- NGORONGORO HIGHLAND TREKS -
Day 1: Arrival in Tanzania
You will be picked from your location and transfer you to Arusha for dinner and overnight at Outpost Lodge. Bed and breakfast are included.
Day 2: Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast, drive to Ngorongoro Crater floor for game drive, lunch at hippo pool picnic site. Ascend to the rim for overnight at Simba camp site. Lunch, Dinner,Breakfast included.
Day 3: Ngorongoro Simba-Nainokanoka Village
After breakfast, depart to Nainokanoka Village where you will walk up to Olmoti Crater and view the Munge River waterfalls and the crater. The crater is the source of Munge River which drains its water into the Ngorongoro Crater. Overnight at Special Campsite. Dinner, Breakfast, Lunch included.
Day 4: Nainokanoka-Empakaai Crater trek Nainokanoka to Empakaai Crater trek (5-6 hours walking).
After breakfast you pack your luggage on donkeys, also called “Maasai Land Rovers”. Accompanied with Maasai escorts you start your trek through the beautiful Maasai landscape with indigenous villages. Here your guide will explain about the culture of the Maasai people and Tanzania in general. You will pass the Elbulbul depression where the Maasai livestock mix-graze with herds of Zebras and wildebeests. This area is rich in bird life. Overnight at Special Campsite. Dinner, Breakfast, Lunch included.
Day 5: Empakaai Crater- Nayobi Village Empakaai Crater to Nayobi Village (4-5 hours walking).
It’s worth getting up very early so you don`t miss the beautiful panoramic sunrise above the lake in Empakaai Crater. After breakfast and loading the donkeys we start our 7 km trek on the rim of the crater, heading for Nayobi Village. Here we fill our water bottles and have lunch. After this break, trek to our Special Campsite under the acacia trees. Dinner, Breakfast, Lunchincluded.
Day 6: Nayobi Village – Lake Natron Nayobi Village to Lake Natron (3-4 hours walking).
After breakfast we discover another beautiful landscape while walking down to the floor of the Rift Valley. From here we will be able to see Lake Natron, OlDoinyoLengai and the vast Serengeti plains. The car will pick us up and take us to Lake Natron camp site where you can refresh yourself at the camp site. Dinner, Breakfast, Lunch included.
Day 7: Full day to explore the area of Lake Natron
Full day to explore the area of Lake Natron (Flamingoes!), you will see the vast shallow soda lake and a white carpet of soda and salt crystals cracked in to a polygonal patchwork, hike to a waterfall in a deep gorge, and visit a Maasai village. If you are up to the challenge of a very strenuous climb, you can opt for a climb to OlDoinyoLengai volcano. Overnight at camp site. Dinner, Breakfast, Lunch included.
Day 8: Lake Natron – Arusha – Kilimanjaro
Today you will have a leisurely breakfast and then start the drive to Arusha through the Great Rift Valley, close to Lake Manyara and arrive in Arusha in time for lunch. After lunch there will be time for shopping before the trip to the Kilimanjaro International Airport for your departure. Breakfast,Lunch included.
End of the Safari.
The price includes:
- Camping safari according to the itinerary
- Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle
- Professional, English-speaking driver guide
- Professional, English-speaking safari cook
- Overnight stays in safari tents
- Camping equipment (tents, sleeping mattress, sleeping bag, chairs, tables, etc.)
- 3 meals a day according to the itinerary
- Unlimited drinking water while on Safari
- Maasai guides and donkeys
- All mentioned activities
- All national park fees