5 Days Bigfive Safari

Experience Tanzania’s most iconic destinations – the endless Serengeti plains and the world-renowned Ngorongoro Crater.

Safari Overview

This classic safari offers incredible wildlife encounters and stunning landscapes. Experience Tanzania’s most iconic destinations – the endless Serengeti plains and the world-renowned Ngorongoro Crater.

Day 1: Arusha – Tarangire National Park

Drive time: ~2–3 hours

After breakfast, your professional safari guide will pick you up from your hotel in Arusha. Drive to Tarangire National Park, famous for its massive elephant herds, ancient baobab trees, and diverse wildlife.

Enjoy a full game drive where you may spot elephants, lions, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests, buffaloes, and a wide variety of birdlife. Picnic lunch inside the park.

In the late afternoon, exit the park and head to your lodge.

Day 2: Tarangire – Serengeti National Park

Drive time: ~5–6 hours (with stops)

After breakfast, depart towards the legendary Serengeti National Park, passing through the beautiful Ngorongoro Conservation Area with breathtaking views of the highlands.

Arrive in Serengeti in the afternoon and enjoy your first game drive in this iconic park, home to endless plains and large predator populations including lions, cheetahs, and leopards.

Dinner and overnight inside the park.

Day 3: Full Day Serengeti National Park

Wake up early for a full day of exploration in the Serengeti.

You can choose between:
• Early morning + afternoon game drives, or
• Full-day game drive with picnic lunch

Search for the Big Five and witness the raw beauty of African wildlife. Depending on the season, you may see the Great Migration, thousands of wildebeest and zebras moving across the plains.

Return to camp in the evening for dinner and rest under the African sky.

Day 4: Serengeti – Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Drive time: ~3–4 hours

After breakfast, enjoy a final morning game drive in Serengeti before heading to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

Arrive at the crater rim in the afternoon and enjoy spectacular views of the Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera.

Dinner and overnight at a lodge near the crater rim or Karatu area.

Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater – Arusha

Drive time: ~4–5 hours

Early breakfast, then descend 600 meters into the Ngorongoro Crater for a half-day game drive.

This is one of the best places in Africa to spot the endangered black rhino, along with lions, elephants, buffaloes, hippos, flamingos, and many other species—all within a compact area.

After a picnic lunch at the crater floor, drive back to Arusha. Drop-off at your hotel or Kilimanjaro International Airport.

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