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Tanzania · Safari
The journey
Explore Tanzania's famous northern tourism circuit on this 4-day safari through Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti National Park, and Lake Manyara National Park. Visit two UNESCO World Heritage sites - the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, where you descend to the crater floor, and Serengeti National Park, known for its endless plains and abundant wildlife, including the great migration. Along the way, enjoy game drives in some of the country's most celebrated reserves and look out for the African Big Five.
After an early breakfast, depart for a morning game drive in Lake Manyara National Park, home to hippos, monkeys, tree-climbing lions, flamingos, and many other varieties of birdlife.
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After breakfast, your guide will pick you up from your lodge or hotel in Arusha for the drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. On arrival, you will check in at the camp and later head out for a game drive to explore this jewel of a UNESCO site. Afterwards, return to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Overnight: Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge
Meal Plan: Lunch & Dinner
After breakfast, descend over 600 meters to the crater floor for a half-day crater tour. Explore the forest-fringed areas inhabited by various wildlife species such as monkeys and elephants, then continue to the lake area, where you may see flamingos, and the open savannah, where lions hunt their prey.
Enjoy a picnic lunch in the crater area, and afterwards transfer to Serengeti National Park via Olduvai Gorge. Dinner and overnight will be at the lodge.
Overnight: Serengeti Sopa Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Have a hearty breakfast at the lodge, then set out for a morning game drive across the endless plains of the Serengeti. Look out for the great herds of wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles, or a pride of lions lounging in the shade.
Return to your lodge for lunch, then depart for Lake Manyara. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Overnight: Serengeti Sopa Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After an early breakfast, depart for a morning game drive in Lake Manyara National Park, home to hippos, monkeys, tree-climbing lions, flamingos, and many other varieties of birdlife. The drive will last about two hours, and in mid-morning you will drive back to Arusha.
Lunch will be served at a restaurant in Arusha town.
End of safari.
Meal Plan: Breakfast & Lunch
Where this trip takes you
Ngorongoro Crater, plains of Serengeti National Park, Lake Manyara National Park
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Your 4 days finish where they began, in Arusha.
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