5 Days Authentic Tanzania Safaris

5 Days Cultural Excursion and The Big Five Safari in Tanzania

5 Days Authentic Tanzania Safaris

Overview

Welcome to the Bushmen country in Lake Eyasi and the astonishing big five animals hiding inside the Ngorongoro crater.

Itineraries

Lake Eyasi is located in the Great Rift Valley, southwest of the Ngorongoro. Its salt-water levels experience dramatic changes with the seasons: in years with little rainfall, the lake can almost disappear.

We will first experience a hunting trip with the Hadzabe, the last hunter-gatherers in Tanzania, before receiving a welcome from a different tribe, the colourful Datoga people. You will also see a local blacksmith practising his craft, fashioning pots and weapons from scrap metal.

After an action-packed morning, we will drive to Ngorongoro, where we will enjoy our lunch and spend the night.

Road trip (morning): Arusha to Lake Eyasi (noon)

Our over three-hour trip takes us westwards from Arusha. Along the route, your eyes will be opened to all the colours and character of Tanzania: perhaps some Maasai herdsmen driving their flocks of goats to new pastures. From Lake Manyara, our afternoon journey continues westwards to Lake Eyasi.

With the Hadzabe

After breakfast, we head to Lake Eyasi and we drive to a remote location where no road. Here live the Hadzabe hunter-gatherers. For thousands of years, the Hadzabe hunter-gatherers have lived in Lake Eyasi. They are some of the last remaining hunter-gatherers on the Earth.

We go deep into the bush and set up a bush camp next to the Hadzabe's huts. On these two days, we join the Hadzabe on their hunting trips, learn their hunting techniques, and see how they gather wild honey. In the evenings, the Hadzabe sing and tell stories at slow-burning Acacia fire. (B, L, D).

The Hadzabe live only in the Lake Eyasi region of Tanzania. There are estimated to be around 1,300 Hadzabe people living in Tanzania. They are living a hunter-gatherer existence that is little changed from 10,000 years ago.

Early morning we will join the hunters and visit the hunting bushes. The Hadzabe men hunt animals using three different kinds of bows and arrows. As well as wild meat, the Hadzabe women gather roots and tubers using digging sticks, and men collect natural wild honey found in trees. Here we create memories that are hardly forgotten.

Road Trip: Lake Eyasi – Ngorongoro

Ngorongoro will be our final destination, we have already explored Lake Eyasi, the stunning lake being the backdrop for the fascinating tribes who live here. Tanzania’s people can be as interesting as its wildlife – today, you have certainly found that out!

Accommodation & Meal plan

Breakfast will be provided by your Lake Eyasi accommodation. Lunch will be a cooked lunch, to be enjoyed at Lake Eyasi. Your evening meal will be a full, cooked dinner created by the chef and his team at the Ngorongoro.

Road Trip: Ngorongoro – Arusha

After our morning visit to the incomparable crater – see below - and then lunch, we will have a 4-hour journey, covering the 205km back to Arusha Villa.

Today’s Highlight

Like nothing else on Earth, the stunning crater of Ngorongoro is a unique home for many, many species of Tanzania’s wildlife. With some luck, you may even see a black rhino here.

Safari in Ngorongoro Crater

From our safari camp, we set off after breakfast, a 6am departure to reach the rim and then descend into the vast crater itself. At one side there’s the Lerai Forest, classic mountain forest landscape with almost tropical characteristics.

Lerai forest is a spot for elephants, so keep your eyes peeled. By the side of the nearby swampland is what is sometimes called the ‘elephant graveyard’ as the mighty male tuskers at the end of their lives come to chew on the soft, swampland grasses once their teeth have failed them.

The crater has a population of around 120 lions, with well-defined territories; 15,000 wildebeest, 9,000 zebra, 400 hyenas, and around 50 black rhino. Many wildebeest and other herd animals are resident, benefiting from the many sources of year-round waters and are boosted by some migrators in season. Buffalo, Thomson’s gazelle and eland are also present in numbers.

Hippos can be found in pools and swampland and highland birdlife is colourful and plentiful around the waters. Flamingos can often be seen in Lake Magadi, which occupies part of the crater floor.

Meal Plan

Breakfast is served at your accommodation at Ngorongoro. Lunch will be prepared by the Ngorongoro accommodation and enjoyed after your morning game-drive, before we return you to Arusha.

Breakfast and drive back to airport.

Included

  • Safari vehicle
  • 4X4 Custom built – extended Toyota Landcruiser
  • Pop-up Roof, Opening Sliding windows, Seat Belts, Heavy duty wheels, and Extra Fuel tanks
  • Refrigerator for cooling drinks one pair of binoculars per couple
  • Eco friendly Trash Bag
  • Wi-Fi on board during safari
  • Charging Outlets type Plug G for charging Cameras and smart phones
  • Rhino – Trip Crew
  • Professional English-Speaking Driver guide
  • A Friendly, Experienced and Passionate Driver Guide expert at a wide variety of skills: Flora and Fauna, Tanzania’s cultural and natural history
  • Rhino Treat
  • A Special Safari Hamper
  • Soft drinks, Coffee/tea and Water during game drives
  • A bottle of Wine
  • Arrival and Departure Transfer
  • TO/FROM Kilimanjaro International or Arusha Airport
  • One arrival Transfer
  • One departure Transfer
  • Accommodation
  • 2 nights in Arusha, 2 nights on Safari
  • 1st night – Arusha Villa
  • Half Board (Dinner, Breakfast)
  • 2nd night - Lake Eyasi Safari Lodge
  • Full Board (Dinner, Breakfast, picnic lunch box)
  • 3rd night - Ngorongoro Farm of Dream
  • Full Board (Dinner, Breakfast, picnic lunch box)
  • 4th night – Arusha Villa
  • Half Board (Dinner, Breakfast)
  • Photographic Safari
  • Experience Wildlife with 4X4 Safari Vehicle on game drive in Ngorongoro Crater
  • Park Entrance Fee
  • Entrance fee for Lake Eyasi
  • Park fee for Ngorongoro Crater
  • Cultural excursion with Hadza and Datoga
  • Taxes
  • 18 % VAT (Value Added Tax)

Excluded

  • Tipping
  • Driver guide: $25 US per day, per couple
  • For hotels/lodges/tented camps, please do not tip individual staff members, but instead use the ‘Tip Box’, which you should find at the reception of your accommodation
  • For guidance, you should consider tipping between $5-7 US per day, per guest, at each accommodation
  • Balloon Safari
  • Experience 60 – 90 minute (depending on wind condition) aerial adventure, followed by bush breakfast and champagne
  • Any Changes done by you
  • The trip excludes changes done by you during safari or before safari which deviates from the original program
  • Visa
  • The trip costs Excludes all visa costs including arrival visas and transit visas
  • Medical Insurance
  • The trip cost Excludes Medical Insurance which is mandatory
  • Travel Insurance
  • The trip cost Excludes Travel Insurance which is mandatory
  • Laundry Service
  • If you require laundering your clothes while on your safari, then you will need to pay an amount that the accommodation charges as per their rate sheet
  • Drinks at the lodges/camps
  • All kinds of soft drinks and hard drinks at the lodges/camps are not included
  • Personal items
  • Clothes, walking shoes, sweater for night, toilette if camping, etc.

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