Lake Manyara & Ngorongoro Crater 2 days
Our 2-day camping safari takes you to the world famous Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara National Park. A short but exciting tour where you will have a chance to see the “Big Five,“ large waterfowl colonies and tree climbing lions.
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- Specialized Bilingual Guide
- Private Transport
- Entrance Fees
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Excluded |
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Travel by 4X4
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Details
You will be picked up at your hotel in the morning after breakfast. You drive along with your guide to Lake Manyara National Park in the East African Rift Valley. The journey takes about 3 hours. The park is dominated by the lake of the same name, which attracts large colonies of water birds. Particularly impressive are the pink-colored flamingos, but there are also many other bird species such as cormorants, pelicans and storks. A total of about 400 different bird species live in the park. The park is also famous for its tree climbing lions, which are usually found in the central and open part of the park. During the safari you will also see elephants, zebras, giraffes, buffaloes, hippos and many other animal species. In the late afternoon you leave the national park, and will spend the night at a campsite near the small village Mto wa Mbu.
After an early breakfast, the drive will take you up the steep slopes of the East African Rift Valley to the Ngorongoro Crater. Afterwards it continues on rough roads about 600 meters downwards into the crater. The crater has a diameter of 17-21 kilometers and is the home of a great animal kingdom. Nearly all the biodiversity of the East African savannah is gathered here, only giraffes and a few other animal species for which the rock faces are too steep do not live in the crater. Depending on the season, 15,000 to 25,000 animals are gathered here, more than two thirds are buffaloes, gnus, zebras and gazelles. After lunch we drive up and out of the steep crater walls and then back to Moshi.