4-Day Tanzania Budget Honeymoon Camping Expedition: Tarangire, Serengeti & Ngorongoro

Elephant watching isn't usually on a honeymoon agenda, but you are not going on a regular honeymoon. Your 2 week-long bush adventure begins with a warm pickup from your hotel in a private 4x4 safari vehicle with a pop up roof. You are off for Tarangire National Park, where a warm welcome awaits you along with a lot of tracking opportunities. Some Elephants can even be sighted while you're making your way to the park. This is the time to keep your eyes peeled for Giraffes, Zebras, and other exotic wildlife. Your expert guide will give the them card game in full while you relish the picturesque rural Tanzanian village views as well as the verdant hills. Don't forget to capture the unending fields punctuated by aged Baobab trees that are famous across the world. The park gate will be ready for you whenever between 10 to 11 am, and instantly upon arrival you will be set for a drive that will have you transfixed at every twist and turn you take.

You get a small lunch break around the Tarangire River at 1 PM and get to enjoy a picnic that has freshly made sandwiches, juice, and fruit. It's an ideal way to celebrate the beginning of your life together in a romantic setting. You can toast to first enjoying your lunch, and then at 2, begin your game drive, this time on a different side of the park. You will be able to see many birds like the colorful lovebirds in the swamp and acacia woodlands until 4:30 PM. You should reach your campsite by 5 PM. Your tent will be ready, along with comfy mattresses, sleeping bags, and a shared facility. You will also have some tea while watching the sun as it changes the sky from blue to pink and orange. To complete your first night in Tanzania, you will be served ugali with beef stew under the stars. A lovely dish to help you settle in.

• Meals: Lunch, Dinner

• Accommodation: Budget campsite close to Tarangire with tented accommodation (beddings are included) and ablution facilities

• Key Activities: Morning and afternoon game drives and a lunch picnic in the bush

• Wildlife: Elephants, giraffes, zebras, lions, and many species of birds

• Travel Time: 2.5-hour drive, approximately 5 hours of game driving

Start your day at 06:30 with the wakeup call of the bush and enjoy a good breakfast consisting of chapati, eggs, and fresh fruits at the camps. Depart from Tarangire at 8:00 AM for Serengeti National Park (250 km (250 km, ~4-5 hours). On the way, you can admire the incredible scenery from your private 4x4 vehicle. Have a quick stretch and coffee break at 10:00 AM where you can grab some pictures of the hillside while having tea or coffee. Arrive at the Naabi Hill Gate campsite in Serengeti by 12:30 PM. Once you arrive, you will also be provided with a packed lunch consisting of sandwiches and bananas. You can enjoy these while taking in the beautiful views of the plains. What a wonderful moment!

At 1:30 PM, Your afternoon game drive commences as you plunge into the golden grasslands of Serengeti. Your guide will try to find predator species such as lions and cheetahs which are commonly seen on rocky kopjes. Try to picture the awe-inspiring Great Migration too. You may see thousands of wildebeest on the move from June to October. By 5:30 PM, get to your campsite in Serengeti which lies in the middle of the park. Your tent is a cozy hideaway and after settling in, you can share a warm drink as the stars become visible. Dinner at 7 consists of something hearty, perhaps something like grilled chicken on rice, served under lantern light while hyena and distant lions chorus your backdrop.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

• Accommodation: Budget campsite in Serengeti (tents with mattresses, shared facilities)

• Key Activities: Scenic drive, afternoon game drive, intimate camping experience

• Wildlife: Lions, cheetahs, wildebeest, zebras, hyenas

• Travel Time: 4-5 hour drive, approximately 4 hours of game driving

viewing while driving through the winding roads of the Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Crater. Spend your day savoring the views of various animals with the rich landscape decorating the background.
Wake at six to the Serengeti sunrise, while having a warm cup of coffee, toast and porridge. Game drives can make for unpredictable schedules, so it is ideal to start the morning as early as possible. Drive begins around seven, allowing guests to explore the rich wildlife on display. Lunchtime arrives around noon, with a portion of pasta salad and mangoes as well.
To ensure a perfect picture, the place chosen to have lunch by the river needs to be lesser known. After lunch, making your way through the lake is ideal while searching for crocodiles, refreshing lagoons for the hippos to bath in, and out many other animals. Wildlife gains its peak activity around dusk, allowing guests to enjoy the last few hours of daylight on a safari drive.
From 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM, drive with more enthusiasm in search of more elephants, giraffes, and even leopards lounging in trees. Afterward, head to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (145 km, ~3 Hours) and you should reach your campsite around the rim of the crater by 6:30 PM. Once you set up the tent and take in the view at the caldera, drink some tea while marveling at the breathtaking scene. The highland air is refreshing and global. After an adventure filled day, eat some dinner at 7:30 PM. A vegetable stew wrapped in a chapati sounds exquisite and best of all, you'll be able to relish in the romantic, glowing, moonlit crater silhouettes.
• Meals include breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
• Budget accommodation at Ngorongoro Crater includes shared tent facilities.
• Main activities include scenic transfer, camping on the crater rim, and a full day game drive.
• Wildlife includes elephants, hippos, crocodiles, leopards, and giraffes.
• The game driving distance is 7 hours, and the driving distance is 3 hours.

You start your day with breakfast consisting of bread, boiled eggs, and tea at 6:00 am. After having breakfast, you pack up at 6:30 am and start your descent into Ngorongoro Crater by 7:00 am. You will explore the morning game drive that caldera hosting over twenty-five thousand animals. This natural wonder sprawls for over two hundred and sixty square kilometers. Look out for the lone black rhino, lions, buffalos, flamingos, and lakes all framed by the gigantic walls which make up the lovely crater. Your guide has the experience to help you spot wildlife just within meters distance.
At 11:30 am, when the time is right, you will stop by a hippo pool and enjoy a tasty sandwich, cookies, and juice. Take some time to reflect on what will surely be one of your biggest highlights of your safari life while watching these magnificent beasts. After that, start your journey to the crater rim. From there Arusha is just a four-hour drive. You will get to Arusha at 5:30 pm and your amazing trip will end at the hotel or the airport. You will leave with fond memories of Tanzania wild beauty and a trip of a lifetime.
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

• Accommodation: None (return to Arusha)

• Key Activities: Morning crater game drive, picnic by hippo pool, Big Five pursuit

• Wildlife: Black rhinos, lions, buffalo, hippos, flamingos

• Travel Time: 4-hour drive, ~6 hours of game driving