Serengeti and Ngorongoro 6 Day Private Safari

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6 days (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English

Travel privately through three distinct northern Tanzania landscapes, from Lake Manyara’s forest and lakeshore habitats to the Ngorongoro Crater and the open plains of the Serengeti. A private 4x4 and professional driver-guide are reserved exclusively for your party, allowing each game drive to respond to wildlife activity, seasonal conditions and your interests. Two nights at Nyikani Camp create time for a full day in the Serengeti without changing accommodation, while an extended game drive explores the varied habitats of the Ngorongoro Crater. Named accommodation throughout and a final night in Arusha create a considered pace from arrival to departure. The journey closes with a guided village experience offering an introduction to local community life and livelihoods before your private airport transfer.

What's Included

All park fees, conservation fees, and Ngorongoro Crater descent fee and Government fee.
Special dietary needs or food allergies can be accommodated, Please inform us in advance.
Lunch (Optional[5])
Lunch
Lunch boxes provided
Dinner (Optional[5])
Dinner
Breakfast (Optional[5])
Breakfast
Private 4x4 Land Cruiser with open roof
Professional English-speaking guide(other languages available upon request with prior notice).
Mineral bottled drinking water during safari.
International flights and visas.
Travel insurance.
Optional activities (e.g., balloon safari, cultural visits, walking safaris, Zanzibar extensions).
Items of personal nature (souvenirs, phone, laundry, etc.).

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

Your professional driver-guide will be holding a sign with “Ibhanilfa Safaris” for easy recognition.

Please have your flight or hotel details ready so we can coordinate timing accurately.

Early morning pickups are arranged to maximize wildlife sightings during sunrise game drives.

For airport pickups, we monitor flight arrivals to ensure no delays affect your safari schedule.

If staying in remote lodges or private villas, please provide clear directions or GPS coordinates.

Pickups available within 20 km of Arusha, Private pickups outside this area can be arranged with prior notice.

Children and special assistance requests can be accommodated, just inform us in advance.

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Meeting point

Sanna Café is located on Goliondoi Road in central Arusha. Please go directly to the café and wait at the main entrance, where your driver-guide will meet you at the confirmed time. If using a taxi, ask the driver for “Sanna Café, Goliondoi Road.”

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Duration: 6 days (approximately)
    Day 1

    Arrival in Arusha

    1 stop
  • 1
    Arusha

    Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport or Arusha Airport, where your representative meets you for a private transfer to Planet Lodge Hotel in Arusha. There is no scheduled safari activity on arrival day. The afternoon or evening is left open, allowing time to settle in, rest and adjust after your journey.

    8 hours • Admission ticket free
    • Day 2

    Arusha → Lake Manyara

    5 stops
  • 2
    Lake Manyara National Park

    After breakfast, leave Arusha and travel towards Lake Manyara National Park. Explore the park by private 4x4, moving through groundwater forest, woodland, open areas and lakeshore habitats. Your driver-guide follows the conditions of the day, pausing where wildlife activity and the landscape invite a closer look. Wildlife is free-ranging, and sightings vary naturally according to season, weather and movement within the park. After the game drive, continue into the cooler Karatu highlands.

    6 hours • Admission ticket free
  • 3
    Lake Manyara National Park

    Set beneath the steep escarpment of the Great Rift Valley, Lake Manyara National Park brings an unusual variety of landscapes into a relatively compact area. Game drives move between groundwater forest, acacia woodland, open floodplains, wetlands and the alkaline lake shore, creating a constantly changing safari setting.

    6 hours • Admission ticket free
  • 4
    Lake Manyara National Park

    Enter Lake Manyara through its distinctive groundwater forest, where freshwater springs sustain a cool, green canopy of mature trees at the foot of the Rift Valley escarpment. The forest creates a striking transition from the surrounding drier landscapes and provides habitat for baboons, blue monkeys and forest birdlife.

    6 hours • Admission ticket free
  • 5
    Lake Manyara National Park

    Pause along Lake Manyara’s wetland areas, where reedy shallows and pools provide habitat for hippos and an array of waterbirds. These quieter sections of the park offer time to observe the relationship between wildlife, water and the changing lake-edge environment.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 6
    Lake Manyara National Park

    Where the day’s route and park conditions allow, stop at designated viewpoints and boardwalk areas for broader perspectives across Lake Manyara and the Rift Valley. These elevated or open viewpoints reveal the scale of the landscape beyond the close-range wildlife encounters of the game drive.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
    • Day 3

    Ngorongoro Crater → Serengeti

    4 stops
  • 7
    Ngorongoro Crater

    After an early breakfast, enter the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and travel towards the crater rim. Descend to the Ngorongoro Crater floor for an extended private game drive. Grassland, woodland, freshwater areas and seasonal wetlands create a compact but varied environment supporting a high concentration of resident wildlife. Your guide follows wildlife activity across the crater floor, with time to observe rather than move continuously between sightings. Later, ascend from the crater and continue across the Ngorongoro highlands towards the Serengeti. The landscape gradually opens as the journey enters the Serengeti, where you settle into Nyikani Camp for the first of two nights.

