4 Days Tanzania Safari

 

Travelling in Tanzania is a rewarding and remarkable experience. Driving through villages and grasslands on your way to game parks and nature reserves will be one of the most memorable parts of your trip -- the smiling faces of young Maasai herding cattle, the piles of mangos and fresh greens set out in piles in a village market are awe-inspiring. Camping in Tanzania is fun and the surest way to experience the best in an African safari. This four days Joining/Shared camping safari in Tanzania takes you to the beautiful Lake Manyara, further to the adventurous Ngorongoro crater and onto expansive Tarangire National Park.

Suggested Full Itinerary

Day 1. Lake Manyara.

Depart Arusha in the morning for Lake Manyara, arriving in time for lunch time followed by an afternoon game viewing drive. The Park offers diverse ecosystems, spectacular views and implausible birdlife. Its ground water forests, baobab strewn cliffs, bush plains, and algae-streaked hot springs offer unique ecological mixture in a small area. The rare tree climbing lions that make the ancient mahogany and elegant acacias their home during the rainy season, and are a well-known but rather rare feature of the northern park make Lake Manyara national park a must visit. Dinner and overnight at campsite.

Day 2. Ngorongoro crater.

After early breakfast depart for Ngorongoro crater, arriving in time for lunch followed by an afternoon game drive on the floor of the crater. The Ngorongoro Crater is one of Africa’s most famous sites and the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera.  Said to have the highest density of wildlife in Africa, Ngorongoro forms a spectacular bowl of about 265 square kilometers, with sides up to 600 meters deep; it is home to approximately 30,000 animals at any one time.  The Crater rim is over 2,200 meters high and experiences a unique microclimate. Dinner and overnight at campsite.

Day 3. Tarangire National Park.

After breakfast drive to Tarangire National Park followed by an afternoon game viewing drive after lunch. Notice that this park has some of the highest population density of elephants in Tanzania.   Amazingly, Tarangire’s pythons climb trees, as do its lions and leopards, lounging in the branches where the fruit of the sausage tree disguises the twitch of a tail. The park’s sparse vegetation, strewn with baobab and acacia trees, makes it a beautiful and distinctive location to visit.  Meals and overnight at a campsite.

Day 4. Arusha.

After breakfast enjoy a morning walking Safari just at the park border, and then depart for Arusha for your outbound flight or further arrangements.

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Serengeti National Park

Plains of Serengeti

The Serengeti National Park has been the home and the subject of many books, television wild life movies documentaries, pictures, photo, on African wildlife animals, than any other African national park. Hosting the annual wildebeest migration across its grassy plains -  the world's greatest wildlife animals spectacle - this park is without a doubt a defining image of East Africa .The Serengeti Park in Tanzania covers an area of 14 763 sq km, but the greater Serengeti and roughly 30 000 sq km in extension of other various parks, which  notably the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Kenya's Masai Mara National Game Reserve. The park is picturesque grassland of awesome beauty and size. Derived from the Masai phrase "Siringet" meaning "endless plain", the Serengeti Plains ecosystem is defined by an ancient migration route, followed annually by around two million animals.

The national park can be divided into 3 major wildlife animals’ vegetation areas: In the south-eastern area are the open grasslands, to the north the open woodlands and in the west a mosaic of grass- and woodlands. The lion is one of this great African park's main attractions, as there are about 2500 of these animals in the Serengeti Plains ecosystem. This is the biggest concentration in the world of Africa's largest predators.

Masai Giraffe,Serengeti

Attractions includes;
Kopjes: Kopjes a series of weathered granite outcrops are spread everywhere in the park, one that contains African rock paintings, while another features a mysterious "rock gong". Most of these fascinating granite kopjes are miniature wildlife ecosystems, providing shade and drinking water in pools, left in the rock after the rains. The Moru Kopjes are the most frequently visited kopjes by tourists, in the park.

Lake Ndutu: The short grass plains also feature an abundance of gazelle, before the annual migration. A small seasonal lake, Lake Ndutu (or Lagarja) surrounded by beautiful acacia trees, is without a doubt, the main attraction of the area. The lake supports a number of giraffes, vast flora and fauna, rich bird life with lesser flamingoes being the major eye catching of the area.

 Moru Kopjes: The Moru Kopjes (meaning "old" in Masai) display some interesting geological formations made up of ancient granite, which were left standing after centuries of erosion and weathering. The all year round wildlife game viewing is triggered by the correction of the rain water which offers a chance for much variety of wild animals especially in the dry season. The moru provides a vantage point for the predators as they await the prey to come and drink water.

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