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TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK
Named
after the shallow but vital river that flows through it, this park
draws vast populations of game during the dry season. It is
distinguished by ancient Baobab trees as they claw at the sky with
their root-like branches, a sight that is breathtaking and uniquely
African
Area of 2600 sq. km.
Features: River, Vegetational zones, Swamps and Landscape
Wildlife
includes: Buffalo, Zebra, Giraffe, Gnu, Lion, Leopard, Elephant,
Waterbuck, Oryx, Kudu
and Many more.
For Bird Lovers the best season to visit Tarangire is between
October and May
Safari In ternary
8DAYS / 7 NIGHTS
Manyara, Lake Eyasi, Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Tarangire, and
Cultural villages.
DAY 1.At around 0830 we leave Arusha or moshi town and drive for
two hours to Lake Manyara National Park.
During our full day game drive lunch will be taken en route. We will
aim to find some of the tree climbing lions that are unique to the
lakeside as well as enjoying the abundant wildlife that flourishes
from the underground waterways that originate a short distance
uphill in the Ngorongoro Highlands.
In the late afternoon we’ll drive out of the park for dinner and
overnight at Lake Manyara Hotel
DAY 2.After breakfast and collecting our packed lunches we
will drive to the shores of Lake Eyasi where you will be introduced
to the extraordinary people who belong to an indigenous tribe known
as the ‘Hadzabe’.
The wa’Hadzabe are one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer tribes
in East Africa and live fascinating and impressive lives in the
bush, not requiring any huts or physical infrastructure, living a
subsistence lifestyle that relies on their skills in hunting and
foraging.
Our Hadzabe friends will be very pleased to teach you to shoot their
traditional weapons which they make from materials which occur
naturally in their immediate environment.
In the evening you will share dinner with the tribesmen and as the
day draws to a close will have the rare privilege of sharing in
their threatened social world, while they sing traditional songs and
perform tribal dances around a bonfire.
The evening is a magical one and full of atmosphere. Tonight you
will stay in tents in order to be close to the Bushmen for a very
early rise tomorrow morning.
DAY 3.We will be woken early in the morning to go hunting
with the Bushmen. This is no mere performance. The Bushmen rely on
these techniques to survive and you’ll need to be very attentive and
at times quiet while they demonstrate their use of locally made
poisons in incapacitating the poor creatures that keep our friends
alive.
At around 0930 after the hunt we’ll return to our camping site to
take breakfast. From here we’ll proceed with lunch boxes to Lake
Eyasi where we aim to see the unrivalled spectacle of countless
colorful flamingos on the lake’s shores.
In the afternoon we’ll transfer to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area
and will take dinner and spend overnight at the Ngorongoro Wildlife
Lodge.
DAY 4. After breakfast at the lodge we will drive through the
northern Ngorongoro Conservation Area, pausing at times to view game
as we move towards the endless plains of Serengeti National Park.
En route to the Serengeti we’ll stop at Olduvai Gorge, where Richard
and Mary Leakey discovered palaeontological fragments which some
evolutionists still believe represent the remains of ‘Early Man’ - ‘Zijatropus’.
After a game drive in the Southern Serengeti we’ll retire for dinner
and overnight at the Serengeti Sopa Lodge.
DAY 5:For the best sunrise game viewing opportunities we need to
be woken very early this morning. We’ll do a morning game drive
until around 0930 on which we hope to be able to disturb some lions
as they sunbathe on the kopjes or take their morning draughts along
the waterways we’ll follow. Then it will be time to head south again
to our lodge where you we’ll have
breakfast. Further game driving will return us to the Ngorongoro
Crater lip where we’ll have dinner and overnight at the Sopa Lodge.
DAY 6:This morning, after breakfast, for the very best
encounters we should aim to be amongst the first parties to descend
into the Ngorongoro Crater after the gate opens at 0630, so we
should do our best to rise early. Home to one of the densest
concentrations of wildlife on the planet the Ngorongoro Crater is
known widely as the eighth wonder of the world and hosts the
endangered black rhino species which we may chance to see. We’ll
view game here until late afternoon before ascending to the lip
again from where we’ll transfer for dinner and overnight at
Tarangire Sopa Lodge.
DAY 7: After breakfast at the lodge we’ll collect our lunch
boxes and enjoy a game drive in Tarangire National Park on which we
can typically expect to see many roaming elephant, rare Baobab Trees
and possibly even the tree-climbing python. Early in the evening
we’ll drive to L’Oasis Lodge in Arusha for dinner and overnight.
DAY 8: By this morning we’ll need to have a made a decision:
Option A: MAASAI VILLAGE.
After breakfast at the lodge we’ll drive to Lengijave to visit some
Maasai families. Visitors always relish this experience hugely.
You’ll be invited into the hut of the senior wife who is present and
have the opportunity to discuss many aspects of her life in the
Maasai tribe: what it is like being one of several wives; how the
men train to become warriors; some fascinating rules about
hospitality and travelling, and many more things about why the world
respects and values this unique tribe. We’ll have a traditional
lunch with the family and afterwards enjoy a walk in their environs
on which we’ll have the chance to discuss many issues that affect
the tribe, projects that are underway to improve their standard of
living without threatening their way of life and anything else that
will interest you about traditional village life. In the evening
we’ll return to L’Oasis Lodge for dinner and overnight.
Or Option B: COFFEE TOUR & LAKE DULUTI.
After breakfast at the lodge we’ll drive to Tengeru Village located
on the slopes of Mt Meru. From here we’ll enjoy a coffee plantation
tour. We’ll visit the locally owned and run farm and later
participate in processing the coffee from the roasting of the beans
to the testing of the very cup of coffee that you yourself have
made. For lunch we’ll join some Meru tribe’s people for traditional
food and afterwards take a walk to the legendary caldera lake,
Duluti. This is a volcanic water feature of unknown depth where it
is possible to hire canoes and paddle freely across its width or
along its shores. There are also excellent opportunities for bird
viewing, and tree identification. Later we’ll drive back to L’Oasis
Lodge for dinner and overnight.
DEPARTURE DATES
The departure dates for all our safaris, tours and treks are totally
flexible according to your own personal needs (subject to
availability). Please contact us for further and more detailed info,
as well as information on photographic travel packages, safaris,
tours and treks into Tanzania. |
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