Key Information:
Tour Duration: 5 days Group Size: 2 - 10 people Destination(s): Tarangire/Lake Eyasi &
Ngorongoro Specialty Categories: Wildlife Viewing &
Cultural Journey Season: January – Dec Airfare Included: No Tour Customizable: Yes
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Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Arrival Arusha, Tanzania.
Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro International airport,
you will be met by our driver and assisted through
customs and immigration formalities. Thereafter, drive
to Arusha the nerve center of East Africa, and getaway
to several national parks in the north of the country.
Nestled in the Heart of Arusha Town Impala Hotel is
a four star which offer an Ideal accommodation for
all range of travelers and tourist. Just a minute
walk to the shops and other near by restaurants.
Day 2: Arusha – Tarangire National Park.
After breakfast, drive to Tarangire National Park,
the third largest national park in Tanzania. This
delightful park, covering an area of 2,600 sq km was
established in 1970, and it is the numerous baobab
trees that will initially catch your eye. The Tarangire
National Park derives its name from the Tarangire
River that rises in the highlands of central Tanzania
and winds its way through the game sanctuary. The
river irresistibly lures the herds of plains migrants
from the parched surrounding area to its shrunken
– but permanent – brackish waters during
the dry season.
The animals come by thousands from as far north as
the shores of Lake Natron, dramatically swelling the
resident population with wildebeest, zebra, eland,
elephant, hartebeest, buffalo and fringe-eared Oryx.
Tarangire is said to have the highest recorded number
of breeding bird species for any habitat in the world.
As the rainless days continue the Tarangire pools
are clotted with thirsty migrants, and elephants begin
to dig for underground streams in the dry riverbed.
Dinner and overnight at Tarangire sopa lodge.
Day 3: Tarangire National Park - Lake Eyasi
After breakfast Drive to Gibb’s Farm, where
you will have lunch: Gibb’s Farm is a small,
privately owned and very quaint farm in the midst
of coffee plantations. The old colonial farmhouse,
built by German settlers in the early 20th century,
still has the character of a well-looked-after private
house with roaring fires and friendly service. Gibb’s
is lovely oasis where you are guests, not tourist,
and the personal cozy atmosphere conveys that.
After lunch drive towards Ngorongoro Crater. You divert
from your route, driving down a track to the remote
Lake Eyasi, one of the Soda Lakes that bejewel the
Rift Valley. It is also the former lands of the elusive
Hadzabe tribe, who you hope to meet up with and learn
more about their fascinating culture. Dinner &
overnight at Kisima Ngeda/or any other tented camp
of same standard
Day 4: Lake Eyasi
Today you start off early with your bushman guide
to meet a group of resident Hadzabe people.The Hadzabe
are hunter-gatherers, also known as bushmen, who speak
a click-based language and move their encampments
with the seasonal movements of the wildlife. Your
guide is a member of the group and teaches you more
about how they hunt, track wildlife , make fire and
even take honey from bee’s nests before introducing
you to his people and explaining a little more about
the customs and the way of life.
Among the unique learning experiences is the chance
to interact with one of the last groups of hunter/gatherers
on Earth – the Hadzabe tribe. This group is
studied to understand foraging strategies that might
have been employed by hominid ancestors about 2.5
million years ago; the Hadzabe's diet contains wild
plants and animals caught through hunting. By spending
time among this group, you will be able to see first-hand
how humans originally adapted to the environment.
Return to your camp for lunch. Afternoon enroute to
Ngorongoro Conservation area of where you will spend
your night at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge or Ngorongoro
Serena Hotel fo full board accommodation.
Day 5: Ngorongoro Conservation Area: After breakfast, descend into the crater for a
half day of game viewing. As per the new policy it
is allowed only to do 6 hours game drive in the crater.
A picnic lunch will be taken on the crater floor.
The crater supports up to 25,000 large mammals. Grazers
dominate: zebra, wildebeest – accounting for
almost half the animals – gazelle, buffalo,
eland, hartebeest and wart hog. Giraffe, for example,
stay away because there is insufficient food at tree
level; topi because they compete directly with wildebeest.
An odd feature of the crater elephants is that they
are almost exclusively bulls. Breeding herds –
comprising large numbers of females and young with
a few attendant older males – are probably unable
to find sufficient quality food in the crater. Ngorongoro
has carnivores in quantity, drawn by the large herds
of prey animals. It has the most dense population
of large predators, mainly lion – about 100
– and more than 400 spotted hyena, living in
eight clans of up to eighty individuals. Both lions
and hyenas will scavenge from each other, depending
on weight of numbers and of course, hunger. Ascend
up the wall of crater to the lodge then pack load
your luggage to the vehicle and depart for Arusha.
Dinner and overnight in Arusha at Either Kibo Palace
or Impala Hotel. Accommadation base in Board and breakfast.
Safari cost includes: All airport transfers in private car.
Transport and wildlife drives in modified 4WD Land
Cruiser or Land Rover with photographic roof hatch
Services of a professional safari guide
Accommodation in Lodges and special tented camp on
Safari and Arusha as it explain in the itenerary.
All wildlife reserve entry fees
Cost not included: All items of a personal nature
Gratuities for safari guide and camp staff
Travel insurance
Visa and Passport fees
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and beverages in
lodges.
