3-Day Taste of Tanzania Mid-Range Tour from Zanzibar

In this tour we will cover the 3 most popular destinations in Tanzania – Lake Manyara National Park (1 night), Ngorongoro Crater (1 night) and Tarangire National Park. Tour starts and ends at Zanzibar. With our experienced driver guides, it will be a trip of a lifetime!

Day 1; Zanzibar to lake manyara national park

Pick up from your hotel in Zanzibar to join the booked flight to Arusha airport which will arrive at 08:15am where you will meet with your professional experienced driver guide and depart for Lake Manyara National Park with a picnic lunch for a full day game drive. As you enter the national park, lush forests of Acacia and Mahogany trees begin to set the mood for what is waiting ahead. The game drive will go on till evening with a small break for picnic lunch. During the game drive watch out for buffaloes, giraffes, impalas, baboons and the blue monkeys. Another spectacle of Lake Manyara National park is the tree climbing lions, however spotting them is a game of luck. In the right season, you can see the shoreline turning pink with millions of flamingos flocking there. Post the game drive, you will head back to your lodge where a delicious dinner awaits you at Lake Manyara serena Lodge. F/B.

Day 2; Ngorongoro crater

After an early breakfast, descend to the crater floor for game drive(5 hours). You can expect to see lions, elephants, Zebras, Hippos, Flamingos, Jackals, Rhinos Antelopes and many birds. The birds seen here include eagle, vulture, and flamingos in the Crater Lake, stork, bats, giant vulture, sacred ibis, kori bustard, blacksmith plover, long necked heron and the cattle eagle. Post the picnic lunch at the beautiful Hippo pool, you will begin a steep ascend to the top exit of the crater. With a 3hr drive left to your accommodation in Tarangire at Tarangire Simba Lodge where you will be close to nature and viewing the elephant and other animals drinking water at the pools close to the lodge and you will have Freshly made delicious dinner is kept ready for you at your chosen accommodation. The next day you will begin the last leg of your safari.

Day 3; Tarangire national park to Zanzibar

The final day of your safari will begin as usual by 8:00 AM after a luscious breakfast. The destination for today is Tarangire National Park to zanzibar, where you will have a half day game drive. Tanzania’s third largest National park is known for its majestic baobab trees that dot the landscape, dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. The Tarangire River is the centerpiece of this park which is famous for some of the largest herds of elephants in Africa. Here you may see lion, leopard, cheetah, lesser kudu, buffalo, Oryx, eland, giraffe and zebra. By mid afternoon, you will branch out and head towards Arusha in the evening to join your booked flight to Zanzibar from Arusha airport or Kilimanjaro airport.