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Private safari journey · Tanzania

3-Day Luxury Safari in Tanzania: Tarangire National Park and Ngorongoro Crater

Stay at Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge and descend into Ngorongoro Crater for a picnic lunch and wildlife viewing among its varied mammals.

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Duration
3 days
4 stops
Stays
2 stays
Guide price
From US$1,301
per person
Best for
Luxury tour
Private tour

The journey

Journey overview

This safari offers you the chance to see a wide variety of wildlife among some of the most diversified landscapes. Not only will you visit the Tarangire and Manyara but also the Ngorongoro Crater. You will see huge herds of elephants, in-season flocks of flamingos, and troops of baboons. Each park will give you a rare opportunity to experience its ecosystem and biodiversity. You'll enjoy with us the best safari destinations in Africa. Your accommodation will be at luxury hotels and lodges.

  • Activities: game drives
  • Game drives: pop-up roof 4x4 vehicle
  • Getting around: pop-up roof 4x4 vehicle International flights are booked separately A transfer from and back to the airport is included
  • Luxury tour
  • Private tour
  • Can start any day
  • Can be customized
  • Not for solo travelers
  • Suitable for all ages

Availability

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Listing last checked on 28 Aug 2026

Journey route

Route

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Day by day

Your itinerary

01Day 1

Day 1

Arusha to Tarangire National Park

After breakfast, you will drive to Tarangire National Park. This park with its endless grasslands, huge baobab trees, the perennial Tarangire River, and seasonal swamps is home to the largest elephant herds in northern Tanzania. Animals gather at the river and you should be able to see elephants, giraffes, bushbucks, hartebeests, dik-diks, waterbucks, warthogs, and reedbucks all year round. Furthermore, the park is also home to buffaloes, zebras, and wildebeests which are always closely followed by a range of predators such as lions. Leopards are seen every once in a while but cheetahs are rarely spotted. After an extensive game drive and lunch in the afternoon, we will drive to your accommodations at Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge.
  • Luxury lodge located 1-2hr drive from Tarangire NP
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
02Day 2

Day 2

Ngorongoro Crater

After an early breakfast, we will drive you into the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and down into the crater. The Ngorongoro Crater is almost 600 m deep, approximately 20 km wide and the massive caldera is home to an amazing variety of animals. On your game drive, you will have the possibility of seeing all different kinds of mammals ranging from the Big Five — lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino, and leopard — to Grant’s and Thomson’s gazelles and mountain reedbucks. You might also see spotted hyenas, rare wild dogs, and some of the more than 500 bird species in the area. After a picnic lunch in the crater and some more wildlife viewing, you will be dropped off at your accommodation at Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge for a relaxation dinner and an overnight stay.
  • Luxury lodge located 1-2hr drive from Ngorongoro Crater
  • All meals included
  • Drinks not included
03Day 3

Day 3

Lake Manyara National Park

After breakfast, you will drive to Lake Manyara National Park, a small but diverse park. Everything you’ll see here is on a different scale. It is both compact (this is one of the narrowest parks in Africa) and epic (the Great Rift Escarpment towers over Lake Manyara's western boundary). The park’s namesake is a shallow, salt lake. It covers a large area of the park, flooding and drying with the seasons, and is home to thousands of wading birds (including flamingos and over 500 other bird species). You may see baboons and elephants in the park’s thick evergreen forest, and watch for the tree-climbing lions that have become famous throughout Africa. After an extensive game drive, our guide will drive you to Arusha airport/JRO, This marks the end of our tour.
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Stays

Where you will stay

Accommodation is subject to confirmation for your dates.

What’s included

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Included in this journey

  1. Park fees (For non-residents)
  2. All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
  3. All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
  4. A professional driver/guide
  5. All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
  6. All Taxes/VAT
  7. Roundtrip airport transfer
  8. Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
  9. Drinks (As specified in the day-by-day section)

Not included

  • International flights (From/to home)
  • Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
  • Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
  • Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
  • Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees

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From

US$1,301

per person

Guide price

US$1,301 per person

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Journey details

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Journey pace

2 stays

2 nights across 3 days.

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Listing updated

28 Aug 2026

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