5 Days Tanzania Budget Camping

Trip Days

5 Days

Accommodation

Budget Camping

Transport

With Safari Vehicle

There’s nothing quite like sleeping in a simple tent on the Tanzanian savanna, surrounded by the sounds of wildlife under a vast, starry sky. This 5 Days Tanzania Budget Camping adventure offers that extraordinary experience—an affordable, life-changing safari that keeps costs low without skimping on wonder.

This is adventure in its purest form: an up-close encounter with nature that’s thrilling, awe-inspiring, and unforgettable. Camping on a budget lets you immerse yourself in Tanzania’s wild heart like nothing else.

This 5-day Tanzania budget camping trip takes you to three of the country’s most iconic national parks, delivering a compact yet unforgettable safari:

  • Serengeti National Park: World-famous for its dense wildlife, especially its big cats, the Serengeti is also the stage for the Great Migration where 1.5 million wildebeest, 200,000 zebras, and 350,000 gazelles charge across 1,200 miles in a primal race for water and grass.
  • Ngorongoro Crater: The planet’s largest intact caldera, this 265 sq. km bowl drops 600m deep and brims with up to 30,000 animals, offering jaw-dropping game viewing near your campsite.
  • Tarangire National Park: A seasonal standout, Tarangire enchants with its baobab-studded plains, massive elephant herds in the dry season, and over 500 bird species for nature lovers to marvel at.
  • Starting Point and Ending Point: Arusha
  • Duration: 5 days / 4 nights
  • Accommodation: Budget camping in tents at designated sites
  • Children Policy: Children aged five [5] and up are welcome with parental supervision
  • Languages: English, Spanish, Italian, French, and German (a Swahili phrasebook adds fun locals appreciate the effort!)
  • Main Wildlife: Zebra, wildebeest, lion, leopard, elephant, giraffe, cheetah, jackal, hyena, antelope, and Cape buffalo
  • 4 days of exhilarating game drives
  • Chance to spot the Big Five (lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, and rhino)
  • Budget camping in Serengeti, Ngorongoro, and Tarangire
  • Affordable immersion in Tanzania’s wild beauty

Relish daily meals cooked fresh at your campsite, fueling your adventure with hearty flavors. We use only bottled water stocked plentifully in our vehicles to keep you hydrated and healthy. Have dietary needs? Share them when booking, and we’ll customize your meals.

Price For 5 Days Camping Safari

Tour Name1 Pax2 Pax3 Pax4 Pax5 Pax6 Pax
5 Days Camping$2500/PP$2070/PP$1670/PP$1500/PP$1450/PP$1390/pp

After breakfast, you will be picked up from your hotel and have a straight drive to Tarangire National park with a picnic lunch proceeding with a game drive in the middle of the park expect to observe herds of Elephants 10-20 and sometimes up to 30, while on a game drive do not forget to throw your eyes on top of trees as you might spot a Leopard but you may also see buffalo, Impala, zebras, warthogs, giraffe and many more the park will offer you explore the park till late evening drive to the Campsite for the overnight.

Game viewing time: 6-7 hours
Overnight at: Mto wa Mbu – Fanaka Campsite
Meals:Lunch &Dinner

After breakfast, you will be picked up from your hotel and have a straight drive to Tarangire National park with a picnic lunch proceeding with a game drive in the middle of the park expect to observe herds of Elephants 10-20 and sometimes up to 30, while on a game drive do not forget to throw your eyes on top of trees as you might spot a Leopard but you may also see buffalo, Impala, zebras, warthogs, giraffe and many more the park will offer you explore the park till late evening drive to the Campsite for the overnight.

Game viewing time: 6-7 hours
Overnight at: Mto wa Mbu – Fanaka Campsite
Meals:Lunch &Dinner

After breakfast and park, all the camping equipment’s in safari vehicle boarding in the safari leave the camp to Serengeti via Manyara through rift valley escapements towards the Serengeti National Park today you have an optional of visiting the Masai village on your way to Serengeti, reaching Serengeti by the evening having your evening game drive towards Campsite

Game viewing time: 6-7 hours
Overnight at: Serengeti-  Kati Kati Campsite
Meals:Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Optional: If you like to watch wildlife from another perspective, we recommend you to go on a balloon safari. It is an amazing experience to drift silently above the plains with herds of wildlife The hot-air balloon gently takes you up in the air and floats wherever the morning winds may take you. During the ride you have a stunning and far-reaching view of the great plains of the Serengeti. From here you can spot big herds of wildebeest, giraffes and prides of lion’s right below you. At the right time of year and with a good amount of luck you might even be able to experience the great migration from above.

Besides that After breakfast, venture into the Serengetis wilderness corners for a half day of game viewing in the park. Take your leisure while exploring this world heritage site, where earth’s largest concentration of plain game still roams free! In the late afternoon, drive back to campsite

Game viewing time: 6-7 hours
Overnight at: Ngoro Ngoro – Simba Campsite
Meals:Breakfast, Lunch &Dinner

After breakfast, you will have a morning game drive in Serengeti National Park. Later depart for Ngorongoro Conservation Area with picnic lunch. Ngorongoro Crater is the largest collapsed volcanic crater in the world and fourteen kilometers of isolated natural beauty. Ngorongoro Crater is surrounded by a ring of extinct volcanoes and the floor, dotted with watering holes, shelters some 30,000 animals. The eventful day comes to an end with a heavy dinner and a good night’s rest in your accommodation.

Game viewing time: 6-7 hours
Overnight at: Ngoro Ngoro – Simba Campsite
Meals:Breakfast, Lunch &Dinner

On the last day of your safari, you will have an early start. Finishing up with a quick breakfast you will make an early descent at around 6:30 AM into the crater floor. The Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest inactive, intact and unfilled volcanic caldera. It has a massive floor of about 260 sq kms with a depth of over 2000 feet. The 5-hour game drive on the crater floor will show you a lot of animal action.

Keeping the camera ready is definitely recommended. The African elephant, buffalo, Black rhino, Hippos, Hyenas, Cheetahs and Lions are found in plenty. Post the picnic lunch at the beautiful Hippo pool, you will begin a steep ascend to the top exit of the crater.

Game viewing time: 5-6 hours
Meals: Beakfast &Lunch

Later on, will follow the transfer back to Arusha town, or directly to the airport
Overnight at: Planet Lodge Arusha

Include

  • 2 nights of accommodation in a Hotel (before and after the safari)
  • 4 Night of accommodation in Camping safari
  • Transportation in 4×4 Land cruiser with Fridge and Inverter for charging mobile
  • Daily game drive
  • A professional driver/guide
  • Park fees & Crater fees
  • Airport Private Pickup and Drop-off Transportation
  • Breakfasts, lunches, and dinners per day during the safari
  • Drinks (Mineral water – 3 litres of water per day)
  • Camping gears like two people per tent
  • Mattress, table, Chair, Pillow
  • On safari – Vehicles equipped with ice chest with mineral water, wildlife guidebook.
  • Government taxes, VAT and service charges relating to accommodation and included meals

Exclude

  • Travel Insurance/ Flights
  • Optional activities
  • Personal Expenses (e.g. Laundry, Telephone, beverages, etc.)
  • Camping safari Sleeping bag for rent $20
  • Visa fees
  • Hot Air balloon $600
  • Tips to the guide/driver/cook and any items of personal nature

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