Tour Highlights

Short but sweet, your whirlwind tour starts in Moshi, takes in diverse Tarangire and as its ‘grande finale’ also visits the beautiful Ngorongoro Conservation Area with its incomparable crater. In both locations, the wildlife is equally awe-inspiring, but each of these environments in Tanzania’s Northern Circuit is unique – and truly breath-taking.

Trip Itinerary

Day 1 Kilimanjaro International Airport To Arusha

A staff member of Jerry Tanzania Tours will pick you up from the Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO). From here you will be driven to Gran Meliá Arusha and briefed on your forthcoming safari. Enjoy a restful night before beginning your adventure tomorrow!

Accommodation: Gran Meliá Arusha

Day 2 Arusha – Tarangire National Park – Karatu

You'll depart from Arusha after breakfast for the approximately two-hour journey to Tarangire National Park. Along the way, your eyes will be opened to all the colours and character of Tanzania: perhaps some Maasai herdsmen driving their flocks of goats to new pastures. You’ll get to know your driver-guide, amazed at his depth of knowledge as he effortlessly answers all your questions. Once you've entered Tarangire, you'll begin your game drive across a rich vista of endless golden savannah that surrounds the Tarangire River. Tarangire is huge. As you stand at the park gate and look south, it stretches as far as the eye can see. Known as the ‘Elephant Playground,’ this spectacular park contains largest population of these mighty mammals. But Tarangire is also home to buffalo, lion, gnu, zebra and gazelle and the park can rival Serengeti for sheer animal densities. What might you see today? Perhaps a solitary male lion stretched out beneath a tree, perhaps a trio of male cheetah enjoying some lazy bonding-time in the sun. Maybe some graceful Grant’s gazelle or zebra bounding away from the road or a couple of giraffes munching happily from the choicest acacia branches. For Tarangire specialties, look out for kudu and oryx.

Here as in other parks, it pays not to ignore the small animals. It is so easy to be mesmerized by the power and majesty of an elephant or the elegance of the giraffe. Ask your guide to find you an agama lizard, especially a male one who changes colour in front of you according to the temperature! Or a hyrax, known as pimbi, an insignificant-looking creature of around 30 cm in length…who astonishingly is related to elephant!

Not many trees will pass you by without something of avian interest catching your eye. A memorable flash of colour might be a lilac-breasted roller or superb starling. Ostrich are plentiful and it is hard not to chuckle at the sighting of the well-named, studious-looking secretary bird as it awkwardly pads across the grasslands.

The park is also famous for its noble baobab trees, rolling savannah and acacia woodland. It can be dusty – wear a scarf over your mouth - but this is a minor inconvenience for sighting wildlife in such abundance. After an extensive game drive and a picnic lunch, you will leave the park to make your way to the cooler regions of the Ngorongoro highlands.

Accommodation: Ngorongoro Oldeani Mountain Lodge

Meal Plan: Breakfast will be provided by the Gran Meliá Arusha. Lunch will be a nutritious and balanced meal, also provided by the hotel for you to take out on safari. Your evening meal will be a full, cooked dinner created by the chef and his team at the Ngorongoro Oldeani Mountain Lodge.

Day 3 From Karatu To Ngorongoro Crater, Return To Arusha

After breakfast at daybreak, you will set off towards Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera and the heart of the Conservation Area of the same name. On arrival at the entry into the conservation area, you will sign in and then begin the winding descent into the crater itself. At one side there’s the Lerai Forest, classic mountain forest landscape with almost tropical characteristics. This is good elephant country, so keep your eyes peeled. By the side of the nearby swampland is what is sometimes called the ‘elephant graveyard’ as the mighty male tuskers at the end of their lives come to chew on the soft, swampland grasses once their teeth have failed them.

The crater has a population of around 120 lions, with well-defined territories; 15,000 gnu, 9,000 zebra, 400 hyenas, and around 50 black rhino. Many gnu and other herd animals are resident, benefiting from the many sources of year-round waters and are boosted by some migrators in season. Buffalo, Serval, Jackal, Thomson’s gazelle and eland are also present in numbers. Hippos can be found in pools and swampland and highland birdlife is colourful and plentiful around the waters. Flamingos can often be seen in Lake Magadi, which occupies part of the crater floor. After your morning game drive in this stunning crater and then lunch, you will have a 3 ½ hour journey, covering the 192 km back to Arusha.

Meal Plan: Breakfast is served at the Ngorongoro Oldeani Mountain Lodge. Lunch will be a nutritious and balanced meal, also provided by the lodge for you to take out on safari and enjoyed after your morning game-drive, before you return to Arusha. As today is the end of safari, please note that dinner tonight is not included in the tour.

