5 Days Tanzania Camping Safari

5 days Tanzania camping safari takes you to the best northern Tanzania parks including the vast Serengeti Park and the Ngorongoro crater which are home to the annual wildebeest migration. The Ngorongoro crater is also the best place to spot the legendary BIG Five animals (Elephant, Buffalo, Leopard, Lion and Rhino) just within a single day. Serengeti national park on the other hand provides a unique game viewing experience due to its vast plans filled up with hundred species of wildlife. While in this Tanzania camping safari you will witness the great migration of the wildebeest which comprises of over 1.5 million mammals. The Serengeti is also known for having the largest population of lion which can be witnessed in Seronera plains the central part of the park. A part from game viewing you can also enjoy viewing animals from the sky on hot air balloon.

Apart from the Serengeti and Ngorongoro crater the Tanzania camping safari will takes you to Tarangire National Park which is located in the Southern west of Arusha town. This park is home to the largest herds of elephants and gigantic baobab trees. Tarangire River is another attraction of this park. This flows across the park and it acts as the main source of water for animals during the dry season when all sources of water such as swamps dry up. Herds of animals used to congregate along the river basins and banks where there are green pastures. Game drive is also amazing as you will easily spot the herds of animals move down and up the river to drink. Predators such as lions and hyenas are also following the herds of animals so you can frequently see them chasing and killing their prey.

While on the 5 days Tanzania camping safari you may opt to go on private, or budget camping where you will share transport with other tourist. Please let us know you preference and we will arrange the accordingly.

5 days Tanzania Camping Safari Itinerary

Day 1: Arusha to Tarangire National Park

Today at 07:30 am we depart Arusha for Tarangire national park where you spend the whole day on game drives. In the mid-day you will enjoy the picnic lunch in one the public campsite located within the park. Most game drives will be conducted along the Tarangire River where herds of animals tend to congregate. During game drive you will sport a varied species of animals such giraffe, elephants, wildebeest, zebra, lions, antelopes and many others. In addition to that you will also enjoy the spectacular scenery of the park which is dotted with huge baobab trees. After a full day of game drives we will drive to the tented camp or the campsite where you will enjoy your dinner and spend the night.

Day 2: Tarangire National Park to Serengeti National Park

The second day of your 5 days Tanzania Camping Safari will involve a transfer from Tarangire to Serengeti National Park and game drives in Serengeti plains. The Serengeti park specifically Seronera plains the central part of the park is well known for having the largest population predators such as lions, cheetah and hyenas. It is also the best place to sport the shy leopards. While conducting game drives you can easily spot these predators stalking, chasing or even killing their prey. From November to September the herds of migration used to move around different location in Serengeti where from April to mid June they are in Central plains. Game viewing experience during the migration is quite phenomena. In the late afternoon we will drive to campsite or the camp where you spend a night.

Day 3: Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater

Breakfast in the camp and continue with the game drives in the Serengeti National park. Your driver guide will help you to locate more herds of migration and other animals. In the mid –d ay back to the camp for hot lunch then departs to Ngorongoro crater via the Olduvai Gorge Museum. The Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest intact caldera formed several millions years ago. It is a home to various species of animals including the legendary game animals the BIG FIVE (Elephants, leopards, Lions, Rhinos and Buffaloes) among others. Dinner and overnight at Camp or Simba Campsite.

Day 4: Ngorongoro Crater Tour

Breakfast and continue with the fourth day of our Tanzania Camping Safari to explore the Ngorongoro Crater. The crater is home to an abundant wildlife and bird species. According to the recent animal sensor it revealed that the Ngorongoro crater has the highest concentration of animals per square kilometer than any other park. The highest number of predators such as lion and hyena is among the attraction of the park as they can often spotted scramble on carcasses. Picnic lunch will be serves inside the crater in one of the public picnic site. After enjoying the lunch we will continue with short game drive then ascend the crater rim back to the camp and to Karatu area for dinner and overnight at the camp or campsite.

