3 DAYS – TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK, LAKE NATRON AND NGORONGORO NATIONAL PARK

You will be greeted by a Hartlaub’s Travel representative on your arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) and transferred to a hotel in Arusha.

Please keep in mind that the hotel fee only includes breakfast. Check-in begins at 2:00 p.m.

After breakfast (around 7:30 a.m.), your safari guide will arrive at the hotel and notify the receptionist that they are expecting you. After meeting your driver, you will travel to Tarangire National Park and be on your first safari by 10:00 a.m.

You will break for lunch and be treated to a served meal. The safari will resume after lunch and you will be transferred to a hotel in the evening.

This Park offers the opportunity to see a variety of wild Tanzanian animals (lions, buffalos, giraffes, zebras, and so on), but it is best known for its incredible number of elephants, which typically congregate near their drinking source, the Tarangire River.

Because this is wild nature, the guide cannot guarantee the presence of specific wild animals, but you can be assured that he will do his best to find everything you are looking for. The Hartlaub’s team has its own radio channel, which the drivers use to communicate with other guides and collaborate on rare species searches.

In the morning, you will travel to Ngare Sero Waterfall, which is in the gorge of a rift valley. This is a very light and relaxing trek, but you will be crossing a river at some point, so wear flip-flops or sandals. Then you will be taken to Lake Natron, where you can photograph the magnificent Ol Doinyo Lengai Volcano, walk along the shore, and stay for lunch. After the safari, you will arrive at a hotel located on the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater.

For an additional fee, we can arrange a trek to Ol Doinyo Lengai. However, keep in mind that this trek is strenuous and requires a good level of physical fitness.

It is best to leave the hotel as early as possible on this day to see the variety of animals that are only active in the morning hours; breakfast will be packed in lunchboxes specifically for this purpose. You will leave the hotel at 6:30 a.m. for Ngorongoro Conservation Area and you will be inside the crater in about an hour.

By lunchtime, you will arrive at the lake's edge, where you will be served lunchboxes before continuing your safari, which will conclude in a few hours with a transfer to Serengeti National Park.

You will be transferred back to your hotel in Arusha in the evening.

Ngorongoro is one of Tanzania's most famous and interesting national parks, with the greatest number of different animal species per square kilometre. There will be buffalo, elephants, lions, wildebeests, zebras, hippopotamuses, and feline species such as caracals and servals to see. The most fortunate visitors may even come across a rhinoceros, an endangered species whose numbers are rapidly dwindling.

During your journey, you will also see a memorial to two West German researchers, Bernhard, and Michael Grzimek. It is because of them that Northern Tanzania National Parks have survived to the present day in their natural state. Their entire story can be found in the book "Serengeti Shall Not Die," which can be purchased on Amazon.com for USD 10–25.

Rest at the hotel before transferring to the airport.

Please keep in mind that the hotel's check-out time is 11:00 a.m. If you need to check out late due to an evening flight, you can extend your hotel stay until 6:00 PM for an additional fee.