4 days - tanzania camping safari to serengeti and the ngorongoro crater

Taking in the very best of Tanzania’s Northern Circuit, our four days Tanzania Camping Safari tour visits both Serengeti National park and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. A short tour, but the driver-guide in your private vehicle will ensure that you are informed and entertained as you witness some of the best of the planet’s wildlife in its natural environment. A truly memorable adventure.

Styles – Budget Camping Safari: Travelers will be sleeping on public campsites; bathroom facilities are shared with fellow travelers at the camp. Travelers travel together in our own vehicle, with our own driver-guide and a chef who prepares all food.

ITINERARY

DAY 1: ARUSHA TO SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast, we collect our lunch boxes and set off on the long journey to the Serengeti. On the way, the sheer vastness of Africa's open plains unfolds before you. In the afternoon, we reach Serengeti, Lunch at the camp. Spend the afternoon game viewing in the endless plains of the Serengeti for a chance to see the great herd of wildebeest, zebras and gazelles or a pride of lions lounging in the shade. Return to your public camp for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Seronera Campsite
Meals: Lunch and Dinner

DAY 2: SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
A full day of Serengeti game drives with lunch at a picnic spot en-route. You might witness the great migration with hundred thousands of wildebeests, zebras and Thompson gazelles, depending on the time of year. Your driver-guide may find you lion, leopard, elephant,zebra, cheetah and antelope on today's safari... just some of the many species here. After the game drive, you will return to your camp for some welcome rest and your evening
Accommodation: Seronera Campsite.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

DAY 3:SERENGETI TO NGORONGORO Crater
The exciting sounds of Africa will rouse you from your sleep. We make the most of the day with a 08:00 start, heading off on our morning game-drive. Later, we will travel to Ngorongoro via Olduvai Gorge, site of Louis and Mary Leakey's renowned archaeological discoveries. Their findings include some of the man's earliest known ancestral remain. Picnic lunches will be served at the Gorge. Proceed driving to Ngorongoro Crater. Dinner and overnight at Simba campsite.
Accommodation: Simba Campsite
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.  

DAY 4: NGORONGORO CRATER TO ARUSHA/ AIRPORT
Today may be 'departure day', but there will be plenty of time to enjoy another true spectacle, before your thoughts turn to home. Ngorongoro Crater is often referred to as a wonder of the world and your early morning game drive shows you why.

First, there's the volcanic caldera (the world's largest), full of grassland, forest and swamp, a setting of jaw-dropping beauty. Secondly, the permanent water of the crater floor supports a resident population of more than 25,000 large mammals. Here you'll find many of the reasons you chose to come on safari: elephant, lion, leopard, hippo, baboons... even the rare black rhino finds shelter here. After your morning game drive, we have our picnic lunch in the crater before we return to the airport for your flight home.
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch.