Tanzania Lodge Safari
Travel to Africa and embark on the Tanzania lodge safari for a span of three days visiting lake manyara and ngorongoro crater. This tour package begins and ends in Arusha town. We organize pickups anywhere within the city center or the suburbs.
We have a wide range of lodges you can chose from depending on your budget, preference in terms and comfortability, location either secluded or close to local communities, tranquillity and social amenities. Our sales personnel come in handy to offer guidance so that you can make the appropriate choice.
Amenities in the lodges include swimming pools, conference centres, Wi-Fi, satellite TV, gift shops, sauna’s and spa treatment. Luxury tented camps also lie in this category. Cuisine ranges from a la carte menu, five course meals and buffet. As you un wind you can enjoy assorted wines, hard drinks, local and international bear brands.
Contact us today for a customized Tanzania lodge tour itinerary that can meet your group and individual needs. All our travel are facilitated by a customized 4×4 safari land cruiser jeep. Talk to us and begin the journey to your dream Tanzania holiday.
Tanzania lodge safari departs every day with a minimum of two pax and a maximum of six pax in the land rover or land cruiser. We also organize private safaris on request.
Tanzania Lodge Safari Itinerary
Arusha – Lake Manyara
A representative from Kenyan epic safaris will meet you at your hotel or pick you up from the airport and after briefing you he or she will introduce you to your safari guide and other members undertaking the Tanzania lodge safari.
You will be driven to Lake Manyara arriving by mid day. You will be assisted to check into your respective rooms. After lunch spend the afternoon at leisure and later go for the evening game drive. Lake Manyara is 230 kilometers squared while the whole park is 330 kilometers squared inclusive of the lake.
Lake Manyara is located under the wall of the Rift Valley and has the highest population of elephants per square kilometer in the country. If you’re lucky, you’ll catch a glimpse of Manyara’s famous tree-climbing lions. The lake attracts thousands of lesser flamingos as well as other large water birds such as pelicans, cormorants and storks, due to its alkaline nature. Dinner and overnight at Lake Manyara Serena Lodge.
Lake Manyara – Ngorongoro Crater
Pre Breakfast game drive which offers you an opportunity to view game you might have missed, return to the lodge for your full breakfast and shortly depart afterwards.
Drive to Ngorongoro crater; lunch en route arriving in the afternoon. After checking inn and relaxing a bit head out for a guided walking tour on the crater rim this offers amazing view of the crater. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge.
Ngorongoro Crater – Arusha
Have breakfast early and descend 2000 meters with a four wheel drive vehicle to the floor of the crater. Ngorongoro crater is commonly referred to as the “Garden of Eden” and the park is inhabited by about 30,000 animals, of which half are zebra and wildebeest.
The park has recorded over 14000 wildebeest. Tanzania’s few remaining black rhino are regularly sighted in the crater, as are large herds of buffalos.
On the crater floor and in the Ngoitokitok swamps, reside plenty of hippos who remain partially submerged during the day and graze on grass at night. Bird life is also abundant. Spend the day exploring this natural habitat taking a break to have a picnic lunch.
Later ascend the crater and depart. Drive to Arusha arriving late afternoon. Drop off at a hotel in Arusha or the airport to board a flight to your next destination.
- Transport in a custom 4×4 land rover with pop up roof.
- All park entrance fees.
- Fullboard Accommodation.
- Game drives and other activities as described in the itinerary
- Services of an English speaking driver guide.
- Complimentary Bottled water 1 Litre per person per day.
- All government taxes.
- International airfares.
- All expenditure of personal nature such as telephone calls, hard drinks, soft drinks and laundry.
- Tips.
- Visas
- Travel Insurance.
Luxury Accommodation
Lake Manyara accommodation comprises of lodges, hotel and a luxury tree hotel all located Lake Manyara National Park. Amenities offered by the lodge include a bar, gift shops, wifi, conference facilities, spas, satellite tv and different sport activities.
The lodges include Lake Manyara Hotel, E Unoto Retreat Lodge, Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge, Lake Manyara View Lodge and Lake Manyara Tree Lodge.
All accommodation at Ngorongoro crater is ideally perched at the rim of the crater, while others are at a short driving distance to the crater. There isn’t any form of accommodation within the crater.
Amenities offered by the lodge include a bar, gift shops, wifi, conference facilities, spas, satellite tv and different sport activities. The lodges include Ngorongoro sopa lodge, Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge, Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge, Ngorongoro Crater Lodge, Gibbs Farm, Ngorongoro Farm House and Tloma Lodge.
Park & Reserve
Lake Manyara lies 127 kilometers west of Arusha town a driving distance if 2 hours. The park covers an area of 330 km2 which consist of dry arid land, forest and the lake. The Lake covers an area of 200 km2 and its alkaline, the lake dries up during the dry season and it almost non existence.
Most of the land area of the park is a narrow strip running between the Gregory Rift wall to the west and Lake Manyara to the east. Ernest Hemingway once described the park as “the loveliest I had seen in Africa.
The park’s terrain is vast and impressive including large areas of ground water forest with giant fig and mahogany trees alternating with acacia woodlands and open plains. A good network of roads and tracks gives the tourist a maximum game and bird watching opportunity.
The Ngorongoro conservation area was established in the year 1959 and later become a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. The crater is one of the biggest caldera in the world and has been described as one of the most spectacular game hunts in Africa. The crater has a diameter of 14.5km and a depth of 2000ft – 2500ft. The crater covers an area of 264 km2.
The crater highlands on the side facing the easterly trade winds receives 800-1200 mm of rain a year and is covered largely in montane forest, while the less-steep west wall receives only 400-600 mm; this side is grassland and bush land dotted with Euphorbia trees.
The crater floor is mostly open grassland with two small wooded areas dominated by Acacia xanthophloea. The major source of water for the park is Ngoitokitok Spring, Munge Stream and Lerai Stream.
- Do not Litter the reserve/park.
- Do not feed the animals, i.e. monkeys or baboons.
- Do give the animals the right of way and do not disturb wildlife.
- Do not take any plant or animals remains, dead or alive.
- Do not start fires or throw cigarettes in the reserve.
- Do stay in your vehicle except at designated viewing points.
- Do not shout, laugh loudly, play radio or cassettes as this will keep away the animals.
- Do not provoke any animals its dangerous.