Day 5: Lake Manyara National Park to Arusha

Today we will head for Lake Manyara National Park, for a morning game drive. Lunch will be served at a picnic site after you enter the park and catch your first glimpses of the wildlife and spectacular scenery. After lunch, make your way through the park snapping photos of all the wildlife that call this area home, with the lake serving as a spectacular backdrop. After a full afternoon of game drives, head back to Moshi in the evening.

5 Days Tanzania Camping Safari Cost

PRIVATE TOUR

SAFARI PACKAGE GROUP SIZE PRICE PER PERSON

5 Day Camping 1 person $2,599

5 Day Camping 2+ people $1,999

GROUP JOINING SAFARI

5 Days Camping US $ 1000 per person

Cost Includes

Transport in a 4×4 Safari vehicle with pop up roof.

Service of the professional driver guide

Camping accommodation with three meals a day

Camping equipment, if necessary

Park fees

All Park expenses

Bottled mineral water 1.5Ltr per person per day

Cost Excludes

Visa Upon Arrival, please click here for more details

Tips for the Staff

We recommend $25 a day for the guide and $15 a day for the cook

All personal items for your trip

5 Days Tanzania Camping Safari Cost

PRIVATE TOUR

SAFARI PACKAGE GROUP SIZE PRICE PER PERSON

5 Day Camping 1 person $2,599

5 Day Camping 2+ people $1,999

GROUP JOINING SAFARI

5 Days Camping US $ 1000 per person

Self Drive Safaris Tanzania

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10 days Self Drive Holiday in Tanzania

Self drive holiday in Serengeti, Ngorongoro crater and Tarangire national parks the Tanzania most renown game reserves is awesome. Above all you will drive through the rough African terrain in the middle of the no where, surrounded by herds of animals. Simply this is what it mean by self drive tour experience in Africa.

Start your Self Drive holiday by driving towards Ngorongoro crater the largest and intact caldera which host about 30,000 different species of animals. Some commonly seen animals in the crater include lions, buffaloes, wildebeest, zebras, hyenas and many others. These animal were migrated into the crater to the sufficient availability of water and green pastures. The crater is also the home to various birds species include the flamingos.

Self drive Holiday in Serengeti

After enjoying a brilliant game viewing in the crater the Self Drive holiday Tour takes you to Serengeti national park which is the world most famous park with the largest population of wildlife in the world. The common animals of serengeti include lions, elephants, zebras, and wildebeest among others. In addition to that this park host the migratory wildebeest and Zebra which move in different parts of the park as from December to August of each year.

The last portion of your Self drive Tour will be spent in Lake Manyara and the Tarangire National Park. These parks have remarkable number of wildlife and diverse landscapes. Doing self drive in these parks is also a phenomenon and will add value to your African Safari experience.

Self Drive Holiday Program

Day 1: Start the self drive holiday

Arrive Kilimanjaro International Airport, met and greet by our representative who will show you the vehicle and handle it to you.

After taking the vehicle start your Self drive holiday in Tanzania by driving to Ngorongoro highlands via Arusha town for lunch. Arrive Ngorongoro in the late afternoon for leisure stay which followed by dinner and overnight at Kitela Lodge.

Perched up on the hillside of a valley with beautiful views of a coffee plantation and a waterfall at Ngorongoro highlands, Kitela Lodge offers perfect accommodation for Self drive safari in Ngorongoro crater and Serengeti national park. This lodge consists of 20 cottages surrounded by beautiful gardens, a coffee plantation and a working farm.

Day 2: Self Drive holiday in Ngorongoro Crater.

Today you shall continue with the self drive tour to the Ngorongoro Conservation area for a full day ngorongoro crater tour. The crater boast the Early morning breakfast, leave the lodge for a self drive into the Ngorongoro crater. The where you will spend a full day conducting

The Ngorongoro Crater is the best place for self drive holiday in Tanzania to see ‘The Big Five’. The crater is also the home to the rare black rhino, good populations of lion, leopard, hyena, wildebeest, buffalo and zebra. Other wildlife which can also found in the crater includes serval cat, cheetah, jackal, Grant’s and Thompson’s gazelle. Over 400 species of birds are also found in Ngorongoro Crater.

