Tanzania 2 Days Safari - JJ TRUST

Safari Itinerary:

Day 1: Arusha - Tarangire National Park

You'll be picked up from your hotel in Arusha at 6.30 am and drive on a tarmac road 120km to Tarangire National Park (2,850sq km) for game drives. It’s the greatest concentration of wildlife outside the Serengeti ecosystem. The swamps, tinged green year round, are the focus for 550 bird varieties, the most breeding species in one habitat anywhere in the world.

After lunch, continue with afternoon game viewing in the park, home to lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, python, zebra, oryx, impala and more. On drier ground, you'll find the kori bustard, the heaviest flying bird; the stocking-thigh ostrich, the world’s largest bird; and small parties of ground hornbills blustering like turkeys. More ardent bird-lovers might keep an eye open for screeching flocks of the dazzlingly colourful yellow-collared lovebird, and the somewhat drabber Rufus-tailed weaver and ashy starling.

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Day 2: Ngorongoro Crater - Arusha

Wake up early in the morning for breakfast. At 6:00 am, drive to Ngorongoro Crater where you will descend into the crater floor (19.2km of diameter, 610m deep, 304sq km) for game drives. All the Big Five (rhino, lion, leopard, buffalo and elephant) live in this wonderful caldera and many more mammals. Birds include flamingos on the soda lake, geese, storks, vultures and more. Break for lunch at Ngoitoktok Spring picnic site. Ngorongoro Crater is often called ‘Africa’s Eden’ the ‘8th Natural Wonder of the World’. A massive extinct volcano, its towering tree-lined walls drop thousands of feet to a “Noah’s Ark” of animals on the verdant floor below. This breathtaking oasis provides a haven for both predator and prey to live among grasslands, fresh springs and the large soda lake. Nowhere else can such a diversity in wildlife be experienced in such a short period of time. Later in the late afternoon, drive back to Arusha.

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