Overview
Our 3-day Rafiki expedition takes you to Lake Manyara, the World Heritage Site Ngorongoro Crater, and Tarangire National Park. It is designed to offer visitors with time constraints a short but very intense Tanzanian wildlife safari experience. You will experience the excitement of an African wildlife safari or even a photographic safari in three of the most spectacular national game parks in Tanzania.
Locations
> You'll be collected from the airport.
> Accommodations, Destinations and length of this tour cannot be customized.
> Additional accommodation before and end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost.
Day 1 - Arusha to Tarangire National Park
If you’ve never been to Tarangire (and even if you have), you’re in for a real treat. Tarangire is filled with giants—baobab trees all across the park, as well as elephants, lots of them. But that’s just the beginning. Of the big cats, you’ll probably see lions, and cheetahs and leopards are around, too. And it’s impossible to miss the wildebeest, giraffes, hippos, buffalo, and zebras. Your backdrop for all of this is one of the prettiest in northern Tanzania, with a memorable mix of river woodland, open plains, and rolling hills. And some vantage points to take it all in.
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Day 2 - Tarangire to Ngorongoro Crater
Today you’ll visit Ngorongoro Crater, one of the most beautiful natural sights in Africa, a place where you’ll experience otherworldly beauty with extraordinary wildlife. Watch as, from above, morning mist rolls up and over the crater rim, and notice how the steep walls suggest a place unlike any other. Down below on the crater floor, explore a lost world preserved in a state of pristine isolation, one that shelters lions and hyenas, elephants and black rhinos, flamingos and golden jackals. There are also forests, hippo-filled lakes, a salt pan, and hyena dens, and you’ll never lose the sense that you’ve stumbled into a safari theme park where everything’s wild.
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Day 3 - Lake Manyara National Park
The park is dominated by a lake of the same name, which attracts large colonies of waterbirds. Particularly impressive are the pink-colored flamingos, but also many other bird species, such as cormorants, pelicans, and storks, can be observed here. 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 parts 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 & head to Arusha/JRO.
> You'll be dropped off at the airport.
Rates by Travelers
| Start dates | End dates | Solo 1 room |
2 people 1 room |
3 people 2 room |
4 people 2 room |
5 people 3 room |
6 people 3 room |
6+ people |
| 2026-07-17 | 2060-12-31 | $ 0.00 | $ 950.00 | $ 800.00 | $ 650.00 | $ 650.00 | $ 600.00 | Request Quote |
Getting There
- This tour starts Arusha and ends in Arusha
- Book your own international flights when using this operator
- A transfer from and back to the airport is included > Accommodations, Destinations and length of this tour cannot be customized
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost
Included
- Park fees (for non-residents)
- All activities mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional)
- Meals (as specified in the day-by-day description)
- All accommodation mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT
Excluded
- International flights (from/to the client's home country)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips: tipping guideline of US$ option per person per day for the guide and crew
- Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees and other personal items)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
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