Tanzania · Safari

2-Day Ngorongoro and Lake Manyara Safari with Tree-Climbing Lions

2 Days Round trip from Arusha Easy pace

Vultures at Ngorongoro Conservation Area

The journey

Trip highlights

01 Explore Lake Manyara National Park, home to rich birdlife, elephants, baboons, antelopes, and gazelles
02 See Lake Manyara's unusual tree-climbing lions resting in the branches
03 Visit Ngorongoro Crater, the world's largest unflooded caldera
04 Spot a remarkable cross-section of East African wildlife in the Ngorongoro Crater
05 Look out for iconic species including lions, leopards, and the threatened black rhino

Explore two of northern Tanzania's most celebrated wildlife destinations on this 2-day safari from Arusha. Discover Lake Manyara National Park, known for its dense woodland, rich birdlife, elephants, baboons, antelopes, gazelles, and its unusual tree-climbing lions. Continue to the vast Ngorongoro Crater, the world's largest unflooded caldera and home to an extraordinary concentration of wildlife, including elephants, zebras, wildebeest, buffalo, hippos, hyena, lions, leopards, and the threatened black rhino. This safari brings you closer to nature while showcasing remarkable landscapes and iconic East African wildlife.

Discover Lake Manyara National Park, known for its dense woodland, rich birdlife, elephants, baboons, antelopes, gazelles, and its unusual tree-climbing lions.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 2 Days

Tour type Shared

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Included · Standard

Transport Included

Wheelchair access Not applicable

Cities Arusha, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Lake Manyara

Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

Day 01

Arusha to Lake Manyara and Ngorongoro Highlands

We will pick you up in the morning from your hotel and take you to Lake Manyara National Park. This park offers areas of dense woodland where long-tailed blue monkeys live, along with baboons, antelopes, gazelles, and approximately 500 elephants. Lake Manyara National Park is also known for its lions, which like to lounge around in trees - a behaviour that is not common among large cats and makes for quite a sight.
The wildlife tour is followed at midday by a picnic in the park, after which the tour continues with more chances to observe these fantastic animals.
Later in the day, you will leave the national park and proceed to the cooler crater uplands, where you will overnight at Ngorongoro Farm House, with lunch and dinner included.

Day 02

Ngorongoro Crater Safari and Return to Arusha

After breakfast, our safari continues with a trip to the Ngorongoro Crater, the world's famed site. This is the world's largest unflooded caldera, a feature formed by the collapse of land following a volcanic eruption. It is approximately 18 km in diameter and home to an estimated 25,000 mammals. The caldera is truly amazing, but it is only when you reach the crater floor and have a chance to look all around you that you realize just how breathtaking it is.
Here, in a relatively small area by African standards, you find practically the complete cross-section of East African wildlife. Alongside elephants, zebras, wildebeest, and buffalo, you will find an array of antelopes, gazelles, hippopotami, warthogs, and hyena. There is also an excellent chance that you will see leopards, lions, and the black rhino. The black rhino is unfortunately threatened with extinction.
After lunch, there will be more time for wildlife spotting before it's time to leave the Ngorongoro Crater and return to Arusha.