4-Day Tanzania Safari: Tarangire, Serengeti & Ngorongoro Crater

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Serengeti migration tour: witness 300 elephants and a wildlife-rich crater in Tanzania

A four-day group safari from Arusha visiting Tarangire National Park, the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater with a professional English-speaking guide, all park entry fees, four nights accommodation and meals included. You spend a full day in Tarangire watching elephants and dry-country antelope, nearly two days in the Serengeti with evening and sunrise game drives, and a full day descending into Ngorongoro Crater where roughly 25,000 animals live in one enclosed ecosystem. Airport pickup is included; flights are not.

Step-by-step itinerary

Day 1 — Game drive in Tarangire National Park

Early breakfast in Arusha
Full day game drive in Tarangire
Picnic lunch during game drive
Dinner and overnight at Sun bright campsite

Day 2 — Travel to Serengeti via Ngorongoro

Breakfast at campsite
Drive through fertile highlands
View Ngorongoro Caldera
Continue to Serengeti National Park
Evening game drive in Serengeti
Dinner and overnight at Seronera campsite

Day 3 — Serengeti game drive and travel to Ngorongoro

Early coffee at campsite
Morning game drive in Serengeti
Travel to Ngorongoro Crater
Arrive at crater edge
Dinner and overnight at Simba campsite

Day 4 — Ngorongoro Crater tour and return to Arusha

Sunrise views over crater edge
Breakfast at campsite
Drive down into Ngorongoro Crater
Game viewing inside crater
Lunch inside crater
Ascend crater walls
Drive back to Arusha
Overnight stay in Arusha

The Experience

The safari opens in Tarangire National Park after an early breakfast from Arusha. A full day of game drives takes you through the only place in Tanzania where herds of up to 300 elephants gather during the dry season, scraping the waterless river bed for underground streams. Wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, impala and gazelle mass around the lagoons, and the park holds dry-country antelope found nowhere else — the stately fringe-eared Oryx and the long-necked gerenuk. Picnic lunch happens in the park; you overnight at Sun Bright campsite.

Day two moves toward the Serengeti through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, passing highlands where the Iraqw people grow wheat, coffee and corn. You reach Seronera campsite by late evening and head out immediately for a game drive in central Serengeti, where you watch the sunset before dinner. The Serengeti is Tanzania's largest park — grassy plains, swamps, lakes and savannah — and depending on the season, thousands of wildebeest and zebra migrate across it in search of food and water. An early coffee and another game drive on day three give you a chance to spot the Big Five before you drive to the crater's edge and overnight at Simba campsite, where the orange glow of sunset surrounds you as you settle in.

The final day starts before dawn. Early risers see the sun rise over the crater's edge, then after breakfast you descend the steep track into Ngorongoro Crater itself. The crater is 610 metres deep, covers roughly 260 square kilometres, and holds approximately 25,000 animals — wildebeest, zebras, gazelles, elephants and more than 500 bird species. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the seven wonders of Africa. Within minutes of entering you can see multiple species; with luck you might spot an endangered black rhino. After lunch you ascend the crater walls and return to Arusha.

What’s included

Professional English-speaking guide throughout the four days.
all national park entry fees for Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater.
four nights accommodation at campsites (Sun Bright in Tarangire, Seronera in Serengeti, Simba on the crater's edge).
all meals during the safari.
airport pickup from Arusha.
free WiFi inside the safari jeep.

Good to know

Easy physical levelInfant seats availablePublic transport nearby

Operated by MERU SLOPES TOURS AND SAFARIS

Is this one for you?This is a shared group tour with a fixed itinerary and schedule, which is what keeps all three parks and the crater's edge overnight inside four days — the guide, the timing and the transport are arranged, so you move through the parks without building the logistics yourself. It suits travelers who want the major parks and the migration without the cost of a private vehicle, and who prefer sunrise and sunset game drives to a self-paced schedule.