6-Day Best of Tanzania Budget Safari from Arusha

Day 1: Arrival (L)

You will be picked up from Kilimanjaro airport. From here you will be driven to the Arusha Crown Hotel and briefed on your upcoming safari. Enjoy a restful night before beginning your adventure tomorrow!

Overnight: Arusha Crown Hotel

Day 2: Tarangire National Park (B/L/D)

We depart for Tarangire National Park. Tarangire is one of the largest parks in Tanzania and is located in the Manyara region. It is characterized by the large herds of elephants and tree climbing lions that call it home, as well as the fascinating baobab trees that are renowned for their mythical powers by some of the local cultures. 

Overnight: Budget Camping

Day 3: Serengeti National Park (B/L/D)

We depart for Serengeti National Park, famed for its incredible wildlife, stunning views and the annual migration of over 1.5 million wildebeest and hundreds of thousands of zebras. In this frenzied bout of territorial conquests and mating, witness an actual survival of the fittest as these animals plunge through crocodile-infested waters. 

Overnight: Budget Camping

Day 4: Serengeti National Park (B/L/D)

We set off for a full day game drive in the wilderness following the Great Migration trails. Our experienced guide will provide you with interesting facts about this highly renowned event, which makes Tanzania the top safari destination in Africa.

Serengeti, a UNESCO world heritage site, is home to around 200,000 zebras, and 300,000 Thomson’s gazelle, which join in the wildebeest’s trek for fresh grazing. Listen to the exotic sounds of over six million hooves pounding the open plains. 

Overnight: Budget Camping

Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater (B/L/D)

We head towards the Ngorongoro Conservation Area for a game drive. This is another UNESCO World Heritage Site located west of Arusha in the crater highlands of Tanzania. The stunning landscape of Ngorongoro, with its vast expanses of highland plains and concentration of wildlife, animals makes this place one of the most exotic natural wonders on earth.

Overnight: Budget Camping

Day 6: Lake Manyara - Arusha (B/L)

After breakfast you will drive to Lake Manyara National Park, whose lake Ernest Hemingway claimed was “the loveliest I had seen in Africa”. The park offers a compact game viewing circuit and is one of the most diverse reserves in the country. The lake itself covers two-thirds of the park and the Great Rift Valley provides a stunning backdrop. In the afternoon we head back to Arusha.