4 Days Tanzania Lodge Safari Tours

Distance: 139 km Non – game viewing time: 2 – 3 hrs. After breakfast at your hotel/lodge in Arusha meet our safari manager & your driver guide for a short safari briefing before departing for Tarangire National Park via Arusha town for any last-minute purchase. The driving is along the Masai steppe & across many villages all the way to Tarangire gate. Tarangire is the fifth largest National Park in Tanzania located at the base of the Great East African Rift Valley. The Park runs between lines of the Tarangire River & it is made up of high hills & low land dominated by acacia woodlands and huge baobab trees that dwarfing some animal species that come beneath it.
Tarangire River which runs from north to south of the park and a swamp on the south corner is the permanent source of water in the park saved as refugee’s camp for a large number of animals during the dry season. Another major highlight of this park is the large population of elephants & the three rare species of Great Kudu, Fringed Eared Oryx & the Ash Stalling. You may also expect to spot herds of buffalo, zebra, wildebeest, warthog, hippos, giraffes and a big number of baboons & monkeys.
Predators like lion, leopards, cheetah, jackals & hyenas also inhabit the park. For bird watchers this is the paradise as over 400 bird species where recorded here which includes ostrich, herons, secretary birds & other migratory birds. Late afternoon drive to the lodge via the Great East African Rift Valley for sunset watch then to Marera Valley Lodge for dinner & overnight.

After breakfast depart for Serengeti National Park the drive is via the beautiful high-lying farmland of Karatu all the way to Ngorongoro gate for check-in. Then drive up to the Crater viewpoint where you can stop for some nice pictures of the Crater floor from the rim, after drive around & down via Malanja depression to Serengeti plains.
On the way you will visit one of the Masai villages for some cultural encounter whereby a group of Masai warriors invites you & take you in and around their houses with some stories of their livelihood around this area, you will meet kids & other family member where you can ask questions & take pictures with them. Lastly, they will sing & dance to their famous song which involves jumping high, you may join the dancing.
After, drive to the wild rich “Serengeti National Park” with its endless rolling plains, and reach Naabi Hills gate for registration, you can have your packed lunch here or further ahead at Kopjes (rocky outcropping) before starting your afternoon game drive into the vast Serengeti plain searching for big cats & the Great Wildebeest Migration (depending on traveling dates). Late afternoon before or during sunset drive to your camp for dinner & overnight.