Program includes: Game Drives in Tarangire, Serengeti National Park, and the Ngorongoro Crater. Guided visit to the Hadzable tribe and full board accommodation throughout the safari.
Arrive at Kilimanjaro Airport & transfer to Arusha for overnight stay at the Hotel.
After breakfast, meet & greet with other trip participants and begin your Wildlife & Wilderness program with a short briefing from your guide/driver.
Depart Arusha Town with picnic-lunch box to Tarangire National park for game drives. Following your explorations of this park’s varying animal behaviors.
Overnight at Burunge Tented Lodge on Full Board Basis.
Today after breakfast depart for Serengeti National Park. Heading in the direction of the Ngorongoro highlands and leaving them behind for the low lands of Serengeti plain, game viewing en-route.
Overnight at Serengeti Kati Kati.On full board basis.
Enjoy two days of game drives in Serengeti National Park. Home to the greatest wildlife spectacle on earth – the great migration of wildebeest and zebra. Chance the migration as they instinctively vibrate across the seaming endless plains following the seasonal rains. The wonder does not end here; see an impressive population of lions, cheetahs, elephants, giraffes, and birds in the park too.
Overnight at Serengeti Kati Kati on Full Board Basis.
On this morning, with packed breakfast, we depart for Ngorongoro Conservation. We descend over 600 meters inside the crater for a day game drive while enjoying the picnic at the crater’s floor. Late afternoon departure for Tloma lodge for overnight on full board basis.
In the early morning, walk to the Highlands of Ngorongoro before departing to take in the daily ritual of rural African life. In the afternoon, visit a school (subject to holidays) then drive up the escarpment to Lake Eyasi to arrive at your camp & relax for the evening.
Overnight at Lake Eyasi Safari Lodge on Full Board Basis
After breakfast, depart for the Hadzabe experience; a cross-cultural rendezvous with the nomadic bushmen “Wa Hadzabe”. Spend time participating in the morning routine of their settlement; learning the tribe’s methods of gathering roots, tubers & wild fruits in the rugged landscapes in which they inhabit. Observe the hunting techniques still practiced by the tribe with bow & arrow; as your local guide interprets & details the traditions of these bushmen’s daily lives.
OPTIONAL: In the afternoon, visit the Datooga people, a semi-nomadic pastoralist tribe who migrated into the area seeking rich grazing land many decades ago. To date, the Datooga have resisted the cultural influence of neighboring tribes – their women still wear local fat-treated goatskin gowns & beautify their face & body through scarification. Learning about their customs is truly fascinating.
Overnight at Lake Eyasi Safari Lodge on Full Board Basis
Enjoy one last road drive while heading to the airport to connect with your flight back home.
African Merit Safari is an experienced team of African travel specialists based in Arusha, Tanzania. Together our team of talented travel experts has well over a decade worth of experience in Tanzania travel industry.
