Tarangire is unmistakable with its giant baobab trees, huge termite mounds, and the Tarangire River winding its way through the park. Ngorongoro Crater with its 600m (2,000ft) walls forming a beautiful backdrop makes for some great wildlife photography. It also helps that the animals here are not as skitterish as other destinations.
Day 1: After an early breakfast at your hotel, we will drive to Tarangire National Park. This park is best known for its large number of elephants. Giraffes, lions, zebras, buffaloes, and various varieties of antelopes are also present. The scenery is beautiful with huge baobab trees and giant termite mounds dotting the landscape. The Tarangire River which winds its way through the park draws a large number and variety of animals to its river banks, especially during the dry months of July - October and January - February. We will pause inside the park to enjoy a picnic style lunch before continuing with the game viewing. In the late afternoon we will exit the park and drive to the evening's accommodation for relaxation, dinner, and overnight rest. This night will not be inside of the park in order to get inside Ngorongoro Crater as early the next morning as possible.
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Day 2: After an early breakfast we enter inside Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Reaching the crater we will descend down 600m (2,000ft) to the floor of Ngorongoro Crater. The game viewing here is wonderful with a high density and wide variety of safari animals present. All of the "Big Five" - elephants, buffaloes, rhinoceros, lions, and leopards are present. We will pause the game viewing to enjoy a picnic style lunch at a designated site which overlooks a small lake frequented by hippos, cranes, and flamingoes. While the game viewing is great, the size of this location is not large, just 20km in diameter. So after 4- 5 hours all will be seen. At that time we will ascend out of the crater and drive out of the NCA back to Arusha/Kilimanjaro Airport/Moshi to end the itinerary. Any flight departure after 5pm should be possible with this itinerary.