7-Day Tanzania Wilderness Safari with Lake Eyasi and Big Five Parks

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Day 01

Lake Manyara and the Great Rift Valley

• Pickup: We pick you up from your hotel and drive to Lake Manyara.
• The park derives its name from the Maasai word "manyara," which is the Swahili name for the plant Euphorbia tirucalli.
• The Maasai use this plant to grow livestock stockades, which mature into a highly durable, stockproof hedge.
• The Great Rift Valley is part of a fault in the earth's crust that stretches 8,000 kilometers (4,971 miles) from Turkey to the mouth of the Zambezi River in Mozambique.
• The fault is so massive that when astronauts landed on the moon, the Rift Valley was clearly visible to them.
• Meals: L, D
• Accommodation: Farm of Dream

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Day 02

Journey to Serengeti National Park

• After breakfast: We proceed to Serengeti, Tanzania's oldest and most popular national park, famed for its annual migration, when some six million hooves pound the open plains as more than 200,000 zebras and 300,000 Thomson's gazelles join the wildebeest's trek for fresh grazing.
• Yet even when the migration is quiet, the Serengeti offers a remarkable game-viewing experience in Africa.
• Meals: B, L, D
• Accommodation: Matawi Luxury Camp
• HOT AIR BALLOON: Per person cost $595 pp (price is separate from the total price below)

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Day 03

Central Serengeti and Big Five Wildlife

• After breakfast: We proceed to the central part of the Serengeti.
• This park is well known for its healthy stock of resident wildlife, particularly the "big five," named for the five most prized trophies taken by hunters: lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, and rhino.
• Meals: B, L, D
• Accommodation: Matawi Luxury Camp

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Day 04

Ngorongoro Crater to Karatu

• After morning breakfast: We will drive to Ngorongoro Crater.
• As very few animals migrate in and out of the crater with its 2,000 ft. high walls, you can expect to see lions, elephants, zebras, hippos, flamingos, jackals, rhinos, antelopes, and various species of birds.
• The Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) is an extensive highland area along the eastern arm of the Rift Valley, with the world-renowned Ngorongoro Crater as its focal point.
• Meals: B, L, D
• Accommodation: Marera Valley Lodge

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Day 05

Lake Eyasi with the Hadzabe and Datoga

• Departure: We depart for Lake Eyasi to visit the bush men and observe their activities, such as hunting and gathering wild fruits.
• The Hadza, or Hadzabe, are an indigenous ethnic group in north-central Tanzania.
• They live around Lake Eyasi in the central Rift Valley and on the neighboring Serengeti Plateau.
• The Hadza number just under 1,000 people and live as hunter-gatherers, among the last hunter-gatherers in the world.
• Meals: B, L, D
• Accommodation: Lake Eyasi Safari Lodge

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Day 06

Tarangire's Elephants and Baobab Trees

• One of the largest national parks in Tanzania, located in the Manyara Region, this place is characterized by large herds of elephants, tree-climbing lions, and the fascinating baobab trees, also called the Tree of Life for the almost mythical powers that some cultures attach to it.
• This park is especially known for the Tarangire River, which flows all year round and is the only source of water for wild animals during the dry season.
• Meals: B, L, D
• Accommodation: Sangaiwe Lodge

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Day 07

Final Tarangire Game Drive and Return to Arusha

• We continue with another game drive in Tarangire before proceeding back to Arusha.
• You will be dropped off at the airport or hotel.
• Meals: B, L
• Accommodation: Can be arranged at an extra cost