10 Days The Tanzania Mara River

Four-Days Safari Adventure: A Journey through Tarangire, Lake Manyara, and Ngorongoro Crater

Embark on an unforgettable four-day safari adventure that takes you through some of Tanzania’s most stunning national parks, offering a perfect blend of wildlife viewing and leisure.

Day 1: Arusha
This is the moment you’ve been waiting for: your Tanzanian safari starts here. You have so much to look forward to and we’ll get your trip underway as soon as we give you an introduction to our team and explain what lies ahead.

Spend some time in Arusha, both the gateway city for most safaris in northern Tanzania and a fascinating place to explore. Enjoy good restaurants, streets filled with energy and so many snapshots of vibrant Tanzanian city life. It’s everything you look for in an urban pit stop.

Accommodation | Day 1
Mount Meru Game Lodge

Lodge
Between Moshi and Arusha, and close to where the road to Mt Meru branches off to the north, Mount Meru Game Lodge is a classy place to stay. Vintage colonial decor dominates the public areas, with antiques and other echoes of old-time safaris, and the large rooms are filled with charm. A swimming pool, good restaurant and fine service round out
an excellent package. Restaurant

Activity Day 1: Afternoon
Transfer by Road, Kilimanjaro Airport to Mount Meru Game Lodge

Meal Plan – Day 1
Dinner
Drinking water

Day 2: Arusha

On this day we are going to start with the nature guided walking accompanied by an armed ranger under the foot of the 5th highest mountain of the African continent which is the major atraction of Arusha National Park.
Arusha National Park

You might see zebra, giraffe and buffalo at Arusha National Park, perhaps even an elephant or two. But you’ll spend most of your time gazing at Mt Meru and Ngurdoto Crater.

Accommodation | Day 2
Mount Meru Game Lodge

Lodge
By returning to Mount Meru Game Lodge, you get to enjoy the atmosphere and fine facilities all over again.
Outdoor dining area

Activity Day 2: All Day
Join us for a guided game drive through Arusha National Park, where your guide will take you to the best Mt Meru viewpoints and help you look for animals.

Meal Plan – Day 2
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Drinking water

Day 3: Tarangire National Park

We think you’ll be impressed with Tarangire National Park. Most visitors love the distinct shapes of the baobab trees silhouetted against the sky that make this place feel like a fairy-tale African landscape. Or visitors remember the elephants that roam in family bands everywhere throughout the park. If you’re lucky, you’ll also encounter the big cats – lions especially, but also cheetahs and leopards – that are always a possibility here. And there’s a fair degree of certainty that you will tick wildebeest, giraffe, hippo, buffalo and zebra off your wildlife-viewing list.

Accommodation | Day 3
Tarangire Sopa Lodge | Inside Tarangire National Park

Well-placed for exploring the quiet, but wildlife-rich southern sections of Tarangire National Park, Tarangire Sopa Lodge has large rooms decorated with safari prints and warm color schemes. Elephants and baboons are frequent visitors to the hotel, and you might even be able to watch them from your room. With a swimming pool, bar, restaurant and shop, the lodge offers the complete package.
Grounds overview

Activity Day 3: All Day
Explore fantastic Tarangire on a guided game drive that will take you out among the baobab trees to look for lions, elephants and more.

Meal Plan – Day 3
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Drinking water

Day 4: Tarangire National Park
More time in Tarangire is always a bonus – this is the sort of park where the longer you stay, the better.

Accommodation | Day 4: Tarangire Sopa Lodge
Lodge | Inside Tarangire National Park
Return to Tarangire Sopa Lodge for more time exploring this
wonderful park. Tarangire Sopa Lodge

Activity Day 4
Morning & Afternoon
You’ll be heading down more safari trails in search of animals in Tarangire National Park when we take you on a guided game drive. This is the best thing about many safaris, and you’ll hopefully see many animals.

Meal Plan – Day 4
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Drinking water

Day 5: Serengeti National Park
You won’t find many better national parks in Africa than the Serengeti, which has few rivals when it comes to both the numbers and variety of animals. Track down the annual migration of wildebeest and zebra. Enjoy the vast horizons that are perfect for spotting predators (especially lions, leopards, cheetahs and spotted hyenas) and their prey (buffaloes, impalas and kongoni), as well as elephants and giraffes. If you’re really lucky you’ll see a hunt, one of the most exhilarating sights anywhere in the wild. And at every turn, revel in its beauty, with flat-topped acacia trees silhouetted against the setting sun, and so many other classic African safari images.

