Materuni village and Safari

No matter what your arrival time at Kilimanjaro International Airport, your guide will be waiting for you with a warm welcoming smile. Kick back and relax as he takes you to the hotel in Arusha- Tanzania’s self styled safari capital. On your way to the hotel, you will get a brief impression of this bustling commercial city. Depending on your arrival time, you may have your pre-safari briefing today, if not, it will take place early tomorrow morning.

In the morning you will be picked up from the Hotel, short safari briefing provided all the necessary safari information then you will make your way to Kilimanjaro area for tour at Materuni waterfalls for half day.  You will be walking through the banana farms and coffee plantation as well you will get the chance of learning and preparing coffee. You will be seeing the Kilimanjaro Mountain very close by you but it depends with the weather. Visit some local chagga tribe in the area, taste their local brew made from ripe banana. Lean their culture etc. Late in the afternoon you will drive to Arusha for dinner, relaxation and overnight stay.

In the morning you will travel to the Great Rift Valley to Lake Manyara National Park. Travel through the agricultural farm and fresh produce market of Mto Wa Mbu village, situated next to Lake Manyara national park entrance. The village is a souvenir hunters’ paradise, harboring thousands of souvenir salesmen, prepared to jump at your slightest call. You will have a game drive in the park till lunchtime. enjoy lunch which will be a packed balanced meal served at a selected picnic site followed by more game drives till evening searching for tree-climbing lions. The Park is one of Tanzania’s most dramatically positioned African wildlife areas consisting of a massive but shallow soda lake (covering two-thirds of the park) at the foot of the Great Rift Valley’s western escarpment. The park habitat attracts a broad range of animals together with one of Africa sparsely inhabited African elephant herds, the park is famous for tree-climbing lions, a large flock of flamingos fascinated by the algae in the lake. Evening you will drive to the lodge for dinner and relaxation

Have a fully breakfast before leaving for Ngorongoro conservation area. A journey of about 30minutes. Admire magnificent view of the crater from the rim then descend into the stunning crater which is about 2000 feet over 600 meters to the floor of the crater, home to many species of Tanzania’s wildlife with some luck you may even see a black Rhinoceros here. Enjoy wildlife game viewing with your driver guide while sharing his knowledge with you. Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest volcanic caldera. The area is covered with grasslands, forest and swamps. Background of jaw-sinking beauty because of the permanent water supply within the ground of the crater which support more than 25,000 resident animals. The area is well known for black Rhinoceros as well as the pride of lion that includes the magnificent black-manned males. There are lots of colorful flamingos and a variety of water birds, for bird lovers. Picnic lunch boxes will be served at the crater while watching hippos. Other game that you can see includes leopard, hyena, cheetah, Elephants, Jackal, hippos, water buck, baboons, antelope family, and small mammals. After a day of game drive, you will have a 4hours journey back to Kilimanjaro International Airport, covering the 250kms

You will be arriving Arusha around 16:00hrs. Drop off at Kilimanjaro international Airport for flight back home or to Zanzibar. You can simply depart on this day only if you have booked domestic flights departing JRO from 19:00hrs on wards OR International Flight departs at 20:00hrs onwards. If not, you will need to book a post night accommodation for any earlier flight.