5 Days The Big 5 Luxury Safari in Tanzania

Overview

This 5 Days Luxury Safari is designed to give you the best what Tanzania has to offer. The best in hand-picked luxury accommodation – stylish 4 to 5-star lodges with comfortable beds and en-suite bathrooms, exquisite cuisine and breath-taking views. We employ the best guides – experienced and professional guys who will take you where the action is, allowing you to get the best photos and the best views. Speak to our tour consultants about what you want to see and we arrange everything.

Trip Summary

• Start: Arusha, Tanzania
• End: Arusha, Tanzania
• Destinations: Tarangire, Serengeti, Ngorongoro & Lake Manyara
• Theme: Wildlife Safari
• Max group size: Any size

Day 1 – Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO)

Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will be Met and assist at the airport and after going through Immigration, Baggage Claim and Customs, Transfer to the Four Points by Sheraton Arusha, The Arusha Hotel to stay overnight on Bed and Breakfast basis.

Day 2 – Arusha – Tarangire National Park

After breakfast, you will be picked-up at 08:30 AM by your guide from your hotel in Arusha and after an approximately 2-hour drive you will reach the Tarangire National Park. As you enter the park, your guide will open the roof for a better viewing experience. Tarangire is home to the largest elephant herds in the north of Tanzania. Giraffes, buffaloes, lions, zebras, wildebeests as well as various antelopes and gazelles can also be spotted here. The landscape is made up of seasonal marshes and a seemingly endless tree savannah with its mighty baobab trees. After extensive game drives in the park, you will stay overnight at Kitela Lodge Karatu on Full Board basis.

Day 3 – Ngorongoro Crater Tour – Serengeti National Park

After an early morning breakfast, you will drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority and down into the Ngorongoro Crater. Grass steppes and acacia forests are home to almost all the species of animals found in the East African savannah. In only a few hours, you have the chance of spotting the “Big Five” (lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino and leopard). After extensive game viewing and a picnic in the crater, you will leave the highlands of Ngorongoro in the afternoon and continue to the Serengeti National Park. You will soon see the seemingly endless plains of the southern Serengeti and finally reach the Seronera Valley in the central Serengeti. The stunning Kubu Kubu Luxury Tented Lodge on Full Board basis.

Day 4 – Serengeti National Park – Karatu Area

Wake up call at 06:00 AM, and then enjoy breakfast before you start your day with a dedicated game drives in the Serengeti, which is a home to the greatest concentration of large mammals on earth. Non-migratory species include large prides of lions, solitary leopards, cheetah and graceful impala. The landscape is characterized by vast stretches of open plains, punctuated by kopjes, rock formations that have survived from the Pre-Cambrian period, and open woodlands. The morning game drive is very important as you may be lucky to witness the lion killing the other animals. After lunch, you will continue with the game drives en-route to Karatu area. Stay overnight at Kitela Luxury Lodge to overnight on Full Board basis.

Day 5 – Lake Manyara National Park – Drive Back to Arusha

After breakfast, drive to Lake Manyara National Park to spend a half day game drive exploring the park. It is said to be the “loveliest (lake) in Africa,” Lake Manyara is covering 127 square miles (329 km2) of Lake Manyara National Park, the lake’s alkaline waters cover approximately 89 square miles (231 km2). It is famous for a good number of baboons and birdlife, also home to herbivores such as hippos, impalas, elephants, wildebeests, buffalo, warthogs, and giraffes, giant fig trees and mahogany seen in the groundwater forest immediately around the park gates, and then you will drive back to Arusha. Stay overnight at Four Points by Sheraton Arusha, The Arusha Hotel on Bed and Breakfast basis.

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Private Luxury Lodge Safari

2 Pax – Price cost US$ 2,686 per person.
4 Pax – Price cost US$ 2,306 per person.

Accommodation

Price Includes

• Lodge safari according to the itinerary
• Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle
• Professional, English-speaking guide
• Walking safari, Materuni waterfalls
• Overnight accommodation according to the itinerary
• Meals according to the itinerary
• 1.5 liters of mineral water per day
• All mentioned activities
• All national park fees
• Airport pickups/departure transfers.

 Price Excludes

• Flight tickets
• Optional activities
• Zanzibar Island
• Alcoholic and soft drinks
• Visa fees
• Tips
• Personal spending money for souvenirs
• Travel insurance etc.