7 Days and 6 Nights Ngorongoro Highland Trekking

7 Days and 6 Nights Ngorongoro Highland Trekking

These 7-days trekking tour takes you through the diverse landscapes of the Ngorongoro Crater Highlands. You will hike through grassy plains and the mountainous countryside as well as thick mountain forest and the savannah landscape of the Rift Valley. Apart from unique landscapes and seeing wild animals, this trek allows insight into the daily routine of the Masai people.

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival in Tanzania

Stop At: Arusha Village Experience, Arusha Tanzania
A Warrior Expeditions Tanzania representative will be at the Kilimanjaro International Airport to welcome you and transfer you to Arusha for dinner and overnight at Outpost Lodge. Bed and breakfast included.
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at Outpost Lodge, Arusha, Tanzania

Day 2: Ngorongoro Crater

Stop At: Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area Tanzania
After breakfast drive to Ngorongoro Crater floor for game drive, lunch at hippo pool picnic site.
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch: Picnic lunch at the hippo pool picnic site.
• Dinner: Dinner at Simba Campsite.
Accommodation included: Overnight at Simba Campsite.

Day 3: Ngorongoro to Nainokanoka Village

Stop At: Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area Tanzania
After breakfast, depart to Nainokanoka Village (50 km from the Simba Campsite) where you will walk up to Olmoti Crater and view the Munge River waterfalls and the crater. The crater is the source of Munge River which drains its water into the Ngorongoro Crater and is a 45-60-minute walk from the camp.
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast at Simba Campsite prior to departure to Nainokanoka Village.
• Lunch
• Dinner: Dinner prepared at bush camp.
Accommodation included: Overnight camping in the bush.

Day 4: Nainokanoka-Empakaai Crater Trek

Stop At: Empakaai Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area Tanzania
Nainokanoka to Empakaai Crater trek (5-6 hours walking). After breakfast you pack your luggage on donkeys, also called "Maasai Land Rovers.” Accompanied with Maasai escorts you start your trek through the beautiful Maasai landscape with indigenous villages. Here your guide will explain about the culture of the Maasai people and Tanzania in general. You will pass the Elbulbul depression where the Maasai livestock mix-graze with herds of zebras and wildebeests. This area is rich in bird life.
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast at camp prior to trekking departure.
• Lunch
• Dinner: Overnight in the bush, camping dinner.
Accommodation included: Overnight camping in the bush, on crater rim.

Day 5: Empakaai Crater- Nayobi Village

Stop At: Empakaai Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area Tanzania
Empakaai Crater to Nayobi Village (4-5 hours walking). It’s worth getting up very early so you don`t miss the beautiful panoramic sunrise above the lake in Empakaai Crater. After breakfast and loading the donkeys we start our 7 km trek on the rim of the crater, heading for Nayobi Village. Here we fill our water bottles and have lunch. After, continue trek to bush camp.
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast: Camping breakfast in the bush.
• Lunch: Lunch at Nayobi Village.
• Dinner: Dinner in camp in the bush.
Accommodation included: Overnight camping in the bush.

Day 6: Nayobi Village - Lake Natron

Stop At: The Engare Sero Footprint Site, Engaresero Village Southern Shore of Lake Natron, Ngorongoro Conservation Area Tanzania
Nayobi Village to Lake Natron (3-4 hours walking). After breakfast we discover another beautiful landscape while walking down to the floor of the Rift Valley. From here we will be able to see Lake Natron, Ol Doinyo Lengai and the vast Serengeti plains. The car will pick us up and take us to Lake Natron camp site where you can refresh yourself at the camp site.
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast: Bush breakfast at campsite.
• Lunch: Lunch during trek.
• Dinner: Dinner at camp in Lake Natron.
Accommodation included: Overnight at Lake Natron campsite.

Day 7: Full day to explore the area of Lake Natron

Stop At: Ol Doinyo Lengai, Arusha Tanzania
Full day to explore the area of Lake Natron (flamingoes!), you will see the vast shallow soda lake and a white carpet of soda and salt crystals cracked in to a polygonal patchwork, hike to a waterfall in a deep gorge, and visit a Maasai village. If you are up to the challenge and a very strenuous climb, you can opt for a climb to Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano.
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Lake Natron campsite.

Day 8: Lake Natron – Arusha – Kilimanjaro

Stop At: Arusha Village Experience, Arusha Tanzania
Today you will have a leisurely breakfast and then start the drive to Arusha through the Great Rift Valley, close to Lake Manyara and arrive in Arusha in time for lunch. After lunch there will be time for shopping before the trip to the Kilimanjaro International Airport for your departure.
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast at camp prior to departure.
• Lunch: Lunch in Arusha.
No accommodation included on this day.