Day 1: Arusha /Lake Manyara
Depart Arusha in the morning app 0900hrs for Lake Manyara, arrive by lunch time. Afternoon game drive app 1500hrs. The main attractions here are the tree-climbing lions. The park is small in size but the terrain is diverse. The vegetation comprises of groundwater forest, open grassland, swamp and acacia woodland with giant mahogany and fig trees. The park is home to a wide variety of mammals and birds. Dinner is served and overnight at campsite.
Day 2: Lake Manyara/Ngorongoro Crater
After early breakfast depart for Ngorongoro Crater, arriving in time for lunch. Afternoon app 1400hrs drive to the Ngorongoro crater and descend down its walls for a 1/2 day crater tour with a picnic lunch. It is a thrilling experience to descend down and out of the narrow and steep crater walls of 670 metres depth, which has earned this crater, also the largest in the world the title ‘’the eight wonder in the world’’. Flamingos can be seen seasonally in the Crater Lake, depending on the water level as these birds only breed in shallow water. Many animals, which have made this crater their permanent home, can be seen on the crater floor.
Dinner and overnight at campsite.
Day 3: Ngorongoro Crater/Tarangire National Park
After late breakfast, app 1200hrs drive to Tarangire. Afternoon app 1500-1600hrs game drive in search of wildlife. This park boasts an atmosphere of remoteness,unspoilt, bushy and is less frequently visited than all the other parks in Tanzania’s entire northern circuit. Blue monkeys, hornbills, pelicans, herons can be seen as well as elephants in large herds, cheetah, jackal, fish eagle, marabou stork and hippos.
Dinner and overnight at our campsite.
Day 4: Tarangire/Arusha
After breakfast 0900hrs enjoy a morning game viewing drive in the Tarangire National Park. Return to campsite for lunch, and in the afternoon depart for Arusha.
Cost: From US $ 800
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