3-Day Tanzania Safari from Arusha with Manyara and Ngorongoro

• Meet your professional Tanzanian tour guide/driver in Arusha town.

• Receive a short safari briefing.

• Travel to Lake Manyara National Park.

• Arrive in time for lunch at the lodge.

• Head into Lake Manyara National Park. This impressive 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 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, Manyara's famous tree-climbing lions, as well as large flocks of flamingos drawn by the algae in the lake.

Dinner and overnight at Fanaka Campsite.

• After breakfast, descend 600 m into this magnificent crater for a morning half-day game drive with your Tanzanian safari guide. The Ngorongoro Crater is one of the most densely populated wildlife areas in Africa and is home to an estimated 30,000 animals, including some of Tanzania's last remaining black rhino. Supported by a year-round water supply and fodder, the crater sustains a vast variety of animals, including herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants. Another major draw of this picturesque national park is 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.

• Travel to Tarangire National Park.

Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Simba Campsite.

• After breakfast, head into Tarangire National Park for a morning game drive. The park 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 woodlands and giant African baobab trees, with huge swamp areas in the south. Both the river and the swamps act like a magnet for wild animals during Tanzania's dry season. Tarangire National Park is reputed to contain some of the largest elephant herds in Africa. This African national park is also home to three rare species of animals - the Greater Kudu, the Fringed-eared Oryx, as well as a few Ashy Starlings.

• Return to the campsite for lunch.

• Depart for Arusha town and end your African safari adventure. The group should tip the Tanzanian safari guide around $20 a day for all safaris.

Return to hotel.