2-Day Tarangire and Materuni Waterfalls Adventure: Budget-friendly Northern Tanzania Trip
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20 Ratings
Arusha
Experience a budget-friendly 2-day adventure in northern Tanzania, exploring Tarangire National Park and Materuni Waterfalls. Limited time? No problem! Join a small group tour and enjoy comfortable accommodation and transportation.
Duration: 2 days
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

Tarangire National Park - You’ll depart from Arusha at 8:00 am and head to Tarangire National Park. It’s only a 2-hour (120km) drive to reach the national park entrance.

You will have almost 10 minutes for the washroom at the entrance while your guide completes legal formalities at the park authority offices.

Tarangire National Park is really stunning, perfect for a day trip and some serious wildlife spotting. This trip will provide you with a brief but unforgettable African wildlife safari experience and the chance to witness all the beauty of Tanzania.

You’ll spend a day exploring this destination that is home to a wide variety of wildlife. The park is also famous for Acacia woodland, giant African baobab trees, and huge swamp areas in the south. Tarangire National Park is reputed to have some of the largest elephant herds in Africa.

Early evening after game drive you will exit the park heading to the Lodge for Dinner & Overnight.

What's Included
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Breakfast
  • Other dietary requirements on request
  • Professional driver/guide fluent in English, Spanish, and French
  • Game Drive
  • All Accommodations
What's Not Included
  • All things of personal nature
  • International flights
  • Visa and Travel insurance
  • Tips and gratitude for driver Guide and Safari cook
Additional Information

The 2-day/1-night safaris, Materuni Waterfalls, and Chemka Hot Spring have been designed to meet the requirements of visitors with limited time to spend in northern Tanzania. You will visit Tarangire National Park and Materuni Waterfalls for 2 days. This Tour is based on Budget Accommodation and consists of a maximum of 7 visitors in the Pop-Up Roof Safari Jeep and Minvan for Kikuletwa and Materuni Waterfalls. You will be picked up and dropped off at your hotel.

