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Arusha · Tanzania

3 Day Tanzania Wildlife Safari

Starting From From $3,560.25 per person Current Project Expedition rate
3 Days 3.97 / 5 0 reviews Easy activity level Multiday Trip Operated by Dav Safaris
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The Experience

What your day looks like

This 3 Days Tanzania Wildlife Safari include Lake Manyara National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, and Tarangire National Park was designed to offer a short but extreme Tanzanian Northern Circuit wildlife adventure, This safaris offers an exciting game viewing experience in three of the most spectacular national game parks in Tanzania with dense wildlife populations. Lake Manyara National Park has located in Arusha and Manyara Regions, in between Lake Manyara and the Great Rift Valley. The park records more than 350 bird species and a variety of wildlife species. Lake Manyara National is famous for the flocks of thousands of flamingos, Great white pelican, pink-backed pelican, and yellow-billed stork, Marabou stork, and grey heron, are documented, palm-nut vulture and Ayre’s hawk-eagle, and many more. Mammals include wildebeest, zebra, Thomson’s gazelle, and Grant’s gazelle. Large herds of wildebeest, zebra, bushbuck, waterbuck, Grant’s gazelle, impala, Thomson’s gazelle, Cape buffalo, giraffe, hippopotamus, baboon, warthog, and elephant, black rhinoceros, lion, leopard, African wild cat, spotted hyena, black-backed jackal, bat-eared fox, serval, honey badger, African civet, genet species and several mongoose species, Cheetah and African golden cat and Butterflies. Explore Ngorongoro Crater in Northern Tanzania, once a wide volcano, which is the largest and widest intact caldera in the world. Some books maintain that before it erupted, it would have been more than Mt Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in East Africa. About a million long after having collapsed and eroded, it is a large highland area with the 600 m deep Ngorongoro Crater as its focal point. Nearly three million years old, the ancient caldera hosts one of the most beautiful wildlife havens on earth. Discover Tarangire National Park is a national park in Manyara Region. The name of the park is delivered from the Tarangire River that crosses the park. The Tarangire River is the premier source of freshwater for wildlife species in the Tarangire Ecosystem in the annual dry season. The Tarangire Ecosystem is known for the long-distance migration of wildebeest and zebras. During the dry season, thousands of wildlife species concentrate in Tarangire National Park from the nearby wet-season dispersal and calving areas.

At a Glance

The experience, in brief

  • Includes Lake Manyara National Park, Ngorongoro Crater & Tarangire
  • Scenic Transfer to Lake Munyala National Park
  • Game Drive and Transfer To Ngorongoro Crater
  • Game Drive In Tarangire National Park and Transfer to Arusha
Your Itinerary

Your day, step by step

Day 1

Arusha

Welcome to Tanzania! Our Dav Safaris Guide/driver will meet you at Arusha town, brief you about your upcoming 3 Days Tanzania Wildlife Safari before transferring you to Lake Manyara National Park.

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Arusha

Eco Tour at Lake Manyara National Park. Wildlife viewing After lunch we head into the Lake Manyara National Park. The park is one of Tanzania’s most dramatically located African wildlife areas, consisting of a massive but shallow soda lake (covering two-thirds of the park) at the foot of the Great Rift Valley’s western escarpment. The park is known for its biodiversity consisting of several wildlife species including one of Africa’s densely populated African elephants herds, the rare tree-climbing lions and extensively large flocks of flamingo attracted by the algae in Lake Manyara.

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Arusha

Accommodation included.

Day 2

Arusha

Wildlife Safari at Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Game Drive We descend 600m into this magnificent Ngorongoro crater for a morning game drive. The Crater is one of the most densely populated with several wildlife species with an estimated 30,000 animals including some of Tanzania’s very last remaining black rhino. The major reason as to why many wildlife habitat the crater is its year round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro National Park habitats a vast variety of wildlife, including herds of wildebeest, zebra, hippo, the giant African elephants buffalo, eland and warthogs. The park is also known for its dense population of predators including lions, cheetahs, hyenas, jackals and the elusive leopard. You will enjoy your packed lunch at the crater, after which we travel to the Tarangire National Park.

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Arusha

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner will be served on this day.

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Arusha

Accommodation included.

Day 3

Arusha

Wildlife Safari at Tarangire National Park. Game Drive We head into the Tarangire National Park for a morning game drive. The park stretches along the banks of River Tarangire, mostly composed of low-lying hills on the Great Rift Valley floor. The parks natural vegetation is majorly composed of Acacia woodlands and giant Baobab trees, with huge swamp areas in the southern sections. Both the river and the swamps attract wildlife especially during Tanzania’s dry season. The park is undisputedly known to have some of the largest herds of elephants in Africa. You will have an exciting morning half-day game drive before returning to the lodge.

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Arusha

Thank you for visiting! The safari ends in the afternoon with a transfer back to Arusha. We are happy you came and hope to see you again soon!

Before You Go

What to know before booking

Included

Transportation by private FWD vehicle, equipped with roof hatches, VHF radio, and GSM contact with our base in Arusha The services of a professional safari guide Park and Crater entry fees Crater Rim Walk Arusha NP Nature Walk Wildlife management fee Airport transfers Lake Manyara Biking Adventure and hot local lunch

Not Included

International airfare and other travel costs such as visas and vaccination fees, and additional travel insurance. Optional Serengeti balloon safari (USD $539 per person), Any increase in government taxes prior to the start of your trip All items of a personal nature (e.g. beverages, laundry, etc.) Gratitude for the safari guides (at your discretion)

What to Bring

Comfortable clothing and footwear Camera and other personal belongings

Meeting & Pickup

Our Dav Safaris Guide/driver will meet you at Arusha town, let us know at the time of booking what your exact location in town will be.

Planning Notes

Hotel pickup offered: Yes Confirmation: Manual By Business

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