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Arrival
Day 1
Materuni Waterfalls and Coffee Tour
Materuni Waterfalls and Coffee Tour
Start your mini-adventure with the short but fascinating drive from Arusha up the lush slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro to the village of Materuni, approximately 1,800 m above sea level.
On this day you'll also visit a coffee farm and learn about how coffee is grown, harvested and processed, and you’ll try with your hands at roasting and preparing a fresh cup of coffee the Chagga way. After a delightful coffee break (so much better than the ones at work!) you’ll take a beautiful 45-minute hike through the hills and valleys en route to the Materuni waterfalls. You’ll pass through banana and coffee plantations, up and down mini-valleys, across ridges and through narrow splashing rivulets. Along the way your guide will teach you about local plants and how they are used for food and traditional medicine, as well as giving you more insight into the local Chagga culture. Later you will be transferred to Arusha for dinner and overnight.
- Main Destination:
- Materuni Waterfalls (Highlight)
- Accommodation:
- Venus Premier Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Arusha National Park
Arusha National Park
After being welcomed to Arusha, in the morning you will begin your safari to Arusha National Park. The entrance gate of Arusha National Park leads into the forest of inhabited blue monkeys and colourful turacos and trogons – the only place on the northern safari circuit where the acrobatic black-and-white colobus monkey are easily seen. In the midst of the forest stands the spectacular Ngurdoto Crater, whose steep rocky cliffs enclose a wide marshy floor dotted with herds of buffalo and warthog. While in Arusha National Park you will be able to enjoy the view of Mount Meru by walking close to it for about 2 to 3 hours with armed ranger who will be accompanying you throughout. Although elephants are uncommon in Arusha National Park, and lions are absent altogether, leopards, spotted hyenas, giraffe, buffalo and many other animals may be seen. In the evening you will be transferred back to Arusha in your lodge for dinner and overnight at Karibu Heritage House.
- Main Destination:
- Arusha National Park
- Accommodation:
- Venus Premier Hotel
Wildlife in Arusha NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Tarangire
Tarangire
After breakfast in the morning, you'll board a 4x4 Land Cruiser safari vehicle and set off for a safari to Tarangire National Park. This park boasts the highest population density of elephants in Tanzania, with herds of up to 300 elephants digging into the dry riverbed for underground streams. You'll also encounter migratory wildebeests, zebras, buffalos, impalas, gazelles, hartebeests, and elands. Tarangire offers the greatest concentration of wildlife outside the Serengeti ecosystem, making it a prime hunting ground for predators. It's one of the few places in Tanzania where you can regularly spot dry-country antelope, such as the stately fringe-eared oryx and the unique long-necked gerenuk. After a full day of game drives, you will be transferred to your booked lodge in the evening for dinner, a warm shower, and your overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Kankari Lodge
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Lake Manyara
Lake Manyara
After breakfast in the morning, your driver-guide will pack picnic lunch in a 4x4 safari jeep. You'll then have a short drive to your destination for the day: Lake Manyara National Park. Although one of Tanzania’s smaller wildlife reserves, Lake Manyara boasts an incredible diversity of landscapes and wildlife. Bird lovers will especially enjoy the sight of hundreds of pink flamingos and yellow-billed storks flying around the lake. The park is also famous for its unique tree-climbing lions, large groups of baboons, blue monkeys, buffaloes, wildebeests, zebras, and giraffes. After a full day of game viewing, you'll be transferred to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Accommodation:
- Kankari Lodge
Wildlife in Lake Manyara NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Serengeti
Serengeti
Your driver guide will now take you to Serengeti, undoubtedly one of the best-known wildlife sanctuaries in the world.
Very well known for its endless plain named by the Maasai as ‘’serengit,’’ Serengeti National Park is most likely the best ever wildlife sanctuary in the world. It is home to hundreds of lions, cheetahs, leopards, giraffes, elephants, buffalo, millions of wildebeests, thousands of zebras, gazelles and thousands of birds to mention a few. The park is world-famous for the great migration of over a million wildebeests and thousands of zebras. Let me not blow the trumpet but allow you to see more than what we are explaining. You will have the game drive till the evening when you will be transferred to your booked camp for a warm shower, dinner and your overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Safari Haven Serengeti Camp
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Serengeti
Serengeti
Waking up in the Serengeti is marvelous. You will be able to hear various sounds of birds and different wild animals, together making the total completion of the sound of Serengeti and the real African beauty. Today you will have a whole day game drive to the most wonderful place in the world.
On this day, you will have the option to take a balloon safari which is taken very early in the morning. Balloon safaris not only allow you to see thousands of wildlife in a short moment but also enjoy the unique safari of using a balloon instead of a normal safari vehicle. If you opt for the normal safari vehicle, you will still have a whole day game drive till late in the evening when you will be transferred to the camp for a warm shower, dinner and your overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Safari Haven Serengeti Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Serengeti to Ngorongoro
Serengeti to Ngorongoro
After breakfast, you will continue with the game drive in this rare place on this planet. You will have a half-day game drive to spot some animals which you may not have seen for the last two days. After viewing several animals and saying bye to this one of the most wonderful places on this planet, you will be transferred to Ngorongoro for dinner and overnight at your booked lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Highlands
- Accommodation:
- Bougainvillea Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Ngorongoro Crater
Ngorongoro Crater
On this day, you will be heading to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. After breakfast, start a safari to your destination of the day with picnic lunch boxes. After registration, descend to the crater for an enchanting game viewing drive. Known as ‘the eighth Wonder of the World' the Ngorongoro Crater is one of Africa's best-known wildlife arenas. The UNESCO World Heritage Site offers a unique biosphere, which has remained virtually unchanged since the dawn of time. Deep within the crater, enclosed by towering walls, some 25,000 large mammals wander the plains, lakes and forests of the land. During your game drive inside the crater, you will most likely see black rhinos, leopards, wonderful black-maned lions and many flamingos. Later, you will be transferred back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- Bougainvillea Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Lake Eyasi
Lake Eyasi
Today you will visit Lake Eyasi, the lake is famous for the tribes that live the stone age life if you are interested in history this should be a rare opportunity for you to practice what you learnt at school.
After breakfast the drive will transfer you to Lake Eyasi, it takes almost 1 to reach there.
Among others you will do hunting with Hadzabe bushmen, visit Lake Eyasi and study the culture of Hadzabe and Datoga.
Datoga are blacksmiths that work in a local way to make jewelry, arrowheads and knives, which they trade with the Hadzabe in exchange for the hunted animals such as gazelle, antelopes also various fruits, roots and honey from trees
After the whole day historical and cultural surprises, later you will be transferred to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Eyasi
- Accommodation:
- Bougainvillea Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 10
Lake Natron then Arusha
Lake Natron then Arusha
After breakfast, you will start a journey to Lake Natron. The scenery here is beautiful, especially the Ngarasero Escarpment, the waterfalls, the gorge, Oldonyo Lengai (a still active volcano) and the flamingos across the lake. Today we will go on a walk to the waterfalls. During the walk, you will cross the water at different times, at which point you can swim and refresh under the waterfalls.
Also, you be able to see many flamingos at Lake Natron. Later, you will be transferred to Arusha where you will have options to overnight in Arusha or be transferred to airport.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Natron
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
