Basic

Day 1 - Arrival - Manyara Park

Based on your operational flight arrival at Arusha airport * meeting with the guide and transfer departure towards the Manyara park, picnic lunch. Afternoon game drive in the park, at the end transfer to the lodge, dinner and overnight stay.
The Manyara park, which rises just below the Rift Valley escarpment, is home to very different environments: from dense forests to savannahs, the lake, which rises in the center of the park, hosts impressive flocks of pink flamingos, from December to March who migrate to Lake Natron between June and October; there are numerous species of animals, large colonies of baboons, vervet monkeys and other species of monkeys, elephants, giraffes and as many as 380 species of birds. Among the predators you can meet the leopards and, typical of this park, are the lions that live on trees annoyed by the humidity of the soil.

Day 2 - Ngorongorgo Park

Breakfast at the lodge / tented camp and departure for one of the seven wonders of Africa, and the only intact caldera existing on the earth: the crater of the extinct Ngorongoro volcano! Approximately 2,200 meters will be reached and then it will descend to about 1,600 meters in the caldera of the volcano, a day dedicated to the photo safari in the park and a picnic lunch; late afternoon arrival at the lodge / tented camp, dinner and overnight stay. The lodge could rise directly on the slopes of the volcano with a breathtaking view of the caldera allowing you to continue to enjoy the beauty of the park, or outside the conservation area according to your requests.

Day 3 - Arusha-Departure

Breakfast at the lodge / tented camp and departure to return to the city of Arusha. Stop for the picnic lunch during the transfer, arrival at the airport to coincide with your flight.

* In case of arrival directly from Europe on the Kilimanjaro international airport it could be necessary to insert a pre-safari night in Arusha

For organizational reasons, the order of visits to the parks may undergo variations without altering their contents.

Optional services on request

• Visit to the Masai Boma Village
• Visit to the town of Mto Wa Mbu

Map of the Parks and Conservation Areas of Tanzania!
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Important!

The travel itineraries that AfriSafaris has created will allow you to enjoy the beauties of Tanzania and make the most of your time.
The programs can however be customized: they can be entered for the nights before and after the safari based on your needs and flight schedules, or you can add nights in a specific area if you wish to learn more about a particular park than a other.
The safari itinerary can include lodge and / or tented camps of various categories, from 3 *** to 5 *****, inside or outside the parks, or a mixture of the various types and categories, according to your wishes and your budget!
We can also take care of intercontinental flights, domestic flights, travel insurance and sea holidays in Zanzibar and other islands!