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The Best Northern Budget Safari 6 Days

6 days
Start and end in Arusha
5.0
28 traveler reviews

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Safari
Get up close with wildlife in the heart of nature
Fully Guided
An experienced guide will be with you for the entire tour
Medium Intensity
Travelers should be comfortable with somewhat-demanding activities
Guided in English
Group Size 1 - 99
Ages 15+
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Itinerary

  1. Day 1

    Tarangire National Park

    Your safari kicks off with a drive into Tarangire National Park, where you'll spend the day on game drives across savannah dotted with seasonal swamps and those iconic baobab trees. The park holds up to 300 elephants, and you'll also spot giraffes, buffaloes, and over 550 bird species throughout the day. By evening you'll reach the campsite inside the park and settle into your tent for the first night.

    Meals
    Lunch, Dinner

    Included Activities

    • Game drive in Tarangire National Park
    • Wildlife viewing including elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, and birds
    Landmarks
    Tarangire National Park
  2. Day 2

    Tarangire to Lake Manyara

    After breakfast you head to Lake Manyara National Park, which is known for hosting over 400 bird species, forests filled with primates, and an alkaline lake where flamingos and other water birds congregate. The game drive takes you through areas where you'll see elephants, giraffes, hippos, wildebeest, impalas, monkeys and baboons. In the afternoon you'll travel to the village of Mto wa Mbu and camp at a site that has both a pool and bar.

    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

    Included Activities

    • Game drive in Lake Manyara National Park
    • Wildlife viewing including birds, flamingos, primates and large mammals
    Landmarks
    Lake Manyara National Park
  3. Day 3

    Lake Manyara to Serengeti National Park

    You'll drive through lush highlands and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area with stops to view the Ngorongoro Crater before heading into Serengeti National Park. The landscape opens up into endless plains with unusual rock formations called kopjes scattered across the grassland. Depending on timing, you might see the famous migration with thousands of animals moving through. You arrive at your campsite in Seronera Valley in the central Serengeti by late afternoon.

    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

    Included Activities

    • Passage through Ngorongoro Conservation Area
    • Arrival and orientation at Serengeti National Park
    Landmarks
    Ngorongoro Conservation Area
    Serengeti National Park
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  4. Day 4

    Serengeti National Park

    This entire day goes to game drives across the Serengeti. Your guide will track down the migrating herds and position you well for viewing wildlife. You're looking at wildebeest, zebras, lions, leopards, cheetahs and other predators throughout the day. Another night follows at the Seronera area campsite.

    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

    Included Activities

    • Full day game drive in Serengeti National Park
    • Wildlife viewing including wildebeests, zebras, predators and Big Five
    Landmarks
    Serengeti National Park
  5. Day 5

    Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater

    Start with a morning game drive in the Serengeti where you might catch animals you haven't seen yet, including members of the Big Five (lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino and leopard). After lunch at a picnic site, you drive toward the Ngorongoro Crater. When you reach the crater's edge, the caldera opens up revealing roughly 25,000 animals living inside. You'll camp right on the crater's edge with views directly over the caldera.

    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch (Picnic lunch at a picnic site), Dinner

    Included Activities

    • Morning game drive in Serengeti National Park
    • Picnic lunch
    • Travel to Ngorongoro Crater
    Landmarks
    Serengeti National Park
    Ngorongoro Crater
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  6. Day 6

    Ngorongoro Crater to Arusha

    Rise early for breakfast, then drive down into the world's largest caldera. Inside you'll encounter black rhinos, Grant's and Thomson's gazelles, lions, leopards, elephants, mountain reedbucks, buffaloes, spotted hyenas, rare wild dogs and over 500 bird species. After an intensive game drive and picnic lunch inside the crater, you leave in the afternoon and travel back to Arusha, arriving in the early evening.

    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch (Picnic lunch)

    Included Activities

    • Game drive inside Ngorongoro Crater
    • Wildlife viewing including Big Five and endemic species
    • Picnic lunch
    Landmarks
    Ngorongoro Crater
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  • Devin
    · February 28th, 2025
    The trip to Selous and Mikumi was well organized and flowed smoothly like clockwork. Nothing proved to be a problem as they had planned for everything; transport, accommodation, permits, activities down to the last detail. We enjoyed the game drives in with our guide Bamasai. He knew his way around the parks such that we moved from one great spot to the next. He answered our questions satisfactorily and he gave us the chance to enjoy the experience. To be honest these parks had little human traffic and are really well preserved. I loved it 100%
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  • Mihaela
    · February 18th, 2025
    Our tour to Selous is unforgettable. Every aspect of the tour was well organized and it flowed seamless like clockwork. Our guide Kibatali made the trip an epic adventure, finding wild animals at every turn. Selous is really beautiful and unlike anything that I have seen or visited. The place is not crowded and we got to see the animals without any disturbance. Every day was beautiful and took us to a different spot where we would experience different attractions. The food and the lodgings were top class. I cannot get over the beautiful memories and only wish that it would have been a longer vacation.
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  • Kristin
    · February 7th, 2025
    This trip to Africa's largest reserve was absolutely fantastic from start to finish. Rama had done a perfect job organizing the logistics and our guide Otto was perfect in the execution. He took us to all hot spots in the park where we found lots of different species, beautiful landscapes and incredible biosphere whose beauty surpasses all I have ever seen..... game drives, boat safaris, fishing........ The mix of camping and luxury accommodations was a great way to experience the park and Tanzania. This is a trip that I recommend to all.
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