5 Days Group Tour in Tanzania: Explore Lake Manyara, Serengeti Plains, and Ngorongoro Crater
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Arusha

Embark on a safari trip to Tanzania’s top destinations including Lake Manyara and the magnificent Serengeti plains. Catch a glimpse of the unique tree-climbing lions! The adventure includes a tour of the Ngorongoro Crater, also known as the “Garden of Eden”, in Serengeti National Park. Join us for an exhilarating exploration of Africa!

Duration: 5 days
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

Arusha - Tarangire National Park

Tarangire National Park - After breakfast, the tour departs between 08:30 - 09:00.
After breakfast your private guide will pick you up and your private safari with private 4x4 safari vehicle starts. The first park visited is Tarangire where you will arrive at the lodge for lunch and will enjoy an afternoon game drive. The park is famous for its high density of elephants and baobab trees. Visitors to the park in the June to November dry season can expect to see large herds of thousands of zebra, wildebeest and cape buffalo. Other common resident animals include waterbuck, giraffe, dik dik, impala, eland, Grant’s gazelle, vervet monkey, banded mongoose, and olive baboon. Predators in Tarangire include African lion, leopard, cheetah, caracal, honey badger, and African wild dog.

Lake Manyara National Park/ Game Drive

Lake Manyara National Park - After a nice breakfast in the Lodge, our drivers will pick you up at 8:30 - 9:00 am with the picnic lunch heading directly to Manyara National Park for an extended game drive.

Lake Manyara National Park is known for the flamingos that inhabit the lake. During the wet season they inhabit the edges of the lake in flocks of thousands but they are not so present during the dry season. Leopards, East African lions, cheetahs, elephants, blue monkeys, dik-dik, gazelles, hippopotamus, Masai giraffe, impala, zebras and many more wild animals inhabit this park and many can be seen throughout the year. There is a hippo pond at one end of the park where visitors can get out of their cars and observe from a safe distance.

The leopards and lions are both known to lounge in the trees while not hunting for prey.

Serengeti National Park

Serengeti National Park - After breakfast, you depart for Serengeti National Park, via the beautiful high lying farmland of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Leaving the highlands behind, we descend into the heart of wild Africa – the Serengeti National Park – with its endless plains, rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see. Then head to the central park area, known as the Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park, featuring the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species. Arrive in time for lunch and enjoy an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti national park.

Serengeti National Park – Ngorongoro Area for BIG FIVE

Serengeti National Park - An early morning coffee, tea and biscuit for refreshment, then proceed with lunch boxes for early morning game drive between 08:00 - 14:30 hours. Then after, we will depart to Ngorongoro Conservation area while enjoying a game drive en route viewing along the way to where you will have dinner and overnight.

Ngorongoro Crater – Arusha/Airport for drop off

Ngorongoro Conservation Area - After an early breakfast of coffee, you will descend over 600 meters into the crater to view wildlife. Supported by a year round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro conservation Area supports a vast variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants.

Another big draw card to this picturesque national park, it’s dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard, which sometimes requires a trained eye to spot. We will visit Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the southwestern corner, which is one of the main features of the crater. A large number of flamingos, hippos and other water birds can usually be seen here.

Later on, will follow the transfer back to Arusha city for drop off in your hotel

