Overview
Excellent 4 days Tanzania safari will include Ngorongoro Crater, the famous Serengeti National park and Tarangire the place for elephant. The highlight of this short Tanzania safari is The Great Serengeti Wildebeest Migration, the big cats & big 5. The tour will include a visit in one of the Masai village at Ngorongoro highlands.The 4 days Tanzania safari can easily be customized and can include luxury or budget lodges / camps that meets your budget, ideas and preferences.
Itinerary
Pick up from Airport or at your Hotel and drive 2-3 hours to Tarangire National Park, Enjoy your first game drive in safari vehicles whose tops can be opened for better viewing. Picnic lunch in the park, Tarangire is a famous dry-season wildlife location, because many animals gather around the water sources. Tarangire is the fifth largest National park in Tanzania located at the base of the Great East African Rift Valley made up of hills & low land dominated by acacia woodlands and hug baobab trees dwarfing some animal species that comes beneath it. Another major highlight of this park is the large population of elephants. You may also expect to spot herds of buffalo, zebra, wildebeest, warthog, hippos, giraffe and a big number of baboons & monkeys. Predators like lion, Leopard, cheetah, jackals & hyena are also inhabit the park. For bird watchers this is the place over 400 bird species. Later afternoon drive to the lodge for dinner & overnight.
After breakfast departs for Serengeti National NP the drive is via the beautiful
high lying farmland of Karatu all the way to Ngorongoro gate for check in. Then drive up to the Crater viewpoint where you can stop for some nice pictures before driving around the crater rim & down to the plains of Serengeti.
On the way you will visit one of Masai village for some cultural encounter whereby a group of Masai warriors invites you & take you in and around their houses with some stories of their livelihood around this area, you will meet some kids & other member of the family. After, drive up to the gate for registration. You may have your packed lunch here before starting your afternoon game drives in the vast Serengeti. Later afternoon drive to the lodge for dinner & overnight.
On this day you will start early with breakfast and lunch boxes, firstly you will be looking for cat family as they spend their morning time on the road avoiding the morning mist, then you will be heading to where the Wildebeest Migration is packed & spend much time with them. Later in the afternoon start your way to Ngorongoro Conservation Area with en-route game drive, arriving during the sunset for overnight at lodge or Campsite.
Early morning you will descent 600 meters into the crater floor for game viewing. With constant water supply from the highlands & enough fodders, the crater supports a larger number of animal species including herds of Wildebeest, Buffalo, Zebra, Eland, Topi, Warthog, Hippos, African elephant & the rare species of black rhino. With dense population of predators, which include lions, cheetahs, hyenas, jackals as well as the ever-mysterious leopard, which sometimes needs binoculars eyes to spot. The shallow alkaline Lake on the Southwest corner of the crater is home to some flocks of flamingos and other aquatic birds. With a bit of luck the ‘Big Five’ can be seen in one day of game drives, (picnic lunch will be served at the crater floor).Later afternoon drive out & back to Arusha for drop off at your hotel on the way may visits some Masai market or shopping centers if needed.