    6 hours • Admission ticket included
  • 8
    Ngorongoro Crater

    Begin among the volcanic highlands of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, where the vast Ngorongoro Crater forms one of northern Tanzania’s most distinctive landscapes. Its floor brings together open grassland, woodland and wetlands within the walls of an ancient caldera, supporting a remarkable concentration of free-ranging wildlife.

    6 hours • Admission ticket included
  • 9
    Ngorongoro Conservation Area

    Travel west through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, leaving the crater highlands behind as the landscape opens toward the plains bordering the Serengeti. This transition reveals the scale and variety of northern Tanzania, moving through volcanic terrain, grasslands and pastoral landscapes on the journey toward the national park.

    2 hours • Admission ticket free
  • 10
    Ngorongoro Conservation Area

    Travel across the remote plains beneath the Gol Mountains, where open grasslands meet a rugged horizon on the eastern edge of the Serengeti ecosystem. The sense of space becomes increasingly pronounced here, marking a gradual transition from the Ngorongoro highlands toward the wider Serengeti.

    1 hour • Admission ticket free
    • Day 4

    A full day in serengeti

    3 stops
  • 11
    Serengeti National Park

    A full day is set aside for exploring the Serengeti. With no need to change accommodation, the day's route can respond to wildlife activity, seasonal conditions and your interests rather than being shaped around reaching another lodge or camp. Your driver-guide determines the most appropriate areas to explore according to current conditions, allowing time to pause at meaningful sightings and experience the scale and changing character of the Serengeti landscape. Depending on the season, wildlife may be dispersed across the plains or concentrated around areas of water and grazing. Great Migration movements are governed by rainfall, grazing conditions and other natural factors and cannot be guaranteed for any particular date or location. Return to camp after the day's game viewing.

    6 hours • Admission ticket free
  • 12
    Serengeti National Park

    Spend the day exploring Serengeti National Park by safari vehicle, following a flexible game-drive route through open plains, woodland and seasonal water sources. Rather than following a fixed circuit, the day can respond to wildlife activity and conditions, allowing time for observation across one of East Africa’s great savanna ecosystems.

    6 hours • Admission ticket free
  • 13
    Serengeti National Park

    Stop at Retima Hippo Pool, a designated viewing area where the river system creates habitat for one of the Serengeti’s familiar aquatic residents. From the permitted viewing area, there may be opportunities to watch hippos in and around the water while taking a break from the day’s vehicle-based game drive.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
    • Day 5

    Serengeti → Arusha

    1 stop
  • 14
    Serengeti National Park

    After breakfast, begin the overland journey from the Serengeti back towards Arusha. This is intentionally a longer travel day and forms part of the geography of the itinerary. The journey provides a gradual transition from the open landscapes of the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro highlands back towards the settled country around Arusha. Arrive at Ilboru Safari Lodge for the final night. Positioning the last night in Arusha creates a more measured end to the safari and avoids planning an international departure immediately after the long drive from the Serengeti.

    8 hours • Admission ticket free
    • Day 6

    Arusha Village Experience and Departure

    2 stops
  • 15
    Arusha

    The final morning includes a guided village experience offering an introduction to aspects of local community life, traditions and livelihoods around Arusha. The experience is intended as a respectful introduction to the people and everyday life of the area rather than a staged performance. Timing is coordinated with your confirmed departure flight. For early departures, the village experience may need to be shortened or omitted. Afterwards, transfer privately to Kilimanjaro International Airport or Arusha Airport for your onward journey.

    5 hours • Admission ticket free
  • 16
    Cultural Heritage Centre

    Visit the Cultural Heritage Centre in Arusha to explore African art, sculpture, crafts, gemstones and cultural collections. The centre brings together galleries, workshops and museum spaces, offering an accessible introduction to Tanzania’s artistic and cultural heritage.

    1 hour • Admission ticket included

Additional info

  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
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Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 6 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel between 2 and 6 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a 50% refund.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

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