Day 3 – 6: Self drive holiday in Serengeti

Early breakfast, then depart for a self drive holiday in Serengeti National Park. Enjoy the game drive in the Serengeti plains searching for the Migration herds. The Serengeti national parks is the leading safari destination as well as self drive safari in Africa due its abundant wildlife and nature. During the migration you can easily spot predators such as lions, hyenas, cheetahs chasing and killing their prey. You will be spending the nights at Kubu kubu Tented Camp on full board.

Kubu kubu tented camp has designed with a modern African decorative style that creates a fresh and bright atmosphere, but very cozy and with the right amount of luxury. Guests can attend to the show of the Great Migration from the comfort of their tents.

Day 7: Serengeti – Maramboi

Today you shall continue with your self drive tour by departing Serengeti National park to Maramboi area which is located within the Lake Manyara ecosystem southern of Lake Manyara National Park. After the arrival spend the afternoon at leisure in the lodge, dinner and overnight at Maramboi Tented Lodge

The Maramboi tented lodge is situated at a prime location in the fields of golden vegetation within the ecosystem of Lake Manyara. Right from the lodge you can see a variety of animals such as zebras, giraffes, warthogs, gazelles among others. A walking safari can also organize from the lodge which is guided by a Maasai guide into the nearby areas which surround the lodge.

Day 8: Self drive holiday in Manyara

Breakfast at the lodge, depart for a self drive into Lake Manyara National Park. This park has the size of 330 square kilometers of which 220 sq kilometers is the Lake Manyara which the park derived its name from. The Lake Manyara national park boast a good population of elephants, wildebeest, hippos along with so many giraffes, and buffalo. Other animals of Lake Manyara include warthog, waterbuck, zebras, impala, and waterbuck.

Day 9: Self drive holiday in Tarangire

Breakfast, continue with the self drive holiday in Tarangire national park which is located to the south east of the Great Rift Valley. This park has the area of about 2,600 square kilometers which cross cut by the Tarangire River which stands as main source of the water for animals during the dry season. The park has also several wide swamps which dry into green plains during the dry season in the south. Late Afternoon drive back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 10: Maramboi – Arusha- Kilimanjaro Airport

Breakfast at the lodge, depart the lodge Kilimanjaro International Airport via the Arusha town. Our representative will meet you at the airport for the handing back the vehicle.

Self Drive Holiday Price

2 people @ US $ 2557

3 [email protected] US $ 2110

Self Drive Holiday Cost Includes

All park fees and concession fees
Vehicle Rental Fees

Self Drive Holiday Excludes

Accommodation at the parks
Fuel
Driver salary

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4 days Gondar Emperor’s Castle Tour in Ethiopia

Gondar Emperor’s Castle is a complex of royal palaces and castles in Gondar, Ethiopia. The entire complex covers an area of about 70,000 sqm, and it is dates back to the 17th century and is often referred to by historians as the Camelot of Ethiopia. Located just near the town center one can walk from his/her hotel to the ruins. When in the site the local guide will walk you around while giving brief history of the castles.

Gondar Emperor’s Castle Tour Program

Arrival Bole International Airport

On your arrival at Bole International Airport you will be met and transferred to the hotel for overnight.

Day 1: Addis Ababa – Bahar Dar

Pick from the hotel to the airport for the flight to to Bahar Dar. Tour activities in Bahar Dar Include a Visit to the marketplace, boat ride in Lake Tana which is source of the Blue Nile and visit to ancient island monasteries.