Ngorongoro Highlands
Temperatures are lovely and cool in Ngorongoro Highlands, which is perfect for exploring the forests, and seeing the wildlife (elephant, buffalo and maybe even leopard) and views.

Accommodation | Day 5: Into Wild Africa
Tented camp | Inside Serengeti National Park
Well-positioned in the central Serengeti, Into Wild Africa is a wonderful place to stay. The camp and its large safari tents and dining tent are right alongside the Nyabogati River, and seeing wildlife in the area is never a problem. In spite of the central location, you’ll feel like you have this special corner of Africa all to yourself.

Activity Day 5: All Day
Transfer by Road, Tarangire National Park via Ngorongoro Highlands to Serengeti National Park

Meal Plan – Day 5
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Drinking water

Day 6: Serengeti National Park
You’ll get to know the Serengeti and its colorful cast of characters even better with another day immersed in its wild beauty.

Accommodation | Day 6
Into Wild Africa
Tented camp | Inside Serengeti National Park
Return to Into Wild Africa. Into Wild Africa

Activity Day 6: All Day
You’ll get to know Serengeti National Park in the best possible way on a guided game drive. Led by an expert guide, you’ll drive out across the park’s famous savannahs to look for the incredible wildlife (big cats, elephants and more) that calls the park home.

Meal Plan – Day 6
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Drinking water

Day 7: Serengeti National Park
Spend another day in the Serengeti watching its wildlife and exploring its many landscapes.

Accommodation | Day 7
Into Wild Africa
Tented camp | Inside Serengeti National Park
Into Wild Africa

Activity Day 7: All Day
You’ll be joining us in Serengeti National Park for a guided game drive. It’s a fantastic opportunity to see some of the animals you came so far to see.

Meal Plan – Day 7
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Drinking water

Day 8: Ndutu

Off the main route between Ngorongoro and the Serengeti, and in the far south of the latter, Ndutu is a smaller-scale, more intimate version of one of Tanzania’s best wildlife regions. It’s a fabulous destination year-round, and this is where millions of wildebeest give birth to their calves when the great migration passes through, often with plenty of predators nearby. It also has all of the essential elements of the Serengeti’s appeal, including big horizons and incredible wildlife, but without the crowds you’d share it with elsewhere.

Accommodation | Day 8: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge

There’s so much for you to love about staying at Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge. The location overlooking Ngorongoro Crater is one of the best anywhere along the crater rim. The combination of old-school safari hospitality with bright, modern rooms is a real pleasure; from afar, the stone-built lodge seems to blend into the forest. The views from the
restaurant are similarly superb. Bathroom

Activity Day 8: All Day
You’ll learn everything you need to know about the wildlife you’re seeing during the guided game drive in Ndutu.

Meal Plan – Day 8
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Drinking water

Day 9: Ngorongoro Crater
Ngorongoro is a special place and the first time that you descend onto the crater floor is like no other safari experience in Africa. This is a world unto itself, one where you’ll encounter the crater’s 600-strong population of hyenas, as well as critically endangered black rhinos. You’ll also find elephants with larger-than-average tusks, and more than 50 lions living in the crater. But it’s the sheer beauty of Ngorongoro that will most likely live longest in your memory. From early morning, mist rises from the crater, revealing steep, forested walls, secret waterways where hippos wallow, and a world of abundant wildlife hidden away from the rest of the world.

Accommodation | Day 9
Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge
Lodge | On the crater rim
Pass another day at Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge, taking in the gorgeous views and enjoying the hospitality at this full-service lodge.
Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge

Activity Day 9
All Day
Your guided game drive down into and around Ngorongoro Crater, is one of the best safari experiences you can have in East Africa. Watch for lions, hyenas, black rhinos and more as you spend most of the day exploring the crater floor.

Meal Plan – Day 9
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Drinking water

Day 10: Kilimanjaro Airport – Your last day with us
Always everything has to get to an end ,our adventerous days has come to an end,today as we are driving back to the airport where by our journey started ,we are going to stop in Arusha town for Lunch before heading back to the airport for our last flight back home.

Activity Day 10: All Day
Transfer by Road, Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge via Arusha to Kilimanjaro Airport

Meal Plan – Day 10
Breakfast & Lunch
Drinking water

Included

All accommodations, All activities, unless indicated as optional, All transportation (Unless labeled as optional), Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section), All transfers from and into the airport, Flying doctor insuarance during your trip(AMREF)

Excluded

Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour, International flights, Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.), Tipping guidelines (20$ per person per day)