4-Day Private Camping Safari in Serengeti & Ngorongoro

Your 4-day private Tanzania camping safari begins with a morning pickup from your hotel in Arusha. Meet your professional safari guide and depart by private 4x4 safari vehicle for Serengeti National Park, travelling through the changing landscapes of northern Tanzania toward one of Africa’s most famous wildlife destinations. After entering Serengeti National Park, enjoy your first game drive as you make your way toward your campsite in the Serengeti. The park is renowned for its vast grasslands and diverse wildlife, offering opportunities to encounter lions, elephants, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, buffalo, gazelles and a wide variety of birdlife. Enjoy a picnic lunch at a designated site before continuing your afternoon game drive. Your private guide will follow current wildlife activity and choose the best available routes for the day, giving you time to experience the Serengeti at a relaxed pace. As the afternoon comes to an end, continue to your campsite for dinner and your first night under the African sky. This authentic camping experience places you close to the sights and sounds of the Serengeti wilderness.

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Budget

Seronera Public Campsites – Central serengeti

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Start the day with an early breakfast at your campsite before heading out on a full-day private game drive across Serengeti National Park. With a full day dedicated to the Serengeti, there is time to explore different wildlife areas and follow the best available sightings with your professional safari guide. Drive through the vast Serengeti plains in search of lions, elephants, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, buffalo, gazelles and abundant birdlife. Your guide will choose the day's route according to current wildlife activity, seasonal conditions and road accessibility, giving you opportunities for wildlife viewing and photography at a relaxed pace. Enjoy a picnic lunch at a designated picnic site during the game drive, surrounded by the natural landscapes of the Serengeti. Continue exploring throughout the afternoon, taking time to observe wildlife and appreciate the changing scenery of the park. As the afternoon comes to an end, return to your Seronera-area public campsite for dinner and your second night in Serengeti National Park. Sleeping inside the park allows you to experience the atmosphere of the Serengeti after the day's game drive and prepares you for another wildlife experience before departing for Ngorongoro on Day 3.

Where you'll stay tonight

Budget

Seronera Public Campsites – Central serengeti

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Start the morning with breakfast at your Seronera-area campsite before heading out for an early private game drive in Serengeti National Park. The morning offers another opportunity to observe wildlife while travelling through the changing landscapes of the Serengeti. Continue your game drive as you gradually make your way out of the park, with opportunities to see lions, elephants, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, buffalo, gazelles and other wildlife along the route. Your guide will choose suitable routes according to current wildlife activity and road conditions. After leaving Serengeti, continue toward the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, travelling through the scenic highlands of northern Tanzania. Depending on the day's timing, enjoy a picnic lunch along the journey or at a designated picnic site. Arrive at Simba A Public Campsite on the Ngorongoro Crater rim in the afternoon or evening. Settle into camp, enjoy dinner and take in the atmosphere of the crater highlands. An early night prepares you for the following morning's descent into the Ngorongoro Crater for a full wildlife experience.

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Budget

Simba A Public Campsite – Ngorongoro

Start early with breakfast at Simba A Public Campsite before descending into the Ngorongoro Crater for a private game drive. The crater floor is home to a remarkable concentration of wildlife, and the morning offers excellent opportunities to explore its diverse habitats with your professional safari guide. Drive across the crater floor in search of lions, elephants, buffalo, hippos, zebras, wildebeest, gazelles and other wildlife. With patience and good timing, you may also have an opportunity to spot the endangered black rhinoceros. Your guide will select suitable routes according to wildlife activity and crater conditions. Enjoy a picnic lunch at a designated picnic site before continuing the crater game drive. Take time to appreciate the dramatic crater walls, open grasslands, woodland areas and wildlife that make the Ngorongoro Crater one of Tanzania's most distinctive safari destinations. After the game drive, ascend from the crater and begin the journey back to Arusha. Your 4-day private Serengeti and Ngorongoro camping safari ends with drop-off at your hotel or another agreed location in Arusha.

Where you'll stay tonight

Mid-Range

Venus premier hotel