Day 2: Bahar Dar – Gondar

Breakfast then depart for Gondar where you will Tour the Royal Enclosure, a UNESCO World Heritage site featuring five castles built in the early 17th century by Ethiopian kings. The castles were survived several wars include the World War 2. Later proceed to the church of Debre Birhan Selassie who is famous for its religious art and especially its iconic ceiling depicting angels. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 3: Gondar – Lalibela

Leave Gondar to Lalibela on scheduled flight to visit the magnificent rock-hewn churches which is among the UNESCO World Heritage site. This group of eleven monolithic churches were carved directly into the stone mountainside about 800 years ago. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 4: Lalibela – Addis Ababa

Leisure breakfast, transfer to the airport for a flight to Addis Ababa. Afternoon you may do the city tour of Addis or shopping. Late night we will provide you with a transfer to the airport for your onward flight back home. Dinner and overnight in the hotel.

Tour Price: Inquire

Cost includes

BB accommodation in Addis Ababa

Domestic flight as per the itinerary

Full boar accommodation whilst on Tour

Entrance fees to all sites

Road transfers to the sites from the hotels

Boat ride in Lake Tana

Cost excludes

Air ticket for International flight

Any expenses of the personal nature

Ethiopian Visas

Traveling insurance

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4 days Erta Ale Volcano Tour Ethiopia

Erta Ale Volcano Tour in Ethiopia a spectacular trek to active lava lake which comprises of two active volcano craters within a larger oval-shaped caldera. The two caldera exhibit periodic fountaining of lava causing Lava Lake overflows; this creates spectacular incandescence as the pahoehoe lava flows into the larger caldera around the craters and occasionally beyond. Lava flows in the S crater overflowed its rim in November 2010 (BGVN 36:06).

Erta Ale Volcano Tour Program

Day 1: Mekele to Hamed ela

In the morning transfer to the airport for your schedule flight to Mekele. From Makele drive to Hamedela via Berhale (639 meters above sea level). Pass across the Danakil Depression which is full of eye-catching colors due to the presence of sulphur springs. Some points of the depression lying about 100 meters below sea level. Proceed with the journey to small town of Berhale where the camel caravans stop before they proceed to the northern highlands. En route you see many long caravans going to the salt mines and others coming out of the Danakil with their salt loaded camels. (3-4 hrs drive) Camp at Hamedela.

Day 2: Hamd Ela – Dodom (150 meters)

Early breakfast then at 0630 hrs departs to Askoma (150 meters) which is located at the base of new Erta Ale. The distance between Hamd Ela to Askoma is about 80 km and it is the journey of about 6 hrs passing through changing landscape of solidified lava, rock, sand and the occasional palm lined oasis. The route is also pass through several small hamlets scattered here and there in this desert land. Trek 9 km for about 3 hrs from Askoma to the new Erta Ale. Early dinner and trek up to the new Erta Ale reach the peak at 20:00. The Camels carry all the camping materials and some food, sleeping materials, mattresses and water, to the rim of the volcano. Spend a night at the rim watching the dramatic action of the boiling lava. New Erta Ale is a shield volcano with a base diameter of 30 km and 1km square caldera at its summit which ranks one of the most alluring and physically challenging natural attractions anywhere in Ethiopia. The magma flow moved 3.5 kms south from old Erta Ale to the New eruption point.

Day 3: Explore the Volcano

Proceed with the Erta Ale Volcano Tour by enjoying the sunrise at the volcano and Lake Afdera (102 meters) then walk around the craters. The main crater is 613 meters above sea level with and the depth of 200 m and width of 350 m. The smaller southern pit is 65 m wide and about 100 m deep. At 7:00 hrs leave to Askoma where you will arrive at at 10:30 am. During winter you may visit Lake Afdera which is the deepest depression on the planet. Lake Afdera is Located about 100 m below the sea level. Proceed to Hamed Ela for overnight at the campsite.

Day 4: Hamed Ela – Mekele

Today you will visit Dallol and Lake Assal which are 130 m below the sea level. This place is famous for salt mining. Observe the locals cutting salts block ready to carry by camels. Later drive back to Hamedela and proceed to Mekele where you will take a schedule flight back to Addis Ababa. Overnight in the hotel. On the next day you will be provided with transfer to the airport for your onward flight back home.

