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AVTZL 2 : 3 Days Ngorongoro Crater/Lake Manyara/Tarangire

Day 1 - Arusha / Ngorongoro

Pick up from your Hotel at 0800 hrs. Leave Arusha for Ngorongoro to arrive at your Lodge in time for lunch. We thereafter descend into the crater for an afternoon crater tour returning to the Lodge for Dinner and overnight.

Day 2 - Lake Manyara / Tarangire

After an early breakfast, we depart from the Conservation area and head back down out of the highlands of the Great Rift Valley to Lake Manyara National Park for a mid-morning game drive.

Lake Manyara National Park – TZ: Only 330 sq. kms, two thirds water, one third dry land and home to a spectacular concentration of game for such a small area is Lake Manyara National park! Elephant and baboon roam the tropical forest and light woodland, buffalo and lion the scrub and open plains and up to 200 hippo congregate in the fresher waters where the Simba River flows into the lake. Manyara is particularly famous for the tree climbing lions and the many species of birds found here.

Lunch at a lodge will be followed by a journey to Tarangire National Park – dinner and overnight at a lodge

Day 3 - Tarangire / Arusha

An early morning game drive at Tarangire will be followed by breakfast at your lodge and thereaft er, return to Arusha to arrive by early afternoon.

Tarangire National Park takes its name from the river, which flows through the park – a vital watering point for the animals of the park as well as those from the sorounding area, especially during the dry months of June to October. Resident species include elephant, buffalo, Lion, Giraffe, rhino, Impala, Kudu and dik dik.

Drop off your Hotel or other in Arusha