Ngorongoro 3-Day Safari Extension

Ngorongoro Crater and Tarangire National Park are two areas synonymous with a safari to watch African game.  To see some of the world famous species of African wildlife in their natural surroundings is an opportunity not to be missed when in this part of Africa.

This three day extension includes transfer to and cost of Arusha hotel on half board basis; all travel, food, accommodation, national park fees and guiding services as detailed below; return to Arusha, use of hotel/lodge dayroom, and transfer to Kilimanjaro airport.

At the end of your trek/walk, you are transferred by road to your hotel (generally the Ilboru Lodge) in Arusha for a very welcome hot shower, and to enjoy a relaxing overnight stay including dinner and breakfast.  You will be collected from your hotel the next morning and driven to Tarangire to arrive at our lodge (generally the Tarangire Sopa lodge) for lunchtime.  The Tarangire National Park is 2,600 sq km and consists mainly of grassland savannah and acacia woodland.  As with all parks, the numbers of game are greater in the dry season, with the greatest concentrations occurring in the June to October period.  The park has lions and leopards, a great variety of birdlife, and much plains game including zebra, wildebeest, oryx, eland, and a large number of elephants. This afternoon and the next morning we have game drives in Tarangire National Park, before leaving for the world famous Ngorongoro Crater.

The Ngorongoro Crater is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is the world's largest unbroken volcanic caldera, and regarded by many as the 8th wonder of the world.  It is within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area of 8,300 sq kms, and the crater itself covers 265 sq kms.  Staying in one of the lodges (generally the Sopa or Serena, subject to availability) around the crater's edge we can enjoy lunch as we overlook the 20 kms diameter crater, before descending 600m to reach the crater floor that afternoon, and the next morning, for our game drives.  The crater is a microcosm of East Africa itself, has more than 25,000 protected animal residents (including the Big Five), and ranks as one of the best wildlife destinations in the world.  The crater walls act as a natural barrier to the movement of animals so they are quite concentrated, making good sightings of the bigger species (lion, elephant, buffalo etc) reasonably common.  It is also a place to see the less common black rhino, as well as hippo, large numbers of zebra, wildebeest, gazelle and antelope; leopard and cheetah add to the list of predators; and there is a soda lake with abundant birdlife including flamingos.
 

On our third day, after breakfast we have a morning game drive in the crater, and then head back to Arusha, lunching en route, for dayrooms in the Ilboru Safari Lodge to clean up and prepare for the evening flight home.  Staying in quality lodges and having game drives with a knowledgeable guide in safari prepared 4wd vehicles ensures our Ngorongoro 3 day safari extension is as enjoyable and rewarding as possible.

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