3-Day Tanzania Lodge Safari

The tour starts & ends in Arusha Tanzania’s tourism capital. We will meet you at your lodge/hotel in Arusha for a short safari briefing a day before or in the morning before departing

3 Day Tanzania Lodge Safari | Tarangire, Manyara & Ngorongoro.

3-Day Tanzania lodge safari Package is the best tour starting in Arusha city & it includes the three best parks.  Tarangire with a larger elephant population.  Lake Manyara where you can spot the tree-climbing lion & colorful flamingos.  The last one is “The world natural wonder” Ngorongoro Crater with its 600 meters high walls.

This Short Tanzania lodge safari to Ngorongoro Crater, Tarangire & Lake Manyara is the most affordable private Tanzania safari.  This 3-Day Tanzania Lodge Safari can still be customized to meet your budget and ideas.

The tour starts & ends in Arusha Tanzania’s tourism capital.  We will meet you at your lodge/hotel in Arusha for a short safari briefing a day before or in the morning before departing

Full Tour Itinerary

Day 1: Arrive in Tanzania

You will be picked up at the Kilimanjaro International Airport and transferred to Arusha town. You will meet your driver guide who will brief you on your upcoming safaris, then rest until the next day morning. Accommodation will be either at ilboru lodge or Gran Melia Hotel depending on your tour request.

Day 2: Arusha – Tarangire National Park

After breakfast at your lodge in Arusha, depart for Tarangire National Park for Game drive. The driving is along beautiful masai steppe & many villages. Tarangire is one of the best National park in Northern Tanzania which runs along the lines of Tarangire River and it contain low lying hills appears on the floor of Great Rift Valley. The vegetation of the park is mainly acacia woodland and huge African Baobab trees with a swamp area on the South.

Tarangire River and the swamps attracts a large number of wild animal as it is the only permanent water sources in the entire park. Tarangire National park is famous for its large elephant population found nowhere else in Africa, you may expect to spot giraffe, buffalo, zebra, impala, wildebeest, warthog, baboons & lots of monkeys. The three rare species of Greater Kudu, Fringed-Eared Oryx and the Ash stalling can also be seen here. Lion, leopard, hyena, jackals, cheetah, vultures & other birds of prey are also inhabit the park. For bird watchers this is the place as over 400 species of bird where recently recorded here which includes migratory one. Later afternoon during the sunset drive to Bougainvillea Safari Lodge for dinner & overnight with a brief stop at Lake Manyara view point for some nice picture of Lake Manyara & its forest from the edge of Great East African Rift Valley.

Overnight at Kitela Safari Lodge in Karatu town or similar. All Meals included.

Day 3: Tarangire – Ngorongoro Crater

Distance: 50 km

Non Game Viewing Time: 1 hour

After breakfast drive up to Ngorongoro highlands, spend few minutes for registration at the gate before driving up to the Crater view point where you can make a brief stop to get the most breathtaking views of the Crater floor from above, you may take some pictures before descending 600 meters high walls into the Crater floor for a full day game drive.

Ngorongoro Crater is often referred by many as the Eden of Africa, because of its great scenery and abundance of wildlife. Large mammals and plain animals are making home in this natural wildlife sanctuary. Lunch box will be taken at the Crater floor. You can expect to spot herds of wildebeest, eland, zebra, hippos, African elephant, gazelles and the rare black rhino in their natural habitat.

Another big draw card in this huge caldera is the denser population of predators which include lion, hyena, cheetah, jackals and the ever-illusive leopard that needs sharp eye to be spotted. All this animals are bounded by the volcanic walls of 600 meters and can be viewed in a very close range. You will visit Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the southwestern corner which is among the main features of the crater. Large flocks of flamingos, many aquatic birds & hippos can usually being seen here. Late afternoon drive out & back Kitela Safari Lodge in Karatu town or similar. All meals included.

Day 4: Ngorongoro – Lake Manyara National Park – Arusha

Distance to Lake Manyara: 37 km

Non Game Viewing Time: 45 minutes

Distance Lake Manyara to Arusha: 120 km

On this day after breakfast we will take you to Lake Manyara National Park the ever green park nestling at the base of the Great East African Rift Valley with overlapping habitats which supports a large number of animal species include the famous Lake Manyara tree climbing lions, giraffe, elephant, zebra, buffalo, leopard, hyena and many more.

Afterward drive back to Arusha, if you wish you may visit Mto wa Mbu market or any Masai market on the way before reaching Arusha in late afternoon. Please let us know if you are flying on this day or need accommodation in Arusha.

End of this great Tanzania lodge safari 3 Days Ngorongoro Crater, Tarangire & Lake Manyara. All accommodation subjected to availability.

Tanzania lodge safari 3 Days package to Ngorongoro Crater, Tarangire & Lake Manyara can be done yearly around even during our rain season in March through May. Karibu Sana!

Note: Accommodation will be either at ilboru lodge or Gran Melia Hotel depending on your tour request. This is before and after the African safari holiday with us.

Departure destination:

Moshi – Kilimanjaro International Airport

Depart Tanzania or continue your dream with amazing safari extensions.

For trekkers not continuing with a safari we provide transfers to Kilimanjaro International Airport or bus station for your onward journey.

What is Included for your Tanzania Safari

  • 2 nights hotel accommodation in Arusha before and after safari
  • 3 nights safari accommodation
  • Daily breakfast, lunch, and dinner
  • En-route game viewing from Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater
  • 5-6hrs Ngorongoro Crater tour
  • The government imposed an increase in park fees
  • Park entrance fees (for non-residents)
    Professional driver/guide
  • Round-trip airport transfer (pick up and drop off)
    Safari transportation (unless labeled as optional
  • 18% VAT, Increase of entry by government 2023/2024

What is not Included for your Tanzania Safari

  • International flights (from / to home)
  • Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
  • Tips (tipping guideline 15 USD per person per day).
  • Internal flights

What to bring for your  Tanzania Safaris

  • Clothes.
  • A warm sweater as the nights can be chilly at high altitudes.
  • Comfortable shoes
    Bath towels, pillow, toilet paper

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