6 Days Tanzania Budget Camping Safari
Your Safari Experience
This 6-day Tanzania camping safari takes you through the most famous parks of the Northern Safari Circuit. You will explore the elephant paradise of Tarangire, the endless plains of Serengeti National Park, the wildlife-rich Ngorongoro Crater, and the scenic Lake Manyara National Park.
This adventure is perfect for travelers seeking an affordable Tanzania safari while enjoying incredible wildlife encounters. You will travel in a 4×4 safari vehicle with a pop-up roof, accompanied by a professional guide and a private chef who prepares fresh meals during the journey.
Safari Highlight
Day 1: Arusha – Tarangire National Park
Your safari adventure begins in Arusha, the gateway to Tanzania’s Northern Safari Circuit. After breakfast, your guide will pick you up from your hotel and introduce you to the safari vehicle before departing for Tarangire National Park, about a 2-hour drive.
Tarangire is famous for its large elephant herds and iconic baobab trees, which dominate the landscape. The park is also home to zebras, wildebeests, giraffes, buffalos, antelopes, lions, and sometimes cheetahs.
You will enjoy a picnic lunch in the park, followed by an afternoon game drive along the Tarangire River, which attracts many animals during the dry season.
In the late afternoon, you will leave the park and drive to Fig Tree Lodge for relaxation, dinner, and overnight.
Main Destination: Tarangire National Park
Accommodation: Fig Tree Lodge or similar budget lodge
Meals & Drinks: Lunch & Dinner (Drinking water included)
Day 2: Karatu – Serengeti National Park
famous wildlife destinations in the world.
The drive takes you through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, with spectacular views of the crater highlands and vast plains. Along the way, you may encounter wildlife such as giraffes, zebras, and antelopes.
Upon entering the Serengeti, your first game drive begins as you head deeper into the park. Serengeti is known for its endless plains and incredible wildlife density, including lions, elephants, leopards, cheetahs, and thousands of grazing animals.
After an exciting afternoon exploring the park, you will arrive at Seronera Campsite for dinner and overnight.
Main Destination: Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Seronera Campsite (Budget Camping)
Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner (Drinking water included)
Day 3: Full Day in Serengeti National Park
Today is dedicated to exploring the incredible wildlife of Serengeti National Park.
You will start early with a sunrise game drive, one of the best times to observe predators like lions and leopards returning from night hunts as the plains come alive.
Your guide will take you across different parts of the park searching for the Big Five and other wildlife, including cheetahs, hyenas, giraffes, elephants, and large herds of wildebeests and zebras.
At midday, you will enjoy a picnic lunch at a scenic spot in the park before continuing with an afternoon game drive.
Later in the evening, you will return to Seronera Campsite, where your safari chef will prepare dinner before you rest under the African night sky.
Main Destination: Serengeti National Park
Accommodation: Seronera Campsite (Budget Camping)
Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner (Drinking water included)
Day 4: Serengeti – Ngorongoro Highlands
You will wake up early for another sunrise game drive in Serengeti, a magical time when golden light spreads across the savannah and wildlife activity peaks.
After the morning game drive, you will return to the campsite for breakfast and prepare for the journey towards the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Along the way, you will continue enjoying wildlife sightings as you leave the Serengeti plains and climb into the cooler Ngorongoro Highlands.
By late afternoon, you will arrive at Simba Campsite on the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater. From here you can enjoy breathtaking views over the crater while preparing for the next day’s adventure.
Dinner and overnight at the campsite.
Main Destination: Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Accommodation: Simba Campsite (Budget Camping)
Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner (Drinking water included)
Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater – Karatu
After an early breakfast, you will descend 600 meters into the Ngorongoro Crater, one of the most remarkable wildlife destinations on Earth.
Often referred to as the Eighth Wonder of the World, the crater hosts an extraordinary concentration of wildlife including black rhinos, lions, elephants, hippos, hyenas, jackals, zebras, and wildebeests.
You will enjoy a picnic breakfast or lunch near the Hippo Pool, surrounded by breathtaking scenery and wildlife.
After several hours of exploring the crater floor, you will ascend back to the rim and drive to Fig Tree Lodge for dinner and overnight.
Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater
Accommodation: Fig Tree Lodge or similar budget lodge
Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner (Drinking water included)
Day 6: Lake Manyara National Park – Arusha
After breakfast, you will depart for Lake Manyara National Park, a beautiful park located at the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment.
Although smaller than the other parks, Lake Manyara offers a diverse ecosystem of forest, lake shores, and open plains. The park is famous for its tree climbing lions, large baboon troops, elephants, giraffes, zebras, and a variety of birdlife including flamingos.
You will enjoy a game drive through the park and visit the hot springs, a unique geothermal feature.
After the game drive, you will begin the return journey to Arusha, marking the end of your Tanzania safari adventure.
Main Destination: Lake Manyara National Park
Accommodation: No accommodation (End of Safari)
Meals & Drinks: Breakfast & Lunch (Drinking water included)
Included in the price
- Government park fees
- A professional Guide
- 4×4 Safari vehicle
- Mineral water
- Fresh cooked meals
- High quality binoculars
- Camping equipments (Sleeping bags, mattress & tent)
Included in the price
- Tips for the driver and cook
- All items of personal nature
- International and Domestic flights