Discover the magic of Tanzania in a 6-Day Tanzania Adventure to Rubondo, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro across Rubondo Island, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro.
This journey offers a blend of wildlife, breathtaking landscapes, and a unique insight into Africa’s heart.
Get ready for an unforgettable adventure in some of the world’s most renowned natural wonders.
6-Day Rubondo, Serengeti & Ngorongoro Safari Highlights
- Day 1: Transfer to Ngorongoro Conservation Area
- Day 2: Ngorongoro Crater Drive and Transfer to Serengeti National Park
- Day 3: Serengeti National Park
- Day 4: Flight to Rubondo Island National Park
- Day 5: Chimpanzee Trekking in Rubondo Island National Park
- Day 6: Mwanza City – End of Safari
Detailed 6-Day Rubondo, Serengeti & Ngorongoro Safari Itinerary
Day 1: Transfer to Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Pick up from your hotel in Arusha by your tour guide after breakfast, and embark on a scenic drive to the beautiful Ngorongoro Conservation Area, one of the most visited protected areas in Tanzania.
On this day, you will undertake an afternoon game drive around the plains of Ngorongoro outside the crater, exploring Ndutu plains and areas around the Gol Mountains.
Overnight at your safari lodge.
Day 2: Ngorongoro Crater Drive and Transfer to Serengeti National Park
Ngorongoro Crater is a world natural wonder worth exploring.
You will embark on a game drive on the floor of this massive unbroken caldera, home to about 30,000 animals, including the iconic big 5.
Explore the different habitats in the crater, looking out for hippos, black rhinos, elephants, lions, buffalos, leopards, wildebeests, zebras, warthogs, impalas, waterbucks, and over 300 bird species.
Enjoy a picnic lunch within the crater at the hippo poolside and then ascend back to the crater rim, drive to your lodge for check-out, and then exit the conservation area, heading to Serengeti National Park.
Day 3: Serengeti National Park
The face of Tanzania’s wilderness, home to the annual wildebeest migration, Serengeti National Park.
Spend the full day exploring the wildlife-filled plains of Serengeti.
Expect good sightings of predators like lions, cheetahs, leopards, spotted hyenas, jackals, bat-eared foxes, crocodiles, and millions of ungulates, including the most common species: wildebeests, zebras, Grant’s and Thomson’s gazelles, impalas, elands, bushbucks, klipspringers, dik-diks, and other animals such as elephants, giraffes, buffalos, warthogs, mongooses, black rhinos, hyraxes, and more. Explore the park through game drives, walking safaris, and hot air balloon safaris.
Day 4: Flight to Rubondo Island National Park
After a leisurely morning breakfast, pack your bags, and your tour guide will drive you to the airstrip to catch your domestic flight to Rubondo Island National Park in Lake Victoria, west of Serengeti National Park.
A guide will be waiting to receive you at the Rubondo airstrip to welcome you and drive you to Rubondo Island Camp, a deluxe and comfortable accommodation facility on the island.
In the afternoon, embark on a boat ride on Lake Victoria to explore the island shores and its islets.
Look out for crocodiles, otters, hippos, water birds like African fish eagles, ibises, herons, storks, and kingfishers, as well as animals on the shores like bushbucks, elephants, sitatungas, vervet monkeys, among others.
Day 5: Chimpanzee Trekking in Rubondo Island National Park
Chimpanzee trekking in Rubondo Island National Park is an adventurous and thrilling experience that takes you through the dense forests of the island in search of the playful, human-like apes.
Early in the morning after breakfast, head out with your experienced guides and trackers who will help guide you to the chimpanzees.
Enjoy the different sights and sounds as you walk through the forest, and rest assured that you will hear the chimpanzees before you see them because these primates are very vocal.
Spend 30 minutes or more with the wild chimpanzees before returning to the camp for lunch.
Spend the rest of the day at leisure.
Day 6: Mwanza City – End of Safari
The last day of your 6-day Rubondo Island National Park, Serengeti National Park, and Ngorongoro Conservation Area safari.
You can enjoy more of the island on guided walking safaris as you await your flight off the island national park to Mwanza City, where your safari will conclude.
