This three-day/two-night safari will bring you to Tarangire National Park, the Ngorongoro Crater, and Lake Manyara National Park. This trip gives you a great chance of spotting a variety of wildlife, including the Big 5 of lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant, and black rhino. This safari starts and ends in Arusha. Our three-day safari can be done any time regardless of the season and can be adjusted to your preferences.
Note: The price shown for this tour is an indicative price per person, based on 6 persons per car, and 3 double bedrooms. Your flights to and from Tanzania, or your travel to Arusha are not included. National flights are included where applicable. No rights can be derived from the prices mentioned on the website.
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At the agreed time, we will meet you at your lodge in Arusha and drive straight to Tarangire National Park. This park is known for its large elephant population and giant Baobab trees. Tarangire River is a permanent source of water for the entire park, serving the wildlife. You may expect to spot lions, leopards, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs, buffalos, giraffes, wildebeest, and zebras. Bird life is abundant in this park with over 400 bird species recorded. Packed lunch will be served inside the park. Later you will drive to the Lake Manyara area for your overnight.
Today, you will visit the Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest inactive, intact, and unfilled volcanic caldera, with its own ecosystem, home to a wide variety of wildlife, which stays within the crater. You will descend into the Crater floor for a wonderful game drive (picnic lunch will be served at the crater floor). It is one of the few places where the black rhino can be observed in its natural habitat. The crater has about 2000 ft high walls and very few animals are migrating in and out of the Crater. You can expect to see lions, hyenas, jackals, elephants, zebras, hippos, rhinos, antelopes and many bird species including flamingos. At the end of the day, you will leave the Crater and drive back to Lake Manyara area for your overnight.
Today you will drive to Lake Manyara National Park for a game drive. Lake Manyara is a beautiful and ever green park due to underground water streams which from the Great Rift Valley to the lake. The park’s varied habitats with plenty of water attract a wide variety of wildlife including herds of elephants, buffalos, zebras, impalas, hippos, giraffes, and many antelopes. The famous Lake Manyara tree climbing lions and other predators can also be seen in this park. The shallow soda lake is home to some colorful flamingos and other aquatic birds feeding on algae and other water creatures. Late afternoon you will drive back to Arusha via the village of Mto wa Mbu, marking the end of your safari.
