Tanzania Secrets Lodge Safari ( featured tour )
Overview - 4 Days Lodge Safari
On this 4-days and 3 Nights Lodge safari you will explore the Tarangire National Park with its huge elephant herds, the diverse landscapes of Lake Manyara National Park and the Ngorongoro Crater, a collapsed volcano filled with wild animals.Day to Day Tour Activities Description
Day 1 - Arusha - Tarangire National Park
We will pick you up in the morning in Arusha and after a short safari briefing, you travel southwest towards the Tarangire National Park. The park has a diversity of landscapes including grass, acacia woodlands and forests and it is especially popular for its huge elephant herds and animals gathering at the river and swamps. Animals range from swarms of yellow breasted lovebirds to kudus, buffaloes, giraffes, zebras and impalas. Predators include lions, leopards and hyenas, while wild dogs are rare. In
Accommodation: Olea africana lodge
Meal plan: picnic lunch. Dinner, breakfast at Lodge
Day 2 - Tarangire Area - Lake Manyara National Park
After breakfast, you will leave the area around Tarangire National Park and drive via the town of Mto wa Mbu to the Lake Manyara National Park. This park with its shallow alkaline lake stretches along the base of the Rift Valley Escarpment. Lake Manyara attracts thousands of birds, including huge flocks of flamingos. Other animals in the park include buffaloes, elephants, hippos and Masai giraffes as well as troops of boisterous baboons and monkeys in the forests. The park once became famous for tree climbing lions and if you are lucky to spot them you will be amused by the site of these animals lounging on branches in the acacia trees. After a game drive in the park you will ascend to the Ngorongoro highlands.
Accommodation: Olea africana lodge
Meal plan: picnic lunch. Dinner, breakfast at Lodge
Day 3 - Ngorongoro Crater Tour
Rise and shine! After an early breakfast at your campsite, you will travel down a precipitous trail into the Ngorongoro crater. Its grass plains and acacia forests are home to almost all the species of animals found in the East African savannah. In only a few hours you might see all of the “Big Five” – lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino and leopard. After an extensive game drive and a picnic lunch inside the crater, you will leave the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and travel to Mto wa Mbu, where you will spend the night in a tent on a campsite. Dinner; Breakfast; Lunch
Accommodation: Olea africana lodge
Meal plan: picnic lunch. Dinner, breakfast at Lodge
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Day 4 - Mto wa Mbu Maasai Village - Arusha
After a leisurely breakfast, you will start your journey back to Arusha; you will stop on your way to visiat a maasai village, then drive to Arusha arrive around late day. You will be dropped off at a hotel of your choice or at the airport. Breakfast; Lunch
Package Includes
- Full board accommodation while on safari
- Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle
- Professional, English-speaking driver guide
- 3 Meals a day according to the itinerary
- Unlimited drinking water while on Game Drive
- All mentioned activities
- Safari guide book
- SafariBinocular
- All national park fees
- Maasai village visit
Package Excludes
- Drinks from bar at the lodges
- International air fare from/Tanzania
- Cost of entry visa and passport
- International and local airport departure taxes
- Tips for the guides, highly recommended
- Hotel accommodation in Arusha before Safari and after
- Travel insurance
- All optional activities which have not been shown above
