4 Day Safari : Tarangire and Crater Safari

Unless your arrival time yesterday allowed time for your safari briefing, then this will take place after breakfast. We will provide you with all the essential information before we set off westwards to our first safari destination, Tarangire Manyara National Park. The park is best known for its elephant herds, savannah, baobab trees, seasonal swamps, and the life-giving Tarangire River. Animals gather at the river and giraffes, bushbucks and hartebeests are often seen. With a bit of luck, you might even spot the fringe-eared oryx or the weird-looking gerenuk. The park is also home to buffaloes, zebras, and wildebeests which are always closely followed by a range of predators such as lions. Leopards are seen every once in a while but cheetahs are rarely spotted. From the open roof of the vehicle, you will be able to absorb the landscape and watch the animals. In the late afternoon, we will go to your accommodation for our evening meal and our overnight stay. Welcome to the Tarangire! Accommodation: Tortilis Camps Meal Plan: Breakfast, Picnic Lunch Box and Dinner

After breakfast and an extensive game drive along Tarangire River, we set off for our next destination, Ngorongoro Crater, by the following day. Along the way, you will stop at Mto wa Mbu for noon cultural tour which will be accompanied by hot local lunch. In the late afternoon, we will go to your accommodation for our evening meal and our overnight stay at Pamoja Africa lodge, Karatu. Accommodation: Pamoja Africa Lodge Meal Plan: Breakfast, Picnic Lunch Box and Dinner

After breakfast, you will be heading to Ngorongoro Crater for game drives, 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. You might also see spotted hyenas, rare wild dogs, and some of the more than 500 bird species of the area. 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, there will be more time to continue your game drive before you leave the crater way back to Arusha town in which will be the end of your African safari adventure. Accommodation: On request as per Departure instructions Meal Plan: Breakfast and Picnic Lunch Box