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Arrival
Day 1
Arusha to Tarangire National Park
Arusha to Tarangire National Park
You will depart Arusha in the morning and head to Tarangire National Park, arriving before midday. Once in the park, you will be able to enjoy both a morning and afternoon game drive with a delicious lunch in the afternoon. In the early evening, after your game drive, you will exit the park and make your way to your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Tarangire National Park's main attractions:
Land of giants —herds of giant elephants and massive baobab trees.
Over 550 different bird species —migratory and permanent.
Abundant biodiversity.
The Tarangire River.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Karatu Safari Camp Lodge
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Mto wa Mbu to Serengeti National Park
Mto wa Mbu to Serengeti National Park
You'll depart Tarangire in the morning after a hearty breakfast and make your way to the famous Serengeti National Park. En route to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, you'll have a chance to see some views of Ngorongoro Crater before reaching the Serengeti's gate.
After lunch, you will head out on an afternoon game drive for the chance to look for some of the wild game before sunset and some dinner at the Campsite.
Serengeti National Park's main attractions:
Voted the best national park in Africa (2020) by the World Travelers Award.
Home to the great wildebeest migration.
Home to the famous grassland plains.
The high number of predators —leopards, cheetahs, and lions.
Travelers Most Choice.
- Main Destination:
- Central Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park
Today, you will head out early for your morning game drive for a chance to witness a magnificent African sunrise in the bush. You'll head out after a cup of coffee and experience the wilderness and its magnificent creatures as they wake up among the dew-covered grasses.
Later, you will head back to camp for breakfast and some relaxing. In the afternoon, you will head out once more for another chance to explore the plains in search of the African wildlife you have come to see as you exit the park and make your way to your accommodation in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Main attractions of an early morning game drive:
Best time to spot the animals and birds.
Animals are more active than in the afternoon.
The best chance of experiencing predators on a hunt.
Best time to capture beautiful pictures in beautiful light.
- Main Destination:
- Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater
Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater
After some breakfast, you will depart the campsite with a picnic lunch and descend into the amazing Ngorongoro Crater. You'll explore the magnificent world of diversity that lies within, surrounded by the imposing walls that encircle the reserve.
It is possible to see all of Africa's Big Five within the crater among a vast array of other wildlife including hundreds of bird species. You'll enjoy a full day in the crater before exiting in the late afternoon to your campsite for dinner and an overnight stay.
Ngorongoro Crater's main attractions:
Visit the largest unbroken volcanic caldera on earth.
Home to Africa's Big Five.
Witness Maasai tribesmen living among wild animals.
Exceptional natural landscapes.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- Budget camping
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Visit a Maasai Village
Visit a Maasai Village
After breakfast around 7:30 am, we will pick you up from your hotel in Arusha. Afterward, you will spend approximately two and a half hours at Maasai Village. A group of pleasant Maasai and the village chief will welcome you with a chilled welcome drink and the traditional song and dance of the Maasai woman.
During a walk through the village, your personal Maasai guide will explain the life, past, and today’s life of the Tanzania Maasai. Get more information about the culture of the Maasai while tasting a traditional tea prepared on the wood fire.
A tasty lunch with a variety of local food highlights will end the activities inside the village. The afternoon starts with an exciting and very educational walking safari across the nearby bush.
Maasai warriors will guide you along their paths and explain to you typical medicinal plants, extraordinary trees, tracks, and the local wildlife.
- Main Destination:
- Maasai Village (Cultural Village)
- Accommodation:
-
Karibu Heritage House
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Maasai Boma
Maasai Boma
The Maasai Village has endless activities. You will wake up early in the morning ready to spend the whole day
participating in different activities during the day including milking the cattle, grassing the cattle, molding Maasai huts
(Manyatta) with cow dung, learnING how to make handicrafts (eg cultural beads and necklaces) as well as fresh blood suckling from cattle.
Later in the evening, you will have plenty of time for Controversial topics (eg Female Genital Mutilation and Maasai
men Circumcision).
In the late afternoon, you will say goodbye to your new friends (Maasai) and they will perform the traditional Maasai dance as a goodbye while you have new impressions in your mind. Your driver will bring you back to your hotel in Arusha.
- Main Destination:
- Maasai Village (Cultural Village)
- Accommodation:
- Karibu Heritage House
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Arusha -Mount Kilimanjaro- Arusha
Arusha -Mount Kilimanjaro- Arusha
Today, you will wake up early in the morning. At 7.00 am, you'll have breakfast at the hotel. At 7.30 am, you’ll be picked up by our guide and driver from your hotel and start heading to Kilimanjaro National Park Gate (It’s almost 2.30 hours or 3 hours drive).
On arrival, you will have 10 minutes for some registration, then you’ll start to climb. You'll walk through the rainforest to the Mandara encampment.
A side trip to Maundi Crater is a good way to see the surroundings including Northern Tanzania and Kenya. In the rainforest, you'll look for towering Eucalyptus trees, birdlife, and Colobus monkeys.
Later in the afternoon, you will be driven back to your hotel or airport for your air transfer back home.
• Elevation: 1860m/6100ft to 27020m/8875ft.
• Distance: 8km/5m.
• Hiking time: 3-4 hours.
• Habitat: Montane Forest.
- Main Destination:
- Mount Kilimanjaro
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
