Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Arusha - Arusha National Park - Arusha
Arusha - Arusha National Park - Arusha
You'll be picked up from Arusha with a packed lunch and drive to Arusha National Park. The park covers an area of 322sq km the topography is so diverse extending from open savannah through acacia scrublands to afro-montane cloud and rain forest and afro-alpine vegetation that its mammal and bird lists are most impressive. From the famous black and white colobus monkeys, giraffes, buffalos, and blue monkeys to the flamingos and other birds hovering at Lake Momella. Large areas of tropical forest with giant figs, shy forest birds, duikers, and limited open spaces make this a photographer’s paradise.
The park is also home to Mount Meru which is the second peak in the country and 4th high point in Africa standing at an elevation of 4,566 above sea level. A packed lunch will be served at the picnic site within the park. In the evening, you'll drive back to Arusha and be dropped off at your hotel.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha National Park
- Accommodation:
- Point Zone Resort
Wildlife in Arusha NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Arusha - Lake Manyara National Park - Karatu
Arusha - Lake Manyara National Park - Karatu
After breakfast, you will collect a packed lunch and drive to Lake Manyara National Park where two-thirds of the park is covered by the lake. From the entrance gate, the road winds through a span of lush jungle-like groundwater forest where many baboon troops lounge along the roadside accompanying your journey to first-ever game viewing. You'll take a game drive at your leisureliness and enjoy beautiful views of Africa's Great Rift Valley escarpment full of great games such as elephants, gazelles, hippos, antelopes, monkeys, also large buffaloes, wildebeests, and zebra herds gathering on the grassy plains, as do giraffes. More than 400 different species of birds have been recorded in this park which provides the perfect introduction to Tanzania’s birdlife. A packed lunch will be served at the picnic site within the park, Thereafter you will drive to your hotel in the Karatu area.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
- Eileen's Trees Inn
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Karatu - Ngorongoro Crater - Karatu
Karatu - Ngorongoro Crater - Karatu
After breakfast, you will collect a packed lunch and drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, a UNESCO World Heritage Site for a crater tour. This largest inactive caldera in the world (260 square kilometers), sunken or collapsed cone of volcano nowadays hosts the most unique ecosystem on Earth. It has more than 20,000 large grazing mammals and the largest concentration of predators on Earth playing an important part in the maintenance of the nature balance. Your experience will start by descending 2000 feet (over 600 meters) to the floor of the caldera to explore the Lerai forest inhabited by monkeys and huge elephant families. Visit the lake area, where you may see the flamingos, the open savannah to sport many predators probably hunting to make their kill. Wildly beautiful as it is, it is not surprising that Ngorongoro Crater has been called 'The Real Garden of Eden' located in 2018 by American Biblical Archaeologist Stan Deyo. In the evening, you'll drive to your lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- Eileen's Trees Inn
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Tarangire National Park - Arusha
Tarangire National Park - Arusha
After breakfast, you will collect a packed lunch and depart for Tarangire National Park for game viewing. The park is surrounded by aged baobab trees with vast natural richness colored with the highest concentration of elephants which can be spotted all year round. Other games include lesser kudu, eland, lion, zebras, leopards, waterbucks, wildebeests, buffalos, elephants, giraffes, fringe-eared oryx, gerenuk and more than 500 species of birds all found in this breathtaking park. A packed lunch will be served at the picnic site within the park.
Later in the afternoon, you'll drive to Arusha.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Point Zone Resort
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Arusha Airport
Arusha Airport
After breakfast, you will you will proceed on own arrangements.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha Airport (Arusha)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
