5 Days Tanzania Budget Camping Safari from Mwanza To Arusha

Drive on a tarmac road from Mwanza to Ndabaka gate. Explore the western corridor zone, observing masses of residents in their natural habitats. Stop at the Grumeti River and Retima hippo pool where hippos and giant Nile crocodiles can be found in abundance. Travel further to Seronera area where animals can be seen in abundance including leopard, prides of lion, packs of spotted hyenas, cheetahs, and many plain animals like buffaloes, topi, hartebeest, wildebeest, waterbucks, elands, zebras, gazelles, warthogs, and numerous species of birds. More than 100 species can be observed in a day.

Continue to the Camp, for dinner and a good night.

Accommodation: Seronera Public Campsite

Meal Plan: Lunch & Dinner

You have full day in Serengeti ecosystem; you may start the day with early morning game drive at 6:00 am, breakfast afterwards.

Further game drives over the big Serengeti Park, the Rocks out crop commonly known as Kopjes, pronounced as copy which is Afrikaans language from South Africa meaning “The Spear Head”, harbors allot of animals.

These Rocks are breeding sites for Cheetah, Lion, Leopard and Wild Dog.

As you visit you’ll see Lions relaxing on top of the rocks, some which were given the name Simba Kopjes.

After enough gaming, drive back to the Camp site for lunch, after lunch take some rest till dawn, then go for sun set game drive, enjoying the sun sets of Serengeti also the best chance to spot nocturnal animals.

Afterwards, drive back to the camp for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation: Seronera Public Campsite

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Enjoy an early morning game drive in the Serengeti followed by picnic lunch on the way to Ngorongoro Crater. We will stop at Olduvai Gorge, the site of Louis and Mary Leakey’s renowned archaeological discoveries. Their findings include some of man’s earliest known ancestral remains. Dinner and overnight at Campsite.

Accommodation: Simba Campsite

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

You will descend 2000 feet (over 600 meters) to the floor of the Ngorongoro Crater for a crater tour. You we will explore the forest areas inhabited by monkeys and elephants, and the lake area, where we may see flamingos. We will also visit the open savannah where the lions hunt. Picnic lunch will be served in the crater. Dinner and Overnight at the Camp.

Accommodation: Simba Campsite

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Drive southwards towards Lake Manyara National Park via Karatu town. Before you reach the park entry gate, we'll stop at the view point and observe the whole Manyara Park and its beautiful scenery. Next, we'll register and enter the park, which is famous for the abundance of primates along with baboon in troops, vervet monkeys, blue or sykes monkeys, and galago (also known as bush babies). Along the shallow lake, you’ll see a lot of water birds, flamingoes, great white pelicans, ducks and geese, teals, and grebes. Next, we'll visit hot water springs best known as (Maji Moto) and observe volcanic actions.

Later in the afternoon, drive to Arusha.

End of Tour.

Meal Plan: Breakfast & Lunch