4-Day Budget Lodge North Parks Safari and Materuni Trip
Safari tour hosted byZanzi Trekking and Safaris
Safari tour location
Duration of the tour
Languages spoken
Flexible cancellation before the tour starts
Tour highlights
You will embark on a 4-day/3-night lodge safari near wildlife reserves or national parks. You will stay in a comfortable lodge, maximizing wildlife encounters through guided tours. You will arrive for a warm welcome and orientation, enjoy delicious meals, and capture stunning photographs during morning safaris. Afternoons offer optional lodge activities or leisure time. This condensed safari provides a focused and exhilarating wildlife experience.
Itinerary
We will pick you up at 9 am from your hotel in Arusha or Moshi and head to Materuni village. After registering at the village office, a 45-minute trek leads you to picturesque waterfalls, offering stunning scenery and insights into Chagga culture. You'll enjoy a rest or brave a swim at the waterfall.
Returning through a different path, your day continues with a coffee experience. You'll learn about coffee bean cultivation, drying, and roasting while actively participating. Locals sing and dance around you during this immersive encounter.
Following the coffee adventure, local 'mamas' prepare a delicious Chagga lunch, featuring options like banana stew, pilau, or rice and beans. Afterward, your driver-guide takes you back to Moshi/Arusha, concluding a day of nature, culture, and culinary delights.
Lunch, Dinner
Meals included
Budget, Merves Hotel
Accommodation included
You will soon depart from Arusha Town to visit Tarangire National Park. Attracted by its meandering river during the dry season, numerous animals migrate to this park, which holds the highest documented number of breeding species for any habitat globally. The park features a significant elephant population, undulating hills, and vast savannahs speckled with the iconic "upside down" baobab trees. According to the Maasai, these trees are considered the initial tree of creation, providing a stunning backdrop.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Meals included
Budget, Fanaka Lodge
Accommodation included
You will have an early morning game drive and then depart to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Along the way, you will stop at Olduvai Gorge, known for its history dating back to the dawn of time. It was at this site that the anthropologists Drs. Louis and Mary Leakey discovered the skulls of 'Nutcracker Man' and 'Handy Man', both significant links in the chain of human evolution.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Meals included
Budget, Fanaka Lodge
Accommodation included
After breakfast, the tour departs for Lake Manyara. Lake Manyara National Park offers stunning views and a wide variety of habitats, including acacia woodlands, water forests, baobab-strewn cliffs, algae-streaked hot springs, swamps, and the lake itself. Thanks to this diversity, the small park can accommodate a large number of animal species and an incredible array of birdlife. Manyara boasts the largest concentration of baboons in the world, and the lions here are famous for their tree-climbing abilities. A vehicle will meet you to provide transportation back to your hotel in Arusha, which is approximately a 1-hour drive.
Breakfast, Lunch
Meals included
What's included
Included in your tour
Hotels, meals and transfers as described in the program, certified and experienced English-speaking safari guide, National Park fees, 4x4 Safari vehicle.
Not included in your tour
International flights, visa fees, travel insurance, tips.