4 Days Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater Safari
4 Days Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater Safari is an interesting adventure that will take you to the Ngorongoro conservation area where you will have spectacular views of the Ngorongoro crater which is the world’s largest unbroken volcanic caldera that harbors abundant animals including the big five mammals (elephants, black rhinos, buffaloes, lions, and leopards), different bird species among other. During the safari will also visit Serengeti national park in the northern part of Tanzania where you will have great views of different animals like elephants, buffaloes, zebras, lions, leopards, black rhinos, wildebeest, gazelle, elands, impalas, colorful bird species among others. Serengeti national park is also known for the great wildebeest migration where more than one million wildebeest, thousands of zebras, gazelle, and other antelopes migrate from the Serengeti plains to the Masai Mara in Kenya.
Highlights of the 4 days Serengeti and Ngorongoro safari
- Day 1: Pick up from Arusha and transfer to Serengeti national park
- Day 2: Full day game drive in Serengeti national park
- Day 3: Transfer from Serengeti national park to Ngorongoro crater
- Day 4: Morning game drive and departure to Arusha
Detailed itinerary
Day 1 of the 4 days Serengeti and Ngorongoro crater safari
Pick up and transfer to Serengeti national park, on the first day of the 4 days Serengeti and Ngorongoro crater safari your driver guide will pick you up from the hotel in Arusha, give you a short briefing about the safari and then start the journey to Serengeti national park in northern part of Tanzania. On the way you will have great views of animals and picnic lunch where after you will proceed to the park for an evening game drive where you will be able to view animals like elephants, buffaloes, wildebeests, zebras, waterbucks, bird species among others. After the evening game drive you will drive to check into the lodge, have dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Full day game drive in Serengeti national park
Full day game drive, on the second day of the 4 days Serengeti and Ngorongoro crater safari you will have an early breakfast and meet up with your driver guide to go for a full day game drive in the endless plains of Serengeti national park with packed lunch. During the game drive which is done in a 4WD safari vehicle with a professional driver guide you will have an opportunity to view animals in the morning when they are still active such as elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, zebras, gazelle, warthogs, wildebeest, hartebeest, elands, impalas among others grazing in the open savannah plains, view predators like lions, cheetahs, leopards, spotted hyenas if you are lucky, have views of the beautiful sunrise, views of bird species, primates like baboons, monkeys among others. After the morning game drive you will have your packed lunch or go back to the lodge for lunch and return back for an afternoon game drive where you will view some of the animals that you might have missed in the morning, witness the great wildebeest migration as the animals migrate to the Masai Mara in Kenya through the Grumeti river in search of fresh grass. After the full day game drive you will drive back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 3: Transfer from Serengeti national park to Ngorongoro crater
After an early breakfast, you will check out of the lodge and meet up with your driver guide to transfer to Ngorongoro conservation area. On the way you will have views of animals on the way and a stopover at Olduvai Gorge an archaeological site where you Louis and Mary Leakey discovered bones of the early human beings. Olduvai Gorge has a small museum where you will be able to learn about the fossils of the animals and plants, learn about the history and importance of the site, buy some souvenirs from the shop among others. After the Olduvai Gorge visit you will continue to the Ngorongoro conservation area where you will check into the lodge and have lunch. After lunch you will go for an afternoon game drive where you will descend down into the crater through the lush forests at the crater walls and when you reach down the crater floor you will have great views animals like the big five mammals which include elephants, buffaloes, lions, leopards, black rhinos, cheetahs, zebras, view different bird species among others. After the game drive you will drive back to the lodge for an evening relaxation, dinner and overnight.
Day 4: Morning game drive and departure to Arusha
Morning game drive, on the last day of the 4 days Serengeti and Ngorongoro crater safari you will have an early breakfast and meet up with your driver-guide to go for a morning game drive where you will be able to view animals when they are most active such as predators like lions, leopards, hyenas among other looking for a hunt, elephants, buffaloes, zebras, wildebeest, waterbucks among others. After the game drive you will return to the lodge for lunch.
Departure to Arusha, after lunch you will check out of the lodge and start the journey to Arusha where your driver guide will drop you off at the airport or drop off at any place of convenience.
End of 4 days Serengeti and Ngorongoro crater safari
4 days Serengeti and Ngorongoro crater safari includes
- Pick up and drop off in a 4WD safari vehicle
- Services of a professional driver guide
- Park entrance fees for Serengeti national park and Ngorongoro conservation area
- Full board accommodation
- All mentioned activities
- Vehicle and fuel
- Bottled water
4 days Serengeti and Ngorongoro crater safari excludes
- Air flight tickets
- Visas
- Optional activities not included on the itinerary
- Tips to the guide
- Life insurance
- Personal expenses like buying souvenirs, crafts, drinks, cigarettes, airtime, laundry services, tips among others.