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3 Days Tanzania Wildlife Tour to Ngorongoro Crater & Lake Manyara Tanzania Safari

The 3 days Tanzania Wildlife Tour Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Mara will present you with opportunity to explore the amazing wildlife and local beautiful scenery and culture of the local communities such as the popular Maasai people villages and craft center in these two popular tourist destinations in Tanzania. Ngorongoro Crater stands as the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera and among the world’s famous natural wonders while Lake Manyara National Park is among the two places in Africa where the natural tree climbing lions can be explored

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Detailed 3 Days Tanzania Wildlife Tour to Ngorongoro Crater & Lake Manyara Tanzania Safari

Day 1: Transfer to Ngorongoro Crater

After an early breakfast, at your place of stay in Arusha, or upon arrival in Arusha airport, you will be transferred to Ngorongoro Crater which takes 190km about 2-3 hours driving along the impressive Tanzania countryside landscape before approaching Ngorongoro crater for lunch. In the afternoon, you embark on the afternoon game drive in the crater.

This presents one of the natural scenic wonders and is home to a myriad of wild game including lions, rhinos, elephants, elands among others. Later you get back to your lodge for dinner and accommodation

Recommended Accommodation:

  • Ngorongoro Serena Safari lodge
  • Neptune Ngorongoro luxury lodge
  • Ngorongoro wildlife lodge
  • Lemala Ngorongoro tented camp
  • Ngorongoro wildlife lodge
  • The retreat at Ngorongoro
  • And beyond Ngorongoro Crater lodge
  • Meal plan: half board

Day 2:  Morning Drive at Ngorongoro Crater and Transfer to Lake Manyara Np

After an early breakfast depart with a packed lunch for a half day Ngorongoro crater. This early morning game drive will enable you to spot the animals among them the lions, elephants, antelopes Rhino etc.

later in the afternoon transfer to lake Manyara to arrive in the evening game drive in lake Manyara national park with an opportunity to explore the tree climbing lions, troops of olive baboons and blue monkeys, elephants, large buffalos, zebras, wildebeest, hippos, Klipspringers and flocks of Flamingoes. Later you will be driven to your lodge to check in, refresh and have dinner and overnight

Recommended Accommodation:

  • African Safari Glamping
  • And beyond lake Manyara tree lodge
  • Lake Manyara Kilimamoja lodge
  • Lake Manyara wildlife lodge
  • Lake Manyara Serena safari lodge
  • Escarpment luxury lodge
  • Chem chem lodge
  • Meal plan: full board

Day 3: Morning Game Drive in Lake Manyara National Park and Transfer Back to Arusha

After an early breakfast, undertake another but now early game drive. After game drive, return to the lodge and have lunch, check out later and hit the road back to Arusha to your hotel or transfer back to the airport

End of the 3 Days Tanzania Wildlife Tour to Ngorongoro Crater & Lake Manyara Tanzania Safari

SAFARI in Tanzania was a CHALLENGE! (Ngorongoro & Serengeti)

Highlights of this 3 days Ngorongoro Crater and Manyara Tanzania Safari

Transfer to Ngorongoro Crater

Morning Ngorongoro Crater and transfer to Lake Manyara National Park

Morning game drive in Lake Manyara National Park and transfer back to Arusha

Activities Of This Trip

  1. Game drive
  2. Nature walks
  3. Community visits
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Safari Inclusions and Exclusions

Safari includes:

Transportation in a tour van/Landcruiser

Service of an English -speaking tour guide/driver

All activities mentioned in the itinerary

Park admissions

Accommodation on full board

Entrance fees to all destinations as per the program

Transfer to and from the airport

Safari exclusions

All activities not mentioned in the program

Phone calls bills

Tips

International transfers

Gratitude to tour guides

Personal insurance

Personal effects of any nature

Hotel fees before and after the safari

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Background Information of 3 Days Tanzania Wildlife Tour

Lake Manyara National Park – Lake Manyara

This is a protected area in Tanzania’s Arusha and Manyara regions. Situated between Lake Manyara and Great Rift Valley. It is administered by the Tanzanian National Park Authority.

And covers areas of 322 km (125 sq. mi) including about 230 km (89 sq. mi) lake surface. More than 350 bird species have been observed on this lake. Since the 1920, the lake Manyara area was used for sports hunting. In 195, a game reserve was established.

In 1960, it was given a National Park status and in 1974 about 550 ha (1,400 acres) were added to the southern end. The majority of the land area of the park a narrow strip running between the Gregory Rift wall to the west and lake manyara, an alkaline lake

Ngorongoro Conservation Area – The Crater

The Ngorongoro crater (260km2) is the most densely populated area in the world. There are estimated 25,000 animals on the crater floor including the big five. The rim of the crater is about 600 meters above the crater floor in the middle of which is a Salt Lake. At night herds of zebras and elephants climb the edge of the crater and in day time the Maasai herds their cows and goats down into crater allowing them graze on the green crater floor.

Olduvai Gorge

Running 45 kilometers along the rift valley between Ngorongoro crater and Serengeti, this gorge is named after the Maasai word for the wild sisal plant. often referred to as “the cradle of humankind” East Africa is one of the most important anthropological areas in the world. Louis and Mary Leakey began searching for evidence of early humans in the 1950s, and in 1974 the well-preserved skeleton of Lucy’ was discovered and has since retained the fame as the oldest human ever found

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