4 Days Safari to Lake Manyara, Serengeti & Ngorongoro Crater

Overview

On our adventure safaris you will be immersed in the East African wilderness. You will travel on rough adventurous roads, pass tiny rural settlements and see fascinating landscapes and abundant wildlife.

All your senses will be involved; from smelling early morning coffee, experiencing the thrill of a kill to the chill of a morning game drives. Falling asleep to the hooting of an owl or waking up with the roaring of a lion is what you will experience. The safari experience is all the more intense as you are ‘right in the middle’ of it all. The nearness to the nature, especially at night with its nocturnal sounds, compensates for the luxury of a lodge.

Our safaris in Tanzania offer all of this and are therefore perfect for nature lovers and those who are looking for a break from civilization and its comforts. Safari is to experience East Africa’s nature, animals and cultures in an affordable way.

Trip Summary

• Start: Arusha, Tanzania
• End: Arusha, Tanzania
• Destinations: Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro
• Theme: Wildlife Safari
• Max group size: Any size

Day 1 – Arusha – Lake Manyara National Park:

At 8:30 AM you will be greeted by your guide and after an approximately 2-hour drive you will reach to the Lake Manyara National Park. It is said to be the “loveliest (lake) … in Africa,” Lake Manyara is covering 127 square miles (329 km2) of Lake Manyara National Park, the lake’s alkaline waters cover approximately 89 square miles (231 km2). It is famous for a good number of baboons and birdlife, also home to herbivores such as hippos, impalas, elephants, wildebeests, buffalo, warthogs, and giraffes, giant fig trees and mahogany seen in the groundwater forest immediately around the park gates, and then proceeds to Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge to stay overnight on Full Board basis.

Day 2 – Serengeti National Park: 

After breakfast, you’ll drive to Serengeti National Park with an optional – visit to Olduvai Gorge (Millions of years ago, the site was that of a large lake, the shores of which were covered with successive deposits of volcanic ash. Excavation work there was pioneered by Louis and Mary Leakey beginning in 1931. The Serengeti National park covers 14,763 km² (5,700 square miles) of grassland plains and savannah as well as river trine forest and woodlands. The park lies in the north of the country, bordered to the north by the national Tanzania and Kenyan border, where it is continuous with the Masai Mara National Park Reserve. Stay overnight at Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge on Full Board basis.

Day 3 – Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority: 

Wakeups call at 06:00 AM, in order to have just a cup of hot coffee then proceed for the early morning game drive, this morning game drive is very important as you will be able to witness the early morning kills from the big five only if you will be lucky enough. After the game drive back to the Lodge at 9:30 AM in order to have your main breakfast, there after you will check out the camp and then proceed with game drives en-route to Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority. Stay overnight at Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge – overlooking the crater floor!

Day 4 – Ngorongoro Crater Tour – Drive Back to Arusha: 

Descend into the Ngorongoro Crater for crater tour. This is a world heritage site; the incomparable Ngorongoro crater is the world’s largest “caldera”. Dominated by cliffs standing some 600 meters high and presenting a sheer drop down to a wide open space of some 246 square km, and you may see everything from elephant to lion, and if you’re lucky, the near-extinct black rhino, all amongst large herds of zebra and wildebeest. In the afternoon exit the crater and then drive back to Arusha.