10-Day Empakai and Olmoti Crater, Serengeti, Ngorongoro

• A transfer from the airport can be arranged for an extra cost.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Tarangire walking game drive and night game drive

Meet your experienced English speaking guide at your Hotel in Arusha at 8:30am, drive with picnic lunch to Tarangire National Park.

When you arrive your meet Armed ranger and have a walking safari in the morning around the Park, during a walking safari in Tarangire National Park you feast your eyes on gigantic baobab trees, acacia woodlands and outgrown termite mounds. Don’t be suprised if you also come across migrating herds of cape buffalos, wildebeests, and zebras, or have a rendezvous with olive baboons, giraffes, impalas, and gazelles etc

After lunch proceed with game drive and have opportunities to see Zebras, Wildebeests, Buffaloes, Elephants, Maasai Giraffes, Fringe-eared Oryx’s (gemsbok), Predators include Lions, Cheetah and Leopards.

After sunset drive to Tarangire public campsite for early dinner.

Night game drives.
After dinner leave the camp at 20:00 and proceed with night game drives until 23:00 drive back to the Tarangire Public campsite for overnight.

Main Destination:

Tarangire National Park

Best Time To Visit July to November (Animals come to the Tarangire River)

High Season June to October (The park is full of visitors)

Best Weather June to October (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Tarangire NP

ElephantAbundant

GiraffeCommon

LionCommon

BuffaloAbundant

ZebraAbundant

WildebeestAbundant

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HippoCommon

HyenaOccasional

LeopardRare

CheetahRare

Wild DogVery Rare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Inside Tarangire NP

Meals & Drinks:

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

Tarangire National Park game drives

Early morning at 05:45am take your breakfast box and proceed for a sunrise game drive, and continue with game drives till afternoon drive back to the camp for hot lunch.

After lunch proceed with game drives till late evening drive to Migombani campsite for dinner and overnight.

Main Destination:

Tarangire National Park

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Just outside Tarangire NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Ngorongoro Crater Game drive

After early breakfast drive to Ngorongoro, Descend 610 meters into Ngorongoro Crater floor for 6 hours game viewing with picnic lunch. Spot the endangered black Rhinos, Lions, Elephants, Zebras, Buffaloes and wildebeest and other wild animals.

Also, in Ngorongoro Crater Soda Lake you will see many species of birds including Flamingos. All these animals in turn support large predators such as Lions and Leopards, and scavengers such as Hyenas and Jackals.

Late evening drive to Nainokanoka Maasai village camp for dinner and overnight.

Main Destination:

Ngorongoro Crater

Best Time To Visit June to October (Wildlife viewing is best)

High Season Most of the year – July to March (Expect crowds)

Best Weather June to October (Rainfall is little to none)

Wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater

Black RhinoCommon

LionCommon

BuffaloAbundant

ZebraAbundant

WildebeestAbundant

HyenaAbundant

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ElephantCommon

HippoCommon

LeopardOccasional

GiraffeNone

White RhinoNone

CheetahNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Near Ngorongoro Crater

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Visit Olmoti crater and Trek to Empakai camp

After breakfast start trekking 1 hour to Olmoti crater, view the crater and walk back to the Maasai village and drive to Bulati Maasai local primary school and have a lunch near the school.

After lunch trek to Empakai. The walk offers spectacular views of both recent and ancient volcanic mountains, including Kilimanjaro, Meru, and Olmoti Crater, The Empakaai Crater is 300m deep with almost half the floor covered by a soda lake. Bushbuck, buffalo, and blue monkey can be seen on the rim, which on a clear day boasts superb views of mount Ol Doinyo Lengai, Mount Kilimanjaro, and Lake Natron. During the night you may hear flamingo sounds as they return from their breeding ground at Lake Manyara and Lake Natron, Approximate trekking time 4 hours covering a distance of 9kms. Tonight, you will sleep at an elevation of 3100m at Empakai crater rim campsite.

Main Destination:

Olmoti Crater (Ngorongoro Highlands)

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Descend down in to Empakai Crater

After breakfast, you will walk pole pole (slowly -slowly)about 6 hours up and down through the beautifully scenery, viewing the magnificent Maasai plains, and Maasai mountain of God, to the rim of Empakai Crater, have a lunch in the crater floor just at the edge of the Lake.

