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3 Days: Tarangire, Ngorongoro & Manyara

The Classic Northern Trio

3 Days / 2 Nights
Tarangire, Ngorongoro, Manyara
1-6 People
Year Round

Safari Overview

This classic 3-day safari takes you through three of Northern Tanzania's most spectacular parks. Experience Tarangire's legendary elephant herds, descend into the Ngorongoro Crater for Big Five wildlife viewing, and explore Lake Manyara known for its tree-climbing lions and flocks of flamingos.

Day by Day Itinerary

Day 1

Tarangire National Park

After breakfast, you will be driven from lodge Arusha/Moshi to Tarangire with a packed lunch. You will then have a game drive up to evening when you will be driven to the Manyara Safari Lodge for dinner and overnight. Animals found there include lions, elephants, buffaloes, wildebeest, gazelles, zebras, cheetah, hartebeest, impala, eland, leopard, oryx, gerenuk, dwarf mongoose, kori bustard, ostrich, hornbills, lovebirds, and yellow barbet.

Manyara Safari Lodge or similarLunch, Dinner
Day 2

Ngorongoro Crater

Early in the morning after breakfast you will leave from the hotel to Ngorongoro Crater, where you will enjoy a boxed lunch. For the remainder of the afternoon, you will have a game drive inside the Crater. Thereafter, you will return to Eileen's Tree Inn for dinner and overnight. Animals found there include lions, elephants, buffaloes, wildebeest, Thomson's gazelles, zebras, reedbucks, flamingos, black rhino, hyenas, cheetah, hippos, eland, waterbucks, dikdik, bushbuck, jackals, and vervet monkeys.

Eileen's Tree Inn or similarBreakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 3

Lake Manyara National Park to Arusha/Moshi

After breakfast, you will be driven from the hotel to Manyara National Park for a half-day game drive. Then afternoon you will be driven back Arusha/Moshi for overnight at lodge. Animals found there include lions, elephants, buffaloes, wildebeest, zebras, reedbucks, flamingos, blue monkeys, hundred-strong baboon troops, waterbucks, Kirk's dikdik, klipspringer, mongoose, bushbuck, vervet monkeys, and water birds such as pelicans, cormorants, and storks.

Hotel in Arusha/MoshiBreakfast, Lunch

Pricing (Mid-Range Lodge)

1 Person(1 Room)
$1,558
2 People(2 Rooms)
$1,194
2 People(1 Room)
$1,033
3 People(2 Rooms)
$858
4 People(2 Rooms)
$771
5 People(3 Rooms)
$718
6 People(3 Rooms)
$683

Price per person. High season rates shown.

What's Included

Included

  • All park fees
  • Ngorongoro Crater fees
  • Hotel pick-up and drop-off
  • 4x4 vehicle with viewing roof
  • Qualified driver/guide
  • 3 meals per day
  • Bottled water

Not Included

  • Tips for driver and cook
  • Meals outside itinerary
  • Travel insurance
  • Tanzania visa
  • International flights
  • Single room supplement

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