Day 1: Tarangire National Park
Depart early after breakfast from Arusha hotel or Arusha airport you will drive across a beautiful and scenic Masai Steppe to Makuyuni junction and take left along the Arusha – towards Tarangire National Park. Arrive at the park’s gate at Tarangire and after your driver has sorted out the paperwork you start game drives almost straight away from the gate in a bid to see as many animals and birds as possible.
Your professional safari guide will take you to the best wildlife-spotting areas of the park including the Tarangire River which is a permanent river that works as a bloodline for the park ensuring animals flock to the river banks in search of water throughout the year. You expect to see elephants, elands, wildebeests, buffaloes, zebras, gerenuks, giraffes, and a lot of birds. Lunch will be taken at one of the picnic sites. Later in the afternoon, you will drive out of the park and your guide will take you to retreat at Ngorongoro the Ngorongoro Highlands for dinner and overnight at the lodge. Overnight at Marera valley lodge at Ngorongoro
Day 2: Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast, your 2 days on the Tanzania safari will continue as we take you to the Ngorongoro crater. You will start by driving to the gate for check-in and afterward drive up to the crater rim, stop for some nice views & pictures at the Crater viewpoint before ascending 600 meters steep to the crater floor for a wonderful game viewing. The unfolded caldera is sometimes referred to as the 8th wonder of the world & it is home to a larger number of animal species.
Yearly adequate water supply & fodders in the crater supports a large number of wildlife which include herds of wildebeest, buffalo, African elephant, zebra, eland, hippos, gazelle & the rare black rhino.
Ngorongoro Crater is also home to a dense population of predators like lions, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, and jackals, birds are abundant from some flocks of flamingos at Lake Magadi, pelicans, Ibises, ostrich, goose & other county birds. Packed lunch will be served on the crater floor. Late afternoon drives out & back to Arusha where your safari ends.