11 Days Tanzania Cultural and Wildlife Adventures
Introduction
With plentiful ways to experience the culture, we give you a chance to interact with locals and enjoy the glorious scenery in many places, In many areas, rural life is an attraction on its own.
This cultural safaris, let you walk and live with the Maasai, visit their traditional bomas (settlements), traditional medicine walks, hunting with the Hadzabe bushmen, gather roots and seeds with the Datoga women. It’s the grass roots of any East African adventures…This trip will also give you a chance to explore the famous National Parks, Serengeti National park(Home of migration trails), Ngorongoro Crater and Tarangire National Park.
Accommodation is on midrange lodges- Overnight in beautiful lodges. Upgrade to luxury Lodges available on Request
Note: This Itinerary can be customized according to your Interests, budget, the Season, group Size and time as well.
Highlights
- Tarangire National Park
- Datoga tribe cultural Tour
- Lake Eyasi (Walking tour)
- Hadzabe Cultural Tour ( Bushmen)
- Ngorongoro Crater
- Serengeti National Park
- Game Drive
- Cultural tour
Day 1: Arrive to Tanzania ( Kilimanjaro International Airport
Arrive in Arusha. Meet and greet then Transfer from arrival point to your Hotel for overnight.
Accommodation: Kibo Palace Hotel/Similar- https://kibopalacehotel.com/
DAY 2: Arusha to Tarangire
You depart Arusha with lunch box on the tarmac road across Monduli plains toward Tarangire for lunch at at the camp.
After a leisurely lunch, you depart the camp at 03:30 P for a walk accompanied by Maasai men and your guide to explain the native birds, animal tracks, and plant-life of the area that you will encounter during your walk.
Overnight at your lodge (BLD)
Accommodation: Sangaiwe Tented Lodge/Similar- https://sangaiwe.com/
DAY 3: Tarangire National Park
After an early breakfast, you depart the camp with picnic lunch and proceed to the park for a full day game drive.
Tarangire N. Park covers 2,600 sq. kms in area. The park is famous for its majestic Baobab trees and Acacia Tortillas trees dotting a wide expanse of the rolling hills of the park.
To many people the park represents the features of Africa in scenery and landscape. There is the Tarangire River, which dissects the park from the south to the Northwest where during the dry season, a large congregation of animals can be found giving it a resemblance of the famous Serengeti migration.
Among the animals found there are great herds of elephants of which 200 can be seen at a time. Zebra, wildebeest, buffalo, giraffe, lions, leopard, cheetahs and hyena, The park is reputed to have more birds than the whole United States of America.
Overnight at Tarangire N. Park
Accommodation: Sangaiwe Tented Lodge/Similar- https://sangaiwe.com/
DAY 4: Datoga tribe cultural Tour
After breakfast, you proceed to south of lake Manyara to visit the Datoga tribe who are related to the Maasai. They are nomadic cattle herders who move from one place to another in search of green pastures for their cattle.
A great variety of bird species can be found in this area. Rare species like the Black Egret have on many occasions been spotted. They can be differentiated from the other birds by their peculiar fishing behavior pattern to feed whereby they shade themselves with their wings to attract more fish.
Overnight at the lodge (BLD)
Accommodation: Lake Eyasi Safari Lodge/ Similar- https://lakeeyasi.com/
DAY 5 : Hadzabe Cultural Tour ( Bushmen)
Wake up early for a pre-sunrise breakfast. Drive from the camp for approx. 20 minutes to locate the nomadic Bushmen (Hadzabe). In the company of the bushmen, you will hunt on foot using traditional weapons i.e. bows and arrows.
The Bushmen are related to the Kalahari Bushmen of South Africa. They speak the same click language but do not understand each other, as they have been apart for very long. The Bushmen live a medieval kind of life style. They do not build permanent homes but follow the animals in the area as they trap and kill them for food. They are hunters and gatherers. After a brief hunting stint with the Bushmen, we go back to our vehicles and drive to the camp for lunch.
After a short afternoon siesta, we depart the camp at 04:30P and drive to lake Eyasi to view flamingoes enjoy the sunset over the Rift Valley Escarpment.
Overnight at your Lodge (BLD)
Accommodation: Lake Eyasi Safari Lodge/ Similar- https://lakeeyasi.com/
DAY 6: Elephant caves+ Coffee (Walking tour)
After breakfast, depart your Lodge with your lunch box, and drive across the Rift Valley escarpment to Lake Eyasi via Gibb’s Farm. Gibb’s Farm was a once colonial farmhouse that has been converted into a lodge. It boasts one of the biggest coffee plantations in the area as well as a purely organic farm, which supplies the lodge with fresh vegetables throughout the year. Once there, we have a 45-minute walk to visit the elephant cave and the organic farm. We will also have a brief lecture about a coffee plantation.
Overnight at your Lodge (BLD)
Accommodation: Farm of Dreams Lodge/ Similar- https://farmofdreamslodge.com/
DAY 7 : Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast and drive to Ngorongoro Crater with a picnic lunch. You descend to the crater floor for a full day game-drive.
Dinner and Overnight in Ngorongoro (BLD)
Accommodation: Rhino Lodge/ Similar – https://rhino.co.tz/
DAY 8: Ngorongoro to Serengeti National Park
We break camp with picnic lunches after breakfast to drive to Serengeti National Park via the famous Ol-duvai Gorge where the Leakey family discovered the remain of the early man “ Zinjanthropus Bosei” Game viewing enroute to the Serengeti National Park.
Dinner and Overnight Serengeti N. Park –. (BLD)
Accommodation: Tanzania Bush Camps- https://www.tanzaniabushcamps.com/
DAY 9-10- Full day game drive in Serengeti National Park
Full day game-drive in the Serengeti National Park with game viewing in areas where the animals are most concentrated. The Serengeti national park covers about 15,000 sq. kms. It derives its name form the Maasai language “Siringet” which means, the endless Plains.
It boasts the largest number of species of flora and fauna both in quantity and variety coupled with its world famous wildebeest migration. The worlds single remaining wildlife migration.
Overnight in Tented Camp at Serengeti N. Park (BLD)
Accommodation: Tanzania Bush Camps- https://www.tanzaniabushcamps.com/
DAY 11: Serengeti to Arusha- Kilimanjaro Airport back home
After breakfast, you depart Serengeti for Arusha with game-viewing enroute. An option instead of driving can be a scheduled flight that departs at 11:15am.
Lunch in Arusha upon arrival
Afternoon transfer to Kilimanjaro Int’l. Airport for the flight out.-
PRICE INCLUDES
- Game Ranger for walking.
- Transport in 4WD Safari + guide
- All meals on safari including mineral water .
- Ten nights accommodation mid-range Lodges and Tented Camps
- National Park entry fees.
- Airport transfers
- Villages/ Walking fees
- Flying Doctors Insurance cover
PRICE EXCLUDES:
- Any international plane fare
- Any gratuities
- Portage Fees
- Any telephone calls while in the lodge
- Any tips to driver or staff
- All extra activities offered by the lodges
- Any service not mentioned above
ACCOMMODATION : MID-RANGE LODGES
PRICE: Per person sharing
| No. of Pax | Lodge/Tented Camp |
| 1 Person | US$ 5,680 |
| 2 People | US$ 4,396 |
| 3 People | US$ 3,775 |
| 4 People | US$ 3,600 |
| 5 People | US$ 3,460 |
| 6 People | US$ 3,300 |
SRS = Single room supplement $ 880
NOTE: This tour can be customized according to your time frame, It can also be upgraded to lodge accommodation.