4 Days Tanzania Budget Wildlife Safari

Day 1: Tarangire National Park

After breakfast, you will head to Tarangire National Park. As you overland to the park, you will experience change in landscape and culture. You will see locals operating small store along the road, feel free to tell the driver to stop the vehicle if you see anything fascinating that you need clarity on.

As you approach the park, you will be welcomed by ancient Baobab trees believed to have more than a thousand years, you will also come across olive baboons and Vervet monkey by the entrance gates. After quick registration, you will start your adventure driving across beautiful views of endless golden savannah that surrounds the Tarangire River.  You’ll have the opportunity to see lions, cape buffalo, and a variety of antelopes. You will have lunch in one of the designated picnic sites with great views of river Tarangire then proceed with game drive in other areas of the park. The river is a vital source of water source for animals in the park during the dry season. Lined with trees of different kind like the baobabs and acacia, the river is regularly visited by herbivore like elephants, buffalos, wildebeests, zebras and antelopes.

You will drive to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 2: Game enroute to Serengeti

You’ll begin the day after breakfast driving towards the Serengeti National Park while enjoying the views of the farmland in Karatu and passing through the of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area highlands. As you drive past the rain forest you are most likely to come across a number of wildlife species like buffalos, warthogs and some primates. Leaving the highlands behind, you will enter Serengeti National Park, the heart of untamed Africa, where you will see the iconic savannah endless grasslands and a plethora of ungulates grazing the grassy plains.

You will drive to camp for check-in, have lunch and rest.

At around 15:00 you will head out for an afternoon game drive in the central part of the park known as the Seronera, featuring the Seronera River, it provides a valuable water source that attracts wildlife well representative most of the Serengeti’s species.

As dusk draws close you will drive back to the camp whilst enjoying the vista of the sunset. You will have sometime around the camp fire while having a drink as you wait for dinner.

Day 3: Full day Serengeti National Park

Today is fully dedicated to Serengeti National Park, perhaps the world’s most enchanting and breathtaking park on the planet. You have an opportunity to go an optional balloon ride that start at 4:30am and ends with a champagne breakfast in the midst of the bush.

After breakfast, at 7:00 am, depart the lodge for full day game drive. Your guide will take you through different parts of Serengeti in search for the best wildlife viewing spots.

At around 11:30 you will head back to the camp for lunch a rest a bit before you head out again for an afternoon game drive. You will continue searching for various animals to explore from the Big Five to giraffe, antelopes, hyena, cheetah and many more. You will enjoy sunset while driving back to camp in good time to shower and have a relaxed time around campfire before dinner.