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4-Day Tanzania Budget Camping Safari: Lake Manyara, Serengeti & Ngorongoro Crater

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Start and end in Arusha

4.5

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Gold Operator: Gracepatt Ecotours Kenya
Safari: Get up close with wildlife in the heart of nature
Group Tour: Join a group and forge lifelong friendships
Partially Guided: Independent travel, featuring selected guided excursions
Medium Intensity: Travelers should be comfortable with somewhat-demanding activities
Guided in English
Group Size 2 - 8
All Ages Welcome

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Itinerary

Day 1
Arusha to Lake Manyara
Your guide picks you up at 8:00am from your Arusha hotel and drives about 90 minutes to Lake Manyara National Park. Once there, you'll do a game drive looking for elephants, hippos, giraffes, and the lions the park is known for that climb trees. You'll have a picnic lunch in the park, then spend more time exploring before heading to your campsite for dinner.
Meals
Lunch (Picnic lunch in Lake Manyara National Park), Dinner
Included Activities
- Game drive in Lake Manyara National Park
- Picnic lunch in Lake Manyara National Park
Optional Activities
- Canoe safaris
- Cultural tours
- Mountain biking
- Abseiling
- Forest walks
- Visit Masai Village (USD 20)
Landmarks
Lake Manyara National Park
Day 2
Lake Manyara to Serengeti
After breakfast, you head to the Great Serengeti National Park with a picnic lunch packed for the journey. Game drives happen along the way, and you'll get to explore one of Africa's most iconic wildlife areas. The park is home to lions, leopards, elephants, cheetahs, buffalo, zebras, wildebeest, and lots of bird species including Eurasian migrants. You'll settle in at your campsite and have dinner there.
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch (Picnic lunch), Dinner
Included Activities
- Game drive en route to Serengeti
- Game drive in Serengeti National Park
- Picnic lunch in Serengeti National Park
Landmarks
Serengeti National Park
Day 3
Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater
This morning starts with an early game drive in Serengeti National Park when wildlife is most active. After brunch, you drive toward Ngorongoro Crater Rim with game drives along the route. By evening you reach your campsite near the crater for dinner.
Meals
Brunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Early morning game drive in Serengeti National Park
- Game drive en route to Ngorongoro Crater
Landmarks
Ngorongoro Crater
Day 4
Ngorongoro Crater to Arusha
Following breakfast, you descend into the Ngorongoro Crater floor for a game drive. Lunch happens at the hippo pool picnic site, then you climb back up to the rim and head to Arusha. Your driver drops you at your hotel in Arusha, finishing your safari.
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch (Picnic lunch at hippo pool picnic site)
Included Activities
- Game drive on Ngorongoro Crater floor
- Picnic lunch at hippo pool picnic site
Landmarks
Ngorongoro Crater

Landmarks
Lake Manyara National Park

Landmarks
Serengeti National Park

Landmarks
Ngorongoro Crater

Landmarks
Ngorongoro Crater

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Gracepatt Ecotours Kenya

4.5

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Number of tours

419

Age Range

3 to 100 years old

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Gracepatt Ecotours Kenya
4.5

Steve
· August 10th, 2023
Our experience was great. We went to 8 parks over the 12 days. We saw hundreds of elephants, zebras, buffalo, and wildebeests. Lots of times from 10 feet away in our pop-up Land Cruiser. We saw 2 Rhinos from distances of 400 feet, the Rhino is a rare creature. We saw 5 leopards and watched one hunt. Watch another with his dinner in a tree. We saw 3 cheetahs. We saw lots of giraffes. We saw 20 lions, lionesses or cubs. We saw 1 lioness complete a hunt. We had 3 guides as we traveled from Kenya to Tanzania and back to Kenya. The guides can only work in one country. We made a huge circle from park to park, starting and ending in Nairobi. Our first guide was Daniel, extremely knowledgeable and friendly. Had an eagle eye for spotting animals. Our second guide was Harun, he was even more knowledgeable not only about the animals, but culture, the county, and history. We were extremely impressed by Harun. Because we went to so many places, we stayed in a lot of lodges and tented camps. We booked last minute which made it a little challenging for the operator to get the best locations as they fill up quickly. My family loved the tented camps in the park, they were definitely "glamping"....Sound of Nature camp was our #1 stop with 24x7 solar power and hot water. Most lodges ran on diesel generators, so power was limited to 2 hours in the morning and 3 hours at night. You spend most of your time on game drives...so limited power isn't an issue. The food at the last place was amazing, homemade pizza and Naan bread. They even celebrated our wedding anniversary with us. The one negative is the roads. Most of the roads we traveled on were gravel, with a heavy rainy season, there are HUGE holes, be prepared to jostle a lot. Make sure to bring your yellow fever card, there seems to be a scam at the border crossing that is $50/pp for them to give you a card. When you cross the immigration officials said the card isn't needed. .
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Kevin
· March 3rd, 2023
We had a great trip - the guides/porters were helpful and able to change plans a bit with us on the trail. I highly recommend Intrepid Explorer Tanzania for anyone looking to go up Kilimanjaro. The food was excellent, equipment top notch, and the team supportive every step of the way. I am already planning a return trip in a few years (on a different route) and plan to go with this company again because of the phenomenal experience.
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yvette
· March 20th, 2025
An incredible experience. Blown away by the quantity and diversity of animals we encountered and especially how close we were able to get, whilst always respecting the rules (which not all drivers do!). Peter the guide and driver was exceptional. Drives between locations was long and the 'roads' are often appalling. If we were to do it again we would have picked the Landcruiser for this reason. Didn't affect our enjoyment of the safari itself, but Landcruiser would have been quicker and easier to pick its way through the roads. Dom deserved a driving award for how he got the minivan along some of those roads!
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- Typhoid - Recommended for Tanzania. Ideally 2 weeks before travel.
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