What's Included
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Breakfast
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Location
Jevas Hotel Encore
at the hotel lobby
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Marlene
May 18, 2024
Suricata Safaris- what a superb way to view the animals of the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater - I would highly recommend Suricata Safaris, especially because the staff are warm, friendly and helpful. Our guide Mandela, set up each experience thoughtfully and shared his love of the animals with us. I looked forward to hearing the information he shared. He responded to all my questions. The accommodations at Seronera Lodge, Angata Ngorongoro Tented Camping and Suricata Boma Lodge were outstanding in terms of comfort, food choices and hospitality. It appears that the personnel enjoy their jobs and respond as members of a team. The team spirit at Suricata Boma Lodge is exemplary. They sang, danced and laughed their way into our hearts. Daniel greeted us and explained how the tour worked. In addition, he included a city tour of the market and other locations. Tito cooked nutritious and delicious lunches daily and Mandela served them at the well-located picnic sites throughout the national parks.
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Juansalas
May 13, 2024
Recommended 100% - We received an upgrade in almost all the hotels we had proposed, our guide AMIRI was the best, VERY good attitude and always gave us good information about what we were seeing and visiting. The food was delicious every day, local dishes and the chef always gave us a smile. I recommend them 100%
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487melisay
May 6, 2024
Perfect - I wanted to thank Suricata safaris for the incredible days with you...everything was perfect, better than I imagined... Our guide Rocky has a lot of knowledge of the animals and the place, I felt very comfortable and he is a very good, very professional person. Thank you very much Rocky and chef Tito always surprised us with his new and delicious preparations, he was very attentive and kind to us, Thank you very much Tito. The accommodations were 10/10 in every sense, comfort, delicious dishes but the most important thing was the staff at each place, very friendly people and always with a smile ready to help. I am leaving happy with this beautiful life experience and it was thanks to you meerkat safari ❤️
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Enzomauriciog
May 6, 2024
Amazing safari - We made a very good decision when choosing the suricatas company. Our experience was first class, from the moment they picked us up at the airport it was great. Each of the 6 accommodations was at the level of what we paid. Our guide, Rocky, knew a lot about each animal and really took the time to look for each animal. We had some incredible sightings thanks to his professionalism. Tito the cook, I prepare delicious lunches and dinners! congratulations . Meerkats Lodge was incredible, its lodge concept is beautiful, with a privileged view of Lake Manyara. I congratulate you, you really work as a team like suricatas! Thank you for every detail, we leave with some incredible moments that we will never forget.
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Ataylor153
May 2, 2024
Suricata safari's 5 day mid range lodge review - I went on a 5 day group safari with Suricata Safari’s. I selected the mid range lodge option. My guide Ezekiel and chef Jason were amazing! The game drives every day were varied across each day so you constantly see new scenery and animals. As a solo female I felt safe in the accommodation and with the staff. If you are trying to select a company for your safari, I highly recommend Suricata Safari’s!
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Amoretty8
May 1, 2024
Once in a lifetime experience - For a first-time safari, their attention and caring to detail was impeccable. Our guide Ezekiel was not only knowledgeable but also passionate, making every moment an enriching experience. He was also very honest without giving to much expectations of what we could see during the rainy season. I thank him for that. The accommodations, specially inside the NPs were comfortable and very immersive, as we could see and hear buffalos, hienas and lions during the night. The food made by chef James was delicious and I'll definetely missed it. Finally, te sights were breathtaking and thank you for meeting your wishes. Hopefully, I will come back soon.
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Daydream67973205078
Apr 25, 2024
Safari in Tanzania - Fabulous with a wonderful Guide Samuel for this knowledge and his intuition to find the animals. All with kindness. He was accompanied by our Driver Milla. Ditto very precise and careful in his driving especially on safari. We both feel calm, especially when we are surrounded by a family of elephants. We are delighted with this stay A big congratulations and thank you 😘😘
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Gabriele
Apr 24, 2024
Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro in 5 days with Rochy - Good morning everyone, My fiancée and I participated in a 5-day, four-night safari in July 2022. We visited Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro national parks. The trip was organized to perfection, with equipped cars, super food and comfortable and welcoming accommodation (we chose the intermediate accommodation package). We would like to point out the professionalism and availability of the entire Suricata Safaris team, in particular Ally and Rochy, who thanks to their intervention allowed us to recover our suitcases that had been lost from the airport. Without their intervention we would never have succeeded. I would also like to point out the competence, kindness and friendliness of Rochy, our guide, who allowed us to travel safely, to spot all the Big Five and make this adventure unforgettable. See you soon, jambo! With love. Gabriele and Elisabetta
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366sued
Apr 20, 2024
Excellent Safari, beautiful lodges - Excellent safari, saw loads of animals and stayed in beautiful lodges, Food was great and our guide Amiri was lovely and so knowledga
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Amaiaaaaa
Apr 14, 2024
Spectacular - We started the safari from Arusha, we were 4 friends the first day and then two more people joined us that we didn't know, but they were really lovely. We did 5 days of safari, each one better. The driver Lewis was very nice and very friendly, we asked him a million questions which he was happy to answer. We had a wonderful meal thanks to the cook Tito, there was not a single dish that was not delicious. We stayed in tents, and despite it pouring almost every night, we were fine. It has been one of the best experiences of our lives and we would certainly repeat it without hesitation.
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