4 Days · Private Mid-Range Safari

4-Day Mid-Range Wilderness Safari

Unforgettable Tanzania Multi-Day Tours

PRICE

From $1,040

per person

ITINERARY

SAFARI OVERVIEW

This 4-day mid-range safari

Allows you to experience some of the highlights of the Northern Safari Circuit. You will have the chance to experience breathtaking wildlife in the midst of some of the most diverse landscapes: monkeys in the forest, lions in trees, elephants traveling through the bush, and a huge variety of animals inside a collapsed volcano.

SAFARI AT A GLANCE

DURATION

4 Days / 3 Nights

SAFARI TYPE

Mid-Range Safaris

PARKS

Tarangire National Park · Ngorongoro Crater. Lake Manyara National Park

LODGING

Mid-Range – High-End – Luxury lodges & tented camps

VEHICLE

Private 4×4 Land Cruiser with pop-up roof

STARTS

Arusha · Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO)

DEPARTURE

Daily · Tailored to your dates

Day by Day

This 4-day mid-range safari

DAY 01Arrival → ARUSHA

Arrival in Tanzania

You will be picked up from the airport by a Gardenia African Safaris representative and driven to your accommodation in Arusha. Depending on your arrival time, you will hopefully have time to relax and prepare for the adventure of a lifetime.
Busy Arusha is an essential part of safari life here in northern Tanzania and most travellers pass through at some stage.

STAY:

Arusha Planet Lodge

MEALS

Lunch & Dinner

DAY 02

Tarangire

Arusha – Tarangire National Park

Tarangire National Park is well known for its big groups of elephants and the huge amount of giant baobab trees. These trees can live for hundreds of years and are actually a source of water for elephants in the dry season as they have a special technique to draw water from them. Besides, the Tarangire River is the only source of water in the dry season, which is why in this season in Tarangire you can see groups of up to 250 elephants next to many more animals!

STAY:

Eileen’s Tree Inn

MEALS:

Full Board

DAY 03 Karatu → Ngorongoro Crater

Karatu → Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast, you will drive up into the cooler regions of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. When you first see Ngorongoro Crater, it looks like a forgotten world. Concealed by the steep volcanic walls is a pristine wilderness including sweeping savannah, pockets of acacia woodland, and glistening lakes and swamps. The Crater was created when a large volcano
exploded and collapsed in on itself two to three million years ago and it covers an area of 260 km². The Crater is famous for both its geological delights and for being a natural reserve that is home to some of the densest large mammal populations in the whole of the African continent. After you descend into the Crater, you quickly find yourself amongst large numbers of wildebeest, zebra, gazelle, and more than 500 bird species. The Crater provides you with the best chance of seeing the endangered black rhino.
Lunch will be at a picnic site on the Crater Floor. After your game drive, you will return to your accommodation in Karatu.

STAY:

Eileen’s Tree Inn

MEALS:

Full Board

DAY 04

Karatu - Lake Manyara

Lake Manyara National Park to Arusha

After breakfast, you will drive to Lake Manyara National Park, a small but diverse park 120km west of Arusha. 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 baboon and elephant in the park’s thick evergreen forest, and watch for the tree-climbing lions that have become famous throughout Africa.
Picnic lunch in the park. After your game drive, you will say farewell to your Guide and will be dropped off at a place of your choosing e.g. Arusha, Kilimanjaro Airport or Arusha Airport. We hope you have enjoyed your adventure with Gardenia African Safaris!

STAY:

No accommodation (End of tour)

MEALS:

Full Board