3 Day Tanzania Safari | Adventure In The Wild Safaris

Private Safari Tour

Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara National Park

Option to substitute Tarangire Park for Lake Manyara
Departs from/returns to Arusha

Enjoy this amazing safari in a customized pop-up roof Adventure In The Wild 4×4 Safari Jeep that includes: Cooler Box, long-range high-frequency radio, Power Outlets AC 230V, First Aid Kit, and above all, a professional multi-lingual safari guide who will ensure you have an unforgettable safari experience.

Tanzania is alive with colorful wildlife herding in dense and unusual parks – we’ll explore two of these dynamic areas on this spirited Tanzania Safari. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is unique in the world of safaris – it’s the largest intact volcanic crater on Earth. We’ll travel down into this dense, self-contained world of active wildlife in our 4 x 4 Jeep.

Small but jewel-like Lake Manyara National Park captivates visitors with the spectacle of thousands of bright, pink flamingoes along the lake’s shores! Add to that some very unusual tree-climbing lions and you’ll find yourself in a most enchanting spot.

YOUR JOURNEY BEGINS

We’ll head out from Arusha to the Ngorongoro Crater. Here you’ll find the richest ecosystem of lions in Africa, plus thick numbers of the other predator cats like cheetah, leopard, hyena, and jackal. And you’ll discover plenty of other large game on the crater’s expansive floor like elephant, buffalo, gazelle, and rarities like the black rhino and wild hunting dogs. Toward day’s end, we’ll head up the volcano’s walls to take in a blazing sunset on the crater’s rim.

From the great expanse of Ngorongoro, we’ll journey to a small gem called Lake Manyara National Park – a stunning mix of thick forest and the blue expanse of the lake. This pretty park offers us sightings of elephants, giraffes, impalas, leopards, and active troops of baboons.

One of the most unusual animal spottings you’ll enjoy at the park is the sight of a lion above you… lazily resting on a tree branch. The tree-climbing lions of Manyara are famous throughout the region but so are the uncountable pink flamingoes found on the shallow alkaline lake. Feeding on the algae, the minerals turn the birds’ feathers into a dazzling pink complexion – multiplied by the tens of thousands. The sight is at once, beautiful, stunning, and inspiring.

We also offer you the option of visiting lightly touristed Lake Tarangire National Park, instead of Lake Manyara. This park is known for its great herds of elephants and an active migration of thousands of animals passing through its borders.

Get ready for 3 days of exciting discovery on this fast African safari. Adventure In The Wild Safaris will handle all the details – all you have to do is enjoy the adventure in your private 4 x 4 jeep. Should you have any special requests, please let us know. We’re here to create your best safari experience ever!

All-Inclusive

Your 3-day Lake Manyara/Ngorongoro safari includes all transportation, park entrance fees, game drives, accommodations, and meals.

Adventure In The Wild Safaris always offers you the most in choice and flexibility. You can even customize the cost of your safari, depending on your choice of season, the number of travelers in your party, and your pick of accommodation. Depending on your style or budget, choose from economy, comfort, or luxury safari lodges or tented camps.

But it’s important to know… whatever level of accommodation you choose, your actual safari adventure with us will always be at our highest standards.

Your Guide

For your 3-day Lake Manyara/Ngorongoro journey, you’ll be guided, hosted, and looked after by your own experienced driver/guide.

Transportation to the parks and game viewing will be in a private 4 x 4 Land Cruiser Jeep – this vehicle is the safari standard with its higher seating and rugged all-wheel drive. Always included on our tours, the Land Cruiser Jeep is just another example of the value we offer you at Adventure In The Wild Safaris.

Your Safari, Your Way

Does reading about Tanzania’s exciting parks get your imagination fired up? Do you see yourself visiting other colorful wildlife reserves around the country? Even if these parks are not scheduled for your tour, we can customize any of our safaris to include the special places you have in mind.

For instance, if you’d like, you can substitute Tarangire Park for Lake Manyara on this tour.

Just talk to one of our travel experts – they’ll be happy to work with you and include your safari ideas, or some of their own into your Tanzania adventure. Just give us a call – at Adventure In The Wild Safaris, your journey begins when you say ‘Hello’.

So that you may know

• Driving times on safari are estimated and may vary depending on state of the road and traffic.
• Your safari can include local flights to cut on driving time if required (extra cost).

Tour Highlights:

• Lake Manyara National Park
• Tree-climbing lions and flamingos of Lake Manyara
• Ngorongoro Crater – close range of game viewing of one of the world’s largest calderas

Daily Itinerary

Day 1
Arusha – Ngorongoro
3 ½ Hour Drive

7:30 am – Your Adventure In The Wild Safaris driver/guide will come by your hotel, residence, or another place of your choosing in a private 4 x 4 Land Cruiser Jeep to begin your safari.

We’ll head through Maasai country and may spot herders in their colorful shukas, tending to their cattle.

Day 2

We’ll be up early to savor the sights and sounds of the natural world. We may enjoy the sunrise near the crater’s rim – a most unforgettable sight.

Then it’s a quick trip to pretty Lake Manyara Park where we’ll be dazzled by the sight of thousands of fuchsia flamingoes blanketing the shores of the lake.

The park is well-known for its scenic beauty – Ernest Hemingway called it, “the loveliest I had seen in Africa”.

Manyara is equally famous for its tree-climbing lions but also plentiful other wildlife like elephants, warthogs, giraffes, and smaller game such as the little dik-dik, so named for the distinctive sound it makes.

We’ll spend our second safari evening at our Lake Manyara safari lodge or tented camp.

Day 3
Lake Manyara – Arusha
2 Hour Drive

Early morning is the perfect time to soak up the first golden rays of light upon the trees, grasses, and of course, the lake and its bountiful birdlife. Let’s enjoy this quiet time before our breakfast with the colors of nature all about us.

We’ll head out for another game drive looking for those elusive tree-climbing lions, plus any other wildlife we happen to meet.

Then it’s time to point the 4 x 4 Jeep toward Arusha for the trip back. Along the way, we’ll stop for lunch and contemplate the sights and sounds of our Africa safari.