2-Day Tanzania Mid-Range Safari: Tarangire & Arusha National Park
Overview
Discover two contrasting landscapes of Northern Tanzania on this exciting 2-day safari to Tarangire National Park and Arusha National Park.
Your journey begins in Tarangire, a spectacular wildlife destination renowned for its large elephant herds, magnificent baobab trees, and diverse savannah landscapes. You will then experience the unique beauty of Arusha National Park, where lush montane forests, open grasslands, alpine vegetation, scenic lakes, and volcanic landscapes create an exceptional setting for both game viewing and guided walking safaris.
This short safari is ideal for travelers who want to experience Tanzania’s wildlife and natural beauty while enjoying comfortable mid-range accommodation.
Tour Plan
Day 01: Arusha – Tarangire National Park
Distance: Approximately 130 km
Non-Game Viewing Driving Time: 3–4 hours
After breakfast, meet your safari driver-guide and begin your journey from Arusha towards Tarangire National Park. Before departing the city, you will have a brief opportunity to make any last-minute purchases or preparations for your safari.
Continue towards Tarangire, a park famous for its impressive elephant population and iconic baobab trees. During the dry season, the Tarangire River and other water sources attract large concentrations of wildlife, making the park an excellent destination for game viewing.
The park forms part of an important seasonal wildlife movement route, with large numbers of elephants, wildebeest, zebras, and other animals visiting the area at different times of the year.
Enjoy an extensive game drive through the park, taking in its varied landscapes and searching for elephants, giraffes, zebras, buffaloes, wildebeest, antelopes, and numerous bird species.
After the game drive, leave the park and proceed to your accommodation for dinner and overnight.
- Meals: Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
- Accommodation: Mid-Range Hotel in Arusha
Day 02: Arusha – Arusha National Park – Arusha
Distance: Approximately 10 km
Non-Game Viewing Driving Time: 30 minutes – 1 hour
After breakfast, your driver-guide will pick you up from your hotel at approximately 9:00 AM. Before entering the park, you will receive a briefing covering the day’s game drive and guided walking safari.
Located close to Arusha Town and Kilimanjaro International Airport, Arusha National Park offers a remarkable variety of landscapes and wildlife within a relatively small area.
The park is known for its beautiful black-and-white colobus monkeys, picturesque Momela Lakes, and the impressive Ngurdoto Crater. The crater is approximately 3 km wide and forms an important feature of the park’s volcanic landscape.
Upon arrival, begin with a game drive through the park, exploring its different habitats and looking for wildlife such as giraffes, buffaloes, zebras, elephants, warthogs, bushbucks, red duikers, and other species.
You will then enjoy a 2–3-hour guided walking safari, accompanied by an armed park ranger. Walking through the natural environment provides a completely different perspective of the park, allowing you to appreciate its plants, smaller wildlife, tracks, sounds, and landscapes from ground level.
Take a break for lunch at a designated picnic area before continuing your exploration. Later, visit the scenic Momela Lakes and enjoy views of the Ngurdoto Crater before beginning your return journey to Arusha.
Arrive in Arusha in the evening, marking the end of your 2-day Tanzania safari.
- Meals: Breakfast | Lunch
- Accommodation: Not Included
Day 02: Tarangire – Serengeti National Park
Distance: Approximately 200 km
Driving Time: 2–3 hours
After breakfast, leave Tarangire behind and continue towards the legendary Serengeti National Park.
The journey takes you through the scenic farmlands around Karatu and across the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. As you travel through the highlands, the landscape gradually changes, revealing the vast open plains of the Serengeti.
Continue towards the central Serengeti, particularly the Seronera area, which is one of the park’s most productive wildlife regions. The Seronera River provides an important source of water, supporting a wide variety of animals throughout the year.
Arrive around lunchtime and enjoy your meal before heading out for an afternoon game drive across the Serengeti plains. Keep your eyes open for lions, elephants, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, buffaloes, and other wildlife.
Dinner and overnight will be at your campsite within the Serengeti area.
- Meals: Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
- Accommodation: Budget Campsite in Serengeti
- Included
- Round-trip airport transfers
- Safari guaranteed upon confirmation
- Accommodation as specified in the itinerary
- Meals according to the itinerary: B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner
- Professional and experienced English-speaking safari driver-guide
- All applicable national park entrance fees and government taxes
- Game drives in the national parks
- Services of a professional safari cook
- Ngorongoro Crater tour
- Three meals per day during the safari, including vegetarian and non-vegetarian options
- Drinking water, approximately 1.5 litres per person per day
- Safari transportation in a 4×4 Land Cruiser with a pop-up roof for excellent wildlife viewing and photography
- excluded
- Entry Visas
- International
- Flights
- Laundry
- Optional Activities
- Tips and Gratuities
- Possible Concession fees
- Alcoholic Drink