Discover the Beauty of Tanzania-  Arusha – Ngorongoro Crater  4 Days / 3 Nights

Safari Overview

Experience the best of northern Tanzania on this 4-day safari. Start in Arusha and journey to the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater, home to the Big Five and stunning landscapes. Enjoy guided game drives in one of Africa’s most unique wildlife havens, with chances to spot lions, elephants, rhinos, and more. Ideal for a quick yet unforgettable safari adventure.

Day 1: Gold Crest Hotel, Arusha

Arusha

Resting at the foot of Mount Meru, the sprawling city of Arusha is known as the safari capital of northern Tanzania. It serves as an excellent base from which to explore the remarkably scenic surrounding area, which includes majestic Mount Kilimanjaro, as well as the Manyara, Tarangire and Ngorongoro National Parks. Arusha is a good spot to take a day or two off from the safari circuit as it features a temperate climate and lush surroundings. Visitors can look forward to exploring the wildlife-abundant Serengeti National Park, the magnificent Arusha National Park, and taking on the challenge of climbing Mount Meru, Africa’s fifth-highest mountain.

Day Itinerary

Kilimanjaro Airport – Arusha 1 hour transfer.

Program: Upon your arrival at Kilimanjaro airport, our guide will be waiting for you to accompany you to your lodge.
Activities: If you have time, desire and energy, we can take a tour of the city to start discovering Tanzania; alternatively, relax at the lodge.

Overnight: Gold Crest Hotel

Our boutique hotel stands on Old Moshi Road, just 1 km from the heart of Arusha. With such an advantageous location, we put you on an ideal starting point for exploring notable sites, like Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti, Lake Manyara, and Mount Meru, as well as natural parks and modern conveniences.

Caught between a sprawling multicultural city and Africa, magnificent landscapes, the Gold Crest Hotel All Suites Hotel and Conference Centre in Arusha, Tanzania, offers an experience marked by the best of nature and urban living.
Half Board – Dinner, Bed and Breakfast

Day 2: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge, Ngorongoro Crater

Ngorongoro Crater

Located in Northern Tanzania, the Ngorongoro Crater is best known for its natural beauty and abundance of diverse wildlife, which makes it one of Africa’s most popular safari destinations. Surrounded by Tanzania’s highlands, this UNESCO-listed crater is said to be the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera. Visitors can look forward to spotting the world-renowned Big Five and a host of other wildlife species, including large herds of zebra and wildebeest. It is famed as one of Tanzania’s best tourist attractions, offering visitors an array of wonderful activities including excellent bird watching, trekking, wildlife viewing, mountain biking and visiting a local Maasai village. Don’t miss the opportunity to jump on an excursion to the magnificent Olduvai Gorge.

Day Itinerary Arusha – Ngorongoro (gate) 3 hours. transfer.

Program: After breakfast, we drive to Ngorongoro and upon arrival, we descend to Ngorongoro crater for a game drive with picnic lunch.

Activities: game drive.

The Ngorongoro Crater is a must-see while on safari in Tanzania for its high density of wild animals. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is a conservation project where the Maasai and their livestock live together with wild animals.

Overnight: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge

Perched on the jagged rim of the crater, wreathed in morning mist, camouflaged in river-stone and cloaked in indigenous creepers, the Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge is a triumph of ecological and architectural fusion. Sensitively constructed so as to take nothing from its environment whilst affording endless vistas over the heat-shimmering reaches of the crater below, the clustered boulder-built buildings of the Lodge hug the crater rim, linked by rope-lashed timber walkways that skirt the buttressed roots of ancient, liana-hung trees.

The interior, radiating out from the primeval log fire glowing at the heart of the Lodge, blends the concentrated hush of a game-viewing hide with the ochre, rust and charcoal images of a prehistoric cavern. Lit by flaming wall-lanterns, clad in gigantic volcanic boulders and decorated by the iron spears, bright-beaded robes and intricately carven artefacts of the Maasai, the Lodge is a unique blend of world-class luxury, timeless volcanic splendour and ethnic style. As for the views, from lilac-streaked sunrise, to indigo star-studded night, the immeasurably ancient Ngorongoro Crater delivers a theatre of vistas, most unchanged since the dawn of time.

