Tanzania Culture and Wildebeest Calving Season Safari

• Starts in Arusha
• Ends in Arusha
• Country: Tanzania

Safari Highlights

With plentiful ways to experience the culture, we give you a chance to interact with locals and enjoy the glorious scenery in many places, In many areas, rural life is an attraction on its own.

This cultural safaris, let you walk and live with the Maasai, visit their traditional bomas (settlements), traditional medicine walks, hunting with the Hadzabe bushmen, gather roots and seeds with the Datoga women. It’s the grass roots of any East African adventures…This trip will also give you a chance to explore the famous National Parks, Serengeti National park(Home of migration trails) Ndutu Area, Witnessing the herds of Wildebeest Great Migration , Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Manyara and Tarangire National Park.

All of our itineraries are custom-made which means that they are tailor-made for your own specific group, taking into account your interests, your budget and so on…Contact us for any changes for this Itinerary.

Itinerary

Day 01: Arriving to Tanzania 
Upon your arrival meet at Kilimanjaro international Airport and transfer to your hotel( Planet Lodge- BB

Day 2: Arusha – Arusha National Park
***Game Drive and Walking Safari
In the morning, we will collect you from your hotel in Arusha and take you to the Arusha National Park. The park has an incredible variety of fauna and flora, which cannot fail to impress. Hollywood also chose this region to film the movie “Hatari” in which Hardy Kruger starred alongside the legendary John Wayne. Your trip will include a visit to the Ngurdo Crater. Buffaloes, waterbucks, giraffes, warthogs, zebras and baboons can be seen all year round as well as many different bird species. At the Momella Gate, an armed ranger will be waiting for you to accompany you on your walking safari that will give you the chance to experience the wildlife up-close. Only a few other national parks in Tanzania give you such an opportunity and it is something that should not be missed. Lunch will be taken at a picnic place and in the afternoon, you will continue your tour in the safari vehicle through the Arusha National Park. After plenty of time allocated for you to observe the wildlife, we will take you back to Arusha for dinner and overnight
Meals: Lunch | Dinner
Accommodation: Planet Lodge

Day 3: Arusha to Tarangire National Park 
After breakfast transfer to Tarangire national park with your packed lunch for game viewing, enjoy a picnic lunch at Tarangire then continue with your game viewing until late evening, dinner and overnight.
Meals Plan: │Picnic  Lunch│ Dinner
Accommodation: Tarangire Lake Burunge Tented Camp
One of the most noticeable things on entering the park are the baobab trees that rise up form the grass. With their massive trunks, they are instantly recognizable. There are animals that usually move northwards of the park during the wet season including the wildebeests, zebras, Thompson’s gazelles, buffalos, elands and hartebeests. The elephant population in this park was estimated to be around 6’000 in 1987, but numbers are believed to have fallen since then due to poaching.

Day 4: Lake Manyara National Park
** Game drive and Cultural Walking Tour
0830 Hrs. After your breakfast; depart from your lodge to Lake Manyara National Park for game drive.
1300 Hrs.  Stop at the Picnic Site for Picnic Lunch,
1400 Hrs. Continue for evening game drive and drive to Mto wa mbu Village for evening cultural Walking.
1600 Hrs Village walking (2 hours)
Get an inside look at the homes and exquisite craft of Mto wa Mbu’s many tribes. Visitors will get a chance to meet locals and learn about banana beer, Makonde woodcarvings, and the tribal painting techniques; the village provides a great introduction to everyday life in Africa. Later to your lodge for dinner and overnight

A major attraction of the Lake Manyara National Park is the tree – climbing lions. Unfortunately there is no guarantee that you will spot them. However, there are other things to see – elephants, hippos, zebras, impalas, buffalos, baboons, plains animals as well as huge variety of birdlife, both resident and migratory.

Meals: Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
Accommodation: Farm of dream Lodge
Day 5: Lake Manyara – Serengeti+ Maasai Boma

0700hrs transfer from Manyara to Serengeti National Park for game drive.
1200 Hrs-Maasai boma and enjoy the real African life tradition and maasai culture,
1300 Hrs. Break for lunch which will be served at the picnic area.
1400 Hrs. Afternoon game drive in the Park to return in the
evening for dinner and overnight at tented camp.

