4 Days Tanzania Safari: Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater & Central Serengeti
This safari trip leads you to the best of Tanzania’s northern parks, focusing on the Serengeti. Expecting to explore diverse wildlife amidst thrilling natural landscapes, from small birds to various reptiles. Well, tailor your Tanzania safari tour experience to your preferred style of accommodation.
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Pick up in Arusha and Transfer to Lake Manyara National Park
When you arrive at Arusha Airport, you’ll be welcomed by your professional driver-guide for a safari briefing before departing for Lake Manyara National Park. On the way, enjoy a scenic drive across the beautiful landscape, where you will pass local farms and villages, allowing you to form your first impressions of rural Tanzania.
Arriving in Lake Manyara in time for lunch, you will depart soon for your afternoon game drive with a packed lunch in this lush park known for tree-climbing lions, extraordinary troops of baboons, and an array of birdlife along the shores of the soda lake. Expect to see elephants, giraffes, hippos, and many more antelope species. In the evening, you will go to your lodge or tented camp for dinner and overnight.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 2: Lake Manyara And Drive to Central Serengeti
After a leisurely breakfast, travel to the Serengeti National Park, the most famous wildlife destination in Tanzania. The drive skirts you along the picturesque rolling hills of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, taking a few breaks along the way to soak in the views of the crater.
You will descend to the seemingly endless plains of the Serengeti, the home of the Great Migration and an abundance of predators. There will be a game drive as you proceed toward your camp, lodged in the Central Serengeti (Seronera area), which contains wildlife all year round. Then, in the evening, relax at the lodge/camp listening to nature in the African bush.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 3: Full-Day Game Drive in the Serengeti And Transfer to Ngorongoro Area
Begin the day early with a game drive in the morning; with predators at work and the animals most active, it is the best time to see them. Cruising the sands of the Serengeti, you can encounter lions, cheetahs, leopards, elephants, and countless wildebeest and zebra herds.
Then, after lunch, continue with your game drive, slowly making your way to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area with wildlife sightings en route. Arrive at your lodge on the crater rim late afternoon. Unwind as you get yourself a good meal while enjoying the outstanding scenery of the crater below.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 4: Ngorongoro Crater Tour and then return to Arusha Airport
Depart early in the morning for a drive down the Ngorongoro Crater and experience a game drive inside this superlative natural wonder. The crater floor distinguishes itself as one of the most exciting places for wildlife encounters in East Africa, where you can catch the Big Five: lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, and rhino, as well as wildebeest, zebras, hippos, hyenas, and dozens of gazelles.
Enjoy a picnic lunch at one of the pretty picnic sites before climbing out of the crater rim in the afternoon. Drive back to Arusha, where you will be dropped off at your hotel or the airport to continue with your journey, thus concluding your memorable 4 Days Tanzania safari.
