4-Day Tanzania Safari: Serengeti, Ngorongoro & Manyara or Tarangire
- Lake Manyara NP
- Serengeti NP
- Ngorongoro Crater
Duration
4 Days
Tour Type
Wildlife safari
Max People
18
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Overview
Perfect for travelers with limited time, this 4-day safari covers Tanzania’s top parks: Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, and your choice of Lake Manyara or Tarangire. While it includes just one night in Serengeti, it still offers a chance to witness its iconic wildlife and landscapes. You’ll also explore the wildlife-rich Ngorongoro Crater and either the elephant-filled Tarangire or the scenic Lake Manyara—ideal for a quick yet unforgettable safari experience
Highlights
- Visit Serengeti National Park, home to the Big Five and the Great Migration
- Descend into the world-famous Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Enjoy thrilling game drives in three iconic parks in just four days
- Spot a wide variety of wildlife including lions, elephants, rhinos
- Experience breathtaking savannah landscapes and crater views
Tour Itinerary
You'll be picked up from your hotel at 8 am and start a beautiful journey across the Great Rift Valley for a full day game drive. Although small in dimension (205 sq miles), the park has breathtaking scenery and is well famous for its lush acacia forest, giant figs and mahogany trees, as well as to a growing population of baboons and blue monkeys. Permanent residents of this park include giraffes, elephants, impalas and a huge number of buffaloes. The lake is also home to a large number of hippos. The landscapes of Lake Manyara are something that can not be described with words, and the game drives along the lake provide stunning photo opportunities. You have giraffes and buffaloes in the foreground and the lake in the background. Some extra tours are possible, including a bike tour or a boat excursion. In the afternoon, return to the camp for dinner.
Possibility to upgrade your accommodation level.
NOTE: You can replace this park with Tarangire NP or add an extra day and visit both.
Main Destination:
Lake Manyara National Park
After an early breakfast, depart towards the most famous national park in the world, the Serengeti. The driving itself, although long, is spectacular. This will be an unforgettable moment for anyone seeing it for the first time. As you progress well into the Serengeti, you will see why the name means, in local language, "endless plains". The park has 6,900 sq miles (18,000 sq km) and for most of it, the plains will stretch to the horizon defying your senses and perception of distances. It is the home of the Great Migration and to 2 million wildebeests, hundreds of thousands of zebras and all kinds of antelopes. As for big cats and large predators, it's the place of choice to look out for lions, cheetahs, leopards, hyenas, with many television scenes like the famous River Crossings having been filmed in this park.
Possibility to upgrade your accommodation level.
Main Destination:
Serengeti National Park
Today starts with an early wake-up call for a sunrise game drive, the best time to witness wildlife at its most active and to enjoy one of the most breathtaking sunrises imaginable. After the drive, we’ll return to camp for a well-earned brunch, then continue our journey to the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater—often called the 8th Wonder of the Natural World.
Spanning over 102 square miles with walls rising 2,000 feet, the crater serves as a natural sanctuary for nearly every species native to East Africa. It’s one of the few places on the continent where you might spot the critically endangered black rhino. The diverse ecosystem includes rivers, swamps, a soda lake filled with flamingos, dense forest, and open grasslands. Ngorongoro is also renowned for its giant-tusked elephants, among the largest in the world.
You’ll arrive in time to enjoy a sundowner with stunning crater views. Optional accommodation upgrades are available for added comfort.
Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater
We will start the day very early and descend into the crater floor for an incredible morning of wildlife in one of the most stunning places on earth. After the game drive, there will be time for a picnic lunch near the beautiful Hippo Lake. After lunch, we will have time for a short game drive and then ascend the crater and exit Ngorongoro Conservation Area towards Arusha. We expect to be back in Arusha at around 5 pm although we are flexible in case there is a flight to catch or another situation.
Main Destination:
Arusha (City)
Accommodation:
No accommodation (End of tour)
Included and Excluded
- Park fees
- All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT
- Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
- Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
- International flights
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
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