12 Days Tanzania Classic Tented Safari

On the 5th day, you will depart early crossing the Rift Valley to Lake Eyasi. This dry and rugged landscape is inhabited by Bushmen who live in nomadic groups hunting with bows and arrows and gathering roots, tubers and wild fruits. You will partake in a pre-dawn walk with the local hunters or time will be spent participating in the morning routine of the settlement. Your guide will interpret for you and discuss hunting techniques still used by the tribes. Be prepared for an extraordinary cross-cultural experience! You will return to Ngorongoro Farm House lodge where you will have your overnight. (B, L, D).

The crater is one of the most impressive wildlife areas in Africa and has been designated a World Heritage site. On the 6th day, you will drive down inside the 100 square miles Ngorongoro crater to view wildlife on the vast grasslands of the crater floor. Throughout the year a spectacular parade of animal life may be found within the crater. You are very likely to see black manned lion, the highly endangered black rhino, wildebeest, zebra, elephant, hippo, jackal, hyena and water birds like flamingoes, pelicans on the soda lake as well as other species of water and plains birds. You may see Maasai people grazing their cattle around the crater rim. On the 7th day, you may enjoy a morning walk near Empakai Crater (weather and road conditions permitting), an impressive caldera lying at the northern end of the crater highlands.Empakai is beautiful, with islands of forest and a waterfall at the source of the Munge River.Monkeys,gazelles and buffalo are residents in the area. An armed ranger will escort you in the area. Overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa lodge (B, L, D).

Continue with decent guided game drives while nights will be enjoyed deep in the Serengeti Serena hotel or at one of several private luxury camps. Campsites include Barafu, Gol or Moru Kopjes, the Lobo area or the western corridor depending on the season. Walks will be offered in the Ikoma region outside the park from June through November and in the Southern corridor of the park from December through May. (B, L, D).

Enjoy a morning game drive across the Serengeti plains with a picnic lunch as you make your way back to Arusha town. You may choose to fly from the Serengeti to Arusha town (for additional money), arriving in time to board a connecting flight to the Spice island of Zanzibar (see extension below) or a shuttle bus to Nairobi.