046 : 4 DAYS LAKE MANYARA - NGORONGORO

A Lake Manyara Safari is often overlooked. Many people pass Lake Manyara National Park in their rush to the Serengeti. However, we recommend you consider this enchanting and interesting park. Although small, it is one of the prettiest and most game rich parks in the country.

Lake Manyara is a long thin park only about 330 sq km in size. Two thirds of the park consists of water, with the Great Rift Valley Escarpment rising sharply and dramatically along the western side.
 
Remember to keep looking up while you are in the park. Lake Manyara is well known for its tree climbing lions and there are also plenty of leopards. You'll need some luck to see them though, so don't be disappointed if they elude you.

Lake Manyara is a great safari spot for bird viewing and also has a healthy population of ungulates such as buffalo and wildebeest. Many animals can be seen grazing the new shoots on the floodplain and wallowing in the shallows of the lake, while further out pods of hippos bob.



DAY 1:  NAIROBI / ARUSHA / MANYARA
Leave Nairobi after breakfast in a shuttle bus for Arusha via Namanga (immigration) arriving into Arusha in time for lunch.  After lunch proceed to Lake Manyara . Dinner and overnight at the Lake Manyara Hotel.

DAY 2:  LAKE MANYARA / NGORONGORO
After early breakfast proceed for a game drive in search of lions on trees, flamingos, giraffe etc.  Return to the Lake Manyara Hotel for lunch. After lunch proceed to Ngorongoro Lodge Dinner and overnight at the Ngorongoro Lodge.

DAY 3:  NGORONGORO / LAKE MANYARA
After an early breakfast depart with picnic lunch for a full day Ngorongoro Crater Tour. Return to Lake Manyara Hotel for Dinner and overnight.

DAY 4:  LAKE MANYARA
After breakfast leave Lake Manyara for Arusha.  Lunch at Arusha.  About 2 hours for sight -seeing and shopping and thereafter proceed to Nairobi stopping at Namanga Border for Immigration and Customs. Arriving Nairobi in the evening.