5-Day Mountain Trek - Oldoinyo Lengai

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Welcome to Tanzania

Welcome to Tanzania. Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport or Arusha Airport you will be met by a Benson Safaris Tanzania representative and transferred to your hotel where the remainder of the day is at leisure - rest in your room, relax in the gardens, enjoy a swim in the pool or explore Arusha and surrounding areas on one of our day ours, the choice is yours.

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Main Destination:

Arusha (City)

Accommodation:

Ambassador Hotel

• Budget hotel located in Arusha (City)

Meals & Drinks:

• Dinner (Breakfast & lunch not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Lake Natron

Depart Arusha after breakfast and drive to Lake Natron, wild and remote, it is situated at the base of Africa’s only active volcano, Oldoinyo Lengai, known as the Mountain of God to the local Maasai people. The area around Lake Natron contains some of the most harsh and amazing scenery in Africa and is utterly breathtaking.

Together with your Guide, you will be accompanied by a local Maasai Guide and walk up to the Engero Sero Waterfalls. Winding up through the shady gorge you will reach a beautiful natural swimming pool surrounded by steep rock walls showered by cascading spring water where you will have the opportunity to swim.

Main Destination:

Lake Natron

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Lake Natron & Oldoinyo Lengai

Lake Natron is one of the most alkaline lakes in the world. Home to millions of tiny crustaceans, the lake is a haven for literally thousands of flamingos and it is one of the most important flamingo breeding grounds on earth. It is the landscape rather than the animals that is the attraction - the area around the lake is dry, desolate and hauntingly beautiful.

After breakfast you will walk out across the baked mud to the shores of the great Soda Lake. From here, you can look back at the memorising view of Oldoinyo Langai standing tall amongst the rolling hills and flat plains. Its ash-grey colour will remind you that this is still an active volcano.

You will return to camp in time for lunch and a leisurely afternoon before enjoying an early dinner and retiring to your tent for some rest.

At approximately 11pm, you will be woken up with tea or coffee and a light snack before meeting your Maasai Mountain Guide and beginning your trek into the night.

Main Destination:

Ol Doinyo Lengai

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Oldoinyo Lengai

Your climb will continue into the early hours of the morning before reaching the summit in time to witness the sun rise as it illuminates the Great Rift Valley below. The views are breathtaking. To the north you will see the salt flats of Lake Natron and in the distance, the Kenyan border. To the east you will see Mount Kilimanjaro and the Great Rift Valley and to the south stretches the Ngorongoro Highlands and Ngorongoro Crater.

Together with your Guide, you will explore the peak and enjoy a picnic breakfast before beginning your climb down the mountain where you will be welcomed back with lunch before returning to Arusha where the remainder of the day is at leisure.

Main Destination:

Ol Doinyo Lengai

Accommodation:

Ambassador Hotel

• Budget hotel located in Arusha (City)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Farewell Tanzania

Today you will be transferred to the airport for your onward flight.

Main Destination:

Arusha (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.