Night Game Drive
Night Game Drive
A new world of nocturnal animal species awaits you on an exclusive night game drive excursion within the Tarangire National Park, as this area is considered an ideal location for this activity. Lake Manyara ecosystem close by, Tarangire National Park is a melting pot for all types of animals. Tarangire river is richly in the reliable waters year round and animals here are in prime conditions making wildlife viewing even better. The lesser seen animals are generally seen. Dinner will not be provided during night game drives and so guests are required to have an early dinner at a lodge/hotel or Tented Camp/Public Campsite.
Night game drive will begin around 19:30 and you will meet your guide at the gate of your selected accommodation and you will have a short briefing on what to do and not do during the night game drive. You will then drive into the night within the vast Tarangire Park to see the animals, some of which are rare and inactive during day time. Leopards will be easily spotted and other animals, including: Lions, wandering elephants, antelopes, porcupines, Genet, and civet cats.
Your drive will and have you back at your lodge/hotel or Tented Camp/Public Campsite at around 22:30 hours.
Lake Manyara ecosytem
Lake Manyara is the ideal location for a night game drive because of its many ecosystems. It is said to have 11 different systems; the area is a melting pot for all types of animals and plants – with the lake, the rift valley cliffs, ground water forest, Ngorongoro highlands and the dry Tarangire system all close by.
Lake Manyara wildlife
Manyara National Park have good reliable water year round and animals here are in prime condition making wildlife viewing even better. The less seen animals are generally active at night and Lake Manyara National Park are full of them! Porcupines, genets and civet cats are frequent visitors to the forest. Hippos are nocturnal animals (active by night) and it is highly likely to see many of these beasts grazing on the side of the road. Lake Manyara is well known for a large number of Leopards and although it is not a common occurrence these elusive cats are spotted on a regular basis. Lion sightings are more common and where lions are mostly sleeping in day time at night they are almost always active.
Night game drive programme
Your drive starts around 20:00 from where you head into the thick ground-water forest of Lake Manyara. From the forest you head down towards the lake following the Simba River to the hippo pools. You will return back to the forest and finally be back at the park gate around 22:30. We can either leave you at the gate to be collected by your safari driver or we can take you to the Serena Manyara Lodge for collection.