On this 4-day high-end Tanzania safari trip, you will visit Tarangire, where you will have an opportunity to see what the park offers, starting from the giant baobab trees to the huge number of large African elephants. The Ngorongoro Crater is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the best place to witness the endangered black rhino. Lake Manyara National Park is home to tree-climbing lions as well as its bird richness.
Upon arrival at the airport (Kilimanjaro or Arusha), you will be met by your representative from Signature Safari who will welcome you. After a short briefing, you will be driven to your accommodation in Arusha for an overnight stay, waiting for your adventures to start the following day.
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After an early breakfast at your accommodation in Arusha, you will be picked up by your private driver-guide and taken to Tarangire National Park, which takes approximately 2 hours. Tarangire National Park is one of the largest parks in Tanzania, covering an area of 2,600 square kilometres. It is most popular for its large elephant herds and giant baobab trees. It also has a mini-wildlife migration during the Dry season, which consists of about 250,000 animals entering the park. With more than 300-strong herds of elephants, visitors will also find big groups of buffalo and healthy populations of lions and leopards.
During the Dry season, Tarangire has the highest concentration of mammals in the country. You will have picnic lunch boxes inside the park in the afternoon. After lunch and further game viewing, you will drive to your accommodation for relaxation, dinner and overnight.
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After an early breakfast at your accommodation, you will drive straight to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. There, you will stop at the viewpoint of the Ngorongoro Crater before you descend into the crater.
The crater offers breathtakingly beautiful scenery and is the best place in East Africa to see the “Big Five” (elephant, rhinoceros, buffalo, lion and rarely leopard). Any safari in northern Tanzania should ideally include a visit to the Ngorongoro Crater. It is one of the most beautiful nature safari locations in the world and an extraordinary place to meet people from the Maasai tribe.
The Ngorongoro Crater offers excellent birding, with over 500 species. You will have packed picnic lunch boxes. After lunch at the picnic site, you will proceed with the game drive until late afternoon. You will ascend the crater and drive to your accommodation in Karatu for dinner and an overnight stay.
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After an early breakfast at your accommodation, you will drive to Lake Manyara National Park. It is known as the home of tree-climbing lions as well as a birds’ paradise. Here, there is a huge variety of birds, including thousands of flamingos that feed along the edge of the lake in the Wet season. See great white pelicans, yellow-billed storks, smaller numbers of marabou storks, grey herons, palm-nut vultures, hawks and many more.
Many animals can also be spotted inside Lake Manyara, such as elephants, wildebeests, zebras, Thomson’s and Grant’s gazelles. Lunch will be served at a picnic site, and after further exploration of the park, you will drive to Arusha, which marks the end of your adventures with us.
If you would like to spend an extra night in Arusha, we can arrange that for you. If you are flying, we will drive you straight to the airport to catch your onward flight.
