From Arusha drive to Engaruka to begin your safari, walk to green village of Engaruka on a voyage back in time also visit farms, and markets of Engaruka. A rare journey to the amazing and remote Lake Natron, land of the Maasai people. A visit to Ol Donyo Lengai, “Mountain of God” to the Massai and the last active volcano in East Africa, and view wildlife in the vast plains of Serengeti and in the Majestic Ngorongoro Crater.
Highlights: 1 Night in Arusha Town: Rest and relax 1 Night Lake Manyara: Morning and Afternoon Game drives 1 Night Engaruka: Visit Engaruka Ruins, Farms, Green Village and Markets 1 Night Serengeti National Park: Morning and Afternoon Game drives 1 Night Ngorongoro Crater: Crater Tour, Picnic Lunch in the Crater and view of Crater at Crater rim 2Nights Lake Natron: Mt. Oldonyo Lengai, Breeding ground for Rift Valley Flamingos, Natron Water Falls
Day 1: Arrival Meet and greet at Kilimanjaro International Airport then transfer to Arusha town for dinner and overnight.
Meals: Full Board Accommodation: Outpost Lodge or Karama Lodge & Spa
Day 2: Engaruka After breakfast, drive to Engaruka, starting from the ruins you walk down to the green village of Engaruka. On your way you will visit several farms, where various crops are grown and get explanation about the current farming and irrigation methods in the area. Engaruka is one of the few places in East Africa where Maasai are practicing irrigation, but also other tribes have arrived to farm in the area. Your guide will give you extensive explanation about the tribal background in the village. On your way back you can visit the market area of Engaruka that is located in the shade of an African tulip tree and a huge mkuyu tree, especially on the market days- Sunday and Thursday a visit will be an unforgettable experience.
Meals: Full Board Accommodation: Engaruka Tented Camp/Campsite
Day 3: Arusha / Lake Natron After breakfast drive from Arusha to Lake Natron. Embark on a full day of exploration inside Tanzania, driving along the Rift Valley to the shores of Lake Natron. The lake is in northern Tanzania on the border with Kenya, lying in the East African Rift System, 70 miles (113 km) northwest of Arusha. The lake is 35 miles (56 km) long and 15 miles (24 km) wide and contains salt, soda, and magnesite deposits. The lake's warm water is an ideal breeding ground for the Rift Valley flamingos. The Gelai volcano (9,652 feet [2,942 m]) is at the lake's southeastern edge. At midnight ascent of Ol Doinyo Lengai
Meals: Full Board Accommodation: Natron Tented Camp/Natron Campsite
Day 4: Lake Natron and waterfall Today after your break fast, you will explore Lake Natron and visit the waterfall
Meals: Full Board Accommodation: Natron Tented Camp/Natron Campsite
Day 5: Lake Natron / Serengeti National Park Leave Lake Natron and continue toward the northern part of the Serengeti National Park and experience your first game drive in this famous reserve. Dinner and overnight at Campsite
Meals: Full Board Accommodation: Sopa Lodge/Seronera Campsite
Day 6: Serengeti National Park / Ngorongoro Drive toward the majestic Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest unbroken caldera, and its surrounding highlands, visiting Olduvai Gorge en route. This afternoon take a walk in the forest. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro.
Meals: Full Board Accommodation: Sopa Lodge/Simba Campsite
Day7: Ngorongoro Crater to Lake Manyara National Park This morning drive to the Crater floor for great game viewing, stopping for a picnic lunch. More than 30,000 animals thrive in this enclosed grassland, including hippo that live in the central soda lake. Bird life here includes ostrich, crested crane, flamingo and egret. Evening ascend the crater then drive to lake Manyara National Park for dinner and overnight.
Meals: Full Board Accommodation: Bougainvillea Safari Lodge /Twiga Campsite
Day 8: Manyara to Arusha to Kilimanjaro After early break fast drive for game viewing with your lunch box to Lake Manyara National park for full day game drive, in the afternoon you will stop for picnic lunch and then proceed with game viewing. Late afternoon drive back to Arusha then transfer to Kilimanjaro to Catch your flight back home after a memorable trip to Northern Tanzania
PRICE: US$1,855 per person sharing tent camping accommodation US$2,814 per person sharing room lodging accommodation US$180 per person one way flight from Dar to Kilimanjaro airport (Subject to change) US$250 per person one way flight from Nairobi to Kilimanjaro airport (Subject to change) US$20 per person Cultural Village walk and walk to Lake Natron US$499 per person balloon safari
Please note: The price above is valid up to June 2013 for July up to December 2013 price is subject to change.
Price Above Includes: - All parks entrance fees - Transport on 4WD vehicle with a pop-up roof during wildlife safari - All airport transfers - Accommodation and meals as indicated in the itinerary above - Crater fees and camping fees - Mineral water 1.5lt per person per day on wildlife safari - Service of professional English Speaking Driver Guide - Activities as per itinerary above
Price Above Does NOT Include: - International flights to/from Tanzania - Hot and cold drinks - Tips to the driver guide and cook - Passports and Visas - All items of personal nature/use - And all not mentioned on the plan - Sleeping bags
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This is a fantastic tour and a "must do" for any first time visitor to Dar, as I was.
It helps you understand more about the people who live in Dar and makes what can seem like a complex and intimidating place, accessible, friendly and understandable.
