3-Day Tanzania Safari to Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro and Tarangire

Non-game-viewing travel time: 2:30 hours

Distance: 130 km

• Meet your professional tour guide/driver in Arusha town for a short safari information briefing.

• Travel to Lake Manyara National Park.

• Arrive in time for lunch at the campsite.

• After lunch, head into the park.

• Visit the massive but shallow soda lake, which covers two-thirds of the park, at the foot of the Great Rift Valley's western escarpment.

• Explore the park's varied habitat, which attracts a wide variety of animals, including one of Africa's largest concentrations of elephants, Manyara's famous tree-climbing lions, and large flocks of flamingos drawn by the algae in the lake.

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

Non-game-viewing travel time: 2 hours & 3:30 hours

Distance: 60 km & 155 km

• After breakfast, depart from Lake Manyara and drive towards Ngorongoro Crater.

• Upon arrival, descend 600 m into this magnificent crater for a half-day game drive.

• Explore Ngorongoro Crater, one of the most densely crowded wildlife areas in Africa and home to an estimated 30,000 animals, including some of Tanzania's last remaining black rhinos.

• Marvel at the diverse wildlife here, including herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and African elephants.

• Be dazzled by another major draw of this picturesque national park: its dense population of predators, including lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs, and the ever-elusive leopard, which sometimes requires a trained eye to spot.

• Enjoy a picnic lunch in the crater, followed by a drive to Tarangire National Park.

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

Non-game-viewing travel time: 2 hours

Distance: 120 km

• After breakfast, head into Tarangire National Park for a morning game drive.

• Explore the park's natural beauty, which runs along the line of the Tarangire River and is mainly made up of low-lying hills on the Great Rift Valley floor. Its natural vegetation mainly consists of Acacia woodland and giant African baobab trees, with huge swamp areas in the south.

• Be amazed by the sight of some of the largest elephant herds in Africa. The park is also home to three rare animal species - the greater kudu, the fringed-eared oryx, and a few ashy starlings.

• Return to the lodge for lunch.

• After lunch, depart for Arusha.