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Price: USD
$2,560
/Person
This package can be
customized
Starting in: Tanzania
Ending in: Tanzania
Duration: 8 days
Persons: min (2) max (6)
Accommodation: Mixed
Activities: Cultural
DAY
1 : At around 0830 we leave Arusha town
and drive for two hours to Lake
Manyara National Park.
During our full day game drive lunch
will be taken en route. We will aim
to find some of the tree climbing
lions that are unique to the
lakeside as well as enjoying the
abundant wildlife that flourishes
from the underground waterways that
originate a short distance uphill in
the Ngorongoro Highlands.
In the late afternoon we’ll drive
out of the park for dinner and
overnight at Lake Manyara Hotel.
DAY 2
: After breakfast and collecting our
packed lunches we will drive to the
shores of Lake Eyasi where you will
be introduced to the extraordinary
people who belong to an indigenous
tribe known as the ‘Hadzabe’.
The wa’Hadzabe are one of the last
remaining hunter-gatherer tribes in
East Africa and live fascinating and
impressive lives in the bush, not
requiring any huts or physical
infrastructure, living a subsistence
lifestyle that relies on their
skills in hunting and foraging.
Our Hadzabe friends will be very
pleased to teach you to shoot their
traditional weapons which they make
from materials which occur naturally
in their immediate environment.
In the evening you will share dinner
with the tribesmen and as the day
draws to a close will have the rare
privilege of sharing in their
threatened social world, while they
sing traditional songs and perform
tribal dances around an bonfire.
The evening is a magical one and
full of atmosphere. Tonight you will
stay in tents in order to be close
to the bushmen for a very early rise
tomorrow morning.
DAY 3 :
We will be woken early in the
morning to go hunting with the
bushmen. This is no mere
performance. The bushmen rely on
these techniques to survive and
you’ll need to be very attentive and
at times quiet while they
demonstrate their use of locally
made poisons in incapacitating the
poor creatures that keep our friends
alive.
At around 0930 after the hunt we’ll
return to our camping site to take
breakfast. From here we’ll proceed
with lunch boxes to Lake Eyasi where
we aim to see the unrivalled
spectacle of countless colourful
flamingo on the lake’s shores.
In the afternoon we’ll transfer to
the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and
will take dinner and spend overnight
at the Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge.
DAY 4 :
After breakfast at the lodge we will
drive through the northern
Ngorongoro Conservation Area,
pausing at times to view game as we
move towards the endless plains of
Serengeti National Park.
En route to the Serengeti we’ll stop
at Olduvai Gorge, where Richard and
Mary Leakey discovered
palaeontological fragments which
some evolutionists still believe
represent the remains of ‘Early Man’
- ‘Zijatropus’. After a game drive
in the Southern Serengeti we’ll
retire for dinner and overnight at
the Serengeti Sopa Lodge.
DAY 5 :
For the best sunrise game viewing
opportunities we need to be woken
very early this morning. We’ll do a
morning game drive until around 0930
on which we hope to be able to
disturb some lions as they sunbathe
on the kopjes or take their morning
draughts along the waterways we’ll
follow. Then it will be time to head
south again to our lodge where we’ll
have
breakfast. Further game driving will
return us to the Ngorongoro Crater
lip where we’ll have dinner and
overnight at the Sopa Lodge.
DAY 6 :
This morning, after breakfast, for
the very best encounters we should
aim to be amongst the first parties
to descend into the Ngorongoro
Crater after the gate opens at 0630,
so we should do our best to rise
early. Home to one of the densest
concentrations of wildlife on the
planet the Ngorongoro Crater is
known widely as the eighth wonder of
the world and hosts the endangered
black rhino species which we may
chance to see. We’ll view game here
until late afternoon before
ascending to the lip again from
where we’ll transfer for dinner and
overnight at Tarangire Sopa Lodge..
DAY 7 :
After breakfast at the lodge we’ll
collect our lunch boxes and enjoy a
game drive in Tarangire National
Park on which we can typically
expect to see many roaming elephant,
rare Baobab Trees and possibly even
the tree-climbing python. Early in
the evening we’ll drive to L’Oasis
Lodge in Arusha for dinner and
overnight.
DAY 8 :
By this morning we’ll need to have a
made a decision:
Option A: MAASAI VILLAGE.
After breakfast at the lodge we’ll
drive to Lengijave to visit some
Maasai families. Visitors always
relish this experience hugely.