Location
Arusha Tanzania
We meet travelers at their hotels in Arusha
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Shenn09
Jul 13, 2023
Trip of a lifetime - Wow. What an amazing experience. We’ve wanted to do a safari forever and finally we did it with our 3 teenage daughters and it was worth the wait. Colours africa are a great company- don’t hesitate to book with these guys. Special mention to Passion and Paul (sorry if spelled wrong). Such great guys and wonderful food. Godlisten was such an amazing g helpful person - with my Mullins of questions and even collecting our missing luggage and most of all keeping us warm on our trip ☺️ thank you all for a trip of a lifetime
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Slimbelounis
Jul 25, 2022
An amazing safari / trip - An amazing experience, with very helpful and cool guides. Joel, is a good driver, mindful and helpful during the trekking, the visit to Materuni village, and the hotspring. Freddy, was our guide during the Safari, he was helpful, he would explain everything with details, we learned a lot about the Wildlife/tribes/cultural with him. Collin is an amazing cook, we had delicious/adapted meals. Accomodation was in a good clean lodge (Karatu Safari Camp Lodge) with good staff. Finally, we thank everyone mentioned, and also Hamis who always checked on us to be sure everything went well. Asante sana :)
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Abdelmarzougui
Nov 16, 2021
TIPTOP - Very special, service very good and the safari TipTop!! I was 3 days and every days was good : i have seen lions :)
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Delphines417
Nov 4, 2021
Fantastic Safari with Colours Africa - We had a fantastic 5-days safari with Colours Africa. Everything was perfect from the beginning until the end. Our guide - Lucas - was great. Not only because he did everything to make sure we can enjoy the maximum our moment (we saw twice the big 5 and so many animals in 2 days) but also, because he took so much care about our 2 Kids who are 7 and 9. He learnt them some Swahili and always made sure they feel happy the whole time. In addition, we would say that the accomodations and the food were perfect ! They also made us a surprise for our anniversary and we are very thankful for it. For all these reasons we would definitively recommand Colours Africa !
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Ritabpinheiro
Oct 28, 2021
Amazing 4 day Safari with Colours Africa - We have been thinking of doing a safari in Tanzania for long time, and after searching, we decided to do it with Colours Africa Tours and Safaris. We did a 4 day private safari in late October to Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro and it was absolutely perfect. Prior to the trip, the company was in constant contact with us to make sure that everything that we wanted would happen. They arranged the transfer to and from the airport and the hotel stay in Arusha the day before and after the Safari. Mr Godlistun and Mr Hamisi were very helpful, they care about every detail to make sure that we are absolutely happy with the experience. Our driver was Benjamin, and the safari wouldn't be the same without him. He knows everything about the parks and the animals, knows where, when and how to see them best and makes every effort for us to see as many animals as possible and take the most of the parks. The jeep was absolutely amazing, very comfortable and big, had a fridge with water and drinks for the lunches. We had hot meals that was absolutely amazing, with portable table and chairs in the heart of the parks, which made a big difference! They even had red and white wine for every lunch. We stayed in 3 different accomodations arranged by the company and every single one of them was superb. Our guide Benjamin joined us for dinner which made it even better, it was a good time for bonding and prepare the next day. It was a lifetime experience, and wouldn't change anything!!! We are so happy with this trip and already thinking about our next adventure with Colours Africa!
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Fernandask5604rh
Oct 7, 2021
Amazing experience - We had an incredible experience with the company since we arrived to Tanzania. Every aspect of our trip was taken care of, they were waiting for us at the airport, make sure everything was alright at our hotel. Very punctual and attentive to our needs. We felt very safe with them! Our tour guide knew a lot not only about the safaris themselves but also gave us facts about the people, culture, etc. I totally recommend the tour!!
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Nataliace8253ss
Sep 15, 2021
Unforgettable Safari Experience - We actually took a slightly different tour with the same tour operator. Our tour operator was the best. He organized everything for us and was always very responsive when we had questions. We had an amazing time. We visited Massai Village and also did Safari in Serengeti. Everything was provided to us. We loved the meals that were cooked for us by the chef. I highly recommend this tour operator.
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337yassers
Apr 5, 2021
Amazing experience - It was my third safari between Kenya & Tanzania and It has been the best so far : - Amazing people helping us arrange the best possible schedule (we booked 2 days before) - Generous & patient guide - Incredible lodges to stay in (in the middle of Serengeti we had a beautiful bathtub and amazing terrace) &(in Ngorongoro, animals were passing by our little caban !) All in all, thank you for this beautiful experience
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V3843kqlindac
Feb 16, 2021
Really amazing experience - A girlfriend and I completed a 3 day luxury Safari tour. Our guide, he was excellent! Highly highly recommend! Very knowledgable and helped us. My dream was to get pictures of cheetahs and he got us close (about 10-15 feet). He even let us stay longer to just admire them. We saw all the big cats, elephants, hippos, giraffes, various antelope/deer, crocs, monkeys/baboons, and various birds. We sang songs and went at our own pace. Lunches were excellent, you will not go hungry. We even drank during the day. You won’t regret a day with Ombeni!
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G4983fmprinces
Jan 14, 2021
Fantastic - When we arrived at Arusha airport we were met by Staff of Colours Africa Tours who went through all the details of the coming days (we received a nice booklet), this was a very nice welcome. After that we met our driver (who was much more than only a driver!! more about him later) Lu Kim who was very kind and friendly and greeted us with a lot of entousiasm. We took of to drive to our first lodge and driving there Lu Kim told us about Tanzania, it's inhabitants, its economic and all the things we saw on our way. We arrived at Kirurumu Manyara Logde around noon and had a nice lunch, the lodge has very nice views from all the rooms and the bar. After lunch we left for our first gamedrive to Lake Manyara National Park. This is a smaller park and a very good start to our trip. We saw a lot of animals and because of Lu Kim experience we already saw lions our first day. The park has a lot of vegetation and you mostly only spot the animals when you are close by. We ended our day with a very nice diner. Day two started with an early breakfast and we left the lodge at around 7.30am to drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation area. The drive up to the crater top and the view from above were really breathtaking!! We had such a wonderfull day and again because of Lu Kim we had the idea that we had the crater to ourselfs!! We got lunckboxes from the lodge, whitch Lu Kim arranged for us and we ate at the hippo pond with a lot of other safari jeeps we didn't know where there as well. After the crater we had the change to visit a shop/museum were they sold the Tanzanite, i was very sceptical when we stopped there but i was really plesantly suprised about the whole experience. We went to the Maramboi Tented camp after our nice day. The camp was wonderfull with very nice dinner, very nice people and a very nice breakfast. We could make our lunchboxes ourselfs and could choose out of many different things. Leaving the camp we went to our last park of our trip Tarangire. This park was again very different from the two others but very nice as well. We loved the baobab trees, the river, the elephants, etc. After visiting the park Lu Kim drove us to our hotel in Arusha where our trip ended. I must say that all the communication, from the start of booking and choosing our safari, was nothing else but perfect. They assisted us with all our questions, they made us an itinery wich was really perfect, we felt like nothing was to much too ask, everything was arranged and we had nothing to worry about. We where a group of 5, my parents, my husband, my daughter of 11 and myself and each of us had a wonderfull time. Now about Lu Kim our driver, our friend and in the end family!! He has so much knowledge about his country, the wildlife, nature, he has so much side information, he can answer all your question and you can see that the animals our his second nature. He was super friendly and always asked our opinion, he learnt us a lot and we highly recommend him and their services all around!! I can say that i cannot think of one single negative aspect of the whole trip
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