Walking Safari with Game Drive - 8 Days Tanzania Tour

Arusha National Park(2N) → Lake Eyasi(1N) → Serengeti National Park(3N) → Ngorongoro Crater(1N)

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Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Arusha National Park

Despite its proximity to Arusha, this small national park seldom appears on safari itineraries for Tanzania, which is surprising as it is one of our favorites.
At the center of the park is the beautiful Ngurdoto Crater, flanked by steep cliffs and home to an abundance of buffalo that roam the marshy ground within.
Further into the park, the Momella Lakes are also stunning, featuring a rich bird population as well as large populations of hippos and buffalo.
Throughout your safari, you will see herds of zebra and giraffe wandering across the hills, along with numerous antelope darting across the landscape.
Your visit will start with a guided walk through the montane forest near the park entrance.
This will be followed by a vehicle safari to the crater and the Momella Lakes.
In the afternoon, enjoy a canoeing safari on Momella Lakes.
Late afternoon drive back to Arusha for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 2 Arusha to Tarangire National Park

This morning, take packed lunches with you for a three-hour drive to Tarangire National Park.
Spend the afternoon exploring the park on game drives.
The park is traversed by the Tarangire River, which attracts a variety of wildlife during the long dry season when the surrounding area becomes completely parched.
During the wet season, wildlife is more scattered, but sightings of Tarangire?s extensive elephant population are almost guaranteed.
Large herds roam the riverbed while zebra, buffalo, gazelle, and wildebeest try to avoid the predatory advances of lions and leopards.
The Tarangire swamps are home to a remarkable diversity of bird life, with 550 bird species, including many rare varieties.

Day 3 Mto Wa Mbu

Drive to Mto Wa Mbu.
Bike ride through banana plantations.
Visit local farms, a school, a church, and a milling machine.
Stop at a local bar.
Cycle to the shores of Lake Manyara, where you can enjoy stunning vistas of the lake, the Rift Valley wall, and small herds of wildlife.
Have a local lunch in a village house.
Afternoon drive to Karatu.

Day 4 Lake Eyasi

After an early breakfast, drive to the Lake Eyasi area, the land where the Wahadzabe live.
Meet the Datoga at their village. The Datoga are wary of the Masai, who are their biggest enemies. Both groups are cattle herders.
Historically, there was conflict between the Masai and Datoga many years ago in Ngorongoro, resulting in the death of the Datoga chief, who was buried near Fig Tree Camp on the crater floor.
Proceed with a walking/hiking visit to the Hadzabe caves, where they sometimes spend their nights while hunting.
The Hadzabe hunt with bows and arrows and are the closest relatives to the Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert.
Visit the area where they find the plant they boil to produce poison for hunting; this plant can be found throughout the Lake Eyasi area.
During the walking and driving portions of the trip, we may be fortunate enough to see wildlife such as lesser kudu and dik-dik; otherwise, there are plenty of birds to observe.

Day 5 Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, depart for the Serengeti National Park.
The Serengeti National Park is the jewel in the crown of Tanzania?s game parks and offers arguably the best game viewing in Africa.
The setting is perfect ? a sea of endless plains that stretches to the horizon, dotted with occasional acacia trees and termite mounds.
This savannah is home to large herds of wildebeest that migrate north each year, crossing crocodile-infested rivers in a frenzied mixture of mating and galloping driven by instinct.
Prides of lions rule here, their hungry gazes sweeping the savannah for a chance to attack the thousands of eland, impala, and gazelle.
Solitary leopards stake out their place in the high branches of the acacia trees, while herds of elephants roam at will.
This is the Africa you have always dreamed about.

Day 6 Serengeti National Park Full Game Drive

This day, you will have both morning and afternoon game drives in the Serengeti National Park.
The Serengeti National Park, which derives its name from the Maasai word for ?endless plain,? is the jewel of Tanzania?s protected areas and lies on a vast plateau between the eastern arm of the Rift Valley and the expansive Lake Victoria.
Tanzania?s oldest and most popular national park and a UNESCO World Heritage site, the Serengeti is best known for the annual migration of hundreds of thousands of wildebeest, zebras, and Thomson?s gazelles.
Spectacular game viewing of buffalo, elephants, giraffes, topis, impalas, Grant?s gazelles, lions, and leopards is a highlight.
Be inspired by the ?amazing Acacia trees? dotted throughout the Serengeti, where visitors are treated to some of the most mesmerizing sunsets in the world.
Our small safari vehicles minimize drive times and improve your chances of capturing the perfect shot of one of the elusive ?Big 5?.

Day 7 Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Highland

After breakfast, you will have a morning game drive in the Serengeti National Park.
After lunch, drive to Ngorongoro.
Along the way, you will stop at the Olduvai Gorge for a short visit.
This is a steep-sided ravine in the heart of the Great Rift Valley, famous for the variety of early hominid fossils that have been found here.
There is an excellent museum; it is small but informative and well worth the stop.
Also stop en route to visit a local Masai boma and meet some of the people who live there.

Day 8 Ngorongoro Crater - Arusha

After breakfast, you will descend 2,000 feet to the crater floor for game viewing.
You will have the opportunity to explore the Ngorongoro Crater, an ancient volcanic crater that is home to an extraordinary concentration of wildlife, including a very dense population of lions and spotted hyenas.
You are almost guaranteed to see all of the 'Big Five' (lion, rhino, leopard, elephant, and buffalo) as well as a great variety of other species.
The views are superb, from the first glimpse of the crater at 'Heroes' Point', through the thick rainforest that covers its sides, down to the rich grassy plains that form its center.
The combination of natural scenery and wildlife is truly breathtaking.
During the game drive, you will stop for a delicious picnic on the crater floor.
Late in the afternoon, drive back to Arusha.

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