Erta Ale Volcano Tour Price: Inquire

The price Includes

All Entrance fees and licenses as per the program.

Accommodation and all meals throughout the tour.

Bottles of water for the trip.

Surface Transport expense with four wheel drive Land-cruiser including fuel expense and drivers allowance

Local guide service for the afar region as per the program.

Cooking, camping equipment,

Scout and police service in Afar Region as per the program.

Camel and camel tires in Afar Region as per the program.

Minimum of 2 cars per trip with local security.

Meals, water, entrance fees, accommodation and security during the trip

3 Days Blue Nile Falls Tour and Lalibela Rock Hewn Churches.

Blue Nile Falls Tour and the Lalibela Rock Churches to explore the Ethiopian ancient culture and boat trip in Lake Tana which is the source of the Blue Nile. Enjoy the breathtaking view of the Blue Nile Falls and the Rock churches which preferred as the world’s most incredible man-made features. These ancient churches were curved from the rocks and they are a lasting monument to man’s faith in God.

Blue Nile Falls Tour Ethiopia Program

Day 1: Addis Ababa-Bahirdar- Lake Tana-Blue Nile Falls

Fly from Addis Ababa to Bahirdar, met and transfer to the hotel for check in. Embark into the boat trip in Lake Tana to visit the ancient 14th century island monasteries of Lake Tana. The 37 islands of Lake Tana shelter twenty monasteries-surviving remnants of an old, contemplative tradition. Because of their isolation, they were used to store treasures and religious relics from all parts of the country. The Lake’s monasteries are famous for their typical Ethiopian religious paintings, illuminated manuscripts, and other ancient church treasures.

Lunch in the hotel, drive for 35 KM to the majestic Blue Nile Falls. Blue Nile measure 45m-high and they form the most spectacular waterfall in Africa. Walking to the fall through the beautiful river gorge on the ancient bridge from the 17th century, and meeting the local people at the small villages on the way to the fall is also a great experience.

Day 2: Bahirdar-Lalibela

Breakfast in the hotel, transfer to Bahirdar airport for a flight to Lalibela. At the airport meet and transfer to the hotel for check in then drive to the site of the Ethiopia’s most famous rock hewl churches which referred by many as “the living wonders of the world”. The monolithic churches were carved out of 2,600-sq meter natural rock terrace in the 12-century AD by king Lalibela.

Bete Medhani Alem, the largest monolithic rock-hewn church in the world, measures 37.7 ft in height, covers an area of almost 2625 square ft and has walls that are up to six feet thick. A plain building supported by 36 pillars on the inside and another 36 pillars around the outside, Bete Medhani Alem was modeled on the original St. Mary Zion Church built by King Ezana in the 4th century at Axum.

In the morning the rock churches that you will visit include: Bete Meskel, Bete Medhani Alem, Bete Golgotha Michael, Bete Mariam, Bete Giorgis and Bete Denagil

Lunch then proceed with the tour to other St. Lalibela’s remarkable churches-their architecture and artistry must be seen to be believed. After visiting the churches proceed with the walking through the complex bewildering labyrinth of underground tunnels to the monastery were the monks and nuns live.

Overnight at Harbe Hotel in Lalibela.

Day 3: Lalibela-Addis Ababa

Leisure breakfast in the hotel, transfer to the airport for the schedule flight back to Addis Ababa.

Cost of Tour: Inquire

Price includes

English speaking guide for 3 days

Airport transfers and City transfers

Transport in a private 4×4 vehicle

Entrance fee to all sites

Food and Accommodation

Cost excludes

Domestic flights (Addis Ababa – Lalibela – Addis Ababa)

Expenses of the Personal nature (tips, photo & video fees, phone calls, table drinks, laundry, etc.),

Meals (lunch and dinner)

Any other services/expenses not mentioned above.