3-Day Tanzania Safari Lodge Itinerary

Distance: 139 km

Non-Game Viewing Time: 2 to 3 hours.

After breakfast at your lodge in Arusha, depart for Tarangire National Park for a Game drive. The driving is along the beautiful Masai steppe & many villages. Tarangire is one of the best National parks in Northern Tanzania it runs along the lines of the Tarangire River and it contains low-lying hills that appear on the floor of the Great Rift Valley. The vegetation of the park is mainly acacia woodland and huge African Baobab trees with a swamp area in the South.

Tarangire River and the swamps attract a large number of wild animal as it is the only permanent water sources in the entire park. Tarangire National Park is famous for its large elephant population found nowhere else in Africa, you may expect to spot giraffes, buffalo, zebra, impala, wildebeest, warthog, baboons & lots of monkeys. The three rare species of Greater Kudu, Fringed-Eared Oryx, and the Ash stalling can also be seen here. Lions, leopards, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs, vultures & other birds of prey also inhabit the park. For bird watchers, this is the place as over 400 species of bird were recently recorded here which includes migratory ones. Later afternoon during the sunset drive to Bougainvillea Safari Lodge for dinner & overnight with a brief stop at Lake Manyara viewpoint for some nice pictures of Lake Manyara & its forest from the edge of the Great East African Rift Valley.

Overnight at Bougainvillea Safari Lodge in Karatu town or similar. All Meals included.

Distance: 50 km

Non-Game Viewing Time: 1 hour

After breakfast drive up to Ngorongoro highlands, and spend a few minutes for registration at the gate before driving up to the Crater viewpoint where you can make a brief stop to get the most breathtaking views of the Crater floor from above, you may take some pictures before descending 600 meters high walls into the Crater floor for a full day game drive.

Ngorongoro Crater is often referred to by many as the Eden of Africa, because of its great scenery and abundance of wildlife. Large mammals and plain animals are making a home in this natural wildlife sanctuary. Lunch boxes will be taken at the Crater floor. You can expect to spot herds of wildebeest, eland, zebra, hippos, African elephants, gazelles, and the rare black rhino in their natural habitat.

Another big draw card in this huge caldera is the denser population of predators which include lions, hyenas, cheetahs, jackals, and the ever-illusive leopard that needs a sharp eye to be spotted. All these animals are bounded by the volcanic walls of 600 meters and can be viewed from a very close range. You will visit Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the southwestern corner which is among the main features of the crater. Large flocks of flamingos, many aquatic birds & hippos can usually be seen here. Late afternoon drives out & back to Bougainvillea Safari Lodge for dinner & overnight.

Overnight at Bougainvillea Safari Lodge in Karatu town or similar. All meals included.

Distance to Lake Manyara: 37 km

Non-Game Viewing Time: 45 minutes

Distance Lake Manyara to Arusha: 120 km

On this day after breakfast, we will take you to Lake Manyara National Park the ever-green park nestling at the base of the Great East African Rift Valley with overlapping habitats that supports a large number of animal species including the famous Lake Manyara tree climbing lions, giraffe, elephant, zebra, buffalo, leopard, hyena and many more.

Afterward drive back to Arusha, if you wish you may visit Mto wa Mbu market or any Masai market on the way before reaching Arusha in the late afternoon. Please let us know if you are flying on this day or need accommodation in Arusha.

End of this great 3-Day Tanzania safari lodge Ngorongoro Crater, Tarangire & Lake Manyara.

All accommodations are subject to availability.

A 3-Day Tanzania safari lodge package to Ngorongoro Crater, Tarangire & Lake Manyara can be done year around even during the rainy season in March through May.