3 Days Tarangire, lake manyara and Ngorongoro

This 3-day safari covers three top attractions in Northern Tanzania. While located near one another, each national park features unique aspects; incredible bird-sightings in Lake Manyara,including clouds of pink flamingos; mighty elephants in Tarangire National Park; and the endangered rhino in Ngorongoro. Across these three locations, you are sure to capture photos of the Big Five of Africa: elephant, buffalo, leopard, rhino and lion.

This safari itinerary is for travelers considering time and cost; guests spend two nights in comfortable lodges near the National Parks, and enjoy two nights at a top-rated hotel in Arusha town. Guests will be comfortable with available WiFi, delicious meals and access to a swimming pool. A professional driver-guide with much experience in the African bush will lead your trip and provide deeper insight to the animals and scenery around you.

The travel itinerary below, is a suggested or sample Tanzanian safari itinerary – it can be adapted to suite your own personal needs and preferences or to any seasonal changes and migratory animal movements. As with all our Tanzanian Africa safaris, tours, holidays and travel packages, we have offered you a wide variety of accommodation options – directly impacting on the total safari travel costs – in order to offer you the widest possible tour budget options. Please do not hesitate to contact one of our travel consultants directly, should you require any further assistance or more detailed information, regarding any of our Africa safaris, tours, holidays and travel packages.

ITINERARY

DAY 1

Arrival

The group arrives at Kilimanjaro Airport (JRO). Participants are met by a representative of LST and transferred to a lodge in Arusha. Our guide will join later for a short brief of the tour this will depend on your time of arrival

Accommodation: Four Points by Sheraton | Arusha Hotel

DAY 2

Tarangire national park

In the morning after breakfast (around 7:30 AM) your safari guide will arrive at the camp/lodge and inform the receptionist that he is waiting for you. After meeting up with your driver you will travel to Tarangire National Park, and by 10:00 AM you will already be on your first safari! In this park you have the chance to see lots of wild Tanzanian animals (lions, buffaloes, giraffes, zebras,etc.), but above all else it is famous for its astonishing number of elephants, who typically tend to stay close to their drinking source, the Tarangire River.

You should be aware that this is wild nature, so the guide cannot make any guarantees on the presence of specific wild animals, but you can be sure he will do his best to find everything you're looking for! LST team has its own radio channel that the drivers use to communicate to other guides and collaborate on searches for rare species. At lunch time you will be provided a meal,after which the safari will continue. In the evening you will be transferred to your lodge.

Accommodation: Acacia Farm lodge

DAY 3

Lake Manyara national park

Early wake up time, breakfast and travel to Lake Manyara. The entire territory of this park is cut through with ground water streams that provide a favorable environment for plants and, in addition, for a multitude of birds (including pink flamingos) and African forest animals. Around lunchtime you will visit the Maji Moto hot springs and the driver will provide you with personal lunchboxes. After this stop the safari will continue, and by evening you will be transferred to a lodge located on the edge of the Ngorongoro volcanic crater.

Accommodation: Acacia Farm lodge

DAY 4

Ngorongoro Crater

On this day it is best to leave the hotel as early as possible so you can see the variety of animals that are only active during the morning hours. At 700 AM you will set off for Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and after about an hour you will already be inside the crater. Ngorongoro is one of the most famous and interesting of Tanzania's national parks because here you can find the greatest number of different animal species per square kilometre. You will have the chance to see buffalo, elephants, lions, wildebeests,zebras, hippopotamus and feline species such as caracals and servals. The luckiest travelers might even see a rhinoceros, an animal whose numbers are rapidly declining. By lunch time you will arrive at the lake side, where you will be offered lunchboxes, after which the safari will continue. By evening you will finish the safari and return to the lodge in Arusha.

Accommodation: Four Points by Sheraton | Arusha Hotel

DAY 5

Departure

Transfer to the airport.

Transfers can be arranged between the airport, moshi town and between hotels, restaurants and attractions, either on a seat-in-coach basis, or the private hire of an entire vehicle. All pick-up times are arranged to tie in with flight departures and scheduled tours. Our guides work to this timetable, collecting guests from each hotel en route to their intended destination.