12 Days Tanzania Walking Safari

You will be met at the International Airport of Kilimanjaro by your Driver/Guide and our representative. We will take you to the Mount Meru Game Lodge with an attached game sanctuary. Our safari manager will welcome you and provide you with a full safari briefing. Dinner included

After breakfast drive to Arusha National Park passing by herds of zebra, buffalo, and giraffe on the savannah. Enjoy a picnic lunch at Momella Lake famous for huge flocks of colourful flamingos and its views at majestic Mt. Kilimanjaro. game drive around the different habitats in this truly beautiful Park There are black and white colobus monkeys (unique to this Park in northern Tanzania), Sykes’s and vervet monkeys, shy forest duikers, leopards, and substantial herds of antelope. Guided by an armed ranger you will hike at the slopes of Mt Meru first across the buffalo meadow and then in dense forest up to some hidden waterfalls at the Crater rim of Ngurduto Crater.

Overnight at a campsite at Arusha National Park or at Mount Meru Game Lodge in Arusha. All meals included

After breakfast you start your way towards Tarangire, Tanzania’s third largest national park and sanctuary for an unusually large elephant population. Majestic baobab trees are an interesting feature of the park, dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. Animals concentrate along the Tarangire River, which provides the only permanent water supply in the area. There is a great diversity of wildlife including lion, leopard, cheetah and up to four thousand elephant. After game driving you go on a Ranger or Masai Guided Walk at the parks bounderies

Overnight at a campsite or at Maramboi Tented Camp at Tarangire. All meals included

After breakfast you proceed to Ngorongoro Conservation Area and descend into the crater for a wonderful game drive (with a picnic lunch) inside the Ngorongoro Crater often described as one of the wonders of the world. It is the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera and a a natural sanctuary for some of Africa’s densest animal populations. It is one of the few places where the rare black rhino can be observed in their natural setting. As very few animals migrate in and out of the crater with its 2000 ft. high walls, you can expect to see lions, elephants, zebras, hippos, flamingos, jackals, rhinos, antelopes, many birds and other species. With a bit of luck the ‘Big Five’ can be spotted during one game drive only.

Overnight at a campsite or at Sopa Lodge at Ngorongoro All meals included

Early start for your five day excursion to the Northern Highlands while you are guided by local Maasai guides as well as an armed ranger. Donkeys will carry your luggage. First you drive to Nainokanoka Village where you start walking towards Olmoti Crater where you can walk down to the relatively shallow crater. The grassy caldera is home to eland, bushbuck and sometimes buffaloes. Water flows across the crater to the south side where it ours out to a small but spectacular waterfall known as Munge Stream.

Often we meet Maasai herders on our trek to the water falls of the crater. From Olmoti the trail leads you via Bulati a typical Maasai Village towards Empakai Crater which you explore descending on a steep trek with spectacular views to the soda crater lake occupying nearly half the floor. Waterbirds and wildlife is often seen around the lake. You might see buffaloes or bushbucks, blue monkeys and many birds. It is a joy to walk around the lake shore. We descend the outer hills of the Great Rift Valley, walk through the open plains of the Embulbul Depression, until we reach our campsite at the village Naiobi, where you have the great opportunity to meet the local Maasais. Ol Doinyo Lengai – the sole active volcano of Tanzania and the “holy mountain” of the Maasai -, Mt Lolmasin and Mt Meru are seen along the way. Finally you reach Lake Natron he lowest point of the Great Rift Valley in Tanzania (600m / 2000 ft) 05 x overnights at different campsites. All meals included

Today you explore the highlights around Lake Natron famous for a vast numbers of flamingos and other water birds due to a high concentrate of in sodium carbonate, algae, and zooplankton. A guide takes you there and shows you the nesting places of the flamingos. You can also trek to the Ngare Sero River which flows in the Lake Natron. In contrast to the surrounding dry landscape, here you can find a small paradise. After a strenuous walk up the stream you reach the source of the river, in cascading waterfalls the river gushes out of the mountain. It is an excellent and welcoming bath in the pools under the waterfalls for a nice cool-down from the hot sun. There may be baboons or other wildlife in the gorge

Overnight at a campsite at Lake Natron or at Lake Natron Tented Camp. All meals included

After breakfast we depart with the car to Longido on a partly bumpy and dusty road. En route you see many Masai villages, termite mounds, gazelle, giraffe, zebra, baboons, bee boxes, and birds such as vultures, ostrich, starlings, Cory Bustards, and kites. The transfer takes you some 4 hours. At Longido you visit a project initiated by the SNV, a eco tourism development organisation of the Netherlands. You spend the rest of the day walking around the extensive plains of Longido Mountain with lush forestation and get some insight into traditional African culture of the people living here.

Overnight at the campsite at Longido. All meals included

After breakfast you drive back to Arusha with some souvenir shopping en route if you like. Enjoy a delicious meal at a nice restaurant in Arusha and a refreshing shower in the dayroom arranged for you before we take you to Kilimanjaro Airport for departure. Breakfast and lunch included

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