5 Days Serengeti & Ngorongoro Luxury Safari with Hot Air Balloon

Day 1: Arusha to Ngorongoro – Crater Rim Arrival

Your safari begins in style, with a private driver picking you up from your hotel or Kilimanjaro International Airport. After a meet and greet, enjoy your welcome package and proceed for a relaxed drive through the lush Karatu Highlands, you arrive at the Ngorongoro Crater rim. From your lodge, the view drops away into an ancient volcanic caldera teeming with wildlife and yes, the adventure has just begun.

You sip wine as the sun sets behind the mist.

Meals: Lunch, Dinner

Luxury Accommodation:

Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge

Neptune Ngorongoro Luxury Lodge

&Beyond Ngorongoro Crater Lodge (ultra-luxury upgrade)

Day 2: Ngorongoro Crater Safari – Transfer to Serengeti

Today, explore Ngorongoro. You start with a calm breakfast and later descend into the crater at first light — a quiet, early start that places you among the wildlife before most others arrive. The Ngorongoro Crater holds Africa’s highest density of predators and some of its rarest sights — including endangered black rhinos, golden jackals, and massive tuskers among many other exciting games found exclusively here in the Ngorongoro.

In the crater, you shall have a luxurious bush lunch, have further game viewing before you later ascend the crater and begin your journey to the Serengeti. Along the way, you may stop at a Maasai boma or Olduvai Gorge. You arrive in the Serengeti just in time for sunset, proceed to your Serengeti lodge and relax and you await tomorrows adventure.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Luxury Accommodation (Central Serengeti):

Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge

Lemala Ewanjan Tented Camp

Four Seasons Safari Lodge Serengeti

Day 3: Serengeti Safari – Exclusive Encounters

Your private and wilderness exploration goes even deeper today. You may choose a more remote section of the park — where cheetahs roam and vehicles are few. The day unfolds at your pace and after a wild encounter in the massive and endless plains of silence, you shall have lunch. Sit for a while by a hippo pool and let the moments stretch.

In the evening, enjoy sundowners and a private campfire dinner at your lodge.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Same as Day 2

Day 4: Hot Air Balloon Safari – Full-Day Game Drive

Wake before dawn and transfer to the balloon launch site. Today, you shall explore the wilderness in a different style – from the sky. As the sun edges up over the savannah, your balloon rises gently into the sky. Below you, wildebeest graze, elephants move like shadows, and the land stretches wide and golden.

After a champagne bush breakfast, you rejoin your guide for a full-day game drive. You might follow a pride of lions, track a leopard along a riverbed, or watch giraffes feed in slow silence.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 5: Morning Game Drive – Fly Back to Arusha

On your last day in Serengeti, you shall enjoy a final sunrise game drive, before bidding farewell to this massive wilderness and shall be swiftly transferred to the airstrip for a scheduled flight back to Arusha. Upon arrival, a private driver takes you to your hotel, or directly to the airport for your international flight.

Meals: Breakfast

✅ Luxury Safari Inclusions

All park and crater fees

4 nights in luxury safari lodges

Hot air balloon safari with champagne bush breakfast

Private driver-guide throughout

Flight from Serengeti to Arusha

All meals as listed

Soft drinks, wine & local spirits at select lodges

24/7 concierge & emergency support