Experience the Serengeti & Ngorongoro

Private Tanzania safari
Route: Speke Bay Lake Victoria - Serengeti – Ngorongoro – Arusha/Moshi

For the ultimate safari adventure, you can follow a Kenya safari, with a trip to the world famous National Parks of Tanzania. During our Serengeti safari, you'll travel along the shores of Lake Victoria and take amazing game drives through the Serengeti. Then, you'll take an amazing trip to the bottom of the Ngorongoro crater, the largest intact crater with the highest density of wild animals in the world.

This safari is totally private, so you'll travel only with your companions and your english-speaking driver/guide, sleeping in charming lodges and tented camps just outside the wildlife parks.

If you would prefer the option of a group safari, take a look at our Kenya safari tours or take the option of our ready made itinerary for a Kenya to Tanzania safari.

Duration	5 days / 4 nights departs daily from the Kenyan border	Accommodation	Warm and inviting safari lodges and tented camps in and just outside of wildlife parks. Comfort level 3 and 4 (see accommodation).
Price	From £1169 per person - based on 2 people sharing From £876 per person - based on 4 people	Includes	Accommodation - all meals - transport - park entrance fees (approximately £55 per person per day) - game drives and English speaking driver/ guide.
Transport	4x4 land cruiser with convertible roof	Excludes	International flight, tips(generally drivers/guides are tipped US$ 25 per day, per group)

Day 1: Tanzania border - Speke Bay (Lake Victoria)

Travel time approx. 2 hours

When you cross the border, you'll be picked up by a land cruiser and our professional Tanzanian guide. It's a 2.5 hour drive to Speke Bay to the banks of Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa. Here, you'll stay in a cosy lodge or safari tent by the lake. In the late afternoon, you can relax on the lakeshore with a good book until the sun sinks under the horizon. The view over Lake Victoria is magical. In the evening, you'll have dinner by candle light in the lodge and with a little luck some fresh fish caught in Victoria Lake on the menu.

You'll spend the night in a cabin or spacious safari tent at Lake Victoria.

Serengeti safari - Land cruiser with driver

Serengeti safari - A pride of lions in broken grass

Day 2: Speke Bay (Lake Victoria) - Serengeti

Travel time approx. 30 minutes

Early birds can join Gert, the local guide, for some bird spotting at the nearby natural reserve. After breakfast, you'll be picked up by a local fishing boat run by young men from a nearby village. They'll proudly show you their village where fishermen repair nets and women lay out fish to dry in the sun. After lunch at the lodge, you'll drive to the Serengeti National Park. Looking out for wild animals en route, you'll drive to your tented camp with an incredible view of the savannah, in the shadows of acacia trees. You'll take one of the best game drive routes in the area, near the Kirawira and Grumeti River, where wildebeest cross the river and crocodiles wait to pounce on their prey. You'll reach the tented camp at the edge of the park around sunset.

You'll spend the night at our tented camp at the edge of the Serengeti.

Day 3: Serengeti safari

Before daybreak, you'll wake up for your morning Serengeti safari. After a cup of coffee and some biscuits in the land cruiser, you'll set out for an early morning game drive. You'll travel straight through the vast plains towards the Masai territory.

After a few hours of your Serengeti safari, your stomach may start to growl, so you'll drive back to your private camp for breakfast and a nap. During the afternoon temperatures can soar and most animals will search for shelter in the shadows. Once the temperatures drop you'll set off on a late afternoon game drive. You're sure to see lions and with a little luck even cheetahs. During the Great Migration you'll see millions of wildebeest and zebras rushing through the plains in search of fresh grass and water.

You'll spend another night at our tented camp at the edge of the Serengeti.

Day 4: Serengeti - Ngorongoro Crater - Karatu

Travel time approx. 4 hours

Today you'll have to wake up early and drive south on your last Serengeti safari. You'll travel through the endless grasslands after which the Serengeti is named (endless plains). Gradually the road will begin to climb, leaving you with a view of the immense Serengeti behind you. Along the way you may see a giraffe or two on the road before reaching the Ngorongoro crater at the end of the afternoon.

You'll spend the night in a charming lodge in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

Day 5: Ngorongoro- Moshi/Arusha

Travel time approx. 3 hours

Today you'll descend into the Ngorongoro crater. When we first arrived at the edge of the crater, we were stunned and humbled, what a view..... The land cruiser will take you down into the crater for a game drive; however you won't have to look for animals for long. The crater is filled with wild animals: lions, wildebeest and zebras, grunting hippos, cheetahs, leopards, ostriches, jackals and in the middle of the crater a lake filled with flamingos. The high walls of the crater edge loom in the distance.

After the game drive, you'll drive for another three hours to Moshi or Arusha and this will mark the end of your Serengeti safari adventure. It's customary to tip the driver. Generally a tip of US$ 25 per day is reasonable. This tip can be divided by the number of people travelling with you.

End of Serengeti Safari Trip

If you would like to try something a little different in Tanzania? Try our Moshi tours or camping Tanzania trip.

Interested in a more active adventure? Choose from a canoe safari or even look to climb Mount Kilimanjaro.

If you're in the mood for something tropical, try a stay on one of the tropical Zanzibar beaches.