Destination

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Duration
3 Days 2 Nights
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Tour Type
Adventure Tour
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Group Size
2 People
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Tour Guide
1 People
Cultural Experience, Tanzania Luxury Safari

3 Day From Zanzibar to Tarangire Ngorongoro & Eyasi

Tour Overview:

You’ll go on an exciting 3-day trip from Zanzibar to Arusha Airport, visiting Tarangire and Ngorongoro Crater to see lots of wildlife, including the Big Five.

You’ll also visit Lake Eyasi to meet the Hadzabe community, one of the last African hunter-gatherer groups. The trip ends with a flight back to Zanzibar, giving you a quick but rich experience of the Northern Circuit’s wildlife and the unique Hadzabe culture.


Day by Day Itinerary:

Day 1: Zanzibar to Tarangire National Park
Get ready for an exciting safari! Early in the morning, your transfer driver will pick you up from your hotel in Zanzibar and take you to the airport. You’ll fly for about an hour to Arusha in a small plane. Your guide will meet you at Arusha Airport and drive you 2 hours to Tarangire National Park, known for its many elephants and giant baobab trees. In an open-roof vehicle, you’ll explore seasonal swamps, grassy areas, and the Tarangire River, spotting wildlife like birds, giraffes, zebras, and lions. After the adventure, you’ll head to your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Accommodation:
Ngorongoro Marera Mountain View Lodge

  • Luxury lodge located near Karatu (Town)

Meals & Drinks:

  • Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
  • All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

Day 2: Karatu to Ngorongoro Crater
Today, after breakfast at the lodge, you’ll drive for about 90 minutes to reach the Ngorongoro Crater. This amazing place is home to many East African animals, and you might even see the rare black rhinos. The crater is about 20 kilometers wide, so you’ll spend around 6 hours exploring it. You’ll have lunch at the scenic Ngoitoktok picnic site, overlooking Hippo Lake. After lunch, you’ll continue with an afternoon game drive before heading back to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Accommodation:
Ngorongoro Marera Mountain View Lodge

  • Luxury lodge located 1-2hr drive from Ngorongoro Crater
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

Day 3: Lake Eyasi to Zanzibar
Today, you’ll start your journey to Lake Eyasi at around 5:30 a.m., with a packed breakfast. You’ll meet the Hadza community, known for its unique culture. You’ll join them in hunting activities, as they are expert hunters and gatherers. The Hadza hunt small game like dik-diks and gather honey, living in simple, easily built homes. They speak a click language, offering you an immersive cultural experience. After spending time with the community, you’ll go to Arusha Airport for your return flight to Zanzibar, marking the end of your enriching 3-day adventure.

Main Destination:
Lake Eyasi
Accommodation:
No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks:
  • Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
  • All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

Rates Per Person

Start dates
Solo – 1 room 2 people – 1 room 3+ people
Jan 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025 n/a* $1,530 n/a*
Jan 1, 2026 – Dec 31, 2026 n/a* $1,530 n/a*

*n/a = not available. This tour is unavailable for solo travelers or groups larger than 2 people.


Price Inclusive:

  • All accommodations per itinerary
  • All meals per itinerary
  • All tours and entrance fees per itinerary (unless listed as excluded)
  • All transportation and transfers per itinerary
  • Professional English-speaking naturalist driver/guide
  • Transportation in a custom safari 4×4 with a viewing roof and guaranteed window seating
  • Safari vehicles have an inverter for charging batteries, a communications radio, an electric cooler, and filtered water
  • National Park gate fees, Park Commission, and Government taxes (based on current rates)

Price Exclusive:

  • International and domestic flights
  • Meals not listed
  • Tips for guides, drivers, hotel staff
  • Optional tours
  • Personal expenses (visas, airport taxes, Internet, etc.)
  • Optional tours (Olduvai Gorge and Maasai Village visit)
  • Holiday supplement December 20 – January 5
  • Discount for kids under 15 years old

Details

Non-game-viewing travel time: 2 ½ hours Distance: 130 km Meet our professional tour guide/driver in Arusha town, who will deliver a short safari info briefing, after which, we travel to the Lake Manyara National Park. We arrive in time for lunch at the lodge. After lunch, we head into the Lake Manyara National Park. This impressive park is one of Tanzania’s most dramatically located wildlife areas, consisting of a massive but shallow soda lake (covering two-thirds of the park) at the foot of the Great Rift Valley’s western escarpment. The park’s varied habitat attracts a wide variety of animals, including one of Africa’s largest concentrations of elephants, Manyara’s famous tree-climbing lions, as well as large flocks of flamingos attracted by the algae in the lake. Dinner and overnight as per the standard and type of accommodation option requested.
Non-game-viewing travel time: 2 hours & 3 ½ hours Distance: 60km & 155 km After breakfast, we descend 600m into this magnificent crater for a morning, half-day game drive. The Ngorongoro Crater is one of the most densely crowded African wildlife areas in the world and is home to an estimated 30,000 animals including some of Tanzania’s last remaining black rhinos. Supported by a year-round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro Crater supports a vast variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants. Another big draw card to this picturesque national park is it’s dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard, which sometimes requires a trained eye to spot. We will enjoy a picnic lunch in the crater, after which we travel to the Tarangire National Park. Dinner and overnight as per the standard and type of accommodation option requested.
Non-game-viewing travel time: 2 hours Distance: 120 km After breakfast do we head into the Tarangire National Park for a morning game drive? The park runs along the line of the Tarangire River and is mainly made up of low-lying hills on the Great Rift Valley floor. Its natural vegetation mainly consists of Acacia woodland and giant African Baobab trees, with huge swamp areas in the south. Both the river and the swamps act like a magnet for wild animals, during Tanzania’s dry season. The Tarangire National Park is reputed to contain some of the largest elephant herds in Africa. This African national park is also home to three rare species of animals – the Greater Kudu, the Fringed-eared Oryx, as well as a few Ashy Starlings. We return to the lodge for lunch after which we will depart for Arusha town and we will end our African safari adventure. The group should tip the tour guide for around $20 a day for all our safaris. You will be taken to your hotel, which ends our safari package services.