3 Days Safari to Lake Manyara and Ngorongoro crater
Overview
Only three days allow you to visit famous locations and will undoubtedly leave you with wonderful memories to take home. The vast Lake Manyara National Park, which is gorgeous, diverse, and teeming with wonderful wildlife, will be our first stop after leaving Arusha. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area, with its unrivalled crater, comes next. Wildlife thrives in each location, and you are in for an unforgettable experience.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Type of Tour: Private tour
• Level of the tour: Comfort Level
• Destination visited: Lake Manyara and Ngorongoro Crater
DAY 1: Kilimanjaro airport – Arusha city
Driving Distance: 55kms/1hr
Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport and be greeted by a Epic Africa Adventure driver. Your driver will keep your bags in the vehicle’s luggage compartment and then transfer you to your hotel in Arusha city for leisure and overnight.
Accommodation: Kibo Palace Hotel on Bed and Breakfast
DAY 2: Arusha city – Lake Manyara National Park – Karatu
Distance:200km/4-hrs
After a leisurely breakfast, our driver-guide will pick you up and drive you to Mto wa Mbu village for a cultural experience, followed by a game drive in Lake Manyara National Park.
Activity 1: Village walk in Mto wa Mbu:
Mto wa Mbu is a well-known village in Africa’s Manyara region, home to over 120 ethnic groups. A local guide leads the tour, which includes a 1- hour 30-minute walk to various cultural sites in the village. Among the many things to observe and learn during the walk are local farms (banana, coffee, and rice farms), local houses, socio-cultural and economic practices of locals, local markets, local products, local schools, and daily movement of locals within the village. Following the tour, we will enjoy a
traditional village lunch prepared by village mamas. After that, we’ll drive about 5 kilometres to Lake Manyara National Park.
Activity 2: Game drive:
Lake Manyara National Park is a stunning park located in the Great Rift Valley, with a wide variety of wildlife and landscapes to admire. name a few, there are many monkeys, Zebras, Wildebeests, Hippos, Giraffes, Waterbucks, Dik -diks, Impalas, and Tree climbing Lions. It is best known for its more than 5,000 recorded species of birds, including migrant flamingos and numerous water birds drawn to the park’s alkaline lake, which covers a large portion of its area. Flamingos typically feed along the lakeshore, though during the dry season, flamingos and other water birds can be found in small numbers. After the game drive, proceed to our reserved lodge for relaxation.
Accommodation: Marera Valley Lodge on Full Board Basis
DAY 3: Ngorongoro Crater – Kilimanjaro Airport
Driving distance: 248km/5hrs
Enjoy an early breakfast at the lodge. With our packed lunch, we depart from our lodge for a game drive on the
Ngorongoro crater floor. The Ngorongoro Crater is a Caldera, the world’s largest unflooded one, measuring more than 1600 feet deep and 102 square miles in size. Game viewing is excellent because most of the animals stay in this area all year. Lake Magadi’s lakeshore is home to lions, Cape buffalo, hippos, elephants, zebras, and antelopes, as well as numerous bird species, including flamingos. You might even see a Black rhinoceros if you’re lucky. The big five animals can be seen at the crater in a single game. Following our enjoyable game, we ascend and drive to Kilimanjaro airport for an onward flight.
End of our services
• 1- Arrival and 1- departure airport transfer
• Accommodation and Meals as per itinerary
• Professional and English-speaking driver guide
• All Park fees and game drives as per itinerary
• 4×4 Toyota land cruiser
• Picnic lunch box
• All government taxes and 18% VAT
• 2-ltrs of drinking water per person per day during safari
• Mto wa Mbu village walk with Local Lunch
- Any changes which attract extra cost
- Travel insurance
- Visa ($100 for USA citizens and $50 for other nationalities)
- Tip for driver guide and in the accommodations
- Things of personal nature
- Laundry service
- Drinks in the accommodations
Budget (Camping Safari) Price
$2800 per person (For a group of 4 people).
Mid Range (Lodge Safari) Price
$3600 per person (For a group of 4 people).