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3 Days Ngorongoro Big 5 Game Adventure

3 Days Ngorongoro Big 5 Game Adventure (Best Tanzania Safari)

Safari Overview

3 Days Ngorongoro Big 5 Game Adventure offers the best Tanzania safari in the Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area. The Ngorongoro safari takes you on an epic wildlife adventure which includes a guided game drive along the Crater. On this memorable Big 5 game Ngorongoro Crater safari expecting to encounter the African elephants, black rhinos, lions, leopards, buffaloes, and antelope families.

Embarking on your 3 Days Ngorongoro Big 5 Game adventure involves exploring one of the natural wonders (Ngorongoro) also a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Ngorongoro safari will allow you to explore other wildlife including the serval cats, Defassa waterbucks, elands, duikers, wildebeest, impalas, zebras, and bird species. The Ngorongoro Crater is 325 sq. km and contains birds such as the black-headed heron, Augur buzzard, blacksmith lapwing, Speke’s weaver, tacazze sunbird, bronze sunbird, and more.

Ngorongoro Crater is suitably lying making it one of the Northern Circuit Tanzania safari destinations. Considering its strategic location, visitors can combine tours even with destinations like Serengeti National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, Tarangire National Park and more. This special Ngorongoro safari package will begin and end in Arusha city in Tanzania.

3 Days Ngorongoro Big 5 Game Adventure

Brief Itinerary – 3 Days Ngorongoro Big 5 Game Adventure

Day 1: Transfer by road from Arusha to Ngorongoro Crater for your Big game tour

Day 2: Full-day game viewing in Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area

Day 3: Departure from Ngorongoro to Arusha City, Tanzania

Detailed Itinerary – 3 Days Ngorongoro Big 5 Game Adventure

Day 1: Transfer by road from Arusha to Ngorongoro Crater for your Big game tour

Expect to meet the driver guide from Flawless Adventure Planners Ltd at your respective hotels in Arusha City in Tanzania. You will get briefed about your unusual 3 Days Ngorongoro Big 5 Game adventure. Ngorongoro Crater features among the wonders of the world and is known for its huge concentrations of wildlife, especially giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, elephants, buffaloes, lions, leopards, and bird species.

On arrival at the Ngorongoro Crater, check in at your classic wildlife safari lodge. Enjoy a delicious lunch and later, you will proceed with part of your Ngorongoro Big 5 Game Adventure. A guided game drive in the afternoon will take you on the search for different wildlife in the Crater.

Expect to get back home and spend the rest of the evening in your respective accommodation. The lodge or safari camp will be pre-booked by our team in advance before today’s actual visit.

Travel Time: 4 hours in a 4×4 safari vehicle with a pop-up roof

Meal plan: Lunch and dinner in the pre-booked accommodation

Day 2: Full-day game viewing in Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area

Wake up early and have a leisurely breakfast in your respective camps or lodges. After breakfast, embark on the full-day Big 5 game adventure through the Ngorongoro Crater with an expert. Your wildlife tour today combines the morning and afternoon sessions and expect to encounter buffaloes, elephants, warthogs, lions, zebras, rhinos, bushbucks, and bird species.

A picnic lunch will be enjoyed and you will proceed with the next session with an expert. Look out for more wildlife beyond the Big 5 game. Return to the lodge after the long day of wildlife exploration in the Ngorongoro Crater.

Day 3: Departure from Ngorongoro to Arusha City, Tanzania

Enjoy a hefty breakfast and after, check out of the lodge. Today, you will have the last bit of the Ngorongoro Crater Big 5 Game adventure. Search for some of the wildlife including the ones you never came across the previous day. The checklist of animals to expect to encounter on today’s en-route game viewing includes rhinos, lions, cape buffaloes, elephants, wildebeest, warthogs, cheetahs, impalas, zebras, giraffes, etc.

End of Ngorongoro Safari

What the 3 Days Ngorongoro Big 5 Game Adventure includes

  • All safari activities exclusive of optional
  • Accommodation for 2 nights in a classic camp or lodge
  • Entrance fees to the Ngorongoro Crater
  • Travel by road throughout the 3 Days Ngorongoro Big 5 Game Adventure
  • Relevant government taxes
  • An experienced guide services
  • Hotel and airport transfers

What the 3 Days Ngorongoro Big 5 Game Adventure excludes

  • Tips
  • Laundry services
  • Souvenirs plus all other shopping expenses
  • Accommodation after the trip
  • International and domestic airfares
  • Optional Activities
  • Telephone expenses

What to carry on the 3 Days Ngorongoro Big 5 Game Adventure

The items to carry or pack for the 3 Days Big 5 Game Adventure package include the long safari trousers, short and long-sleeved shirts, a safari hat, and relevant travel documents like visas and passports. Other items include cotton socks, first aid kits, toiletries, insect repellents, waterproof hiking boots, and more.

When to visit Ngorongoro Crater

The best time to travel to explore the Ngorongoro Crater on this 3-day Tanzania safari is during the dry season; June, July, August, September, and October. These are perfect months to enjoy Big 5 game viewing in the Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area. The calving period for most wildlife is around January, February, and March.

Getting to Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area

Ngorongoro Crater is located in the Northern Tourist Circuit and getting there is possible starting from Arusha. This is approximately a 3-4 hours drive and a 4×4 safari vehicle is the suitable means to help you have a smooth road trip.

Visitors can also take flights from Arusha to nearby airstrips like Lake Ndutu Airstrip or Manyara Airstrip and then connect by road to the Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area.

Additional highlights of the Ngorongoro Crater Safari

Beyond the captivating Big 5 game, Ngorongoro Crater is also popular for bird watching, breathtaking Ngorongoro Crater, Picnicking, cultural visits to the Maasai village, Empakaai Crater, and more. Booking a multi-day East African safari is the best way to unearth the wonders of Ngorongoro and other tourist sites.

 

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