2-Day Semi-Luxury Tarangire & Ngorongoro Crater Safari

Wherever you go in Tarangire National Park, you’ll come across the park’s famous and larger-than-life baobab trees and elephants. These are the twin elements that give this park so much personality. Located approximately 120 km (75 miles) southwest of Arusha,the park is an easy and rewarding drive from the safari capital of northern Tanzania. There is, of course, so much more. We don’t just mean the huge populations of wildebeest, giraffes, hippos, buffaloes, baboons, vervet monkeys and zebras. Or the rugged landscape of rocky hills and rivers, swamps and savannah plains. You also have an excellent chance of seeing lions here Tarangire is a real lion stronghold  and keep an eye out for leopards and cheetahs as well.

Ngorongoro Crater is a special place, and the first time you descend onto the crater floor is unlike any other safari experience in Africa. This is a world unto itself, where you’ll encounter the crater’s 600-strong population of hyenas, as well as critically endangered black rhinos. You’ll also find elephants with larger-than-average tusks and more than 50 lions living in the crater. But it’s the sheer beauty of Ngorongoro that will most likely stay with you the longest. From early morning, mist rises from the crater, revealing steep, forested walls, secret waterways where hippos wallow, and a world of abundant wildlife hidden away from the rest of the world. Located approximately 150 km (93 miles) from Tarangire National Park, Ngorongoro is a natural continuation of the classic northern Tanzania safari circuit.