Departure Instructions : Please note this 2 Days Tanzania Luxury Safari ends at Arusha at 17:00hrs, your departure can only take place tomorrow if you have booked a domestic flight which departs from Kilimanjaro International Airport at 07:10hrs and onwards or an international flight which departs at 06:40hrs and onwards. Thus, you will need to book an extra night’s accommodation (not included in the tour price) and take a flight the following day.

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Prices

2 Days luxury Safari

1 pax

2 pax

3 pax

4 pax

5 pax

Luxury Safari

$2,852

$1,995

$1,787

$1,665

$1,606

2 Days Tanzania Luxury Safari

1 pax

2 pax

3 pax

4 pax

5 pax

2 Days Tanzania Luxury Safari

$2,788

$1,963

$1,766

$1,634

$1,581

2 Days Tanzania Luxury Safari

1 pax

2 pax

3 pax

4 pax

5 pax

2 Days Tanzania Luxury Safari

$2,788

$1,963

$1,766

$1,634

$1,581

2 Days Tanzania Luxury Safari

1 pax

2 pax

3 pax

4 pax

5 pax

2 Days Tanzania Luxury Safari

$2,149

$1,339

$1,224

$1,062

$1,058

2 Days Tanzania Luxury Safari

1 pax

2 pax

3 pax

4 pax

5 pax

2 Days Tanzania Luxury Safari

$3,027

$2,116

$1,926

$1,786

$1,738

2 Days Tanzania Luxury Safari

1 pax

2 pax

3 pax

4 pax

5 pax

Luxury Safari

$2,677

$1,874

$1,648

$1,544

$1,474

2 Days Tanzania Luxury Safari

1 pax

2 pax

3 pax

4 pax

5 pax

2 Days Tanzania Luxury Safari

$1,934

$1,199

$1,059

$922

$903

Include / Exclude

Include

Arrival and Departure Transfer:
  • TO/FROM Kilimanjaro International Airport

  • One arrival Transfer

  • One departure Transfer

Jerry Tanzania Tours – Transport:
  • 4X4 Custom built – Toyota Land Cruiser

  • Pop-up roof, Opening sliding windows, Seat belts, Heavy duty wheels, and Extra fuel tank. Refrigerator for cooling drinks, One pair of binoculars per couple, Eco friendly trash bag. Charging outlets Type G Plug for charging cameras and smart phones.

Jerry Tanzania Tours – Trip Crew:
  • Professional, English-Speaking Driver guide. A Friendly, Experienced and Passionate Driver Guide expert at a wide variety of skills: Flora and Fauna, Tanzania’s cultural and natural history.

Jerry Tanzania Tours Treat:
  • A Special Safari Hamper

  • Bottled water and soft drinks in the car throughout the trip

  • Thermos with hot tea/coffee in the car on the game drive

Accommodation:
  • 1 night in Arusha, 1 night on Safari

  • 1st night – Gran Meliá Arusha

  •       Bed and Breakfast

  • 2nd night – Ngorongoro Oldeani Mountain Lodge

  •       Full Board (Dinner, Breakfast, Picnic lunch box)

Park Entrance Fee:
  • Park fee for Tarangire National Park

  • Park fee for Ngorongoro Crater

Exclude

Tipping:

Tipping is of course discretionary, but is an expected part of the way in which business is done in Tanzania. It counts as an expression of gratitude to those who – hopefully – have made your experience an unforgettable one and enables you to directly reward those people. Our visitors come from all around the world, with different cultural attitudes to tipping, but a tip is of great significance here in Tanzania and will be hugely appreciated by the recipient. We know that the act of giving of a tip can be a bit awkward and we would suggest that the best way to remove this ‘awkwardness’ is for each couple to put their tip anonymously into an envelope and for the envelopes to be presented by the couple to the staff member. As a guideline, you should consider tipping at the following levels:

Driver guide: $30 per day, per couple.

For hotels/lodges/tented camps, please do not tip individual staff members, but instead use the ‘Tip Box’, which you should find at the reception of your accommodation. For guidance, you should consider tipping between $5-7 per day, per guest, at each accommodation.

Any Changes done by you:

The trip excludes changes done by you during safari or before safari which deviates from the original program.

Post Night Accommodation in Arusha:

This tour ends at Arusha at 17:00hrs, you can only depart the following day if you have booked a domestic flight which departs from Kilimanjaro International Airport at 07:10hrs and onwards or an international flight which departs at 06:40hrs and onwards. Thus, you will need to book an extra night’s accommodation (not included in the tour price) and depart the following day. Please contact us for details.

Nota bene: Hotel check-out is by 10:00hrs. In case you need to have a late check-out because of an evening flight, you have the option to extend your hotel stay (day room use) till 18:00hrs for an extra fee.

Travel Insurance

The trip cost excludes travel insurance which is essential.

Laundry Service:

If you require to launder your clothes while on your safari, then you will need to pay an amount that the accommodation charges as per their rate sheet.

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