2-Day Tarangire and Lake Manyara Safari with Maasai Village Visit

• Our guide-driver will meet you at your hotel in Arusha, and you will begin your journey to the park.
• Tarangire is one of Africa's little-known gems. Its name comes from the Tarangire River, which flows through the park and serves as the only source of water during the dry season.
• Tarangire's landscape is incredibly diverse, unmatched anywhere else in northern Tanzania. The park is home to ancient baobab trees, believed by the Maasai to be the world's first trees, as well as large termite mounds. During the dry season, the blazing sun turns the ground a dusty red colour, while in the rainy season, everything becomes green with thick bushes and lush tall grasses.
• Known for its large elephant population, the park is also home to lions, zebras, wildebeest, giraffes, waterbucks, baboons, pygmy mongooses, impalas, buffalos, antelopes, and fringed oryx. The swamps are filled with flocks of birds, including green forest hoopoes, lovebirds, tall herons, giant kingfishers, bustards, and ostriches.
• Your driver-guide will choose a picnic spot in the park for your lunch break before continuing the safari.

Accommodation Option:

Marera Valley Lodge

Plan Meal: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

• Today, you will visit Lake Manyara National Park for a full-day wildlife game drive and viewing. Lake Manyara, stretching along the foot of the Rift Valley escarpment, is home to giant fig trees, acacia and mahogany forests, and grassy water plains. The park's contrasts are simply breathtaking: open plains, vast escarpments, a lake, dense forests, and distant volcanic peaks come together in an area that Ernest Hemingway called "the most beautiful thing I have ever seen in Africa."
• Animals such as large buffalo, wildebeest, giraffe, mongoose, dik-dik, and herds of zebra gather on the grassy plains, while a narrow strip of acacia forest is home to legendary tree-climbing lions and elephants.
• Lake Manyara is ideal for discovering Tanzania's birds, with over 400 species recorded here, including thousands of pink flamingos on their endless migrations, as well as other large waterfowl such as pelicans, cormorants, and storks.
• In the late afternoon, drive to a Maasai village for a cultural tour, then transfer back to your accommodation in Arusha or to the airport for your next destination.

End of 2 Days Tarangire and Lake Manyara Tour.