5-Day Authentic Lake Manyara & Ngorongoro Crater Tour

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Jambo Tanzania, Arusha

This is the moment you've been waiting for: your Tanzanian safari starts here.

We'll pick you up from the Airport and transfer you to your luxury accommodation on the slopes of Mt. Meru.

You have so much to look forward to and we'll get your trip underway as soon as we give you an introduction to our team and explain what lies ahead.

Busy Arusha is an essential part of safari life here in northern Tanzania and most travelers pass through at some stage. Whether you’re on your way out on safari or here for a little longer, you’ll catch a glimpse of streets filled with energy and color.

Relax, your adventure continues the next day.

Main Destination:

Arusha (City)

Accommodation:

Ngare Sero Mountain Lodge

• Luxury lodge located near Arusha (City)

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Meals & Drinks:

• Dinner (Breakfast & lunch not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Arusha to Lake Manyara National Park

Lake Manyara is a world-class wildlife-viewing destination, and it offers you some special safari experiences.
For a start, it has one of the few lion populations in Africa which are known to climb trees. It's also famous for its elephants, and it's not unusual to drive along a forest track only to have to stop suddenly to allow an elephant family to pass.
The setting is similarly superb, with the park's thin, but dense strip of forest wedged between a bird-rich lake and the cliffs of the Rift Valley escarpment.

In the morning, you'll be transferred by road to Lake Manyara National Park and start a full-day private guided game drive through the forests in Lake Manyara. Your packed lunch will be served around lunchtime at a picnic site.

Later in the afternoon, we'll take you to your luxury lodge for the overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Lake Manyara National Park

Best Time To Visit June to October (Easier to spot animals)

High Season July to March (The northern section gets crowded)

Best Weather June to October (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP

ElephantCommon

GiraffeCommon

BuffaloCommon

ZebraCommon

WildebeestCommon

HippoCommon

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LionOccasional

HyenaOccasional

LeopardRare

Wild DogVery Rare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

CheetahNone

Accommodation:

Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge

• Luxury lodge located on the escarpment above Lake Manyara NP

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Mto Wa Mbu Cultural Tour & Lake Manyara Dhow Cruise

You’ll gain fascinating insights into small-town Tanzania in Mto Wa Mbu, which is close to the gate for Lake Manyara National Park and at the foot of the Great Rift escarpment.

Early in the morning after breakfast, you'll take a short drive from the lodge to the shores of Lake Manyara for a Dhow Ride on the lake for up to 2 hours, followed by a Maasai cultural tour for 1 hour.

Lunch will be served hot during lunchtime.

After lunch you'll embark on a village tour in Mto Wa Mbu on the outskirts of the national park; this experience will expose you to the sights and sounds of the day-to-day lives of the normal Tanzanian communities.

After the tour, you'll be driven back to your lodge for a sundowner and overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Mto Wa Mbu (Town)

Accommodation:

Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge

• Luxury lodge located on the escarpment above Lake Manyara NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

The Ngorongoro Crater

After an early breakfast, you'll transferred to the Ngorongoro Crater by road and spend a full day private game drive.
Lunch in the afternoon will be at a picnic spot on the crater floor.

Your first sight of Ngorongoro Crater is likely not one you’ll easily forget.
As seen from the crater rim, this natural bowl, both vast and intimate, is one of Africa’s most beautiful natural features, stretching 19 green kilometers (12 miles) from one side to the other. Down in the crater itself, you’ll explore an astonishingly rich, self-contained ecosystem that is protected by high crater walls. Here, lions and hyenas hunt wildebeest and Grant’s gazelle within sight of elephants and black rhinos.
Your day spent here will reveal a surprising variety of habitats, from the Lereal Forest and salty Lake Magadi to the plains that rise and fall gently all across the valley floor.

Overnight stay will be at another luxury lodge on the edge of the crater's rim.

Main Destination:

Ngorongoro Crater

Best Time To Visit June to October (Wildlife viewing is best)

High Season Most of the year – July to March (Expect crowds)

Best Weather June to October (Rainfall is little to none)

Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater

Black RhinoCommon

LionCommon

BuffaloAbundant

ZebraAbundant

WildebeestAbundant

HyenaAbundant

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ElephantCommon

HippoCommon

LeopardOccasional

GiraffeNone

White RhinoNone

CheetahNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge

• Luxury lodge located on the crater rim of Ngorongoro Crater

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Ngorongoro Highlands to Kilimanjaro Int'l Airpot

This marks the end of your safari in Tanzania.
We hope that you have enjoyed your trip and that you're already planning your next safari.

On this final day after breakfast, you'll be transferred to the airport by road via Arusha town.

Main Destination:

Kilimanjaro Airport

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.