Day 1: Dar – Arusha – Lake Manyara

Travel time: 3 ½ hours                                                                                                                                                              Distance: 130 km                                                                                                                                                                                    1 Hour Fly from Dar - Zanzibar straight to Arusha 1 hour flight and Meet our professional tours guide/driver in Arusha Airport who will deliver a short safari info briefing, after which, we travel to the Lake Manyara National Park. We arrive in time for lunch at the Lake Manyara National Park. This impressive park is one of Tanzania’s most dramatically located 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’s varied habitat attracts a wide variety of animals, including one of Africa’s largest concentrations of elephants, Manyara’s famous tree-climbing lions, as well as large flocks of flamingos attracted by the algae in the lake. Dinner and overnight at Fanaka Lodge

Day 2 – Lake Manyara National Park – Ngorongoro Crater Non-game-viewing.                                                                          travel time: 2 hours                                                                                                                                                                    Distance: 60km

After breakfast, collect packed lunch and transfer to the Ngorongoro crater. Upon arrival, we will descend 600m into this magnificent crater for a full-day game drive. The Ngorongoro Crater is one of the most densely crowded African wildlife areas in the world and is home to an estimated 30,000 animals including some of Tanzania’s last remaining black rhino. Supported by a year-round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro Crater supports a vast variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants. Another big draw card to this picturesque national park is it’s a dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs, and the ever-elusive leopard, which sometimes requires a trained eye to spot. We will enjoy a picnic lunch in the crater. Dinner and overnight at Fanaka Lodge

Day 3 – Manyara – Tarangire National Park                                                                                                                                  Travel time: 1 ½ hours                                                                                                                                                              Distance: 155 km

After breakfast do we head into the Tarangire National Park for a morning game drive. Both the river and the swamps act like a magnet for wild animals, during Tanzania’s dry season. The Tarangire National Park is reputed to contain some of the largest elephant herds in Africa. This African national park is also home to three rare species of animals – the Greater Kudu, the Fringed-eared Oryx, as well as a few Ashy Starling with lunch box till late afternoon after which we will depart for Arusha Airport and fly back to Dar-Zanzibar or destination of your choice.