THE BIG FIVE SAFARI

3 DAYS 3 PARKS - MID-RANGE ACCOMMODATION

$975-2157 USD

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Safari summary

This tour is designed for those who only have our days available and wish to visit the most famous parks in Tanzania. Except for the Serengeti, this tour offers you a great understanding of the Tanzanian national parks. You will visit, Tarangire, Manyara and Ngorongoro.


About this tour

Tour type Custom, tailor-made, private
Main focus Game drives
Activity level Easy activity
Best months All months
Countries
Parks

Fine details

Safari highlights
  • Sightseeing | shopping | markets
  • Wildlife sanctuaries
What’s included?
  • Accommodation
  • Meals
  • Park fees
  • Private vehicle and driver
What’s not included?
  • Alcoholic beverages
  • All drinks
  • Hot air balloons
  • Internal flights
  • International flights
  • Laundry
  • Premium alcoholic beverages
  • Spa treatments
  • Tips and gratuities
  • Visas

Itinerary

Day 1

Arusha | Tarangire

DAY 1: ARUSHA – TARANGIRE Drive to Tarangire. This park is particularly known for the abundance of ancient Baobab trees, which fill the landscape and dwarf the animals next to them.  Tarangire River is full of wildlife ranging from large variety of birds to lions, buffalos, antelopes, elephants, leopards, zebras, and giraffes.  The park has the largest concentration of elephants in the whole country, thus giving you unique chances to observe the interaction between elephant families.  

Sangaiwe Tented Lodge

Day 2

Lake Manyara

DAY 2: TARANGIRE – MANYARA – NGORONGORO Depart lodge with packed lunch and drive to Lake Manyara. This park has breathtaking scenery and is famous for its lush acacia forest, giant figs and mahogany trees as well as a large population of baboons and blue monkeys.  Permanent residents of this park are giraffes, elephants, impalas and buffalos.  The lake is also a home to a large number of hippos.  Some unique part of this park includes the tree climbing lions and flamingos in the lake shore.

Rhino Lodge

Day 3

Ngorongoro Crater

DAY 3: CRATER TOUR – ARUSHA Descend into the crater for an incredible morning of wildlife in one of the most stunning places on earth.  Ngorongoro crater is considered one of the wonders of world nature.  It is one of the very rare locations in the whole continent where you can witness the black rhino.  The crater has a river, several swamps, and a soda lake with great concentration of flamingos, a forest and open plains.  It is also famous for its elephants, which have huge tusks. 

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