Tour Overview
The short camping safari package is an ideal way for all people seeking a short adventure in Tanzania, because you get to visit both the major wildlife areas namely Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Crater but you also get to choose one more park between Tarangire National Park (in most dry months), or visit the Lake Manyara National Park preferably in the wet seasons when Tarangire tends to be waterlogged. Please ask our safari experts for the best option between the two parks.
Included/Exclude
Park fees (For non-residents)
All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
A professional driver/guide
All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
All Taxes/VAT
Roundtrip airport transfer
Meals (As specified)
Drinks (As specified in the day-by-day section)
International flights (From/to home)
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fee
Tour Plan
This morning of the first day of your 4 days camping safari, you will be picked from your hotel (pick up point) or Airport, you will depart on a 4×4 safari land cruiser for Tarangire National Park famous for its large herds of elephants and huge baobab trees. After a short 2 hours drive you will be at the Park’s Gate where you will make a brief stop for paperwork. The Tarangire River a permanent river in this park is the lifeline that ensures abundance of wildlife, including zebras, giraffes, buffaloes, impalas, gerenuks, olive baboons, water bucks and the big cats including the lions, leopards and cheetahs. With Lunch at one of the picnic sites the afternoon will be spent doing game drives and later in the afternoon you will drive out for overnight at a public campsite around the park, or drive to Mto wa Mbu area (near Lake Manyara) for camping at a campsite like Lilac Campsite. Packed Lunch and Dinner included.
From the Tarangire National Park you will drive to the Serengeti National Park after a nice breakfast at your campsite, prepared by your professional experienced safari cook. You will cross the Ngorongoro Conservation Area on your way to Serengeti and you will have an option to visit a Masai boma (village), within the Ngorongoro Crater if you wish (at extra cost). Depending on the time of the year you may be lucky to see the wildebeests migration herds but apart from the migration, you expect to see a lot more resident animals. Among the animals that you may see in the Serengeti includes prides of lions, leopards, cheetahs, topis, hartebeests, zebras, elephants, gazelles, impalas, warthogs, and many more animals and birds. Later at sunset you will check in at a campsite where you will pitch camp for dinner and the overnight stay. Overnight at a public campsite at Seronera. All meals included.
You may go for an early morning game drive at sunrise (if you wish), then after a hearty breakfast prepared by your able chef, you will pack your stuff and go on a game drive in the Serengeti National Park. You will be driving towards the Naabi Hill Gate and will have a packed lunch which you will take most likely at the Gate, before you drive up to the Crater rim of the Ngorongoro Crater. Arriving in the later in the afternoon at your campsite you will relax as your chef and guide pitch your tents. Dinner and overnight at the Simba Campsite overlooking the Ngorongoro Crater floor. All meals included.
The Ngorongoro Crater also referred to as the 8th wonder of the world or the Eden of Africa is a unique wildlife area owing to its 600 meter walls that make a natural (zoo like) enclosure to thousands of animals with highest concentration of animals in a single area in the world. The Crater walls act like a barrier denying thousands of animals the chance to escape, more notably the Big five including the Lions, Elephants, Buffaloes, Leopards and the Black Rhino which thrive in this area. Other animals that can be spotted easily and at close range in the Ngorongoro Crater include the zebras, silver back jackals, hyenas, impalas, topis, hartebeests, gazelles, and many other more. Lunch will be taken at the hippo pool side or at any of the campsites at the Crater floor then you will ascend up and rive out of the Conservation area before the lapse of your permits time. You will then drive back to your Hotel.
