5-Day Private Tanzania Mid-Range Safari: Tarangire, Serengeti & Ngorongoro

After breakfast, depart from Arusha and drive to Tarangire National Park for your first safari experience. Enjoy a private game drive through the park, exploring its beautiful landscapes and looking out for elephants, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, buffaloes and other wildlife. Your guide will choose the best areas to explore based on the wildlife activity of the day. After the game drive, continue to Manyara Secret for dinner and overnight.

Where you'll stay tonight

Mid-Range

Manyara's secret

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, leave Manyara Secret and continue towards the Central Serengeti, travelling through the changing landscapes of northern Tanzania. As you approach the Serengeti, the scenery opens into vast grasslands, acacia-covered plains and rocky kopjes that form part of one of Africa’s most celebrated wildlife ecosystems. Upon entering the Serengeti, the journey becomes part of the safari itself. Your private guide will take advantage of suitable wildlife-viewing opportunities along the route, with time to stop whenever there is interesting wildlife or a good photographic opportunity. As you continue towards the Seronera area, keep an eye out for giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, elephants, buffaloes and the predators that make the Central Serengeti their home. Later in the afternoon, enjoy a game drive around the Central Serengeti before continuing to Zuri Serengeti for dinner and overnight. The exact route and game-viewing areas will remain flexible, allowing your guide to respond to wildlife activity and road conditions on the day.

Where you'll stay tonight

Mid-Range

Zuri serengeti camp

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, set out for a full-day private game drive through Central Serengeti, with the entire day dedicated to exploring the wildlife and landscapes of this remarkable part of the national park. The Central Serengeti, particularly around the Seronera area, offers a varied landscape of open grasslands, acacia woodland, riverine areas and rocky kopjes, supporting a wide range of wildlife throughout the year. With your private safari vehicle and experienced guide, the day can be shaped around the wildlife activity encountered along the way. Keep watch for elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, zebras and wildebeest, while lions, leopards, cheetahs and other predators may be encountered depending on the conditions and their movements. The Serengeti is also home to an exceptional diversity of birdlife, adding another dimension to the game-viewing experience. Take time to enjoy lunch during the safari before continuing with afternoon wildlife viewing. As the day comes to an end, return to Zuri Serengeti for dinner and overnight, carrying with you another full day of exploration in one of Tanzania’s most celebrated safari landscapes.

Where you'll stay tonight

Mid-Range

Zuri serengeti camp

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, depart from Central Serengeti and begin your journey towards the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. The drive offers a final opportunity to enjoy the changing scenery of the Serengeti, from its open plains and wildlife-rich landscapes towards the highlands surrounding Ngorongoro. Along the way, your private safari guide will make suitable stops for wildlife viewing whenever opportunities arise. As you leave the Serengeti behind, the landscape gradually changes, creating a memorable transition from the expansive plains to the dramatic highland environment of the Ngorongoro area. Arrive at Ang’ata Camp later in the day, where you can settle in and enjoy the peaceful surroundings of the conservation area. Dinner and overnight will be at the camp, ready for an early start the following morning for your Ngorongoro Crater experience.