4 Days Tanzania Safari, Tarangire, Serengeti & Ngorongoro Crater

Today very early in the morning, our representative who will double as your guide and drive will pick you up from your hotel in Arusha. He will brief you about this exciting tour and then begin the drive to Tarangire National Park. This small park offers very impressive views of wildlife. It has a nice vegetation cover that includes very huge baobab trees, large swamps and acacia woodland. There are also a number of very high termite mounds that are scattered across the park. During the dry season, the swamps and river Tarangire attract a very large number of wild animals, and because at the time the vegetation is thinning out, game viewing is very impressive. The park has one of the largest populations of the giant African elephants which can easily be sighted during the game drives. The African elephant is the largest living mammal on land, and the adult male ones can weigh up to seven tons. Some of the other animals you are likely to encounter in this park include: buffaloes, African lions, impalas, giraffes, cheetahs, warthogs, mongoose, red-bottomed baboons and ostriches. The greater kudu, fringe-eared Oryx and the Ashy starlings are among the unique wildlife species found in Tarangire National Park. Late afternoon you will leave Tarangire and drive to Karatu area where you will check in at a lodge . Dinner and overnight at Marera Valley Lodge or Country Lodge or similar.

Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner

You will have an early breakfast at your lodge and later begin on the long drive to Serengeti National park. The Serengeti has a number of circuits which can be explored during the game drives such as the River Sogore Circuit which circles through the endless plains all the way to the southern sector of the Seronera River. This river attracts a very large number of animals especially in the dry season which congregate to drink water. Some of the wild animals which can be seen within the park include: lions, topi, Thompson’s gazelles, cheetahs, elands, giraffes, impalas, zebras and so many others.

Along the scenic route to Serengeti you will be rewarded with breathtaking views of the endless plains with several animals such as zebras, elephants and many antelopes. You will have a picnic lunch en-route and later enjoy an afternoon game drive in the park.

In the evening you will transfer to your overnight accommodation where you will have dinner and spend the night.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

Very early in the morning you will have breakfast then check out of your lodge / camp and head out for a final game drive in the Serengeti to enjoy a last glimpse of the Serengeti wildlife. You will do game drives in the serengeti for the better part of day as you move towards Naabi Hills Gate where you will register again to access the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

Later in the afternoon you will drive back to Ngorongoro / Karatu area where you will check in for dinner and overnight.

Optional Hot Air Balloon Safari
There will be an optional Hot-Air balloon safari during which you will glide over the endless plains as you enjoy an aerial view of the large number of animals right below you. You will later return for a late breakfast at your accommodation, check-out and then set out to the Ngorongoro Crater Area.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

This is the final day of our 4 days safari. You will have an early breakfast,then  drive down the walls of the popular Ngorongoro Crater. The crater walls are 600 meters deep. Once on the crater floor, you will embark on a game drive to see the various animals living here as well as see the numerous features found within the crater. It is approximated that there are more than 3,000 wild animals living on the crater floor among which are: large zebra herds, warthogs, the mysterious leopards, wildebeests, huge African elephants, jackals, elands, hyenas, buffaloes, cheetahs, lions as well as hippos. You will also visit the large but shallow Lake Makat which is an alkaline lake that offers habitat to hippos and a large flock of flamingoes.

You will later ascend up the Crater rim and drive back to Arusha where the safari ends.

Depending on your time of departure, we can drop you at the Kilimanjaro International Airport for your international flight back home.

This will mark the end of our 4 Days Tanzania Wildlife Safari in Tarangire, Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater.