Day 1: Arusha – Tarangire National Park
After breakfast at your lodge in Arusha, depart for Tarangire National Park for a game drive. The road passes the beautiful Masai steppe and several villages. Tarangire runs along the Tarangire River with low-lying hills on the floor of the Great Rift Valley, mainly acacia woodland and huge baobab trees, with a swamp area to the south. Tarangire is famous for its large elephant population, alongside giraffe, buffalo, zebra, impala, wildebeest, warthog, baboons and monkeys, plus lion, leopard, hyena, jackal and cheetah. Over 400 bird species have been recorded here. Late afternoon, drive to your lodge for dinner and overnight, with a brief stop at the Lake Manyara view point.
Accommodation: Marera Valley Lodge or similar, near Karatu town



