3-Day Tanzania Luxury Safari: Tarangire and Ngorongoro Package

Our professional safari guide greets you warmly upon your exit from Kilimanjaro International Airport and assists with your luggage. We drive 55 kilometers west along the paved highway to your luxury lodge in Arusha, which takes about one hour.

Our team handles your check-in so you can settle into your private room and recover after your long flight. In the evening, our head guide provides a clear safari briefing over a three-course plated dinner to review the schedule for the next two days.

Day 1 Operational Details:

• Driving Distance: 55 kilometers (34 miles).
• Transit Time: 1 hour on smooth tarmac roads.
• Terrain: Paved airport highway and landscaped suburban grounds.
• Wildlife Sightings: Garden birds and blue monkeys on lodge grounds.
• Meal Plan: Welcome Dinner (D).
• Accommodation: Luxury boutique lodge or coffee estate hotel in Arusha.

We depart your Arusha lodge at 7:30 AM after breakfast and drive 120 kilometers southwest along the Great North Road to Tarangire National Park. Our guide clears your conservation permits at the main gate by 9:30 AM, and we open the roof hatch to start tracking animals immediately.

We trace the Tarangire River basin where large elephant herds dig into dry sandbars for clean drinking water beneath giant baobab trees. At 1:00 PM, our guide sets up your hot plated lunch with cold beverages at an official picnic area overlooking the river bluffs. In the early afternoon, we observe giraffes, zebras, and resting lion prides before exiting the park gate at 3:30 PM.

We drive 100 kilometers across the floor of the Great Rift Valley and ascend into the cool green hills of Karatu. Our staff assists with your bags as you check into your private luxury cottage for a warm shower and an evening dinner.

Day 2 Operational Details:

• Driving Distance: 220 kilometers (137 miles).
• Transit Time: Approximately 4 hours of total road travel.
• Terrain: Paved highways, sandy river tracks, open savannah, and volcanic highlands.
• Wildlife Sightings: African elephants, lions, giraffes, buffaloes, zebras, and impalas.
• Meal Plan: Breakfast (B), Hot Bush Lunch (L), Multi-course Dinner (D).
• Accommodation: Luxury country lodge or colonial coffee estate in Karatu.

We depart at 6:00 AM after an early breakfast to reach the Ngorongoro Conservation Area gate as morning light touches the outer volcanic slopes. Our Tarangire and Ngorongoro luxury safari vehicle descends 600 meters down the steep mountain track onto the expansive caldera floor.

We spend five morning hours tracking endangered black rhinos across short grass plains, watching hippos at Ngoitoktok springs, and finding lions resting near salt pans. At midday, our guide serves your catered picnic lunch beside the water while yellow-billed kites and storks circle above. By 1:00 PM, we ascend the steep crater road and begin our drive back down to the highway.

We drive 180 kilometers back through Karatu and Arusha on paved roads. Our guide transfers you directly to Kilimanjaro International Airport or your Arusha hotel by 5:30 PM to catch your departing evening flight.

Day 3 Operational Details:

• Driving Distance: 235 kilometers (146 miles) to Kilimanjaro International Airport.
• Transit Time: 4.5 to 5 hours of total driving time.
• Terrain: Rainforest ridge roads, steep gravel caldera tracks, and paved highway.
• Wildlife Sightings: Black rhinos, lions, spotted hyenas, hippos, wildebeest, and flamingos.
• Meal Plan: Full Breakfast (B), Bush Picnic Lunch (L).
• Accommodation: Departure drop-off (no overnight room included).