Tanzania Adventure Safari & Remote Tribes
Tour Overview
Depart on this epic journey to the Ngorongoro Crater, Tarangire NP, Lake Manyara NP, Lake Eyasi & Lake Natron on a Private Mid-range Safari. Travel in comfort across Tanzania's Northern Circuit on this short safari yet full of highlights. Witness the famous big 5 and learn the traditional ways of life of the last remaining bushmen. Our private safari guide will accompany you for the 7 days on safari, sharing his extensive knowledge of the country, culture & wildlife.
Tour Highlights
- Serengeti National Park
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Tarangire National Park
- Lake Manyara National Park
- Lake Eyasi (Bushmen & Blacksmiths)
- Lake Natron
What's included
Itinerary
Distance: 120km, ETA: 2 hours
Wildlife Viewing Time: 6 hours
Activities: Game Drives
Airport Pick Up Included: We advise you arrive a day before or very early in the morning and start the tour on the same day. (Kilimanjaro Airport/ Arusha Airport).
Pick up from your hotel in Arusha at around 07:30am and drive on a tarmac road 120Km (2 hours) Tarangire National Park. Tarangire is home to some dry-country antelope, such as the rare fringe-eared oryx and peculiar, long-necked gerenuk. The swampy areas in the south of the park offer some interesting wildlife viewing opportunities including wallowing elephants and buffalo, the Silale Swamp lion pride and sometimes wild dog. Big pythons can sometimes be found in trees when the swamps are drying up. You'll have lunch at the picnic site and proceed with game drives until around check out time. After game drives, drive to Bougainvillea Safari Lodge for the overnight. Meal Plan: L, D.
Distance: 50km, ETA: 1 hour
Activities Time: 6 hours
Activities: Cultural Experience
Very early in the morning we depart to the villages for a local hunting & gathering experience with Hadzabe (hunter-gatherer Bushmen) and Datoga (blacksmiths) tribes. The Bushmen rely on their foraging techniques to survive and you’ll need to be very attentive and at times very quiet, while they demonstrate their animal tracking skills and the use of locally made poisons in incapacitating their targets on which they depend for survival. We will later visit their homesteads, learn about their ways of life, medicinal plants and much more. Later in the evening we drive back to Karatu town. Dinner and overnight at Bougainvillea Safari Lodge. Meal Plan: {B, L, D}.
Distance: 215km, ETA: 4 hours
Wildlife Viewing Time: 6 hours
Activities: Game Drives + Olduvai Gorge (Optional at 36$ Per Person)
After breakfast drive to the Serengeti (14,763 sq km or 5,700 sq miles) for game drives. As the day cools and the Serengeti sky is streaked by red, gold and orange hues, you may be surprised by the roar of a lion, a galloping giraffe, or the high-pitched giggling of hyenas fighting over a kill. Enjoy game drives until around sunset. Dinner and overnight at Thorn Tree Camp. Meal Plan: {B, L, D}.
Distance: NIL, ETA: NIL
Wildlife Viewing Time: 10 hours
Activities: Game Drives + Balloon Safari (Optional at 549$ Per Person)
Early morning game drives in the Serengeti National Park. The Serengeti National Park is arguably the most impressively magnificent wildlife sanctuary in the world. The park is famous for the 'Great Migration', when over one million wildebeest and two hundred thousand plus zebras each year follow the seasonal rains for green pastures. Even without this mass migration, the Serengeti is still an impressive and spectacular place that still cannot fail to enthrall. Enjoy game drives until around sunset. Dinner and overnight at Thorn Tree Camp. Meal Plan: {B, L, D}.
Distance: 145km, ETA: 3 hours
Wildlife Viewing Time: 6 hours
Activities: Game Drives
After an early morning breakfast, drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area and descend into the Ngorongoro Crater. The Ngorongoro Crater (19.2km of diameter, 610m deep, and 304 sq km) is one of the most densely crowded wildlife areas in the world and is home to some of Tanzania’s last remaining black rhinos. Its huge population of predators is another big draw card to this picturesque crater. Supported by a year-round water supply and fodder, this breathtaking oasis provides a haven for both predator and prey to live among grasslands. After game drives, drive to Bougainvillea Safari Lodge for the overnight. Meal Plan: B, L, D.
Distance: 50km, ETA: 1 hour
Wildlife Viewing Time: 6 hours
Activities: Game Drives
Pick up from the lodge and drive to Lake Manyara National Park. The park has a massive but shallow soda lake located at the foot of the Great Rift Valley’s western escarpment. The varied habitat attracts a wide variety of animals, including one of Africa’s largest concentrations of elephants, Manyara’s unique tree-climbing lions, as well as large flocks of flamingos. Manyara is a scenic gem, with a setting extolled by Ernest Hemingway as “the loveliest I had seen in Africa”. From the entrance gate, along the roadside, blue monkeys scamper nimbly between the ancient mahogany trees, dainty bush buck tread warily through the shadows, and out sized forest horn bills honk cacophonous in the high canopy. After game drives, drive to Africa Safari Lake Natron (Safari Comfort Bungalow) for the overnight. Meal Plan: B, L, D.
Distance: 280km, ETA: 5 hours
Activities Time: 5 hours
Activities: Scenic Walks + Hiking
A rough dusty yet scenic drive along the rift valley floor leads to the remote Maasai land that is rarely visited by the majority. Morning walk along the Lake Natron Area, spend a couple of hours exploring the shoreline photographing the many thousands of flamingos and other birds that frequent this soda lake. Later during the day visit the Engaresero waterfall, by hiking through the steep gorges that lead to this amazing waterfall where there is a plunge pool where you can swim. After a long day of exploring this remote land, start your journey back to your hotel in Arusha/ Airport.
Airport Drop Off Included: we advise you depart the day after the tour ends or on the same day in the evening. (Kilimanjaro Airport/ Arusha Airport).
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FAQ
Single Supplement is 700$ Per Person
Pre/ Post Tour Accommodation is recommended unless you're arriving very early in the morning on start of the tour and leaving late evening at the end of the tour.
All cancellations must be received in writing. All suppliers charge cancellation fees, they are in turn passed on to us. Reservations that are cancelled, reduced in length of stay or number of occupancies, are subject to cancellation and no-show fees. - 90% refund of deposit if you cancel at least 90 days before the departure date; - 70% refund of deposit if you cancel at least 60 days before the departure date; - 50% refund of deposit if you cancel at least 30 days before the departure date; - No refund if the booking is cancelled less than 30 days before arrival. NB: We always try to find the fairest & reasonable solution for every individual booking depending on the situation of the cancellation and will suggest other appropriate measures such as postponing instead of cancelling.