Meals: Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
Accommodation: Serengeti Acacia Tented Camp
Day 6 & 7: Serengeti National Park– Full Day
0630 Hrs. Early morning game drives in the in the Park
0930 Hrs. Return to lodge for breakfast and relax at Leisure.
1300 Hrs. Lunch will be served at your Lodge.
1400 Hrs. Afternoon game drives in Serengeti.

Serengeti is perhaps most well known for the annual migration that takes place across the great Savannah plains. This is a phenomenal sight: thousands upon thousands of animals, particularly wildebeests, as far as the eye can see. During the rainy season (from November to May), the wildebeests, whose population has been estimated at around 1’500’000, are found in the eastern section of the Serengeti and also the Masai Mara in Kenya to the north. When the dry season begins at the end of June, the annual migration commences as the animals move in search of food pasture. The Serengeti is also famous for cheetahs, leopards and lions, some of which migrate with the wildebeests while others remain in the central plain.
Dinner and overnight at Tented Camp
Meals: Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
Accommodation: Acacia Tented Camp

Day 8: Serengeti To Ngorongoro Ndutu Plains ( Wildebeest Calving Season)
Depart after breakfast for game drive in the Serengeti southern part, Around 13hrs, take your picnic Lunch and proceed with game drive and later afternoon drive to Ndutu Area in Ngorongoro for dinner and overnight at Lodge/ Mbugani Tented Camp -FB
Meals Plan: Breakfast│ Lunch│ Dinner

Day 9 & 10: Ndutu Plains  (Wildebeest Calving Season)
Full Day Ndutu plains area which borders the Southern Serengeti plains. The great wildebeest migration is currently concentrated around this area from early December to mid May and we hope you’ll be able to view this magic spectacle. Evening drive to the Lodge Dinner and overnight at Tented Camp
 Meals Plan: Breakfast│ Lunch│ Dinne

Day 11: Ndutu Plains / Ngorongoro (Wildebeest Calving Season)
Another day Full Day Ndutu plains area which borders the Southern Serengeti plains. The great wildebeest migration is currently concentrated around this area from early December to mid May and we hope you’ll be able to view this magic spectacle. Evening drive to the crater rim, Dinner and overnight at Rhino Lodge/ Similar
 Meals Plan: Breakfast│ Lunch│ Dinner

Day 12: Ngorongoro Crater – Lake Eyasi
0630 Hrs.  After breakfast, drive and descend into the crater floor with your lunch box for game viewing. The famous Ngorongoro Crater is rich of wildlife, each species have their own territories.
1300 Hrs.  Stop at the Picnic Site for Picnic Lunch, which will be served on the crater floor at the picnic site near Lerai forest or hippo pool.
1500 Hrs.  Ascend the Crater and drive to Lake Eyasi for dinner and overnight at Eyasi Safari Lodge
Meals: Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
Accommodation: Eyasi Safari Lodge

Day 13:  Lake Eyasi Cultural ( Hadzabe/Bushmen tribe tour) 
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 lunch. After lunch drive to Arusha for your overnight.
Meals: Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
Accommodation: Kibo Place Hotel
Day 14: Departure       
After a leisurely breakfast, (For extra cost) you can go for an optional tour around Arusha town to visit the Maasai Market, Cultural Heritage, Arusha Museum of Natural History, curio shops, or the Tanzanite Experience before your transferred to the Airport.
Meals included: Breakfast

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PRICE INCLUDES
* Transport in 4WD Safari + Professional and Local guide
* Activities: game drives in the National Parks, walking in Tarangire, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, cultural visit to Hadzabe tribe at Lake Eyasi, Masaai village visit, Olduvai Gorge visit.
* All meals on safari including mineral water .
*  nights accommodation at Lodge/Tented Camp
* National Park entry fees.
*Airport transfers
* Flying Doctors Insurance cover
PRICE EXCLUDES:
*Any international plane fare and gratuities
*Portage Fees
*Any telephone calls while in the lodge
*Any tips to driver or staff
*All extra activities offered by the lodges
*Any service not mentioned above