Private luxury transfer from Kilimanjaro International Airport to your Arusha overnight lodge. The lodge team manages every detail — welcome drinks, room preparation, and a private dinner for two or more with your guide on hand for the evening briefing. Tomorrow the adventure begins before dawn.
Approximate driving time: 1-2 hours to lodge
Accommodation: Gran Melia Arusha
Meals included: Dinner.
After breakfast, we will pick you up from your hotel and drive for two hours drive to Tarangire National Park passes through Maasai land where cattle herds and their herdsmen move alongside the road in the early morning light. Arrival at the park gate at 9:00am opens into one of Africa's most productive elephant landscapes. Your luxury lodge in Tarangire is positioned among the baobab trees with a waterhole view — a setting that brings wildlife directly to your room. Full-day private game drives cover the Tarangire River corridor and the park's remote interior circuits, with the morning golden light and the late afternoon glow providing the finest photographic conditions. In the late afternoon, we will continue to Mto wa Mbu, near Lake Manyara, where you'll enjoy dinner and an overnight stay.
After breakfast, set off on a game drive in Lake Manyara National Park, a beautiful area surrounding a large alkaline lake. The park features a mix of landscapes, including lush forests, open grasslands, rocky cliffs, and wooded areas. As you explore, watch for elephants, giraffes, hippos, and many bird species. Keep an eye out for the park’s famous tree-climbing lions, a rare sight in the wild.
In the afternoon, we will drive to Ngorongoro Crater, where you’ll enjoy dinner and an overnight stay.
Early descent into the Ngorongoro Crater at 6:30am for a full-day game drive on the caldera floor. Private picnic lunch inside the crater. Afternoon ascent and transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport.
Meals included: Breakfast, picnic lunch
- Meals & accommodation
- Snacks & soft drinks
- Transfer fee
- 4x4 Land cruiser
- Government taxes & VAT
- All National Park conservation, park entry, camping, activity or - concession fees as applicable
- English speaking driver
- 1 first aid kit per vehicle - In vehicle sanitizer, charging ports (Type G socket)
- International flights
- Alcohols
- Laundry & shopping expenses
- Optional activities expenses
- Extra excursion not listed in itinerary
– Government-imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
