Tour Overview
Wonderful two days filled with beautiful wildlife encounters that will last a lifetime. Our first visit after leaving Arusha will be the massive Lake Manyara National Park, which is beautiful, diversified, and filled with magnificent species. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area follows, with its unrivalled crater. Each place is teeming with wildlife, and you are in for an incredible experience.
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
- Type of Tour: Private Tour
- Level of the tour: Basic/ Budget Level
- Destination visited: Lake Manyara and Ngorongoro Crater
- Best Time: January – March / June- December
Distance: 130km/2-hrs
Following a leisurely breakfast, our driver-guide will pick you up and transport you to Mto wa Mbu village for a traditional 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 settlement in the Manyara area of Africa, home to around 120 ethnic groups. The tour is led by a local guide and includes a 1-hour 30-minute walk to various cultural attractions in the hamlet. Local farms (banana, coffee, and rice farms), local dwellings, socio-cultural and economic activities of locals, local marketplaces, local products, local schools, and everyday movement of inhabitants within the village are among the many things to watch and learn throughout the walk. Following the tour, we will enjoy a traditional village lunch prepared by village mamas. After that, we will 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 campsite for relaxation.
Accommodation: Twiga Campsite on Full Board Basis
We leave our campsite with our packed lunch for a game drive on the Ngorongoro crater floor.
The Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest unflooded caldera, reaching over 1600 feet deep and 102 square kilometres in area. Because most of the animals stay in this area all year, game viewing is fantastic. Lions, Cape buffalo, hippos, elephants, zebras, and antelopes live on Lake Magadi's lakeshore, as do various bird species, including flamingos. If you’re lucky, you might even see a Black rhinoceros. In a single game, the big five creatures can be spotted at the crater. Following our enjoyable game, we ascend and drive back to Arusha City for drop-off at your booked hotel.
End of our services
- Pick -up and drop off in Arusha City
- Accommodation and Meals as per itinerary
- Professional and English-speaking driver guide
- Profession and dedication chef
- 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
- Camping equpment
- 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