You’ll be invited into the hut of
the senior wife who is present and
have the opportunity to discuss many
aspects of her life in the Maasai
tribe: what it is like being one of
several wives; how the men train to
become warriors; some fascinating
rules about hospitality and
travelling, and many more things
about why the world respects and
values this unique tribe. We’ll have
a traditional lunch with the family
and afterwards enjoy a walk in their
environs on which we’ll have the
chance to discuss many issues that
affect the tribe, projects that are
underway to improve their standard
of living without threatening their
way of life and anything else that
will interest you about traditional
village life. In the evening we’ll
return to L’Oasis Lodge for dinner
and overnight.
or
Option B: COFFEE TOUR & LAKE DULUTI.
After breakfast at the lodge we’ll
drive to Tengeru Village located on
the slopes of Mt Meru. From here
we’ll enjoy a coffee plantation
tour. We’ll visit the locally owned
and run farm and later participate
in processing the coffee from the
roasting of the beans to the testing
of the very cup of coffee that you
yourself have made. For lunch we’ll
join some Meru tribes people for
traditional food and afterwards take
a walk to the legendary caldera
lake, Duluti. This is a volcanic
water feature of unknown depth where
it is possible to hire canoes and
paddle freely across its width or
along its shores. There are also
excellent opportunities for bird
viewing, and tree identification.
Later we’ll drive back to L’Oasis
Lodge for dinner and overnight.
DEPARTURE DATES
The departure dates for all our
safaris, tours and treks are totally
flexible according to your own
personal needs (subject to
availability). Please contact us for
further and more detailed info, as
well as information on photographic
travel packages, safaris, tours and
treks into Tanzania.
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NORTHERN TANZANIA
ILKIDING'A
You will be shown Maasai Boma, the
oldest African irrigation system and
experience waarusha culturaland
enjoy traditional food. You will
also walk into the houseof the
traditional healer who will answer
historical questions. Craftsmen
group will show you small wooden
stools,jewellery, knives and
traditional clothing.
ILKUROT
Its located 20km west of Arusha
city along Nairobi road. Here you
will have trekking experience of
Ngorora Hill, thereafter visit
Maasai Boma to have true experience
of African Culture on general Maasai
life, Maasai dancing group and visit
Maasai colourful market.
LONGIDO
Near the Kenyan boarder, Namanga in
Longidoyou will have a unique
experience taming animals by camel
ride, learn and even act the Maasai
way of life. Animal and Bird
watching experience is what you can
never miss a dayin Longido.
SAPUK
In a cultural tour in Sapuk you will
visit the amazing Waterfall,
beautiful forest catchment,
Hollytree view of the city of Arusha.
The more you spend time in the tour
themost you enjoy tour and learn
more.
ENGARUKA
Situated 63 km north of Mto wa Mbu,
on theroad to Oldonyo Lengai and
Lake Natron is one of Tanzania’s
most important historic sites. Some
500 years ago, a farming community
of several thousand people developed
aningenious irrigation and
cultivations system. For unknown
reasons, the farmers left Engaruka
around 1700. Many questions remain
unanswered who were the people
living in Engaruka, how did they
come to develop such an ingenious,
farming system and who did they
finally leave Engaruka?
BUSHMEN
There are people who live in the
forest near Lake Eyasi called
“Bushmen” They live like ancient man
depending on gathering fruits,
hunting animals and live in caves or
forest. They don’t wear clothes. The
cultural tourism visit to this area
will enable you to see them. Natural
walking is taking place around the
area. The tour takes two/three
nights and there are five campsites
which can offer accommodation.
MTO WA MBU
Situated adjacent to Lake Manyara
National Park. In Mto Wa Mbu is the
only point in Africa where 4
languages meet; the Nilotes, Cush*tes,
Bantu and Hamites a unique cultural
feature in the World. A point in
Tanzania where anthropology is most
diverse. Visit to Maasai boma,
dancing, market, schools and
community project will be offered.
Maasai village visit to foster the
true experience of most complex
cultural experience in Africa is a
gift will be hard to forget in your
entire life. Hike the rift valley
wall and view the Lake Manyara.
MONDULI JUU
Situated 50km North West of Arusha
on the road to the Serengeti
National Park, Lake Manyara and
Ngorongoro Conservation Area. You
will experience the walking and
trekking of Monduli Mountains, visit
Maasai women on Jewellery and
handcrafts. The "Kona Saba"
escarpment climb, medicinal herbs
tour, evergreen rain forest tour and
a rest at astonishing panorama's
overlooking the rift valley, Oldonyo
Lengai Lake Natron...
