Wildlife and Wilderness Safari

Tarangire

Day 2: Tarangire National Park & Guided Bush Walk Depart with your naturalist guide for Tarangire, the park is Tanzania's third largest national park and sanctuary for an unusually large elephant population. Majestic baobab trees are an interesting feature of the park, dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. Animals concentrate along the Tarangire River, which provides the only permanent water supply in the area. There is a great diversity of wildlife including lion, leopard, cheetah, and up to six thousand elephant. A bush walk and a cultural visit with the semi-nomadic tribes are also included. Guided Bush Walk A guided game walk is the best way to experience the bush at close quarters, its smells, it diversity and the emotions it stirs within us. Although good game viewing is often more difficult on foot sightings can be incredibly rewarding and the little things, the birds, the insects, the ecology and exercise is what walking in the bush is all about Overnight: Maramboi Tented Camp  

Arusha | Lake Manyara | Ngorongoro Crater | Tarangire

Day 4: Lake Eyasi & Mto wa Mbu Early morning walk at Tarangire before departing for Karatu on the outer slopes of the Ngorongoro Crater. Cross the floor of the Great Rift Valley close to Lake Manyara. Then, mingle with villagers at local markets such as Mto Wa Mbu or Karatu. Shopping and bargaining for bolts of cloth, crafts, and local produce immerse you in a daily ritual of African life. Afternoon visit to a school then drive up the escarpment to Lake Eyasi to arrive at your camp and relax in the evening. Mto wa Mbu village lies within the east African Valley, some 120km from Arusha City, Mto wa Mbu inhabits more than 18,000 thousands in which there are 120 tribes. Maasai being the originak inhabitants of the area. Mto wa Mbu flourishes in the presence of three great rivers namely, Kirurumu river, Mahamoud River And Magadini river. The word Mto wa Mbu literally means "Mosquito River" Overnight: Kisima Ngeda Tented Camp  

Day 6: Ngorongoro Region Today capitalize on the opportunity to experience Tanzanian daily affairs and spend the afternoon to your liking. In the morning visit the local Villages around the area of Karatu. In the afternoon enjoy a hike under the evening sun through the Ngorongoro Highland. Alternatively depart with an armed ranger to visit the Elephant Caves & Waterfalls or wander trough the Coffee Farm of Ngorongoro Farm House while being taught on the cultivation of coffee. Overnights: Ngorongoro Farm House  

Masai Mara | Serengeti

Day 8: Central Serengeti & Olduvai Gorge Museum The Serengeti together with Kenya’s Masai Mara Game Park form Africa’s most famous wildlife park. The image of acacia trees on an endless grass plain epitomizes Africa for many, and then add a Masai warrior and some cattle to the picture and the conversation need go no further. The annual wildebeest migration through the Serengeti and the Masai Mara is the largest mass movement of land mammals on the planet – with more than a million animals following the rains. But that is not where the game viewing ends; large prides of lions, elephants and giraffes in grasslands, gazelles and eland to mention but a few. Aside from traditional vehicle safaris, hot-air ballooning over the Serengeti plains has become almost essential and you can even do a horseback safari. Overnight: Serengeti Kati Kati  

Arusha | Serengeti

Day 12: Departure Enjoy one last game drive in the Serengeti before departing back to Arusha by road. Lunch reroute. Arrive Arusha in the afternoon (approximately 5 PM) in time for your evening departure. End of the services. Optional for extra costs: return by flight to Arusha.