Highlights

• Unesco World Heritage Site

• World’s largest inactive, intact and unfilled volcanic Caldera

• Ancient civilization and unique culture alive in Africa

• Unique physical and geological attractions

• Wildlife experience
  

Itinerary 

Day 1 - Arrival

Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport. Transfer to your hotel. Arusha City, located in the northern highlands of Tanzania, beneath the twin peaks of Mount Meru and Mount Kilimanjaro, is the safari capital of the country. Guests embarking on the popular northern safari circuit all stop here to prepare for their journeys into the African bush. Established by the Germans as a centre for colonial administration in the early 20th century, today Arusha is one of the country’s most prosperous towns and a major centre of Tanzanian diplomacy and international relations – lending it its nickname, the ‘Geneva of Africa’. Overnight at African View Lodge. 

Day 2 - Arusha National Park

Breakfast at the lodge and thereafter drive to Arusha National Park for a guided walking safari with an armed ranger. Thereafter you will continue with game viewing drive in the park. The park has an incredible variety of fauna and flora, which cannot fail to impress. Hollywood also chose this region to film the movie “Hatari” in which Hardy Kruger starred alongside the legendary John Wayne. Your day trip will include a visit to the Ngurdoto Crater. Buffaloes, waterbucks, giraffes, warthogs, zebras and baboons can be seen all year round as well as many different bird species. Lunch will be taken at a picnic place and in the afternoon, you will continue your tour in the safari vehicle through the Arusha National Park. After plenty of time allocated for you to observe the wildlife, we will take you to Africa Amini Maasai Lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 3 – Ngabobo Maasai Land

After a well-served breakfast, together with your Maasai guide, you will proceed on a donkey ride. The typical tourist attraction in Tanzania is a safari by foot or by car. In many places, horse rides are offered as an alternative. But how about something new? Why not try a ride on the back of a donkey at sunrise? It’s the best way to enjoy the serenity of the savannah and the beautiful view of Kilimanjaro. With a bit of luck, you might even experience the early morning hustle and bustle of the African savannah. Return back to the lodge to cool yourself in the swimming pool followed by lunch at the Lodge. In the evening, accompanied by a Maasai shaman you will have the chance to discover the surrounding areas. Meet the locals of Ngabobo who will share their extensive knowledge of herbs and medicinal plants and introduce you to the Maasai’s culture, which has stayed unchanged for centuries. In close proximity to the lodge you will have the chance to pick these medicinal plants yourself and might even prepare your own tea with them. It will be a very special teatime, both for you and the Maasai. You will end your day by enjoying a spear throwing competition with the Maasai. Dinner and overnight at Africa Amini Maasai Lodge.

Day 4 – Tarangire National Park 

Breakfast at the lodge. Drive from Arusha to Tarangire National Park. Picnic lunch en route. Afternoon game viewing drive. Tarangire National Park gets its name from the river that threads its way through the length of the reserve. It is famous for its dense wildlife population which is most spectacular between June and October, the dry period – making it the best time to visit for wildlife viewing and walking – during which time thousands of animals migrate from the dry Masai steppe to the Tarangire River looking for water. Tarangire also has the largest population of elephant of any park in the northern circuit and is also home to 550 varieties of bird. Dinner and overnight at Lake Burunge Baobaba Tented Lodge.

Day 5 – Tarangire National Park 

Full day game drive in Tarangire NP. All meals and overnight at Lake Burunge Baobab Tented Lodge.

Day 6 – Mto wa Mbu

After breakfast, you will drive to Mto wa Mbu village for a morning village tour to get an opportunity to explore the daily life of the local villagers in Mto wa Mbu. Afterwards, you explore the Village by a Tuk Tuk, which is the common transport mode around the area. The Tuk Tuk Tour will give a broad chance to explore the village and interact with the local community fom inner parts around the area. Enjoy a local lunch served in a lovely banana plantation deep inside the village. Drive to Karatu for dinner and overnight at Marera Valley Lodge.

Day 7 – Lake Eyasi

Today guests drive to the Lake Eyasi area, arriving in time for lunch at Kisima Ngeda Teted Camp. Enjoy afternoon visit to a Datoga tribe, who are characteristically known for keeping to themselves and are a tribe of proud people and fierce warriors known for their stealth ability. They are skillful and are also known for their blacksmith skills, beads works, brass bracelets, and necklaces, while also supplying arrowheads to the Hadzabe tribe. Another cultural feature that distinguishes this tribe from other tribes is their decorative tattooing around their eyes in circular patterns. Dinner and overnight at Kisima Ngeda Tented Camp.

Day 8 – Lake Eyasi

Guests receive a packed breakfast and then drive towards Hadzabe tribe who are considered one of the last hunter-gatherer tribes inAfrica with approximately 1,300 tribe members. As a hunter-gatherer society, the Hadzabe have no domesticated livestock, nor do they grow or store their own food. The Hadzabe survive by hunting their food with hand-made bows and arrows and foraging for edible plants. The Hadzabe diet is primarily plant-based but also consists of meat, fat, and honey. They create temporary shelters of dried grass and branches, and they own few possessions. Dinner and overnight at Kisima Ngeda Tented Camp.

Day 9 – Ngorongoro Crater

Breakfast at the lodge. Drive to Ngorongoro Crater for half day (5 hours) crater tour. Picnic lunch. The Ngorongoro Crater is the largest unbroken caldera in the world – surrounded by very steep walls, giving it the appearance of a natural amphitheatre. – and home to up to 30,000 animals, almost half being wildebeest and zebra. The crater is also one of the few places in East Africa where visitors can be certain of seeing black rhino. Countless flamingo form a pink blanket over the soda lake while more than 100 species of birds not found in the Serengeti have been spotted. The crater which has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, lies within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area – bounded by Lake Eyasi in the southwest and the Gol Mountains in the north and includes the Olduvai Gorge. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Farm House.

Day 10 – Departure

Breakfast at the lodge. Drive back to Arusha and transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your outbound flight (an extension to Zanzibar possible on request)

Pricelist 2025

Priceinclusion:

All transfers in Arusha in private vehicle, transportation while on safari in private safari-equipped 4-wheel-drive Toyota Land Cruiser driven by English-speaking driver/guide; meals and accommodations as described in the itinerary; all entrance fees; mineral water/tea/coffee in the vehicle while on safari.