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Arrival
Day 1
Tarangire National Park
Tarangire National Park
Equipped with your picnic lunch, today after breakfast you will hit the road and drive high into Tanzania’s elephant’s headquarters, Tarangire National Park for a full day game drive. Passing through villages, you will explore Tanzanians' lifestyle in this 2h30 journey. Reaching Tarangire, you will be welcomed by medieval baobab, common trees at the park documented to be over 1000 years old.
The morning and afternoon are yours to explore the imposing National Park, host to more than 500 bird species. Big game viewing is absolutely rewarding here as you have uncountable animals to search for from giraffes, hippos, buffaloes, zebras, wildebeests to lions. Tarangire River, the main source of water in the park, tends to draw a lot of wildlife. While you may have an opportunity to see leopards, cheetahs and hyenas, this is a game of chance since they are rare in the park.
Before the sunset, you will be heading to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Osupuko Tarangire Lodge
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Cultural experience/ Lake Manyara National Park
Cultural experience/ Lake Manyara National Park
After early breakfast at 7:15 am you’ll depart for a 15-minute drive to experience A Day in the Life of a Maasai village just outside Tarangire National Park. You will learn how the local do their daily activities like milking the cows, herd cattle, construct or renovate their houses.
After the boma visit, you will proceed to Mto wa Mbu, a small vibrant village with different culture as it is home to people from more than 120 tribes. You will take stroll through the banana and rice plantation, meet locals and learn how they conduct their normal daily activities. You will have hot local lunch at Mto wa Mbu a very good opportunity to explore Tanzanian dishes.
After lunch you will have a short voyage to one of the most beautiful parks of the country, Lake Manyara National Park for an afternoon game drive.
You will start your journey to the lodge at around 16:00 at arrive the lodge at 17:00 good time to check-in, shower and have a relaxing drink as you wait for dinner.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
- Kudu Lodge
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Ngorongoro Crater
Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast, you will follow the most striking trails down to Ngorongoro Crater, one of the 7 natural wonders of Africa and often dubbed as the 8th wonder of the World. “Breathtaking”, perhaps, is the only expression that perfectly describes the self-contained ecosystem of Ngorongoro Crater. The crater is understood to be a result of a collapsed Mountain more than a million years ago. You will get to see different a variety of wildlife species from herbivores, predators to scavengers like hyenas.
There are not many destinations in Africa where the big 5 can be spotted in a single day because of its self-sustaining ecosystem, however, this does not occur on most occasions.
You will ascend the crater at around 17:00 and drive back to Arusha or head straight to Kilimanjaro International Airport to catch flight home.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