Strung around the crater rim, each with its own rock-enclosed balcony, the rooms feature brass lamps, embossed leather headboards, wildwood mirrors, Maasai carvings and flamboyant prehistoric wall motifs depicting fleeing giraffes, stylised gazelle and plunging buffalo. Each room draws on a cave-grey, indigo-blue and jasper-red colour-scheme, is fully air-conditioned and enjoys uninterrupted views over the Crater’s unmatched splendour.

At the end of an action-packed day, guests can also follow a gentle nature trail that loops around the Lodge through moss-hung glades and plunging ravines, take a guided walk to the Crater’s rim, relax with a herbal massage, or watch as the burning sun sinks behind the mountains from a unique vantage point on the craggy heights of the Crater’s rim.

Activities

Ngorongoro Crater

Located in Northern Tanzania, the Ngorongoro Crater is best known for its natural beauty and abundance of diverse wildlife, which makes it one of Africa’s most popular safari destinations. Surrounded by Tanzania’s highlands, this UNESCO-listed crater is said to be the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera. Visitors can look forward to spotting the world-renowned Big Five and a host of other wildlife species, including large herds of zebra and wildebeest. It is famed as one of Tanzania’s best tourist attractions, offering visitors an array of wonderful activities including excellent bird watching, trekking, wildlife viewing, mountain biking and visiting a local Maasai village. Don’t miss the opportunity to jump on an excursion to the magnificent Olduvai Gorge. Full Board – Dinner, Bed, Breakfast and Lunch

Day 3: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge, Ngorongoro Crater

Program: After breakfast, we descend again down to Ngorongoro crater for a game drive with picnic lunch.

Activities: game drive.

The Ngorongoro Crater is a must-see while on safari in Tanzania for its high density of wild animals. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is a conservation project where the Maasai and their livestock live together with wild animals.

Activities

Ngorongoro Crater

Located in Northern Tanzania, the Ngorongoro Crater is best known for its natural beauty and abundance of diverse wildlife, which makes it one of Africa’s most popular safari destinations. Surrounded by Tanzania’s highlands, this UNESCO-listed crater is said to be the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera. Visitors can look forward to spotting the world-renowned Big Five and a host of other wildlife species, including large herds of zebra and wildebeest. It is famed as one of Tanzania’s best tourist attractions, offering visitors an array of wonderful activities, including excellent bird watching, trekking, wildlife viewing, mountain biking and visiting a local Maasai village. Don’t miss the opportunity to jump on an excursion to the magnificent Olduvai Gorge. Full Board – Dinner, Bed, Breakfast and Lunch

Day 4: Ngorongoro – Arusha – Kilimanjaro

After breakfast, transfer to Kilimanjaro airport, where the safari ends. Ngorongoro – Arusha – Kilimanjaro, about 4 hours of transfer.
Fully Inclusive – Bed, All Meals, Fees and Activities

End of Safari

Included in the safari

  1. Professional English-speaking guide English speaker
  2. Safari 4×4 jeep, Land Rover, or Toyota Land Cruiser
  3. Single entry parks fees valid 24 hours
  4. Activities listed in the program
  5. Full board (unless indicated differently)
  6. Mineral water in the jeep
  7. Free safari water bottle
  8. AMREF Flying Doctors insurance for air medical evacuation service (500 Km radius).

Excluded

  • International flights
  • VISA
  • Drinks at hotels/lodges/tented camps
  • “Zanzibar Infrastructure Tax” is to be paid directly by the guest to the hotel in Zanzibar.
  • Laundry service
  • Tipping and personal expenses
  • All that is not explicitly included
  • Insurance