A memorizing 5-day safari tour

This safari takes you to several parks, among them are Tanzania’s most popular and famous national park: Ngorongoro Crater, your best chance of seeing the Big Five and also the opportunity to visit the Olduvai Gorge, one of the most important paleoanthropological sites in the world. Tarangire is fantastic for bird lovers and also for its high density and large herds of elephants. Lake Manyara, home to a large number of baboons and also the famous tree-climbing lions, is unique to this park, and the footbridge brings you over the waterways with wildlife in them.

Highlights

Lake Manyara National Park

Ngorongoro Crater

Tarangire National Park

Map

Tanzania

Start Point: Arusha

Day 1

Arusha Green Mountain Hotel

Day 2

Tarangire NP Marera Valley Lodge

Day 3

Lake Manyara NP Marera Valley Lodge

Day 4

Ngorongoro Crater Marera Valley Lodge

Day 5

Kilimanjaro Airport (No accommodation)

End Point: Kilimanjaro Airport

Day 1

Arusha

This is the moment you've been waiting for: your Tanzanian safari starts here. You have so much to look forward to, and we'll get your trip underway as soon as we introduce you to our team and explain what lies ahead.

Depending on the time of the day you arrive, you will be spending some time in Arusha, where there's always something happening. The endlessly busy streets are a fascinating performance in their own right, but the city also has clamorous markets, excellent museums and a fun food scene. Best of all, it's a window on local life that you can't get out in the safari parks.

Activities Day 1

During Afternoon/Evening

You will be transferred from Kilimanjaro Airport to The Hotel in Arusha town.
Transfer time; about 1 hour

On arrival

We will meet and greet you on your arrival, and will have a small introduction on arrival at the hotel, as a start to your journey.

Accommodation Day 1

Green Mountain Hotel

Hotel Class: Budget

Though the Hotel is a little out of the town area and in a little green surroundings, you can enjoy the comfort of big-city accommodation when you stay at Green Mountain Hotel. The en-suite rooms are large and filled with light, there's an onsite swimming pool and restaurant, and the service is good. Best of all, Arusha's attractions are not far away, making it a good base for seeing the city.

Meal Plan Breakfast

Day 2

Tarangire National Park

Everything seems to be cast on a grander scale in Tarangire National Park, from the giant baobab trees that bring such personality to the park's landscapes to the massive elephants for which the park is famous. Although a popular place to visit for travelers on safari through northern Tanzania, Tarangire rarely feels crowded, and that becomes even more true the further south you go in the park. Other wildlife to look forward to here includes big cats, zebra, hippo, buffalo, wildebeest and more. If you're really lucky, you might spy the park's transient population of African wild dog.

Activities Day 2

Early Morning

Early in the morning, you will transfer by Road from Arusha to Tarangire National Park, where your safari will begin.
Transfer time; 2 to 3 hours

Morning & Afternoon

Come with us as we look for lions, elephants and so much more amid the baobab trees and classic safari scenery of Tarangire National Park.

Late Afternoon

Late in the afternoon, you will transfer by Road from Tarangire National Park to Marera Valley Lodge
Transfer time; 1 to 2 hours

Accommodation Day 2

Marera Valley Lodge

Lodge Class: Mid-Range

At the end of this day's safari, you will transfer to the Marera Valley Lodge in KaratuThe rooms at Marera Valley Lodge are like understated temples to good taste, and you'll sleep well here. Although you're close to Karatu, you're nicely removed from the main road that connects Ngorongoro Crater with Lake Manyara National Park. The well-kept lawns and swimming pool, not to mention the fine restaurant and sweeping views of the Crater Highlands, all add to the appeal of staying here.

Alternative Accommodations

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Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 3

Lake Manyara National Park

Almost everyone who visits Lake Manyara National Park falls in love with this unique park. Lake Manyara is most famous for being one of the few parks in Africa where its lions climb trees. It's not unusual to look up into the branches of Lake Manyara's forest canopy and find yourself face-to-face with a lion (or even an entire pride). Large populations of elephants and olive baboons are further highlights, while the backdrop to all wildlife sightings here is the dramatic Rift Valley escarpment, which rises over the park's western boundary, or pretty Lake Manyara, which dominates the east.
The Park is also the place for a treetop canopy walk.

Elephant crossing a safari trail, Lake Manyara