Enjoy your 2 -day travel through Tanzania. You will move to Tarangire national park or Lake Manyara. Later drive to Ngorongoro crater and at late hours’ drive back to Arusha with a few stops at souvenirs shops.
Highlights
See the beauty of Tarangire national park
Find out why Lake Manyara is a diverse memorable place to visit
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Operating days: every day
Departure time: 0830 hours
Duration: 2 days
Category: Simple Tour
Departure point: Arusha accommodation pick-up
Arrival point: Arusha accommodation drop- off
Special instructions: please contact Across Africa Tours Travel to confirm your departure details at least one week prior to your first day of the visit
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Accommodation in Arusha on Arrival and departure.
Items of a personal nature, i.e. Telephone, Laundry, beverages etc.
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After the main breakfast, you will head west of Arusha on a drive of about 2.5hrs to Tarangire National Park. At your entrance inside the park, you will first capture the baobabs. Furthermore, at the gently rolling countryside is dotted with majestic trees which seems to dwarf animals that feed beneath them. Tarangire National Park is situated in a dry season and it covers approximately 2,600 square kilometers, second after Ngorongoro Crater conservation area in concentrations of wildlife. Besides, many migratory wildlife species come back to the permanent waters of Tarangire River but, herds of elephants gather to stay in Tarangire until the onset of the rains when they migrate again to new grazing areas.
Unless otherwise, you will move to lake Manyara park to see the blend of woodlands, open bushes, and the lake. The sausage trees are alive with blue monkeys and vervets while the bushbuck, waterbuck, baboons, aardvark, civet, the shy pangolin and leopard, all make their home in the forest. Lake Manyara is well known to have a variety of mammals, reptiles, birds and different types of vegetation, all within a small area. Beneath its shore, there are a magnet of birdlife and a kaleidoscope of different species.
Meanwhile, you will travel to karatu town for overnight and evening meals at Bougainvillea lodge
After breakfast, drive to Ngorongoro crater. Descends down the crater which is about 2000 feet and 14 miles wide. The crater is a home of remarkable wildlife species of about 25000 animals. You will spend your day exploring the crater which is a world heritage site, giving you a real chance to sport the big five animals plus other countless African mammals species. You will as well witness the magnificent array of habitats, each with its own wildlife and flora. However, you will have time to stretch your legs and enjoy the picnic lunch at Ngoitokitok Springs watching the hippos jostle for position in the water.
At noon, drive back to Arusha with few stops at souvenirs shops on the way, which are beautifully decorated and full of high- quality authentic artworks, sculptures, antiques, fabrics, and textiles from Tanzania. You will either drop at the place of overnight of fly back home
