5-Day Budget Tanzania Camping Safari | Serengeti & Ngorongoro Crater
Price per person $2,038 Pp
Tour Overview
The Wild Heart of Tanzania: 5-Day Essential Camping Adventure
Embark on a soul-stirring journey through Tanzania’s most iconic northern landscapes. This 5-day budget-friendly camping safari is designed for travelers who want to experience the raw, unfiltered beauty of the African wilderness without sacrificing the expertise of a professional guide.
From the lush, flamingo-filled shores of Lake Manyara to the endless golden horizons of the Serengeti, and finally into the “Eden of Africa”—the Ngorongoro Crater—this tour offers a front-row seat to the greatest wildlife show on Earth. You will sleep under the vast African sky in secure public campsites, listening to the distant calls of hyenas and lions, creating a truly immersive connection with nature.
Day 1 - Arrival Day: Kilimanjaro International Airport – Arusha
A safari guide from our office will pick you up at Kilimanjaro International Airport or Arusha Airport and transfer you to your hotel in Arusha for relaxation and your overnight stay. You’ll spend the evening preparing for your adventure the next day. You are welcome to explore the city with our guide for free.
Accommodations Options
- Out-post lodge
- Level: Budget Lodge
- Destination: Arusha
Day 2: Arusha – Lake Manyara
Our journey will be in the morning where your tour guide will take off from Arusha to Lake manyara, Manyara is rich in vegetation and the wildlife that thrives here. Enjoy the tranquillity as majestic pink flamingos wade elegantly, picking out a meal of algae from the shallow, alkaline waters. On land, Manyara’s terrain is compact, yet boasts differing environments such as diverse forests fed by waters seeping from the nearby escarpment, also you will see canids and more many wild ungulate
Accommodations Options
- Twiga campsite
- Level: Public campsite
- Destination: Manyara
- Meals & Drinks: Full Board, Soft Drinks & Drinking Water
DAY 3: Lake Manyara – Serengeti
We leave Lake Manyara behind and set out to the northwest on our 4-hour journey (205km). heading to Serengeti national park. Park will offer you a whole variety of wildlife surprises over the two days, but perhaps today’s highlight – certainly for first-time visitors – will simply be the Serengeti terrain itself. The sheer vastness, as the plains roll away in front of you into eternity. Your afternoon game drive here combines the known with the unknown, the certainty that you will be amazed with the uncertainty of exactly what you will see and when. Changing light, a changing cast of animal actors, ensuring that at every turn there is a new experience. Snap off some memorable photos, but don’t forget to simply take a deep breath and enjoy nature in its real-time, raw beauty.
Accommodations Options
- Seronera campsite
- Level: Public campsite
- Destination: Serengeti.
- Meals & Drinks: Full Board, Soft Drinks & Drinking Water
Day 4: Serengeti – Ngorongoro
After a morning game drive and lunch, this afternoon we will head south-east towards Ngorongoro, a distance of 145km which will take us around 3 ½-hours. With its informative visitor centre, the Seronera area of Central Serengeti is the national park’s most popular area. And it is very popular with the wildlife, too. The Seronera river enjoys year-round waterflow, so there is always something of interest to observe. Several game drives can be undertaken here and might reveal lions in sizeable prides, hippo or herds of elephants – whose populations in the park have risen in recent times. Depending on other attractions, we may choose to call in at the Serengeti Visitor Centre, where there is an excellent explanation of the park’s eco-system and a chance to understand the history of conservation in this area. In particular, you will find out about the work of Bernhard Grzimek and the Frankfurt Zoological Society who had the foresighted vision of preserving the Serengeti’s eco-system. Even at the center, you may well find wildlife: populations of hyrax and mongoose, as well as many small bird species. After lunch, we head south-east towards Ngorongoro.
Accommodations Options
- Ngorongoro simba campsite
- Level: Public campsite
- Destination: Ngorongoro
- Meals & Drinks: Full Board, Soft Drinks & Drinking Water
Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater – Kilimanjaro International Airport
From our safari camp, we set off after breakfast, a 6am departure to reach the rim and then descend into the vast crater itself. At one side there’s the Lerai Forest, classic mountain forest landscape with almost tropical characteristics. The crater has wide variety of wild species such as lions, wildebeest, zebra, hyenas, and black rhino. Many wildebeest and other herd animals are resident, benefiting from the many sources of year-round waters and are boosted by some migrators in season. Buffalo, Thomson’s gazelle and eland are also present in numbers. Hippos can be found in pools and swampland and highland birdlife is colourful and plentiful around the waters. Flamingos can often be seen in Lake Magadi, which occupies part of the crater floor.
please note that the Manyara and Ngorongoro Camping Safari – 3 Days tour ends at Kilimanjaro International Airport at 17.30 hours. Your departure can only take place today if you have pre-booked a domestic flight which leaves from Kilimanjaro International Airport at 19.40 hours or after, or an international flight which leaves at 21.00 hours or after. Otherwise, you will need to book an extra night’s accommodation (not included in the tour price) and take a flight the following day.
Accommodations Options
- NO ACCOMMODATION
- Accommodation is not included for the final day, but it can be arranged upon the client's request. Additional charges will apply.
Price per person
2 PAX
3 PAX
4 pax
5 pax
6 pax
5,897.70 USD*
8,440.30 USD*
10,258.08 USD*
14,527.52 USD*
3558.75 USD*
What the Price Include
- Park fees (For non-residents)
- All activities (Unless labelled as optional)
- Meals as per itinerary.
- Drinking water while on safari
- All accommodation (Unless listed as an upgrade)
- All transportation
- All Taxes/VAT
- Roundtrip airport transfer
What the Price Exclude
- International flights.
- Government imposed increase of Taxes and or Park Fees.
- Any activities not mentioned in the itinerary.
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips (tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
- Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees )
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