3 Days Safaris Ngorongoro Crater – Tarangire – Lake Manyara

Tour Overview

During this 3 days lodge safari you will visit two of the most well-known reserves on Tanzania’s “northern circuit” the Tarangire National Park, the Ngorongoro Crater and Cultural tours near Lake manyara NP. With all the diverse landscapes and a crater full of animals, this safari has something for everyone and is ideal for those with limited time.

After breakfast you are met by our tour guide/driver, who will deliver a short safari briefing. After briefing you will be transferred to Tarangire National Park with your picnic lunch. Tarangire derived its name from the Tarangire River which crosses along the center of the park and which provide permanent water for the wildlife and birdlife of the park round the year. It is here where a large group of different species of animal concentrate during the dry season and the best place to take many pictures.

Its natural vegetation mainly consists of Acacia woodland and giant African Baobab trees, with huge swamp areas in the south. The Tarangire National Park is reputed to contain some of the largest elephant herds in Africa. Also it is in Tarangire by chance you can see the tree climbing African pythons.

Tarangire National Park accommodated migratory and resident birdlife and believed to be a paradise of birdwatchers as more that 350 different species have been recorded todate. Other wildlife that Tarangire accommodates includes the rare Oryx, impala, giraffe, zebra, lion, leopard and different types of gazelles.

We will enjoy a picnic lunch inside the park and do two exciting morning and afternoon game drives, along the Tarangire River. Late afternoon we depart to Lake Manyara National Park area in a famous village of Mto Wa Mbu and check-in at our campsite for hot shower, dinner and overnight at Manyara Secrete Lodge.

In the morning after breakfast you will meet your driver guide and been transfer to the crater gate with your picnic lunch ready for a full day crater tour, explore the crater which is famous for its great concentration of wildlife and birdlife. If you’re lucky enough you can see a predator hunting a prey or any adventure of your life time that Ngorongoro crater has for you.

Ngorongoro crater is famous for its different attraction which includes alkaline lakes, forest, and different vegetation, hot springs, different kinds of wildlife and birdlife and its landscape. Among the common wildlife in the crater includes; lion, leopard, zebra, elephant, African buffalo, warthog, hyena, wild dogs, the rare black rhino, wildebeest and varieties of migratory and resident birdlife whereby more than 350 different species have been recorded.

In the afternoon you will ascend the crater floor and been transferred to the camp for dinner and overnight at Manyara Secrete Lodge.

In the morning after breakfast you will have a chance to visit the Mto wa Mbu village with your picnic lunch. Mto Wa Mbu has a lot of activities that visitors can have which include cultural tour, plantation excursion and much more, en-route for another game drive to Tarangire National Park until late afternoon.

In the afternoon you will drive back to Arusha. We will be arriving at Arusha late afternoon and take you to your hotel or transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport for flight back home.