Tanzania Budget camping safari to Serengeti and Ngorongoro

4 Days
3 Nights
From USD 775 pp
Itinerary
Overview

Experience the adventure of a lifetime with a 4-day, 3-night budget camping safari to Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Crater. Begin your journey with a drive from Arusha to the Serengeti, where you’ll spend two days exploring the vast plains that host the famous Great Migration. Witness thousands of wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles moving across the landscape, pursued by predators such as lions, cheetahs, and hyenas. Enjoy morning and afternoon game drives with expert guides who will help you spot a diverse array of wildlife. In the evenings, relax under the starry African sky at your campsite, sharing stories around the campfire.

On the third day, travel to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, home to the world-renowned Ngorongoro Crater. Descend into this natural wonder, often referred to as the “Garden of Eden” for its incredible biodiversity. Here, you’ll have the chance to see the Big Five—lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard, and rhinoceros—along with a host of other species thriving in this unique ecosystem. Enjoy a picnic lunch on the crater floor while surrounded by breathtaking scenery. After a final morning game drive on day four, return to Arusha with unforgettable memories of your budget camping safari. This tour offers an exceptional opportunity to experience Tanzania’s wildlife and landscapes without breaking the bank.

Day 1:
Arusha/Serengeti National Park (335km – 5 hours)

Pick up from the Arusha at 0800am and drive to the Great Serengeti National Park (14,763 sq km or 5,700 sq mile’s) with your Picnic Lunch. You will arrive at around 3:00 pm and start game drive en route to Seronera campsite.

Serengeti National Park is a home to lion, leopard, Elephant, Cheetah, Buffalo, Zebra, Wildebeest, Eland, Wild dog, Gazelles, Crocs and more. Lot of birds includes the Eurasia migrants.

Dinner and Overnight at Serengeti Seronera Camp Site.

Day 2:
Full Day Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, continues with both morning and afternoon game drives in Serengeti national Park.

Remember this is the migration safari, so as Serengeti is very large as your game drives will depend on the move of the migrants, your guide knows very well how to locate the herds.

The Serengeti means endless plains in Maasai language. In the central plains there are carnivores like leopard, lion, hyena and cheetah.

This park is normally the scene of the annual migration of wildebeest and zebra that occurs between the Kenyan Mara and the Serengeti.

Varied bird species can be seen here including eagles, ducks, geese, egrets, vultures, secretary birds, ibis, stork, herons, kites, pelicans, cranes and guinea fowl.

You will have all meals and Overnight at Serengeti Seronera Camp Site.

Meals Plan: {Breakfast, Lunch, Diner}

Day 3:
Serengeti National Park-Ngorongoro Crater Rim

Wake up at 0600 hours for early morning game drives in Serengeti at 0900 hours back to the Campsite for breakfast.

Then check out and drive with lunch and game viewing en route to Ngorongoro Crater Rim.

Ngorongoro Crater- The largest unbroken caldera in the world, Ngorongoro has an area of 260 kilometers and a depth of 610 meters.

The crater provides a protected habitat for thousands of mammals and birds. The entire day is spent on the crater floor viewing lion, hyena, wildebeest, zebra, black rhinoceros, and many species of small antelopes.

The Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area is located between the Serengeti and Lake Manyara. It is home to the famous Ngorongoro Crater which is the largest unbroken caldera in the world.

The Crater is a spectacular setting in which to experience your African safari. Some scientists maintain that before it erupted, Ngorongoro Crater- the largest intact caldera in the world would have been higher than Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest point in Africa.

It is one of the few places in Africa where you stand a very good chance of seeing the Big Five (lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino and elephant) in the course of a game- drive.

The local Maasai have permission to graze their cattle on the Crater floor, and it is not unusual to see Maasai cattle and buffalo grazing together with lion mere meters away.

There are around 1000 lions in the Crater, approximately 20 black rhino, and the spectacular Lerai Forest is one of the best places in Africa to spot leopard.

OPTION: Visit the Olduvai Gorge at extra fee for the museum.

Dinner and Overnight at Ngorongoro Simba “A” Campsite.

Day 4:
Ngorongoro Crater Floor- Arusha .

Wake up early morning for breakfast then at 0730hours drive to Ngorongoro Crater where you will descend into the Crater floor  for game drives.

All the Big five Rhino Lion, Leopard, Buffalo and Elephant live in this wonderful caldera, others are Zebra, Hippo, Wildebeest, Hyena and more…

Birds includes flamingos on the Soda lake, Geese, Storks, Vultures and more.. Break for lunch at Ngoitoktok spring Picnic sites it will be an unforgettable experience.

After lunch proceed with fame viewing while ascending the Crater.

you will later be dropped at a hotel in  Arusha.

END OF YOUR SAFARI

TOUR COST: USD 775

Included
  • 3 night accommodation
  • All park fees
  • Meals as per itinerary
  • Bottled water
  • Our assistance at any point
  • Pick up from your hotel in Arusha
  • Drop off  to your hotel.
  • Professional guide
Excluded
  • Drinks and beverages
  • Tips (optional)
  • Fee to the gorge museum
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