Arusha - Arusha National Park - Lake Manyara Area

Area: 137 km²
After breakfast, departure from Arusha towards Arusha National Park. From Arusha, it takes about 45 minutes to reach the park entrance. In the afternoon we move 165km away from Arusha National Park to Lake Manyara area. The journey takes about 3 hours.
Arusha National Park is only 25 km outside Arusha and is one of Tanzania's smallest national parks. The park encompasses many interesting environments - forests, lake systems, wetlands, mountains, meadows and grasslands. Arusha National Park is a natural area with outstanding beauty as it lies between the peaks of Mount Kilimanjaro (5895 m asl) and Mount Meru (4565 m asl). This is probably the best national park for getting giraffes close in as they are less shy here than in other parks. The number of bird species in Arusha amounts to no less than about 400. An area of ​​interest in the park is the Ngurdoto crater, which is 20 km wide and 100 meters deep.

Lake Manyara National park

Area: 330 km², of which two thirds are lake
Check-in to the park takes place from the small rural town of Mto-wa-Mbu (the name means "mosquito river"), which is surrounded by a fertile agricultural district with large orchards. Lake Manyara is located along Great Rift Valley, formed 20 million years ago, which extends 6400 km from the Dead Sea to the Kalahari Desert in Botswana. The park is very beautiful with wooded hilly terrain along the Great Rift Valley and houses expansive beach meadows facing the bird lake attraction. No less than about 400 bird species have been observed and sometimes the lake is invaded by thousands of pink shimmering smaller flamingos.

Ngorongoro Crater - Karatu

Area: 304 km²
Early start of the day with Ngorongoro Crater descent. Game drive during the morning. Lunch box is served at one of the beautiful lakes in the bottom of the crater. After lunch you will ascend the steep walls of the crater and drive to Karatu.
Ngorongoro Conservation Area (8350 km²) is located 50 km west of Lake Manyara. Ngorongoro Conservation Area is the most spectacular tourist destination in Africa with fairytale nature and unforgettable wildlife experiences. Ngorongoro is a nature reserve and lacks national park status because of the nomad people Maasais who live here with their cattle herds. In the Ngorongoro reserve there are nine different craters, the most famous is Ngorongoro crater. This is the sixth largest caldera (collapsed volcano in the world) and measures 21 km in east-west direction and 18 km in north-south direction. The rim is at 2200 – 2400 m above sea level while the crater bottom is at 1700 – 1800 m altitude. Dry time extends from June to October, which is the best period for animal watching.Ngorongoro-reservatet (8350 km²) ligger 50 km väster om Lake Manyara. Ngorongoro-reservatet är det mest spektakulära turistmålet i Afrika med sagolik natur och oförglömliga djurupplevelser. Ngorongoro är ett naturreservat och saknar nationalparksstatus eftersom nomadfolket maasaierna levt här i 200 år med boskapshjordar. I Ngorongoro-reservatet finns nio olika kratrar varav den mest kända är Ngorongoro-kratern. Detta är den sjätte största kalderan (kollapsad vulkan i världen) och mäter 21 km i öst-västlig riktning och 18 km i nordlig-sydlig riktning. Kraterkanten ligger på 2200–2400 m höjd över havet medan kraterbottnen ligger på 1700–1800 m höjd. Torrtiden sträcker sig från juni–oktober, vilket är den bästa perioden för djurskådning.