Buffalos, water buck, reed buck, Zebras, Wildebeests, buffaloes and different species of birds can be seen at the close range, during the walk around the lake. After lunch ascend to the rim and then drive to Simba campsite for dinner and overnight.

Main Destination:

Empakaai Crater (Ngorongoro Highlands)

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Serengeti National park game drives

After breakfast, have a full day game drive en route with picnic lunch boxes to Pimbi Campsite at Central Serengeti.

Pass through Ngongoro Conservation Area where you will view different wildlife on the way to Serengeti.

A million wildebeest, each one driven by the same ancient rhythm, fulfilling its instinctive role in the inescapable cycle of life: a frenzied three-week bout of territorial conquests and mating; survival of the fittest as 40km (25 mile) long columns plunge through crocodile-infested waters on the annual exodus north; replenishing the species in a brief population explosion that produces more than 8,000 calves daily before the 1,000 km (600 mile) pilgrimage begins again.
Dinner and overnight at Pimbi Campsite.

Main Destination:

Serengeti National Park

Best Time To Visit January to February and June to October (Different areas are best at different times)

High Season July to March (The Seronera area is crowded)

Best Weather June to October (Little to no rainfall)

Wildlife in Serengeti NP

ElephantCommon

LionCommon

CheetahCommon

BuffaloAbundant

ZebraAbundant

WildebeestAbundant

Show more

GiraffeCommon

HippoCommon

HyenaCommon

LeopardOccasional

Black RhinoVery Rare

Wild DogVery Rare

White RhinoNone

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Inside Serengeti NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Serengeti National Park game drive include sunrise and Sunset

Early at 05:30 am take your breakfast box and proceed for Sunrise game drive until 08:30am drive back to the camp, take your picnic lunch box and proceed for a full day drive in this wonderful National Park.

Our guides will choose the best spotting locations for the time of year with picnic lunch, we can spend time at the Hippo pool watching these majestic animals laze about in the cool water happily living alongside the crocodiles, watch a big pride of Lions, be in the middle of the Migration, sometimes surrounded by Wildebeests, Zebras, which travel with the Wildebeests.

This diverse and interesting landscape will provide you with the ultimate in game viewing, you will hopefully see all of the plain games; elephants, Giraffes, Zebras, Wildebeests, Lions and if you are lucky you will see the elusive Leopards and Cheetahs, as well as huge amounts of interesting bird life.

After sunset drive to Pimbi campsite for dinner and overnight.

Main Destination:

Serengeti National Park

Accommodation:

Budget camping

• Inside Serengeti NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Serengeti National Park game drive en route to Lake Natron

After breakfast, have a game drive en route with picnic lunch to lake Natron, via North east Serengeti Kleins gate and Loliondo game controlled area.

Have lunch at Salei plaind where you will view Lake Natron Maasai Bushland Plains, Mt Kilimanjaro etc
Arrive Lake natron at evening time for dinner and overnight at Worldview campsite.

Main Destination:

Lake Natron

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Lake Natron and waterfalls

After breakfast, visit Maasai local comity and experience Maasai culture and experience their life style.

At 11:00 drive to the base and walk to the thundering waterfalls for swimming and making fun, enjoy to see the birds, after lunch visit Footprint heritage area.

Late afternoon visit the Lake Natron and take a short walking tour around the Lake to see one of the major flamingo's breeding areas, after sunset drive back to worldview campsite for dinner and overnight.

Main Destination:

Lake Natron

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Climb Mt Ol Donyo Lengai Volcanic active

At 1.00am have a cup of coffee and then drive to the starting point of climbing Mt OlDonyoLengai. Meet Maasai English speaking Mountain guide who will guide you to the Summit, climb with your guide up to the Summit 9442 ft / 2878m see Volcanic eruption, it is hard and steep, you have to be a mountaineer, there is climbing on the rocks.

From summit, view the magnificent landscape of the wonderful Ngorongoro Crater, Mt Longido, Lake Natron, Maasai Bush-land, Mt Kitumbeine, Mt Kerimasi, etc.

After sunrise descend down slowly to the starting point, the driver will be awaiting and then drive back to the camp for lunch.

After lunch drive to back to Arusha at your hotel.

Main Destination:

Ol Doinyo Lengai

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• A transfer back to the airport can be arranged for an extra cost.