6 Days Serengeti Wilderness Heartland Safari

Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will be warmly welcomed by our representative and transferred to your comfortable budget safari hotel in Arusha. Arusha is the gateway to Tanzania's spectacular Northern Safari Circuit and the starting point for your unforgettable Serengeti and Ngorongoro adventure. Spend the remainder of the day relaxing after your journey or, if time permits, enjoy optional experiences such as an Arusha city tour, coffee plantation visit, or Cultural Heritage Centre before your Tanzania wildlife safari begins.

Accommodation: Budget Safari Hotel in Arusha

After breakfast, depart Arusha and travel through the scenic Great Rift Valley and Ngorongoro Highlands towards the world-famous Serengeti National Park. Enjoy beautiful landscapes and wildlife viewing along the way as you enter the Serengeti, where vast golden plains stretch towards the horizon. Continue to your comfortable budget tented lodge for lunch before enjoying an afternoon game drive in search of lions, elephants, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, buffaloes, cheetahs, hyenas, and other wildlife across the Serengeti ecosystem.

Accommodation: Budget Tented Lodge in Serengeti National Park

Spend a full day exploring the spectacular Serengeti National Park on expertly guided game drives with your professional safari driver-guide. Explore the endless savannah plains and search for the legendary Big Five while discovering lions, leopards, cheetahs, elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, hyenas, gazelles, and abundant birdlife. Depending on the season and wildlife movements, you may encounter large concentrations of wildebeest and zebra during the Great Wildebeest Migration. Enjoy a picnic lunch or lodge lunch before continuing your afternoon game drive and returning to your comfortable budget accommodation for dinner and relaxation.

Accommodation: Budget Tented Lodge in Serengeti National Park

Enjoy another full day of wildlife exploration in the Serengeti, allowing more time to discover different areas of this extraordinary ecosystem. Your experienced safari guide will help locate wildlife and follow current animal movements, with excellent opportunities to observe predators such as lions, leopards, cheetahs, and hyenas. Keep your camera ready for elephants crossing the plains, giraffes browsing among acacia trees, wildebeest and zebras moving across the savannah, and spectacular African landscapes. This extended Serengeti experience provides additional opportunities for wildlife photography and seasonal migration sightings. An optional sunrise Hot Air Balloon Safari can also be arranged at an additional cost.

Accommodation: Budget Tented Lodge in Serengeti National Park

Enjoy an early morning game drive in the Serengeti before departing towards the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Continue through the scenic landscapes of northern Tanzania while enjoying wildlife viewing en route. Optional experiences include visiting the historic Olduvai Gorge or experiencing a traditional Maasai cultural village, depending on your interests and schedule. Arrive at your comfortable budget lodge in the Ngorongoro Highlands, where you can relax and enjoy the cooler highland atmosphere before your exciting crater safari the following morning.

Accommodation: Budget Safari Lodge in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area

After an early breakfast, descend into the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater for a half-day game drive. Explore the crater floor, a remarkable wildlife ecosystem surrounded by steep volcanic walls, and search for lions, elephants, buffaloes, hippos, zebras, wildebeest, hyenas, flamingos, and the endangered black rhino. Enjoy an unforgettable final Tanzania wildlife safari before ascending from the crater and continuing to Arusha after lunch. Depending on your onward travel arrangements, you will be dropped off at your Arusha hotel or transferred to Kilimanjaro International Airport.

Accommodation: Optional Budget Hotel in Arusha