3 Days Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater Safari is an amazing short Tanzania wildlife safari which takes you to the two prime Tanzania national parks of northern Tanzania. This 3 Days Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater Safari takes you to Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Conservation Area which hosts the largest inactive caldera in the world. This 3 Days Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater Safari is a short Tanzania safari which has you enjoying wild game viewing in the shortest time possible.

Tanzania Safari Highlights of 3 Days Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater Safari

  • Big 5 animals
  • Extensive game drives
  • Endless Serengeti plains
  • Scenic views of Ngorongoro Crater

Summary Itinerary of 3 Days Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater Safari

Day 1: Ngorongoro Crater

Day 2: Transfer to Serengeti National Park, Evening Game Drive

Day 3: Early Morning Game Drive, Departure

Detailed Itinerary of 3 Days Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater Safari

Day 1: Ngorongoro Crater

You shall be picked up by our driver guide from the airport or hotel in Arusha, and welcomed for your 3 Days Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater Safari. You shall be briefed about the 3 Days Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater Safari, and then proceed for a transfer to Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

Descend the Ngorongoro Crater for an opportunity to see over 25,000 animal species, as well as the African big 5 animals in Ngorongoro Crater including lions, leopards, elephants, buffaloes, rhinos, among other animals. You shall also visit Lake Magadi which is famous for hosting large flocks of pink flamingos among other birds and animals as they come to lick salt.

3 Days Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater Safari
Ngorongoro Crater Wildlife

Day 2: Transfer to Serengeti National Park, Evening Game Drive

Wake up to a sumptuous breakfast at the lodge. Check out and drive to Serengeti national Park transiting through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area thus giving you an opportunity to enjoy a game drive. Enjoy a game drive in Serengeti National Park as you drive to your lodge. Check in, relax as you wait for lunch. After lunch, head out for a game drive in Serengeti National Prk, and get an opportunity to see a variety of animals. Dinner and overnight stay at the lodge.

Day 3: Early Morning Game Drive, Departure

On this last day of your 3 Days Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater Safari, wake up to a cup of coffee or tea and then head out for an early morning game drive in Serengeti National Park, as early as 6am. Look out for nocturnal animals as they return from the nightly life, catch animals as they start their life. Watch as the Serengeti Plains come to life with a beautiful sunrise. Get to see a variety of animals that you may have missed the previous day.

Return to lodge, have breakfast and then embark on a transfer back to Arusha with a drop off at your hotel/apartment of stay or airport, bringing your Tanzania safari to an end.

Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch

Drive Time to Arusha: 7 hours.

Note: You can opt to fly from Serengeti National Park to Arusha, or even Zanzibar.

End of 3 Days Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater Safari

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