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3 Nights Wild Escape

Day 1   Arusha - Lake Manyara
 Depart from Arusha after lunch and drive to Lake Manyara region which is about 130km from Arusha and takes approximately 1.5 hours from Arusha, on your way you will notice various villages and coffee plantations. You will also pass through the scenic escarpments after which you will get to your tented lodge which is perched in the rift valley with spectacular views. Dinner and overnight at Kirurumu Tented Lodge

Day 2   Lake Manyara - Ngorongoro
After early morning tea and snacks, depart for your early morning game drive in the Lake Manyara National Park.

This park consists of more than 400 species of birds including the flamingos depending on their migration as well as other large water birds such as pelicans and storks. The entrance to the park is through an expanse of an abundant forest where you will view the baboons and monkeys in large numbers. With very good spotting you will also see the elegant bush bucks hidden in the forests. As you drive ahead, you will come to the Acacia woodland where the legendary tree climbing lions are spotted, there are also the elephants, mongoose and the dik-dik. Further ahead you will come across the grassy floodplain where the large buffalo, giraffe, zebra and wildebeests herds wander. Across the grassy plain is the magnificent alkaline lake, the home to the thousands migratory flamingos

Return to your lodge for breakfast and after the breakfast enjoy morning game drive until mid-day. Lunch at Kirurumu Tented Lodge

After lunch drive to Ngorongoro Highlands in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area which is about 70km from Kirurumu. Ngorongoro Conservation Area consists of the Ngorongoro Crater, Olduvai Gorge, Ndutu, the Empakai Crater and the Oldonyo Lengai Mountains. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge

Day 3    Ngorongoro
 Morning descend into the crater for half day crater tour. Ngorongoro Crater floor, a sheer drop of 610 metres below the crater rim, has an area of 265 sq km, with a diameter of 19 km. The sight of the Ngorongoro Crater is simply stunning. “There is nothing with which to compare. It is one of the wonders of the world…” once wrote Professor Bernard Grzimek. The crater floor is covered with plains animals, including wildebeest, zebra, gazelles, elands, rhino, and a large predator population of lions, hyena and jackal which can all be viewed at close quarters. Cheetah and leopard can also be seen here. The rain season is between November and May. The altitude at the crater rim is about 2286 metres above sea level, and temperatures can get quite chilly in the evening.

Drive back to the crater rim and to your lodge for late lunch. Spend your afternoon at leisure in and around the lodge. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge

Day 4    Ngorongoro - Arusha
 After breakfast you will check out and depart to Arusha which is about 200km and it takes about 3.5 hours by road. Lunch in Arusha

 

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KIRURUMU TENTED LODGE 

Kirurumu Tented Lodge is set high on the edge of the Great Rift Valley, enjoying a marvelous, uplifting and panoramic view eastward over Lake Manyara, the Rift floor and Mt. Losimingori.

  • Number of Rooms – 22 Tented Rooms
  • Fully en-suite bathrooms, hot and cold running water
  • Electricity

Activities offered at extra costs

  • Maasai guided ethno-botanical walks

  • Mountain biking available from adjacent hotels

 

NGORONGORO SOPA LODGE

Edged on the rim of a collapsed volcano. It is positioned on the Eastern Rim which allows the most spectacular and un-interrupted views of the sunset. The view over the crater floor is also magnificent from this lodge

  • Number of Rooms – 91 double rooms and 6 single bed rooms

  • It has a swimming pool

  • Cosy bar, where you can sit infront of real fire and enjoy your drinks (drinks not included in the package)

  • The lodge also offers internet services at an Internet Café in the lodge. Also at extra costs