4-Day Tanzania Safari with Ngorongoro Crater and Hadzabe Visit

• After breakfast, depart for Tarangire National Park for a full-day game drive. Tarangire has a diverse landscape with nine vegetation zones. Ancient baobab trees, the largest trees in Africa, dot the landscape and dwarf the animals that feed beneath them. The Tarangire River, which meanders through the park, attracts an abundance of wildlife, from elephants, lions, leopards, buffalos, zebras, giraffes, and antelopes to a variety of colourful birds. The park is especially famous for having the greatest elephant population in Tanzania, and during your safari you will have the chance to quietly observe many families of elephants interacting.
• Stop for a picnic lunch at an observatory inside the park, where you will be able to view animals drinking water in the river and, many times, lions attacking a thirsty zebra or wildebeest. Continue game viewing before finally returning to the campsite for dinner.

*Possibility for a night game drive in Tarangire.

• Depart after breakfast and drive across the Great Rift Valley to Lake Manyara National Park for a full-day game drive. Although only 205 sq. miles in size, this enchanting park is noted for its beauty and its incredibly lush acacia forest of giant figs and mahogany trees, which are home to troops of baboons and blue monkeys. The park is also home to a large number of buffalos, giraffes, elephants, impalas, and a hippo lake, where large numbers of hippos usually gather. Well known for its birds, with over 400 different species, Lake Manyara is one of the few places where you will be able to see the Ground Hornbill and the Crested Eagle.
• Spot climbing lions and flamingos along the lakeshore. The landscapes of this park are absolutely stunning and very different from those of the Serengeti, for example.
• In the afternoon, return to camp for dinner.
  *Extra tour recommended: Bicycle ride in Lake Manyara.

• After an early breakfast, drive a short distance to the 8th natural wonder of the world - the Ngorongoro Crater. With walls 2,000 ft high and a crater floor that spreads across 102 sq. miles, the crater is a virtual Noah's Ark, inhabited by almost every species of wildlife indigenous to East Africa, including the rare black rhino. In fact, the crater has the greatest concentration of wildlife on the planet. The large bull elephants that reside here have extremely large tusks due to the rich mineral content of the volcanic soil and its grasses.
• Descend to the crater floor for a day of wildlife viewing in one of the most incredible places on Earth.
• After a stop for a picnic lunch near the hippo lake and more wildlife viewing in the afternoon, drive up the steep road out of the crater.
• In the evening, transfer to Lake Eyasi.

*Possibility for an afternoon walking safari in the Ngorongoro Highlands.

• Very early in the morning, before breakfast, join the Hadzabe tribe, one of the last truly nomadic tribes of Africa, in a fascinating hunting or fruit-gathering session. This is something absolutely unique and off the beaten track, offering a great cultural experience and an authentic opportunity for world-class photography.
• Visit beautiful Lake Eyasi, a seasonal shallow salt lake on the floor of the Great Rift Valley at the base of the Serengeti Plateau.
  In the afternoon, head to a traditional Maasai village that is by no means a tourist show. In fact, many visitors to Tanzania consider this visit to be the greatest highlight of their trip. During the tour, you will be guided by a Maasai Chief, who will show you the village, how the Maasai live, their habits, how they cook, how they take care of livestock, what and how they study, dance, and more. There is also an opportunity to watch the village women perform a local traditional dance. The whole experience provides fantastic photo opportunities.
• Lastly, return to Arusha to conclude the tour.