6Days Tanzania safari-walking & cultural tour

Safari briefing in the morning after breakfast if not your arrival time yesterday allowed, provided all the safari necessary information then we set off to our first safari destination.  In the morning around 09:00 AM you will drive to Arusha National park. You will get to know your driver guide, amazed at his depth of knowledge as he with ease answers all your questions. Complete park registration then enjoys a walking safari in the park assisted by an armed park ranger., the walking is for 2 hours.  Then jump in the safari jeep for game drives in the park visiting Momella Lakes and Ngurdoto Crater.   Lunch will be picnic followed by short game drive then drive out of the park to Tarangire 120kms west of Arusha, about 2hours drive for overnight stay.

Enjoy Tarangire national park doing game drives in this huge park with its incredible diversity massive baobab trees, big herds of elephants and its rolling savannah and acacia woodland.

As you stand at the park gate and look south, it stretches as far as the eyes can see.  The park is also home to Buffalo, Lion, Zebras, Wildebeest, gazelle and can rival Serengeti for total animal densities.   Talk to your guide to find you an Agama lizard especially a male one who changes color in front of you according to the temperature!

You might see a solitary male lion stretched out beneath a tree, a male cheetah enjoying some lazy bonding time in the sun. Perhaps lovely Grant’s gazelle and zebra bounding away from the road or a couple of giraffe grinding happily from acacia branches, look out for kudu and oryx.

After time spent there in the park, we continue to the selected picnic sites where we will eat our picnic lunch which is a nutritious and balanced meal.

Our late afternoon journey we continue to the lodge, where we will eat dinner which is a full-cooked meal, and spend the night.

What to see: Lion, Leopard, Cheetah, Giraffe, Buffalo, Hippos, Thomson Gazelles, Wildebeest, Impalla, different types of birds, Serengeti savanna and Acacia trees.

Breakfast served at the lodge, then drive up to Ngorongoro crater highlands-conservation area, brief stopping at the rim of the crater for a spectacular view of the Ngorongoro Crater, short time spent here, then as you continuing as far as the eye can see is the massive open plains of Serengeti.  Serengeti mean “endless plain” and this 6900 sq. mile-18000 sq. km park is inhabited by more than 2 Million wildebeest. Depending time of your visit, you may pass Ndutu area for game drive before proceeding to Serengeti.  January to April is the season where wildebeest give birth to their calves and also hundreds of thousands of plains zebras and Thomson’s gazelle gathers. Large predators including lions, cheetahs and hyenas are drawn to the area by this abundance of prey which migrates throughout the park.   Smaller animals like mongoose, honey badgers,  bat eared foxes, rock hyrax, Monkey, Baboons, African hares and jackals are also inhabit the area along with nearly 400 species of birds. After game drives you will be heading to the Camp for dinner and overnight stay.

What to see: Leopard-cheetah-Elephant-Thomson gazelle-Eland.  Depending the time of your visit, you may also witness the wildebeest migration.

Today you will wake up very early in the morning have a cup of coffee or tea then enjoy a sunrise game drive which is the most beautiful experience in Serengeti one can encounter in the African Savanna land. The sights, sounds, and smells of Africa are all around you.  Continue with a game drive in the Serengeti-seronera area.  Later at noon, you will return back to the campsite for a Brunch-breakfast and lunch together.  Thereafter you will continue with the game en-route heading to the Ngorongoro conservation area arriving in the evening.  Eat the dinner-full cooked meal and relaxation.

Today you will wake up early in the morning and have breakfast. You will then descend to the Ngorongoro Crater, inhabited by almost every species of wildlife indigenous to East Africa including the rare black rhinoceros, wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles.   The crater also has the densest known population of lions and it’s the place you can find the black-maned lion.

In reality, the crater has the greatest concentration of wildlife on the planet. It has several swamps, a river, and a soda lake which from the top looks like steam, full of flamingos, a forest, and open plains. The large elephants that reside here have tremendously large tusks, due to the rich mineral content of the volcanic soil and its grasses.  You will have a game drive in the crater followed by packed lunch which will be served near the hippo pool, enjoying them closely.  Thereafter you will ascend to the rim and drive to Lake Eyasi village, evening time will be spent at the tatoga tribe, learning their culture.

ALTERNATIVE: Mto wa mbu village walk and cultural tour, visit an orphanage, and meet children at the orphanage center. You will as well visit local brewing and local markets.  You will have a chance to practice how to make a piece of Maasai jewelry.

You will explore the stunning lake, being the backdrop for the fascinating tribes who live here. Tanzania’s people can be as interesting as its wildlife, today you will certainly find that out! Everyone will have their own, favorite cultural experience. But perhaps your lasting memory will be of the Hadzabe hunter-gatherers. Their lifestyle will make you ponder how simple but not easy, life can be.   Lake Eyasi is located in the Great Rift Valley, southwest of the Ngorongoro Crater. Its salt-water levels experience dramatic changes with the seasons. In years with little rainfall, the lake can almost disappear. We will first experience a hunting trip with the Hadzabe, the last hunter-gatherers in Tanzania, before receiving a welcome from a different tribe, the colorful Datoga people, see also local blacksmith practicing his craft, fashioning pots and weapons from scrap metal. After lunch we will have a short rest enjoying, then drive to Arusha or Kilimanjaro International Airport for onward flight back home.