NORTH PARES
Forests and Moors Tours - Half and
fully day hikes, but tours of
several days can be arranged.
Highlights : clan forest and
moorlands, historic centers of
ceremony and magic; irrigation,
dike, and drainage systems;
traditional healers and potter;
historical sites and relic;
spectacular views of Mt.
Kilimanjaro, plains, area likes,
South Pares, Usambara, Mkomazi Game
Reserve.
MARANGU / MAMBA
Mountain climbing enthusiasts will
be advised to visit the home and
memorial of the late Yohano Lauwo, a
Marangu and native who accompanied
Dr. Hans Meyer on the peak of Mt.
Kilimanjaro in 1889.You can also
learn about the Chagga culture by
visiting a traditional Chagga house
with straw roof. You can visit the
Chief Mangi area where the first
court and primary school of the
Northern region are still
functioning. You will be able to
pass historical sites of clan wars
where the Chagga used large caves to
hide themselves when the fought with
Maasai.
Physical Requirements - Moderates
walking for local culture
experience, but many hikes are quite
strenuous; some sites reachable by
4x4, and there are rewarding auto or
foot tours to the plains. Food and
Drink - Beverages and local food
available in Usangi town;
traditional meals can be arranged.
What to be Bring - Hiking shoes,
warm clothing. Accommodations -
Guest houses ad rooms in privates
homes, a school rest house; camping
(bring your gear); day to trips from
Moshi or Same. Getting There - 2 -3
hours by car from Moshi (4x4 during
rains) via Mwanga on main Moshi /
Dar es Salaam / Tanga road.
KISANGARA
Its located 62 km South East of
Moshi in the shadow of Mount
Kilimanjaro. The Plains Pare Tours -
Half and full days: visit the
natives economic and cultural
projects including carpentry
workshop, brick factory, sisal
plantation, local - beer brewery;
Lembeni Herbal Hospital; forest
hiking in Kindoroko Mts. Spice -
garden tour; fishing and boating on
Nyumba ya Mungu (House of God) Lake.
Physical Requirements - Moderate
walking. Food and Drink - Catering
facilities in Kisangara. What to
Bring - comfortable walking shoes;
sun cream and hat Accommodations -
Self-contained cottages, campsites
(bring your gear) day trips from
Moshi and Same. Getting There - by
bus or car, 62km from Moshi on main
Arusha - Moshi - Dar - Tanga road.
SOUTH PARES
View point Headquarters Tours -
Half o 3 days; caves where Pares hid
from slave raiders; myriad
viewpoints in all directions (Mt.
Kilimanjaro, Usambara,Maasai Steppe,
Mkomazi Game Reserve, Taita Hills)
forests and moors, historic
German-era buildings; traditional
healers and crafts people farmers
and women's groups. Most sports
accessible by car or 4x4. Visit
Mkomazi, a botanic as well as
zoological wonder. Physical
Requirements - Brisk walking, steep
hills. Food and Drink - Meals in
villages or at Hill-Top Tona Lodge,
Mbaga Hills, can be arranged; snacks
beverages, water in stores. What to
bring - Comfortable walking shoes,
warm clothing. Accommodations -
Hill-Top
Tona Lodge,quaint pre-WWI German
buildings; local home stays are
available, especially on overnight
hikes; camping (bring your gear.)
Getting There - By car (4x4 in
rains), entering mountains from Dar
\Moshi road or via Kisiwani on east
side, north of Mkomazi; by bus from
Same.
EASTERN TANZANIA
SAADANI VILLAGE: While in Saadani
National Park cultural tourism is a
major experience in Saadani Village
within the park. You will get to
hear of historical information about
Saadani. You will have also an
opportunity to taste a day freshly
catch from the Indian Ocean.
WEST USAMBARA
Is situated in the North Eastern
part of Tanzania between Mount
Kilimanjaro and the Indian ocean.
Visit to superb viewpoints on the
edge of Mountain, walk through dense
natural forests and along small
rivers that race downhill and visit
development projects, traditional
pottery village and see vast number
of beautiful butterflies
GEZAULOLE
Situated on the coast, South of
DAR ES SALAAM, half an hour drive
from Kigamboni ferry side. You will
experience the village life and
enjoy the quiet Beaches, bird
watching and the village handcrafts.
PANGANI
Situated about 50km South of
Tanga, that is in the extreme
North-Eastern corner of Tanzania at
the Indian Ocean Coast. You will
have a Pangani town tour including
historical buildings, visit a former
slave labour camp andslave market
site, cruise the vast coconut
plantations andfish with local
fishermen.
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