DAY 1: ARUSHA NATIONAL PARK:
( 1hr drive to Arusha park, game drive, late afternoon back to your hotel)
Arusha National Park is a small but very beautiful Park with several activities which can be combined in a one-day trip. This is the closest park only 1hr drive from Arusha town as well 1hr drive to Kilimanjaro International Airport. The wildlife here are just abundant. From the black-and-white colobus monkeys, hippos, giraffes, buffaloes, bushbucks, hyenas and leopards. As well as more than 400 species, such as pelicans, flamingos, hornbills, fish and snake eagles and buzzards and much more are found in this park. The park’s three most treasured significant features from the Mount Meru which is the second highest peak in Tanzania, the beautiful Seven Momela Lakes and the Ngurdoto Crater. On a clear cloud day, you can purely see the snow-capped peaks of the Kilimanjaro.
Apart from full day wildlife game drive, there are also;
Three hours Nature walk: Enjoy a beautiful walk under the canopy in the company of a park ranger. The ranger will guide you through the rainforest to the sparkling waterfalls where you can possibly spot the colobus monkeys.
Two hours ppeaceful and scenic canoeing safari along the shorelines of Momella Lake. On this canoe safari you can view buffaloes, bushbuck, giraffes, hippos and many water birds living in and close to the water.
After a full day exploration of one or both of the activities, you will drive back to your hotel in Arusha or to Kilimanjaro airport for your flight back home.
DAY 2: TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK:
(2Hrs drive from Arusha town to Tarangire park.
At 7:30am meet your professional safari guide at your hotel lounge ready for safari. Load all your safari bags in the safari vehicle and depart for 2hrs journey drive to Tarangire Park, the drive takes us western circuit of Arusha town. Along the route, your eyes will be opened to all the colorful and characters of Tanzania landscape and mix of farming and local market perhaps some Maasai herdsmen driving their flocks of goats to new morning pastures.
The two hours’ drive gives opportunity to general information’s from your driver-guide with depth of knowledge as he professionally answers all your questions and you just realize Tarangire park gate is before you. Begin your game drive across a rich vista of endless golden savannah woodlands that surrounds the Tarangire River. The river itself runs throughout the year and is a vital source of water for the animals of the region for the whole season. Lined with acacia and Baobab trees, the river is regularly visited by the park’s large herds of elephant population as well as other herbivores such as zebras and antelopes. It is also the best predating sport for the predators to effortlessly get the kill.
Your guide will serve you with a picnic lunch either at the picnic site or somewhere under baobab or acacia tree, the choice is yours. After your lunch continue game driving through the park, you’ll also have the opportunity to see lions, leopards, cape buffalo, and a huge variety of antelopes. If you’re particularly lucky, you might even see endangered animals such as the Greater Kudu or the Fringe-Eared Oryx. After sunset drive to the lodge or campsite for dinner and Overnight
DAY 3: LAKE MANYARA PARK GAME DRIVE
(6-8hrs for game drive and 2-3hrs drive to Arusha town or Kilimanjaro Airport)
Probably you may be anxious what this last day of game drive in Lake Manyara Park owe you. The park is truly the best photographer’s playground and offers some of the best game viewing in the world. You expect to see the unique Africa’s most well-known animals, the tree-climbing lions a particular treat in this park, these proud predators lounge in acacia trees, not forgetting the Masai and Reticulated giraffes practically begging to be photographed. The bird-watchers will find Lake Manyara the absolute delight, with a huge hundred’s variety of birds on display in the park. Even the novice can expect to be amazed by large greater and lesser flamingo flocks carpeted on the lake, circling birds of prey, and the brightly colored lilac breasted roller. The foot taste of the natural underground hot spring will wind up your game drive as you cross several hippopotamus pools before you check out of the park and drive your way back to Arusha. On a clear afternoon if the weather will permit, you will have the great view of Mt. Meru the second tallest Mountain in Tanzania before checking in at your hotel. END OF TRIP
