Overview
In this 3 days safari you will start the tour in Arusha and finish the tour in Arusha. The tour is a drive in tour using modified 4 x 4 safari Land Cruisers with pop up roof for game viewing. You will be able to visit Tarangire National Park, Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara National Park. You will be able to see the big five in this three days safari. Accommodation will be at Fanaka Lodge in Mto wa Mbu for 2 nights
Highlights
- Affordable trip
- good for children
Itinerary
Morning pick up from your Arusha hotel after breakfast and depart for Tarangire National Park with packed lunch box for your picnic lunch. The drive from Arusha to Tarangire National Park takes 2 hours and on arrival you start your day with morning game drives with your picnic lunch. You will relax in your picnic site after lunch and continue with afternoon game drives. The Tarangire River, that meanders through the park attracts an abundance of wildlife, from elephants, lions, leopards, buffalos, zebras, giraffes, antelopes to a variety of colorful birds. The park is very famous for having the greatest elephant population in Tanzania, and during a safari there you will have the chance of quietly observing many families of elephants interacting. In the late afternoon you will drive to Fanaka Lodge in Mto Wa Mbu for overnight on Full Board.
Depart after breakfast in your Fanaka lodge and drive to Ngorongoro Conservation area and as you drive up the Ngorongoro highlands you will stop at Ngorongoro crater view point and see crater below you. You will descend down the crater floor for game drives with your picnic lunch in one of the picnic sites your guide will select for you. Ngorongoro crater in the only crater you will find all the big five in one area. Other wildlife includes lion, rhino, elephant, leopard, bufallo, hippo, wildebeest, zebra, giraffe and many other wildlife. After a stop for a picnic lunch near the hippo lake, and more wildlife viewing, you will drive up the steep road out of the crater and drive back to Mto wa Mbu for overnight at Fanaka Lodge on Full Board
After breakfast you will do game drives in Lake Manyara National Park and then drive after you lunch to Arusha town. Lake Manyara National Park covers an area of 330sq km and two-thirds of the park is covered by Lake Manyara. The main attractions are the superb bird life, the tree climbing lions, hippos, elephants. Lake Manyara hosts thousands of flamingos as well as a diversity of other bird life. On arrival in Arusha you will be transferred to your Arusha Hotel( Booked and paid directly by the clients) or transferred to Kilimanjaro airport you fly to your next destination.
Included
- Park fees
- (For non-residents)
- All activities
- (Unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation
- (Unless listed as upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation
- (Unless labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT
- Meals
- (As specified in the day-by-day section)
- Drinks
- (As specified in the day-by-day section)
Excluded
- International flights
- (From/to home)
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips
- (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
- Personal items
- (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees