4-Day Experience the Best of Northern Tanzania Parks

After breakfast, the tour will depart to the Lake Manyara National Park. Lake Manyara National Park offers breathtaking views and a large variety of habitats. Acacia woodlands, water forests, baobab-strewn cliffs, algae-streaked hot springs, swamps, and the lake itself. This small park can support a large number of animal species and incredible bird life. Manyara has the largest concentration of baboons anywhere in the world and the lions here are also renowned for their tree-climbing.

After an early breakfast, you’ll drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area with a picnic lunch. On arrival, you’ll descend into the Ngorongoro Crater for a half-day game drive inside the crater. As very few animals migrate in and out of the crater with its 2000 ft. high walls, you can expect to see lions, elephants, zebras, hippos, flamingos, jackals, rhinos, antelopes, and many birds, to name a few. Your driver/guide will amaze you with his skill at locating the hidden animals. You’ll have lunch at the picnic site beside the lake. Then, you’ll drive to Serengeti for an overnight stay.

You’ll wake up early in the morning and enjoy the morning game-viewing in the Serengeti National Park.
Your drive takes you back through the Serengeti via a different route, offering plenty of opportunities to spot the animals that eluded you on day two. As far as the eye can see, you’ll spot thousands upon thousands of animals in herds; wildebeests and zebras migrating together, tall and graceful giraffes, jumping antelopes and gazelles, the powerful African elephants and the most respected group of animals: the predators.

You’ll depart from Arusha after breakfast for the approximately two-hour drive to Tarangire National Park. Along the way, you’ll pass bustling Masai villages and the vast, open plains that have become synonymous with images of Africa.
Once you’ve entered Tarangire, you’ll begin your game drive across a rich vista of endless golden savannah that surrounds the Tarangire River. The river itself runs throughout the year and is a vital source of water for the animals of the region during the dry season. Lined with acacia and baobab trees, the river is regularly visited by the park’s large elephant population as well as other herbivores such as zebras and antelopes. Then, you’ll go back to Arusha.