Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Arrival - Arusha
Arrival - Arusha
Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport where our official airport team will meet and greet you. They will assist you with the visa and bags and also offer you some welcoming refreshments. Your driver guide will transfer you to Kambi ya Tembo Tented Camp in West Kilimanjaro for dinner and overnight.
- Main Destination:
- West Kilimanjaro (Area)
- Accommodation:
- Kambi Ya Tembo
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Shira Plateau Hiking
Shira Plateau Hiking
Have an early breakfast and then proceed on a drive with your picnic lunch to Londorossi gate where we will stop to pay the park fees. We continue to drive in a western direction to the point of the 4x4 rescue vehicles, Shira trail. Here, we will leave the car and start walking to Shira Cathedral Walk along the ridge, passing near East Shira Hill.
This plateau stretches over 13 kilometres to the west of Kibo at an elevation of 3,962 metres. Placed on the slopes of Kilimanjaro, the Shira Plateau shows the remains of an ancient caldera, a volcanic crater that expired around half a million years ago. You will have a picnic lunch on top of the Shira Plateau. In the evening, drive back to the camp for dinner and overnight.
- Main Destination:
- Mount Kilimanjaro
- Accommodation:
- Kambi Ya Tembo
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Tarangire National Park
Tarangire National Park
After breakfast, drive to Tarangire for a full-day game drive in Tarangire National Park. Your driver will set and prepare a table for a hot lunch (soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad) followed by a glass of wine and/or tea and coffee. In the evening, we'll check in at the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Tarangire National Park is located slightly off the main safari route. It is a lovely, quiet park in Northern Tanzania that is most famous for its elephant migration, birding, and quiet authentic safari atmosphere. The majority of travelers to the region either miss out on Tarangire altogether or venture into the park for only a matter of hours, leaving parts of Tarangire virtually untouched.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Maramboi Tented Lodge
Wildlife in Tarangire NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Tarangire National Park
Tarangire National Park
Breakfast at the lodge is followed by a morning walking safari in Tarangire National Park (escorted by an armed ranger). Have a game drive until lunchtime when your driver will set and prepare a table for a hot lunch (soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad) followed by a glass of wine and/or tea and coffee. In the evening, we'll return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Tarangire National Park covers approximately 2,600 square kilometres and, in the dry season, is second only to the Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area in concentrations of wildlife. Tarangire lies to the south of the large, open grass plains of Southern Maasai land, and derives its name from the Tarangire River which provides permanent water for wildlife in the area.
- Main Destination:
- Tarangire National Park
- Accommodation:
- Maramboi Tented Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, drive to Serengeti to try to catch and view the great migration. In the afternoon, your driver will find a great spot where he will set and prepare a table for a hot lunch (soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad) followed by a glass of wine and/or tea and coffee. Here, you will meet guests from other companies who will mostly be provided with a cold sandwich lunch while our services are 5-star. After lunch, we continue with the game drive, viewing the great migration. In the evening, we check in at our lodge for dinner and overnight.
Serengeti National Park is well known for its healthy stock of resident wildlife, particularly the "Big Five", named for the five most prized trophies taken by hunters. The Serengeti is believed to hold the largest population of lions in Africa due (in part) to the abundance of prey species. More than 3,000 lions live in this ecosystem.
- Main Destination:
- Central Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge
Wildlife in Serengeti NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park
After breakfast at the lodge, go on a full-day game drive in Serengeti National Park, searching for the big cats and the Big Five. In the afternoon, your driver will set and prepare a table for a hot lunch (soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad) followed by a glass of wine and/or tea and coffee. In the evening, we'll return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
The great migration is when a million wildebeest, each one driven by the same ancient rhythm, fulfill its instinctive role in the inescapable cycle of life. It is a frenzied 3-week bout of territorial conquests and mating, and survival of the fittest. See how the 40 kilometres-long (25 miles) columns plunge through crocodile-infested waters on the annual exodus north. They replenish the species in a brief population explosion that produces more than 8,000 calves daily before the 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) pilgrimage begins again.
- Main Destination:
- Central Serengeti National Park
- Accommodation:
- Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Ngorongoro Crater
Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast at the lodge, go on a morning game drive to the Ngorongoro Crater for a full-day crater tour. Your driver will set and prepare a table for a hot lunch (soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad) followed by a glass of wine and/or tea and coffee. After lunch, proceed with the game drive until the evening when we drive to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
The jewel in Ngorongoro's crown is a deep, volcanic crater, the largest unflooded and unbroken caldera in the world. About 20 kilometres across, 600 metres deep, and 300 square kilometres in area, the Ngorongoro Crater is a breathtaking natural wonder. We will visit Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the southwestern corner which is one of the main features of the crater. A large number of hippos, flamingos and other waterbirds can usually be seen here.
- Main Destination:
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Accommodation:
- Ngorongoro Farm House
Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Lake Eyasi
Lake Eyasi
After breakfast, proceed to Lake Eyasi and visit the Datoga and Busmen tribes. Small groups of Hadzabe Bushmen live around Lake Eyasi. Their language resembles the click languages of other Bushmen further south in the Kalahari. Their small population was seriously threatened, in particular during the period when Julius Nyerere tried to introduce his Ujuma policy.
In the evening, check in at your lodge and have dinner.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Eyasi
- Accommodation:
- Lake Eyasi Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Lake Eyasi - Departure
Lake Eyasi - Departure
Go on an early hunting experience with the Bushmen and return to the lodge for breakfast. This will be followed by a visit to the Datoga tribe. After lunch, drive back to Arusha for drop-off at the airport.
The Hadza are the indigenous inhabitants of the lake. They are found along most of the perimeter, though camps are few along most of the Serengeti, which is Maasai territory. The Datoga inhabit the Yaeda Valley to the southeast, the Isanzu to the south, and the Sukuma across the Sibiti River in the southwest. The Iraqw traditionally lived on the other side of Yaeda, but have come in increasing numbers to the Baray, which is now the primary onion-growing region of East Africa.
Mumba Cave is an archaeological site that is located on the shores of Lake Eyasi. The site has yielded a number of Middle Stone Age and Late Stone Age artifacts.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Eyasi
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
