DAY TRIPS ITINERARY
DAY TRIP TO ARUSHA NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast meet your guide and he will brief you of the day tour then start your drive to Arusha National Park. It is situated just outside the growing town’s busy centre and its diverse landscapes and abundant wildlife often draw comparison to its larger counterpart in northern Tanzania. Arusha National Park has unique assets such as the exquisite colobus monkey found in the lush forest canopy and the magnificent Ngurdoto Crater. There are also hundreds of bird species and the Momela Lakes where numbers of Flamingo can often be seen. Late afternoon drive back to the Arusha.
DAY TRIP TO TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast meet your guide and he will brief you of the day tour then start your drive to Tarangire. Tarangire National Park has an incredible diversity of landscapes and vegetation and is famous for the large number of elephants and baobabs trees. The topography of the hills covered with baobabs and anthills is divided by the river Tarangire which attracts a large number of animals migrating in the dry season.
With your private guide explore Tarangire National Park back dropped by the spectacular, rust hued Great Rift Valley. At Tarangire, find a stunning concentration of animals — herds of elephants, impalas and zebras. Look too for the twitching tails of leopards, who hide high above in sausage trees. You may encounter an African wildcat, look for lions and hyenas and small creatures like serval cats, bat-eared foxes etc. Late afternoon drive back to Arusha.
DAY TRIP TO LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK
Meet your guide early morning and he will brief you of the day tour then start your drive to Lake Manyara National Park.
You will explore the beauty of Lake Manyara National Park. Lake Manyara provides opportunities for viewing and observing over 300 birds Pink flamingo stoop and graze by the thousands colourful specks against the grey minerals of the lake shore. Yellow-billed storks swoop and corkscrew on thermal winds rising up from the escarpment, and herons flap their wings against the sun-drenched skyflamingos. While most known for tree climbing Lions the lake and its surroundings is also home to herbivores such as Hippos, Impala, Buffalo, Giraffe and Warthog, etc Late afternoon drive back to Arusha.
DAY TRIP TO NGORONGORO CRATER
Meet your guide early morning and he will brief you of the day tour then start your drive to Ngorongoro Crater.
When at last you arrive at the highest point of the hillsides of the Ngorongoro crater, a Garden of Eden on earth opens up at your feet. You will never have seen anything quite like it, so much life in one single space. For this the Maasai, who arrived here two thousand years ago called it el-Nkoronkoro “Gift of life”. The crater forms part of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and in 1979 it was declared a World Heritage site by Unesco. It covers an area of 8000 km2 and where the Oldupai Gorge can be found, an important site for the investigation of the evolution of the human species.
Set out on a full-day game drive in Ngorongoro Crater, exploring the panoramic, short-grass prairies along the floor of this ancient volcanic caldera, home to rare black rhinos as well as lions, hyenas and gazelles. The diverse and profuse wildlife dwelling within the encircling crater walls led this incredible “Lost World” to be named a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Also see colorfully garbed Maasai herdsmen, who call the stunning landscape home. This afternoon after lunch and more game drive then drive back to Arusha.
