7-Day Tanzania Safari and Tribal Experience with Lake Natron

• Distance: 120km, ETA: 2 hours
• Wildlife Viewing Time: 6 hours
• Activities: Game Drives
• Airport pick-up included: We advise you to arrive a day before or very early in the morning and start the tour on the same day (Kilimanjaro Airport/Arusha Airport).
• Pick up from your hotel in Arusha at around 07:30 am and drive on a tarmac road 120 km (2 hours) to Tarangire National Park.
• Tarangire is home to some dry-country antelope, such as the rare fringe-eared oryx and peculiar, long-necked gerenuk.
• The swampy areas in the south of the park offer some interesting wildlife viewing opportunities, including wallowing elephants and buffalo, the Silale Swamp lion pride, and sometimes wild dogs.
• Big pythons can sometimes be found in trees when the swamps are drying up.
• You'll have lunch at the picnic site and proceed with game drives until around check-out time.
• After game drives, drive to Bougainvillea Safari Lodge for the overnight.

Meal Plan: Lunch, Dinner.

• Distance: 50km, ETA: 1 hour
• Activities Time: 6 hours
• Activities: Cultural Experience
• Very early in the morning, depart to the villages for a local hunting and gathering experience with Hadzabe (hunter-gatherer Bushmen) and Datoga (blacksmiths) tribes.
• The Bushmen rely on their foraging techniques to survive, and you'll need to be very attentive and, at times, very quiet while they demonstrate their animal tracking skills and the use of locally made poisons in incapacitating their targets on which they depend for survival.
• Visit their homesteads, learn about their ways of life, medicinal plants, and much more.
• Later in the evening, drive back to Karatu town. Dinner and overnight at Bougainvillea Safari Lodge.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

• Distance: 215km, ETA: 4 hours
• Wildlife Viewing Time: 6 hours
• Activities: Game Drives + Olduvai Gorge (Optional at $36 per person)
• After breakfast, drive to the Serengeti (14,763 sq km or 5,700 sq miles) for game drives.
• Enjoy game drives until around sunset.
• Dinner and overnight at Thorn Tree Camp.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

• Distance: NIL, ETA: NIL
• Wildlife Viewing Time: 10 hours
• Activities: Game Drives + Balloon Safari (Optional at $549 per person)
• Early morning game drives in the Serengeti National Park.
• Enjoy game drives until around sunset.
• Dinner and overnight at Thorn Tree Camp.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

• Distance: 145km, ETA: 3 hours
• Wildlife Viewing Time: 6 hours
• Activities: Game Drives
• After an early morning breakfast, drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area and descend into the Ngorongoro Crater.
• The Ngorongoro Crater (19.2 km in diameter, 610m deep, and 304 sq km) is one of the most densely crowded wildlife areas in the world and is home to some of Tanzania's last remaining black rhinos.
• Supported by a year-round water supply and fodder, this breathtaking oasis provides a haven for both predator and prey to live among grasslands.
• After game drives, drive to Bougainvillea Safari Lodge for the overnight.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

• Distance: 50km, ETA: 1 hour
• Wildlife Viewing Time: 6 hours
• Activities: Game Drives
• Pick up from the lodge and drive to Lake Manyara National Park.
• The park has a massive but shallow soda lake located at the foot of the Great Rift Valley's western escarpment.
• Enjoy game drives until around sunset.
• Drive to Africa Safari Lake Natron (Safari Comfort Bungalow) for the overnight.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

• Distance: 280km, ETA: 5 hours
• Activities Time: 5 hours
• Activities: Scenic Walks and Hiking
• A scenic drive along the rift valley floor leads to the remote Maasai land.
• Morning walk along the Lake Natron area, exploring the shoreline and observing flamingos and other birds.
• Visit the Engaresero waterfall and swim in the plunge pool.
• Start the journey back to your hotel in Arusha/Airport.
• Airport drop-off included: It is advisable to depart the day after the tour ends or on the same day in the evening (Kilimanjaro Airport/Arusha Airport).

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch