9-Day Tanzania Wildlife Safari with Hadzabe Culture and Lake Natron

• The adventure starts in Moshi, a cheerful, bustling town filled with coffee houses and a lively buzz. Continue to Arusha National Park, home to the jewel-like Lake Momella, which you will glimpse through the bronze bush where buffalo, waterbuck, giraffes, warthogs, zebras, and gazelles reside throughout the year near the Ngurdoto Crater.
• Set out on foot for a stroll that allows you to feel Africa's vibrant pulse through the soles of your shoes and experience the bush in infinite detail. You will be safe, as an armed ranger accompanies you while you explore a landscape alive with buzzing insects, birds calling, and the distant cries of the savannah.
• Hike through the lush forest to a sparkling waterfall and continue to a magical place famous for the antics of the black-and-white colobus monkeys.
• Spend the evening gazing at the stars at a camp close to the park while the chef prepares a delicious meal.

• After breakfast, head to Tarangire National Park. It is a huge park with a rich concentration of wildlife, especially between July and October when the Tarangire River is in full flow. If you love elephants, this is the park for you. You will spot the majestic African elephant, the largest land mammal in the world, as herds of these beautiful, intelligent creatures wander leisurely and care for their young.
• Explore a dazzling variety of wildlife, including lions, giraffes, warthogs, ostriches, impalas, cheetahs, mongooses, buffalo, and baboons. The birdlife is magnificent too, and you may catch the flash of a red-and-yellow barbet or watch the slow circling of the tawny eagle.
• After a picnic lunch, drive to Mto wa Mbu and reach the campsite in the late afternoon. You will have plenty of time to relax and enjoy the African evening while savouring a tasty dinner.

• After breakfast, depart for Lake Natron, famous for its salinity and the unique effects it creates. Microorganisms that thrive in an alkaline environment give the lake its russet tone, and you will see salt-crust rafts scattered across the shallows. Over half of the world's lesser flamingos are born here, and you will likely see clouds of shimmering pink as they settle and stalk across the still waters. Explore a curious terrain of salt marshes and freshwater wetlands with unique flora, leading to sparkling waterfalls. The lake is framed by the incredible Oldoinyo Lengai, meaning Mountain of God in Maa, the language of the Maasai people, an active volcano that carves out hornitos - remarkable statues of cooled lava.
• Spend the evening watching the sun set pink and gold over this incredible landscape, and dinner will be served.

• After breakfast, continue to the world-famous Serengeti National Park. First, travel through the bustling towns of Loliondo and Wasso and enter through Klein's Gate at the park's northeastern entrance. This road journey takes in an array of sights, from towns and villages to savannah and forest, and along the way you may spot animals such as antelope, wildebeest, and zebra.
• Arrive at the campsite in the centre of the Serengeti, where you can stretch your legs and enjoy a delicious dinner before settling in for a good night's sleep.

• Have breakfast and continue into the vast plains of the magnificent Serengeti, home to hundreds of species of animals and birds. You are likely to see lions, leopards, elephants, cheetahs, and water buffalo, all within just a few feet of your jeep. The park is also home to one of the natural wonders of the world - the Great Migration of zebra and wildebeest as they cross the plains in their thousands, risking their lives among the predators they attract.
• Look out for some of the park's lesser-known but equally beautiful creatures, including eland, hyenas, gazelles, crocodiles, giraffes, zebras, monkeys, baboons, hippos, and rhinos. The hundreds of bird species, both endemic and migratory from Eurasia, are a special bonus for birdwatchers.

Dinner and overnight at the campsite in Seronera.

• Wake up early and, after breakfast, set out for another drive through the sights and sounds of the Serengeti: golden grasslands dotted with acacia, endless blue skies, and ever-changing scenes of wildlife. Here you might spot a rare tree-climbing lion - less graceful than the leopard, which is a lithe and natural climber - while farther on the horizon a mixed herd of zebra and wildebeest grazes gently.
• After lunch, set off for the next adventure, an exploration of the unique Ngorongoro Crater.

Overnight at Simba Camp, on the rim of the crater itself.

• Get up early and have breakfast, because early mornings are the best time to spot wildlife, especially the Big Five. The volcanic landscape is rich and fertile, attracting thousands of grazing animals and their predators. The high walls of the crater create a protective shelter for many animals and prevent migration, so the diversity is remarkable, and you will spot zebra, wildebeest, and cackling hyenas, among others.
• After a busy morning, enjoy a leisurely picnic lunch near a pond full of hippos, then admire the sights at Soda Lake: flocks of graceful flamingos, storks, ibis, and cranes. Above, vultures and hawks circle in the indigo-blue sky, eagerly searching for discarded carcasses.
• In the afternoon, set off for Lake Eyasi in time for a peaceful sunset walk along the lakeshore before a well-deserved rest at the Lake Eyasi campsite.

• Arrive at Lake Eyasi, a special place that is home to one of the world's last tribes of hunter-gatherers. The Hadzabe bushpeople grow no food, raise no livestock, and live without rules or calendars. Their hunter-gatherer way of life has changed little in 10,000 years.
• Watch the Hadzabe's traditional methods of survival, including how they hunt. Their way of life respects the land and all of its inhabitants, and you will find beauty and peace in their traditions.
• After lunch, continue to Mto wa Mbu, which is very close to the gate of the next national park, Lake Manyara National Park.
• Spend the evening reflecting on the adventures so far and relaxing with a drink as you listen to the calls of the evening.

• Another early start gives you the best chance to spot wildlife as they begin their day. Lake Manyara National Park lies at the foot of the Great Rift Valley escarpment and is a patchwork of diverse landscapes, from the shrubby expanse of golden savannah to narrow wildlife-rich shores and the still waters of Lake Manyara itself. The park is famous for elephants and its lively troops of baboons, who swoop, call to one another, and never seem to stop for breath. It is also home to legendary tree-climbing lions, mighty water buffalo, the majestic African elephant, giraffe, impala, and hippo. With over four hundred dazzling bird species, some of them migratory, it is a birdwatcher's paradise.
• Enjoy a picnic lunch in the heart of the park, accompanied by birdsong and the buzzing of insects while the sun turns everything to gold.
• After more wildlife spotting, say goodbye to the lake and drive through Maasai bomas, baobab forest, and rolling savannah plains on the way to Moshi, where your safari adventure ends.