7-Day Wildlife Safari and Cultural tour

7-Day Wildlife Safari and Cultural tour

On this 7-day camping safari, you will explore four of Tanzania’s northern nature reserves. Apart from the Serengeti National Park and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, you will also visit the Tarangire, Lake Manyara National Park and Hadzabe tribe at lake Eyasi. You will see swamps and Savannah, huge herds of elephants and a crater full of game.

Day 1: Kilimanjaro Airport to Arusha.

Meet and greet on arrival at the JRO , 45 minutes transfer drive to accommodation at Jevas Hotel. Bed and Breakfast. 

Day 2:  Arusha – Tarangire Park

After breakfast, you will be picked up and drive to the Tarangire Park, a park roughly the size of a small country. After an extensive game drive you will travel to a Jambo camp for overnight. Lunch; Dinner.

 Day 3: Tarangire Area – Serengeti National Park

Today you will set out on your journey through the lush highlands travel to the Serengeti Park. In the late afternoon you will arrive at your dik dik campsite in the Seronera Valley, where you will stay the night. Breakfast, Lunch; Dinner.

 Day 4: Full day game in Serengeti.

The entire day is set aside for more game drives in the Serengeti. The park is habitat for an abundance of wildlife, in November and December the animals move from the northern region, south during the longer rainy season from April to June.The night will be spent at a dik dik camp inside the park. Breakfast, Lunch; Dinner.

 Day 5: Serengeti Park – Ngorongoro crater

After an early breakfast you will head for another game drive in the Serengeti. You will spend the night at a Simba A campsite, directly on the crater’s edge with the orange glow of sunset surrounding you as you drift off to sleep. Breakfast, Lunch; Dinner.

 Day 6: Ngorongoro Crater – Lake Eyasi (Hadzabe Tribe)

Early risers are rewarded with breath-taking views of the rising sun over the crater’s edge and after a hearty breakfast you will drive down the adventurous track into the crater. After lunch you will ascend the steep walls of the crater and head to Lake Eyasi bushman for dinner and overnight.

 Day 7: Lake Eyasi Hunting with Hadzabe-bushman

Very early morning (05:45 am) you'll drive to the dwellings of the famous Hadzabe tribe in the bush for cultural interaction. Join the Hadzabe tribe and go to forage, and during the course of day eat while foraging, and also bring back some honey, fruit, or wild game when available. While traditionally considered an East African branch of the Khoisan peoples, primarily because their language has clicks, modern genetic research suggests that they may be more closely related to the Pygmies. Get an opportunity to walk with them and watch the way they hunt or collect honey and insects. Late evening drive back to Mto wa mbu for dinner and overnight at jambo camp.

 Day 8: Mto wa Mbu – Lake Manyara National Park – Arusha

Your final stop on the tour is the small Lake Manyara Park for game view you will leave the cascades of flamingos behind and head back to Arusha, where you will arrive in the early evening. Breakfast; Lunch. Overnight at Jevas Hotel. Bed and breakfast.