duration

   3 – 4 hours

   Activity

   Sunrise Game Drive Safari (Serengeti National Park)

6. Dep
   Departure Day

   Departure Day

   You will rest at the hotel and then head to the airport when it’s time for your flight. If you like, you can choose to take an extra trip to Zanzibar instead. This marks the end of your safari.

   Note: Standard hotel check-out time is 11:00 AM. If your flight is later in the day and you require a late check-out, you can extend your stay for an additional cost.

   Meals: Breakfast