Wildlife Safari,Visit local Churches,Women project
This itinerary gives you a mixture of wildlife viewing and cultural experiences. Taking in the national parks of Northern Tanzania plus community projects and the nomadic bushmen - the Hadzabe
Day 1: Arrival in Arusha - Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO). Meet and greet at the Airport with our driver and transfer to Arusha town for dinner and overnight Meals: Half Board Accommodation: Outpost Lodge
Day 2 & 3: Osotwa Community Based Conservation Organisation The Osotwa Mt. Meru Community based Conservation Organization is a registered charitable non-political, non-partisan and non-governmental organization based in Arusha-Tanzania, established in 2001. It is dedicated to addressing environmental issues and ensures ecological sustainable development and proper use of natural resources while promoting justifiable economic and social development of the indigenous populations on the slopes of Mt. Meru. The Osotwa Mt. Meru CBCO cooperates with other community development groups and/or organizations to meet the developmental needs of the poor communities around Mt. Meru.Furthermore, equitable gender development through environmental and economic empowerment for women is a priority for the association.
Visiting Osotwa on these two days you will have an opportunity to do the following activities; Cultural Tour at Maasai Boma, visiting traditional Healer, Enjoy seeing the maasai dancing and Nature Tour. Also if you are interested you can test the traditional food.
Meals: Full Board Accommodation: Outpost Lodge
Day 4: Mulala Women's Project The women have created their projects to support their families and to preserve their culture. Cheese, butter-making, bread and banana wine-making are common economic activities practice by the local women. There is also a small shop where you can buy their products. Lemeka Hill is home to numerous coffee and banana farms. A visit to Mulala will give you an insight into the daily life of Meru farmers and understanding of how these indigenous people live. You can visit all the farms of the five women in the women’s group. The women will explain about their farming methods and show you various economic activities they have started. Spectacular views of both Mt. Meru and Mt. Kilimanjaro are available on clear days. Meals: Full Board Accommodation: Outpost Lodge
Day 5: Visit Local Churches Attend morning Sunday Service at West Meru (Village) or FPCT Kimahama(City). After Lunch you will Visit Historical Nominal Church in Meru area. (Akeri) Akeri is located at the base of mount meru. About July-August 1896 the first Germany missionaries in meru (Ewald Ovir and Karl Segebrock) visited this area. These missionaries were sent to Africa by Missionaries association of Leipzig. These missionaries were buried at Akeri where Akeri Lutheran church was built. History’s lecture will be provided for those decided to visit this place. Meals: Full Board Accommodation: Outpost Lodge
Day 6: Brief visit to Church Relation Activites After breakfast visit:Ministry to Youth and Students (New Life Band), Christian Literature Ministry, Information about Sport Ministry. Break for Lunch. After Lunch Visit; Christian Radio Ministry, Visit Christian Printing Press and lastly Visit Ministry to the Blind People. Meals: Full Board Accommodation: Outpost Lodge
Day 7: Arusha to Lake Manyara National Park After breakfast, transfer to Lake Manyara National Park for a full day game viewing. Picnic Lunch at the Parks picnic area, and thereafter lunch continue with afternoon game viewing. In the late evening drive to campsite in Manyara for dinner and overnight. Meals: Full Board Accommodation: Manyara Twiga Budget Campsite
Day 8: Lake Eyasi - Wake up early for a pre-sunrise breakfast. Drive from the camp for approx.20 minutes to locate the nomadic Bushmen (Hadzabe). In the company of the bushmen, you will hunt on foot using traditional weapons i.e. bows and arrows. The Bushmen are related to the Kalahari Bushmen of South Africa. They speak the same click language but do not understand each other, as they have been apart for very long. The Bushmen live a medieval kind of life style. They do not build permanent homes but follow the animals in the area as they trap and kill them for food. They are hunters and gatherers. After a brief hunting stint with the Bushmen, we go back to our vehicles and drive to the camp for a lunch. After a short afternoon siesta, we depart the camp at 04:30PM and drive to lake Eyasi to view flamingoes enjoy the sunset over the Rift Valley Escarpment. Meals: Full Board Accommodation: Kisima Ngeda Tented Camp
Day 9: Eyasi to Ngorongoro Conservation Area You break camp at Lake Eyasi after breakfast and drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area for Dinner and overnight at the Camp on the Ngorongoro crater rim. Meals: Full Board Accommodation: Simba Budget Campsite
Day 10: Ngorongoro Crater Tour After early breakfast, with your picnic lunch descend into the Crater floor for full day game drive. Picnic lunch will be served at the crater's picnic area near Lerai Forest or Hippo Pool. After lunch proceed with game viewing in the crater. In the evening ascend the crater and drive back to the campsite for dinner and overnight Meals: Full Board Accommodation: Simba Budget Campsite
Day 11: Ngorongoro to Arusha After breakfast break the camp at Ngorongoro and drive to Arusha with your lunchbox. This is your time to do shopping if your homebound flight departs Kilimanjaro Airport in the evening. You may do some shopping in Arusha Town and then transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport to connect with your homebound flight.
Price: USD $2,374 per person - (Minimum 2pax)
Price Includes; - All airport transfers - Transport on a 4wd vehicle during activities mentioned on the itinerary - Service of Professional English Speaking Driver Guide - Activities: game drives in the National Parks, cultural visit to Hadzabe tribe at Lake Eyasi, churches and ministries visit, Osotwa activities and Mulala women's project vist - Accommodations and meals as indicated in the itinerary - National Park entry fees and Ngorongoro crater fees - Camping fees - All activities mentioned in the itinerary above
Price Excludes: - Any transfer not mentioned above - Any international flights - Any drinks while in the lodge/s - Any Laundry wile in the lodge - Passports and Visas - Any telephone calls while in the lodge - All extra activities offered by the lodges - Any service not mentioned above
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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.
