6 Days Tanzania Cultural & Camping Safari

Day 1: Tarangire National Park

The day start with your morning breakfast from Arusha hotel then your safari driver will pick you from your hotel with your packed lunch boxes and have the last minutes shopping in Arusha town and start your drive to Tarangire National Park. In the Tarangire National Park you will be doing and game viewing safari in an open roof safari and you will see big herd of giant elephant and big baobab trees, however you spot other animals like giraffe, lion, warthogs, antelopes and birds. Moreover, as it is a full day game drive you will have a picnic lunch in the park and finalize with your afternoon game drive and then exit the park heading to Mto wa mtu to your overnight accommodation for your dinner and overnight stay.

Day 2: Serengeti National Park

On this day of your safari, the day will begin early in the morning with your breakfast from your hotel in Mto wa Mbu and start the morning drive to the Serengeti National Park. A drive will pass you through Ngorongoro conservation area, on its rim where you will spot some animals and the Masai as they live in Ngorongoro too. You will the drive up to the Naabi hill gate where you can take your lunch and take a walk up to the hill where you can see the true meaning of the Serengeti being an endless plain. After your lunch you will do an afternoon to evening game drive heading to your lodging place according to your itinerary.

Day 3: Serengeti National Park & Ngorongoro Crater

The day will be of a game drive in the Serengeti National Park and then drive to the Ngorongoro. Your day will then start with a morning game drive and then your breakfast and continue with the game up heading to the Naabi Hill for your picnic lunch before your drive to the Ngorongoro conservation Area. During your drive you will have to see the flying balloons in the early in the morning and a good number of wild animals such as Lions, Elephants, Giraffe, Wildebeest, Zebra, Leopard, Cheetah, warthogs, Hyena with several bird species both migratory and non-migratory species. In Ngorongoro you will overnight at the accommodation outside the crater.

Day 4: Ngorongoro Crater

This is your last safari day where you will do the crater ascending and descending with a fabulous game viewing in the crater with your picnic lunch in it. The day will start with your breakfast from the accommodation and take a drive up to the crater start descending down the crater of 600M to its floor. In the crater there is no hustle to see the animals as most of the animals remain within the crater where you can find the big five with no struggle. The caldera is also home to zebra, hyenas, wildebeest, hippo, and water birds. Your picnic lunch will be in the crater, and then you will take a drive after your ascent drive to Mto wa mbu for tour dinner and overnight stay.

Day 5: Lake Manyara National Park

The day will be of visiting the lake Manyara National Park where you will be nestled at the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment that gives a picturesque of varying scenery. You will do the game in Lake Manyara and have your picnic lunch in the park. The habitat of Lake Manyara National Park supports life for variety of animal and birdlife. During the game drive you can see the tree climbing lion and other wild animals. Moreover, you will have a walk along the Lake Manyara and see the paradise of beautiful flamingoes along the lake and other birds, then find a picnic for your lunch and after lunch you will do your afternoon game drive and exit the park heading to Lake Eyasi for your cultural tour. Dinner and overnight according your safari itineraries.

Day 6: Lake Eyasi cultural tour

Lake Eyasi is the homeland for the hunters (The Hadzabe or Tanzania Bushmen) and the Datoga and Mbulu who are livestock keepers. The famous and popular cultural tour is for the Hadzabe, who lives in the jungle where you can enjoy their unique jungle survival skills, hunting and their handmade local tools that they use in their daily life routine. Hence the day will be a walking tour in this cultural village and you can enjoy, hunting, spot fishing and local and traditional life of the people in there. You will have a hot lunch in one of the restaurants or the local lunch as per your interest and concern. After this fabulous cultural tour, you will then start your drive to Arusha/Moshi town where you will be arriving late in the evening.