4 Days Epic Tanzania Wildlife and Culture Safari
This tour starts and ends in Dar es Salama, This 4 days epic Tanzania wildlife and culture safari offers you a chance to visit three main national parks in Tanzania, these include Ngorongoro Conservation Area which is a UNESCO World Heritage site and wildlife sanctuary, its located 180 km away from Arusha and it has the Ngorongoro crater which is the world’s largest caldera as its main tourist attraction.
The park is famous for the high concentration of wildlife such as black rhinos, hippos, cape buffalos, common Eland, African elephants, Blue wildebeest, lions, waterbuck, topis, crocodiles, Impalas, and the African leopards plus a formidable number of bird species. This same adventure also takes you to Tarangire National Park which is one of the largest conservation parks in Tanzania and it’s located in the southwest of Lake Manyara and occupies an area of 2850km.
The park is rich with biodiversity with its flourishing landscape is covered by Baobab trees, savanna shrubs as well as dense bush. The park is also known for its fascinating wildlife species such as elephants, waterbuck, wildebeests, leopards, giraffes, olive baboons, and the rare baobab tree-climbing lions. Lake Manyara national park is also part of this adventure; the Park is a dramatically located park consisting of the huge and shallow Soda Lake at the foot of the East African Great Rift Valley and a high concentration of flamingoes.
This safari in Tanzania tour will also take you to Tarangire National Park that features some of the greatest wildlife species in Tanzania such as rhinos, elephants, olive baboons among others.
Tour highlights
Day 1: Drive To Tarangire National Park and Evening Game Drive.
Day 2: Transfer To Lake Manyara National Park and Game Drive
Day 3: Drive To Ngorongoro Carter and Game Drive
Day 4: Enjoy Hunting with The Bushmen and Have A Cultural Tour At Oldonyo Sambu Maasai Village.
Price Includes:
- Professional Guide
- 4×4 safari vehicle
- Full Board Accommodation
- All activities detailed in the safari
- Park entrance fees
- Drinking water on the safari
- Airport transfer
Price Excludes:
- Tips,
- Laundry services,
- Beverages/ drinks,
- international flights,
- Visas,
- Items of a personal nature,
- optional activities and any other extras not detailed in the above itinerary
Itinary in details
- Day1Drive To Tarangire National Park and Evening Game Drive.Have breakfast and after starting your transfer to Tarangire National Park for a full day game drive within the park, this national park has got diverse landscape with over 9 vegetation zones. Its landscape is mostly covered by the Ancient Baobab trees which are the largest in Africa. River Tarangire occupies most of the park attracts an abundance of wildlife like elephants, leopards, lions, buffalos, zebras, antelopes, giraffes, as well as birds. It’s also very famous for having the greatest population of Elephants in Tanzania. Have a picnic lunch inside the park while viewing animals’ drinking water in the river. After you will continue with game viewing and return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
- Day2Transfer To Lake Manyara National ParkHave breakfast at the lodge/camp so early in the morning, after driving across the Great Rift Valley towards Lake Manyara National Park for a full-day game drive. This park is about 205sq miles and it’s mostly noted for its unique beauty with the acacia forest of the giant fig as well as mahogany trees. These trees are home to large numbers of baboons as well as blue monkeys. The other animal species in this park include; giraffes, buffalos, impalas, elephants, hippos as well as 400 different bird species including; the ground hornbill and the Crested Eagle. Lake Manyara national park is also famous for the tree-climbing lions and the flamingos along the lake shores. The park’s landscape is greatly stunning with game drives done along the shores of the lake, which provides beautiful views of the other animal species including the giraffes as well as the buffalos and the flamingos.
- Day3Drive To Ngorongoro CarterAfter breakfast, the guide will drive you to the main natural wonder known as the Ngorongoro crater. It has walls of about 2,000 ft high and its crater floor spreads for about 102 sq miles. The crater is inhabited by many animal species including; the rare black Rhinos, elephants, as well as birds. It also contains a river, swamps, a soda lake on top which is also filled with flamingos plus a forest with open plains. You will then descend down to the crater floor to view more wildlife like the hippos and birds. You will have a picnic lunch at the hippo lake and in the afternoon, drive up to the steep road and get out of the crater.
- Day4Enjoy Hunting with The Bushmen & Have A Cultural Tour At Oldonyo Sambu Maasai VillageEarly in the morning, hunt with the famous bushmen who live near Lake Eyasi and have a visit to Oldonyo Sambu Masai Village. This is also a Masai village which is 40km from Arusha town and it is considered to be the highlight of this safari. Here, you will be guided by the Masai chief who will take you around and show how these Masai people live, their style of cooking, taking care of the cattle, studying, dancing, and many more. You will also get a chance to see the village women perform local traditional songs and dances. You will also get an opportunity of taking photos and in the evening, transfer to Arusha town for either a flight back home or an overnight.