12 Day Tanzania Safari
12-Day Tanzania Safari Cultural Trips in Tanzania Tour, With your naturalist guide, leave for Tarangire National Park, Tanzania’s third largest National Park, and a sanctuary for a huge elephant population
Day 1: Arrival In Tanzania at Kilimanjaro Airport
On arrival at the Kilimanjaro airport, you will be picked by an Africa Safaris Tours guide who will connect you to Willy’s Cottages or Oasis Lodge for an overnight in Arusha
Days 2-3: Transfer to Tarangire National Park
Join your naturalist guide as you depart for Tarangire National Park, Tanzania’s third-largest national park and a sanctuary for a huge elephant population. The park features majestic baobab trees that dwarf the animals feeding beneath them. Wildlife congregates along the Tarangire River, which provides the area’s only permanent water source. The park boasts a rich variety of animals, including lions, cheetahs, leopards, and around six thousand elephants. The program also includes a bush walk and a cultural visit with semi-nomadic tribes. Spend two nights overnight at the Tarangire River Camp.
Day 4: Leave for Karatu
Check out of your accommodation and leave for Karatu, on the outer slopes of the Ngorongoro Crater. Cross the floor of the Great Rift Valley near Lake Manyara. Shopping and bargaining for bolts of crafts, cloth, and local produce immerse you in a daily ritual of African life in Mto Wa Mbu or Karatu. Group options include a nature walk or game drives in Lake Manyara National Park. With luck, we might spot the Manyara lions, well known for their tree-climbing habits, lazily resting on the branches of an Acacia tree. Elephants, hippos, giraffes, buffalo, and other animals are present in Manyara National Park. The birdlife is also very impressive, with flamingos, pelicans, hornbills, and plenty of forest species. Enjoy a picnic near the park and overnight at the Ngorongoro Farm House.
Day 5: Transfer To Lake Eyasi
At 5:00 AM EAT, drive across the Rift Valley up the escarpment to Lake Eyasi to join an evening walk with Bushmen hunters or spend time participating in the morning routine of the settlement. Your local guide will interpret for you and discuss hunting techniques still used by the tribes. This dry and rugged landscape is inhabited by Bushmen who live in nomadic groups, hunting with bows and arrows and gathering roots, tubers, and wild fruits. Be prepared for an extraordinary cross-cultural experience as you join these nomadic Bushmen in their daily life. Return drive and overnight in a private mobile camp at the Ngorongoro Crater Verge.
Day 6-7: Transfer to Ngorongoro National Park for Wildlife Viewing And Game Drive
View the game on the vast grasslands of the 100-meter crater floor. Spectacular animal life can be found throughout the year due to the everlasting availability of grass and water. Ngorongoro is one of the most mesmerizing game haunts in Africa and has been designated a World Heritage Site. Local wildlife includes black-maned lion, the highly endangered black rhino, jackal, zebra, elephant, wildebeest, hippo, and hyena, the most important predator within the crater. The birdlife is also prolific, with flocks of flamingos on the Soda Lake as well as other species of water and plains birds. Weather permitting, a morning walk near the Empakai Crater on
Day 7: Ngongoro National Park
This impressive caldera is especially suited to hiking along the animal trails, escorted by a ranger. The scenery of Empakai is gorgeous, with islands of forest and a waterfall at the source of the Munge River. Monkeys and buffalo are frequently seen in the area. Take an afternoon visit to the Masai village, where herdsmen are often grazing their cattle around the crater rim. Please carry warm clothing as you are camping at 7000 feet. Two nights at a private mobile camp on the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater.
Day 8-11: 3-day trip in Serengeti
Drive early in the morning to the Serengeti plains, stopping en route at the Olduvai Gorge where Mary Leakey discovered remains of Australopithecus, Homo habilis, and Homo erectus. Serengeti is conceivably the most impressive wildlife sanctuary in the world. These vast, seemingly ceaseless plains are inhabited during the migration by enormous herds of wildebeest and zebra. The herds attract the attention of predators like lions, cheetahs, and hyenas. Serengeti also has the massive granite Kopjes (islands of rock), standing in a sea of grass. The Kopjes harbor a great variety of plants and animals, from the elusive leopard to the tiny dik-dik. The fabulous park is explored mostly using vehicles. Walks will be offered in the Ikoma region outside the park from June – November and in the Southern sector of the park from December – May. Spend four nights at the private mobile campsite in a savage area near the migratory herds.
Day 12:Transfer To Arusha From Serengeti
Board a light aircraft flight over the plains of the Serengeti to Arusha. (Overland options available upon request.) Overnight in the Oasis Lodge.
You can either choose to add to your package an extension trip to Zanzibar to your package or wait for your scheduled flight back home from Arusha.
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