2-Day Tanzania Safari to Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara

• Meet your professional tour guide/driver in Arusha town for a short safari briefing, followed by a drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

• Arrive in time for lunch at the lodge.

• After lunch, descend over 600 meters into the Ngorongoro Crater to view wildlife on an afternoon game drive.

• Supported by a year-round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro Crater supports a wide variety of animals, including herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants.

• Enjoy this picturesque national park, known for its dense population of predators, including lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs, and the ever-elusive leopard, which sometimes requires a trained eye to spot.

• Visit Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the southwestern corner that is one of the main features of the crater.

• A large number of hippos, flamingos, and other water birds can usually be seen here.

• Dinner and overnight stay as per the standard and type of accommodation option requested.

• After breakfast, and with a picnic lunch in hand, transfer to Lake Manyara National Park.

• Head into Lake Manyara National Park for a morning game drive. This national park is one of Tanzania's most dramatically located wildlife areas, consisting of a massive but shallow soda lake, covering two-thirds of the park, located at the foot of the Great Rift Valley's western escarpment.

• The park's varied habitat attracts a wide variety of animals, including one of Africa's largest concentrations of elephants, Lake Manyara's unique tree-climbing lions (rare), as well as large flocks of flamingos attracted by the algae in the lake.

• After the game drive, travel back to Arusha, ending the African safari adventure.

• The group should tip the tour guide around $20 a day for all safaris conducted.

• Transfer to hotel.

End of tour.