3-Day Tanzania Camping Safari to Lake Manyara and Ngorongoro

You will be picked up at Kilimanjaro International Airport and transferred to your arranged hotel in Moshi or Arusha. There, you will meet your driver-guide, who will brief you on your upcoming safari. After that, you can rest until the following morning.

You will be collected from your hotel in Moshi or Arusha, and after a short briefing, you will travel westwards to Lake Manyara, a small national park. The park, with its shallow alkaline lake, is known for its birdlife, with more than 400 species recorded.

Besides the primate-filled forests, known for the long-tailed guenon monkeys, and the grassy plains that support a variety of herbivores and carnivores, it is one of the best hotspots to explore. Apart from elephants, you might also spot giraffes, hippos, wildebeests, and impalas, while the forests near the lake are teeming with noisy groups of monkeys and baboons.

From the pop-up roof of the safari vehicle, you will be able to absorb the sights and sounds of nature. In the late afternoon, you will leave Lake Manyara National Park and head to Karatu, where you will spend the night at a selected lodge.

After breakfast, your safari continues to the Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This is the world's largest caldera, a feature formed by the collapse of land after a volcanic eruption. It is approximately 18 km in diameter and home to about 25,000 mammals.

In this relatively small area, you can find almost all the mammals of East Africa, ranging from Grant's and Thomson's gazelles to mountain reedbucks in the forests on the slopes. Hyenas, along with some 500 bird species, can also be spotted in the area.

On this impressive Tanzania safari, it is also possible to spot the "Big Five" - lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino, and leopard - in the few hours spent in the crater. After lunch at a picnic spot, you will leave the crater and return to Moshi or Arusha by early evening, marking the end of your impressive Tanzania safari.