Tour Highlights Experience Tanzania off the beaten path on this active wildlife and cultural safari. An encounter with the Hadzabe people, the last bushmen in Tanzania, on a voyage back in time. 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.
Note: We do not place groups together. This way you are ensured the full attention of our guide, but with the added knowledge of our guides’ experiences. It also means that we can start the tour on the day you prefer.
Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Arrive Arusha, Tanzania Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport. Meet at the airport by our driver guide and transfer to Meru Simba Lodge for dinner and overnight. “Meru Simba Lodge is located on the foothills of Mount Meru direct at the boarder of Arusha National Park with view of Mount Kilimanjaro. Within 40 minutes easy reach of the Kilimanjaro International Airport and of Arusha Town”.
Accommodation at Meru Simba Lodge is based on dinner and breakfast.
Day 2: Arusha / 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.” You will spend this night at Lake Natron Camp.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Lake Natron Lake Natron has often been described as being of lunar beauty and the “Mountain of God” by the Maasai. Spend your day on short walks with a visit to a Maasai village, (Boating and fishing can be arranged at the camp on request). You will spend this night at Lake Natron Camp.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: 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 Lobo Wildlife Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Serengeti National Park Transfer to central Serengeti for game viewing. You will stop for picnic lunch at round 1300hrs. After lunch proceed with game viewing until in the late evening when you will drive to Seronera Wildlife Lodge for dinner and overnight.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 6: Serengeti National Park Spend a full day exploring the rolling Serengeti plains in search of the large predators and the gentle herbivores on which they feed. Tonight relax with fellow travelers and share stories about your Serengeti experience. Overnight at Seronera Wildlife Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 7: Serengeti National Park / Ngorongoro Highlands 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 Rhino Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 8: Ngorongoro Crater 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. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 9: Ngorongoro Highlands / Lake Eyasi Drive to the floor of the Rift Valley, arriving in time for lunch. This afternoon explore the area and Lake Eyasi, now devoid of water. Overnight at Kisimangeda Tented Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 10: Lake Eyasi After breakfast, drive a short distance from camp to the Endabagha River, one the vital water sources that feeds this dry area. Here, meet your Hadzabe guide who introduces the extraordinary life and world of his people, hunter-gatherer Bushmen whose language involves a collection of clicking sounds. Return to camp for lunch and a bush walk later this afternoon. Overnight at Kisimangeda Tented Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 11: Lake Eyasi / Arusha / Home Drive to Arusha and have a picnic lunch en route. You have the option to go shopping or have the afternoon at leisure if your home flight departs in the evening. Later transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport to connect with your homebound flight.
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
End of our services
Price: US $ 2,907 per person
Price Include: - Accommodations and meals as indicated, including bottled water 1.5ltrs per person per day - Guaranteed window seat and access to photographic roof hatch in specially-equipped custom built four-wheel-drive safari land cruisers driven by accomplished driver-guides - Sightseeing and game viewing as shown - Arrival and departure transfers - All gratuities, except to safari driver-guide
Not Included in the Price: - International flights to and from Kilimanjaro International Airport - Soft and alcoholic drinks - Items of personal nature/use - And all not mentioned in the itinerary above
Notes: Please check for vaccination requirements before your departure. Visas are required for entry into Tanzania. This program contains some active elements, and a minimum level of fitness is required.
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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.
