9 Days Tanzania special student wildlife/cultural safari
Day 0: Arrival - Arusha
Pick up from the airport on arrival and transfer you to Arusha Crown
hotel for overnight stay and relaxation. 9 Days Tanzania
Day 1: Arusha – Ilkiding Cultural Visit
Breakfast then drive to Ilkiding’a culture Masai visit, here we will
spend a day to learn about the Masai daily activities.
The Masai people are nomadic herders of cattle. The women adorn
themselves in brightly colored handmade beaded collars and the men,
in their distinctive cloth, will often showcase their amazing
jumping prowess for visitors. Learn how they construct their homes
of mud, sticks and dung and join the school children in a song. Late
in the afternoon visit Arusha museum. Dinner and overnight at Arusha
Crown Hotel
Day 2: Arusha Orphanage Visit
After breakfast, visiting the orphanage center, playing with kids
teaching them some different kind of sports, Lunch, dinner and
overnight at Arusha Crown hotel
Day 3: Arusha – Lake Manyara National park
After breakfast, drive to Manyara National Park famed for tree
climbing lions with picnic lunch, dinner and overnight at Lake
Manyara hotel
Located beneath the cliffs of the Manyara Escarpment, on the edge of
the Rift Valley, Lake Manyara National Park offers varied
ecosystems, incredible bird life, and breathtaking views. Lake
Manyara’s famous tree-climbing lions are another reason to pay this
park a visit. The only kind of their species in the world, they make
the ancient mahogany and elegant acacias their home during the rainy
season, and are a well-known but rather rare feature of the northern
park. In addition to the lions, the national park is also home to
the largest concentration of baboons anywhere in the world -- a fact
that makes for interesting game viewing of large families of the
primates.
Day 4: Lake Manyara – Lake Eyasi
After breakfast, drive to lake eyasi with picnic lunch. In some ways
similar to the Amish, a handful of tribes in Tanzania have resisted
modernization and for the most part remain traditional. Hadzabe:
Near Lake Eyasi, the Hadzabe are a small tribe who remain hunters
and gatherers and speak a click language. It is important to visit
them and learn about their culture, they will show you how to make a
fire without matches and take you on a hunt with bows and arrows.
Dinner and overnight at Tindiga Tented Camp
Day 5: Lake Eyasi Serengeti National park
After breakfast with lunch box, leave Lake Eyasi for Central
Serengeti via Ngorongoro conservation, visit Olduvai Gorge, this is
an archaeological site made famous by Dr. Leakey family. Game is
viewed as we proceed to Serengeti seronera lodge for dinner and
overnight stay
Day 6 – Serengeti National park
Full day spent exploring the park in search of the Big -5 Dinner and
overnight stay at Serengeti seronera wildlife lodge
Serengeti is easily Tanzania’s most famous national park, and it’s
also the largest, at 14,763 square kilometers of protected area that
borders Kenya’s Masai Mara Game ParkIt is the Migration for which
Serengeti is perhaps most famous. Over a million wildebeest and
about 200,000 zebras flow south from the northern hills to the
southern plains for the short rains every October and November, and
then swirl west and north after the long rains in April, May and
June. So strong is the ancient instinct to move that no drought,
gorge or crocodile infested river can hold them back. The Wildebeest
travel through a variety of parks, reserves and protected areas and
through a variety of habitat. Join us to explore the different forms
of vegetation and landscapes of the Serengeti ecosystem and meet
some of their most fascinating inhabitants.
Day 7 – Serengeti National park- Ngorongoro crater
We view game as we drive southeast up into the magnificent
Ngorongoro Conservation .Full afternoon crater tour followed by
dinner and overnight stay at Ngorongoro wildlife lodge e by the
crater rim.
The Ngorongoro crater is the world’s biggest whole volcanic caldera
at 8300 sq km and is arguably the most stunning arena.
It is frequently described as one of the wonders of the world, not
only because of its geological magnificence, but also because it
serves as an extraordinary natural sanctuary for some of Africa’s
largest populations of large mammals. Ngorongoro and other
freestanding mountains are volcanic in origin, formed during the
fracturing process that created the Rift valley 15 to 20 million
years ago. When it peaked in size 3 million years ago it was a
similar height to Mt. Kilimanjaro today
Day 8 - Ngorongoro crater – Tarangire National park
Breakfast then drive to Tarangire National park – Lunch at Tarangire
wildlife lodge before proceeding for afternoon game drives. Dinner
and overnight stay at Tarangire wildlife lodge.
Tarangire National Park, one of the hidden jewels of Tanzania. This
park measures 2,600 sq km’s and boasts a concentration of wildlife
second only to Ngorongoro Crater. It features an impressive amount
and array of bird life and plant life. Situated only 160km’s from
Arusha, the park is nestled to the south of the large open grass
plains of southern Maasailand. It is named after the Tarangire
River, which runs directly through the center of the park and is the
only permanent water source for the animals. Along the banks of this
river you will find herds of wildebeest (or gnu) and zebra, followed
by Grant’s Gazelle, Thomson’s Gazelle and many others. Lurking in
the background lion and leopard keep a watchful eye on a possible
meal. The park offers views of grass and floodplains with impressive
baobab and flat topped acacia trees scattered throughout. During the
dry season the park may look quite ordinary, but activities continue
even more earnestly due to the now increased competition
Day 9 - Ngorongoro crater – Tarangire National park
Morning gamedrives then return to the lodge for breakfast – exit the
park and drive to Arusha – Lunch at Kibo Palace hotel then drop off
at Kilimanjaro airport to board your flight back home.
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