2-Day Tarangire and Ngorongoro Safari with Crater Floor Game Drive

Depart Arusha early after breakfast and drive through the beautiful, scenic Maasai steppes to Makuyuni Junction, where you turn left toward Tarangire National Park. Arrive at the park gate, and after your driver completes the paperwork, begin the game drive almost straight from the entrance to see as many animals and birds as possible.

Your professional safari guide will take you to the best areas of the park for wildlife viewing, including the Tarangire River, a permanent river that acts as a lifeline for the park and ensures that animals come to its banks in search of water all year round. Expect to see elephants, antelope, wildebeest, buffalo, zebra, gerenuk, giraffe, and plenty of birds.

Lunch is taken at one of the picnic spots. Later, leave the park and drive to Karatu in the Ngorongoro Highlands for dinner and an overnight camp.

After breakfast, your 2-day Tanzania camping safari continues to the Ngorongoro Crater. You will first drive to the gate for check-in and then continue up to the crater rim, stopping for nice views and pictures at the crater viewpoint before descending 600 metres to the crater floor for wonderful game viewing.

This unfolded caldera is sometimes called the 8th Wonder of the World, and it is home to a large number of animal species. The year-round water supply and fodder in the crater support abundant wildlife, including herds of wildebeest, buffalo, African elephant, zebra, eland, hippos, gazelle, and the rare black rhino.

Ngorongoro Crater is also home to a dense population of predators such as lions, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, and jackals. Birds are abundant too, from flocks of flamingos at Lake Magadi to pelicans, ibises, ostrich, geese, and other country birds.

A packed lunch will be served on the crater floor. In the late afternoon, drive out of the crater and return to Arusha, where your safari ends.

Accommodation: None / No request