Following breakfast and your safari briefing, you depart by 4×4 safari vehicle to Tarangire National Park. Once you pass the park gate, you game view en route to the lodge arriving for lunch.

Following lunch and a chance to enjoy the lodge’s facilities, you have an afternoon game drive returning to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Tarangire Ndovu Tented Lodge is in the heart of Tarangire National Park, Tanzania’s wild land of elephant herds and landscapes. At Tarangire Ndovu Tented Lodge, there are 12 permanent tents providing an intimate experience in the wild.

The camp is open all year around and especially during the dry months, the massive elephant herds travel through the corridor between Manyara and Tarangire and spend their time in and around the park. This is because of their ability to uncover permanent sources of fresh water. We endeavor to retain the uniqueness and intimacy of the camp, while being directed by the location, wildlife, and other factors of responsible tourism.

Each tent is framed with wooden logs, metal piping and then wrapped in heavy duty safari rip-stop canvas made locally at Morogoro, southern Tanzania, plus the additional cooling feature of shade cloth over the entire tent. You are met at the entrance by climbing specially crafted stairs and onto a balcony with a love seat and side table for relaxing when you have a moment.

The front of the tents has double sliding doors, including a layer of mosquito netting for your comfort. Once you step into the tent and the bedroom area, you will see an arrangement of unique furniture like a desk and chair, bench seat, side tables, matting and incredible local imagery. Once you walk through the bedroom and into the ensuite, the polished concrete floors with wardrobe, robes, separate shower and toilet cubicles and handcrafted washstand with carefully created terracotta basins. All the fittings depict colours in natural tones to adhere to the intrinsic area where we are located.

Early departure and descend to the floor of the Ngorongoro Crater. You game drive in this paradise. With a space of only 102 square miles and a resident wildlife population of more than 30,000 mammals, there is a great chance that you might see all the big five. A picnic lunch box is provided at a scenic picnic site within the crater. In the afternoon, you return to the rim of the crater and your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Morning and afternoon game drives with meals and overnight at the lodge.

Optional Experience – Shared Hot Air Balloon Safari

Early morning shared transfer in the balloon company vehicle to the balloon staging site. You meet the pilot who provides a safety briefing while the crew inflate the balloon. At sunrise, your
shared hot air balloon lifts off over the African plains. At times, your pilot will ascend to a higher altitude to give you an overview of the ecosystem. Then you descend to treetop level to silently observe the wildlife from above. After about 50 minutes, you land and are met by the balloon staff to transport you to your shared bush breakfast. You then return to your camp or lodge.

You have a choice of early morning, morning and afternoon game drives with meals at the lodge or depart on a full day game drive with picnic lunch.

Enjoy your final game drive en route to Seronera airstrip. Here you’ll fly by scheduled flight to Arusha Airport. You will be met on arrival by an Adventure World representative and transferred to Saana Restaurant for lunch. Then transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your departure flight.