My customized 13-day trip in Tanzania was absolutely amazing!
From breathtaking Ngorongoro hiking to a taste of Kilimanjaro and local village visits, it was truly a life-changing experience.
My driver and tour manager went out of their way to accommodate my whims and made sure that my stay in Tanzania was a pleasant one. Unfortunately I fractured my ankle during one of the hikes I took, but I was taken to the hospital immediately, and taken a great care of.
I would definitely recommend this operator to anyone who's looking for a tour that's much more than just game drives.'
We went on a two day walking – canoeing trip in Arusha National Park. The tour operator also made hotel arrangements for the first three days we were in Arusha.
They stayed in contact for 11 months via email. The person I was in contact with Elifasi and our guide, Apolo Kihwil, meet us at the airport took us to our hotel. On our rest day we visited a school at our request and not part of the paid itinerary this was on their time.
Our guide Apolo was the best we had on our entire trip. He was informative, friendly and had a great sense of humor, we were rewarded with a dream trip my favorite giraffe and several at a time the last bunch we counted eleven, baboons, wart hogs, black and white monkeys, hundreds of thousand of lesser and greater flamingos on big Momella Lake he provide delicious lunches and was infinitely patient while we took photographs.
I would not hesitate to use them on my next trip to Tanzania and would request Apolo as our guide.
We had a most wonderful holiday in Kenya and Tanzania.
They looked after us very well and we were very satisfied with their service. The service provided value for money. The only comment we would make is that the email from them gave us the impression that we would be staying in a lodge but when we arrived we were in a tent. We were satisfied with the tented accomodation, however it could have been made clearer in the original email that it was tented accomodation.
The staff were very kind and helpful.
Tour Operators Reply:
Thank you for the client's feedback and contructive comment/suggestion. We are glad that they were very satisfied with the service we provided to them, despite their impression that they would be staying in a lodge instead of tent.
As per the first enquiry which the clients sent into our company, she stated that she will prefer to stay in Camping “Accommodation Preference: Camping” and the price given to them was based on Camping accommodation, and these was stated in the itinerary that “Dinner and overnight at the camp”
However, there was typing error at the end of the itinerary which indicates Lodge accommodation instead of Camping accommodation.
We will try our level best to make sure that this mistake will not happen again.
After having a wonderful safari in southern Africa organised through your webiste, we decided to return again to Tanzania after 45 years.
We booked a 19 day safari to visit six game parks...Selous, Mikumi, Lake Manyara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro, and Tarangari.
Our guide/driver, Hurumu, met us at the Dar airport and drove us to a hotel for our day of jet lag recovery. We drove to Selous first. We're not strangers to East Africa, having first arrived in 1963. By far, Hurumu is the best guide that we've ever had. He was extremely knowledgeable of wildlife, has great game eyes, a good conversationalist, and was very caring for all our needs. He understood our physical age limitations (74) but was not at all solicitous. Cool water was always available. Hurumu had the ability to always get the Toyota into position for the best photograph.
We made our initial contact the operator in 2009. Elifasi, in the office, worked with me to create the itinerary. He also was most helpful. While at Selous we requested an itinerary change. Elifasi made the changes without a problem.
The entire safari was most enjoyable and problem free.
The best of Kenya & Tanzania and they made that experience a reality. They were always on time, concerned about our well being and would without any reservations recommend them! The scenery and game viewing were all memorable and expectations met. Organizing the tour was also without any hassle
I went solo, a 50 something white woman, and me and _______ (I forget his name), rode around for 5 hours. It was a unbelievable experience.
He was a wonderful guide, I called him the "Mayor" because everybody knew him! He was so popular everywhere we went that I felt completely comfortable, safe, and like an invited family friend.
He showed me 3 or 4 neighborhoods, I met coffee makers, chapati breakfast cooks (had breakfast there with a Masaai family who stopped by!), a traditional herbalist (where I learned the treatment for meconium aspiration, I'm a perinatal pathologist!), herbal pharmacist (where I saw that fenugreek seed is used to facilitate delivery with prolonged labor), local market, fabric seller, and had a delicious lunch at an outside Swahili restaurant. I played with kids, talked with everyone, and really got a great sense of the community.
My guide also is very active in local projects and inspired me to help with a bridge rebuilding project he is spear heading. The bicycle riding was easy and really the only way to get around in these neighborhoods. It was by far the best experience I had in Dar, and one of the best I have had in my many travels in East Africa!
We could not have asked for abetter way to end our incredible adventures in Tanzania. We saw everything and did everything we could have ever imagined. From the big game watching in the Serengeti, Ngorongoro, and Lake Manyara, to ascending the highly active volcano next to Lake Natron, it was all so unbelievably incredible. A total dream come true!
Our guide Huruma had he most expansive breadth of knowledge of the natural environment, he was a pleasure to talk to. He was also extremely flexible with us as lans often changed for various reasons, but ALWAYS for the better. Huruma made us feel safe and comfortable the whole time. Alex our cook as wonderful as well making sure we had the best quality meals possiblemade from the freshest ingredients.
Choosing a safari operator is tough, but I will just say that I will always recommend these guys. They are very professional and will do everything to make sure you have the best trip possible. Thanks again for our lifetime memories. We will be back, so you will hear from us again.
Thanks Elfasi for all your time, flexibility and support in orchestrating this dream trip.
