Matukio Adventures Travel & Tours | 5 Days Tanzania Experience

Day 1: Touchdown in Tanzania – Arrive Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO)

Travel time: 1 hours
Distance: 55 km

African safari begins at Kilimanjaro International Airport in Arusha, safari capital of Tanzania. Transfer to your hotel at Arusha town for overnight stay.

Accommodation: Planet Lodge

Meals: Bed Only

Day 2: Arusha - Tarangire National Park

After breakfast do we head into the Tarangire National Park for a morning game drive.

Travel time: 2 hours
Distance: 120 km

After breakfast do we head into the Tarangire National Park for a morning game drive. The park runs along the line of the Tarangire River and is mainly made up of low-lying hills on the Great Rift Valley floor. Its natural vegetation mainly consists of Acacia woodland and giant African Baobab trees, with huge swamp areas in the south. Both the river and the swamps act like a magnet for wild animals, during Tanzania’s dry season. The Tarangire National Park is reputed to contain some of the largest elephant herds in Africa. This African national park is also home to three rare species of animals – the Greater Kudu, the Fringed-eared Oryx, as well as a few Ashy Starlings. We return to the lodge or Tented Camp for lunch and then after lunch evening game drive.

Accommodation: Roika Tented Lodge

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 3: Lake Manyara National Park

Morning game drive followed by Breakfast and then we travel to the Lake Manyara National Park for game viewing.

Travel time: 1 hour
Distance: 68 km

Morning game drive followed by Breakfast and then we travel to the Lake Manyara National Park for game viewing. We arrive in time for lunch at the lodge. After lunch we head into the Lake Manyara National Park. This impressive park is one of Tanzania’s most dramatically located wildlife areas, consisting of a massive but shallow soda lake (covering two-thirds of the park) at the foot of the Great Rift Valley’s western escarpment. The park’s varied habitat attracts a wide variety of animals, including one of Africa’s largest concentrations of elephants, Manyara’s famous tree-climbing lions, as well as large flocks of flamingos attracted by the algae in the lake.

Accommodation: Lake Manyara Serena Lodge

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 4: Ngorongoro Crater - Arusha City

After breakfast driving to Ngorongoro Crater, we descend 600m into this magnificent crater for a morning, half-day game drive.

Travel time: 2 hours & 3 ½ hours
Distance: 60km & 190 km

After breakfast driving to Ngorongoro Crater, we descend 600m into this magnificent crater for a morning, half-day game drive. The Ngorongoro Crater is one of the most densely crowded African wildlife areas in the world and is home to an estimated 30,000 animals including some of Tanzania’s last remaining black rhino.

Supported by a year round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro Crater supports a vast variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants. Another big draw card to this picturesque national park is it’s dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard, which sometimes requires a trained eye to spot. We will enjoy a picnic lunch in the crater, and then we drive back to Arusha city. Optional you also have the possibility of visiting a Masai village.

Accommodation: The African Tulip Hotel

Meals: Breakfast & Picnic Lunch