4 Days 3 Nights Ngorongoro – Serengeti – Tarangire National Park
4 Days 3 Nights Itinerary
Day 1 : Drive to Ngorongoro:
12:30 pm – Lunch in Arusha, Tanzania’s tourist hub. Arusha is a city located in Northern Tanzania, at the foot of Mount Meru. 2:00 pm – Drive to Ngorongoro. Travel time/distance is approximately (4 Hrs / 210 kms) 7:30 pm – Dinner and overnight in Ngorongoro.
Day 2 : Drive from Ngorongoro to Serengeti National Park.:
6:30 am – Breakfast 7:30 am – Half-day game drive in the Crater. With our packed lunchboxes we go for a half-day Crater game drive in the Ngorongoro Crater. This is a conservation area and a UNESCO World Heritage site, also known as “the eighth wonder of the world”. Ngorongoro Crater is one of Africa’s most popular wildlife sanctuaries. It offers a unique biosphere which has remained virtually unchanged since the beginning of time. Deep within the Crater, enclosed by towering walls, some 25,000 large mammals wander the plains, lakes and forests of “the land that time forgot” dominated by enormous bull elephants, rhinos and lions. 2:00 pm – En-route game drive to SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK, one of the world’s greatest game parks. Serengeti is a Maasai name meaning endless plains in the Maasai language. The Serengeti continues to be an ongoing source of inspiration to writers, filmmakers and photographers alike. It’s a 3-4 hours drive from Ngorongoro to Serengeti National Park. Distance is 140 km. 7:30 pm – Dinner and overnight in Serengeti
Day 3 : Drive to Tarangire National Park:
6:00 am – Breakfast 7:00 am – Game drive with picnic lunch. This is a visit to Africa’s most famous national park and a world-wide wonder. This incredible animal sanctuary is famed for its annual migration, when some six million hooves pound the open plains, as more than 200,000 zebras and 300,000 Thompson gazelles join the wilder beasts’ trek for fresh grazing. 12:00 pm – Lunch, then drive to Tarangire National Park with an option to pass by Olduvai Gorge where ground breaking archaeological discoveries was made. Well known for its vast grassy plains, dotted with beautiful acacia trees. Travel time/distance is approximately (6 Hrs / 330 kms) 7:00 pm – Dinner and overnight in Tarangire.
Day 4 : Drive back to Arusha:
7:00 am – Breakfast 8:00 am – With picnic lunch Game drive commences at Tarangire National Park. This is the sixth largest National Park in Tanzania. The name of the park originates from the Tarangire River that crosses through the Park. Tarangire River is the only source of water for wild animals during dry seasons. The swamps are the focus of the largest selection of breeding birds anywhere in the world. The park is also famous for the termite mounds that dot the landscape. Those that have been abandoned are often seen to be home to dwarf mongoose. 10:30 pm – Drive back to Arusha. Travel time/distance is approximately (2½ Hrs / 130 kms)