$1,800 to $1,856 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Day 1
Arusha and Tarangire National Park
Arusha and Tarangire National Park
After breakfast in your Arusha Hotel you will depart for Tarangire National Park with packed lunch boxes for full day game drives. Tarangire has a diverse landscape, with nine vegetation zones. Ancient Baobab trees some of the largest trees in Africa dot the landscape dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. The Tarangire River, that meanders through the park attracts an abundance of wildlife, from elephants, lions, leopards, buffalos, zebras, giraffes, antelopes to a variety of colorful birds. The park is very famous for having the greatest elephant population in Tanzania, and during a safari there you will have the chance of quietly observing many families of elephants interacting. With a stop for a picnic lunch in an observatory inside the park where you will be able to view animals drinking water in the river.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Lake Eyasi Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Lake Eyasi and the Hadzabes and Datonga tribes
Lake Eyasi and the Hadzabes and Datonga tribes
After your breakfast you will join the Hadzabe tribe and Datonga tribe, one of the last true nomadic tribes of Africa, in a fascinating hunting or fruit gathering session. This is something absolutely unique and out of the beaten track which is a great cultural experience and authentic while providing incredible opportunities for world class photography. After staying a while with the tribe, visit the beautiful Lake Eyasi, a seasonal shallow salt lake on the floor of the Great Rift Valley at the base of the Serengeti Plateau. You can go for some hunting expedition with this tribesmen, share a lunch with them and learn how they make their herbal medicine and then drive in the mid afternoon to Karatu for afternoon relaxation.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Eyasi
- Accommodation:
- Eileen's Trees Inn
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Ngorongoro Conservation area and Ngorongoro Crater
Ngorongoro Conservation area and Ngorongoro Crater
Today you will wake early and you drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and then to Ngorongoro crater the 8th natural wonder of the world with packed lunch boxes for your picnic lunch inside the crater. With walls 2,000 ft high and a crater floor that spreads for 102 sq. miles, the crater is a virtual Noah's Ark, inhabited by almost every species of wildlife indigenous to East Africa including the rare black rhino. In fact, the crater has the greatest concentration of wild life in the planet. It contains a river, several swamps, soda lake that, from the top, looks like steam, full of flamingoes, a forest and open plains. The large bull elephants that reside here have extremely large tusk, due to the rich mineral content of the volcanic soil and its grasses. They are the most incredible elephants you'll ever see in your life. After game drives you drive to Karatu for overnight.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- Eileen's Trees Inn
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Lake Manyara National Park and Arusha
Lake Manyara National Park and Arusha
Depart after breakfast to Lake Manyara National Park for a day of game drive with packed lunch boxes. Although only 205 sq. miles in size this enchanting park is noted for its beauty and incredibly lush acacia forest of giant fig and mahogany trees, which are home to troops of baboons and blue monkeys. The park is also home to a large numbers of buffalos, giraffes, elephants, impalas and a Hippo lake, where large numbers of hippos usually gather. Well known for its birds (over 400 different species), Lake Manyara is one of the few places where you'll be able to see the Ground Hornbill and the Crested Eagle. This park has become famous for the climbing lions and the flamingos in the lake shore. The game drives are done along the shore of the lake, providing incredible views of giraffes and buffalos in the foreground with the lake, flamingos and flat plains in the horizon. In the mid afternoon you then drive back to Arusha and be transferred to Kilimanjaro International airport.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
