4-Day Safari and the Maasai Village Visit
A 4-day safari combined with a visit to a Maasai village is an excellent way to experience the rich wildlife and cultural heritage of Kenya or Tanzania. This is a general schedule for the trip:
Day 1: Lake Manyara National Park
You will be picked up by a driver-guide soon after your breakfast at 8:00 a.m. with a short tour briefing and en route to Lake Manyara National Park. You will drive the stunning Mto wa Mbu town, which is the souvenir paradise just outside the Lake Manyara entrance gate. Lake Manyara National Park is well known for its trees and climbing lions. Lake Manyara attracts a large number of animals and birds due to the availability of the beautiful lake, which runs almost across the niches of the park. Lunch will be organized at the picnic site inside the park, with more hours of game driving later, then a drive back to Arusha in the evening.
Day 2: Ngorongoro Crater
After an early breakfast at the lodge, you will drive to Ngorongoro Crater which is over six hundred meters deep. Ngorongoro conservation Area helps a substantial style of animals, which encompass herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and large African elephants. Another huge draw card to this picturesque country wide park is its dense populace of predators which encompass lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard, which every now and then calls for a skilled eye to observe. Furthermore, we are able to go to Lake Magadi, a massive however shallow alkaline lake at the southwestern corner, that’s one of the major capabilities of the crater. A massive quantity of flamingos, hippos and different water birds can generally be visible here.
Day 3: Tarangire National Park-Arusha
After breakfast, the excursion departs to Tarangire National Park. The first check is Arusha Town for any closing minute purchases earlier than we head off on the Safari to Tarangire and Ngorongoro Crater. Tarangire is widely known for its big elephant populace and baobab trees. It makes the middle of an annual migratory cycle that consists of as much as 3000 elephants, 25,000 wildebeest and 30,000 zebras.
Day 4: Maasai Village Visit
This day trip from Arusha will take you to Monduli Juu, which is part of Tanzania’s Arusha Region, where you can learn about the Maasai culture.
At 8:00 am, we will pick you up from your Arusha hotel and drive you northwest to Monduli Juu. Once we arrive, it won’t take us very long to begin walking, gently down gullies from the hills to the plains. The opportunity to interact with Maasai people, learn about their culture and way of life, and become familiar with the area’s natural beauties will all be provided.
Includes:
- Roundtrip Airport Transfers
- Guarantee Safari on confirmation
- All Accommodations
- Meal plan as described, B=Breakfast, L=Lunch and D=Dinner
- Services of English speaking skilled and experienced driver/guide
- All park entrance fees including government taxes
- Extensive Game Drives in the National Parks
- Service of a safari cook & Utensils
- Crater tour services
- 3 meals per day while on safari, vegetarian & non vegetarian
- Drinking water 1.5 Ltr per person per day
- Safari transport by 4 x 4 Land Cruiser (6 seat) with a roof hatch that ‘pops up’ to enable easy viewing and photography.
Excludes:
- Airport departure Tax apart the one we arranged
- Personal & baggage insurance
- Canoeing Safari
- Olduvai Gorge entrance fee
- Balloon Safari
- laundry services
- Optional travel insurance
- Health requirements
- Medical and trip cancellation insurance
- Shuttle Bus Transfer apart from Airport pick up / drop off
- Excess baggage or shipping charges
- Tips or Gratitude
- Personal Toiletries and items of a personal nature
- Beverages/Drinks
- International flights
- Visas
- Optional activities/excursions
- Any other extras not detailed in the above itinerary
Optional Activities
- Balloon Safari (USD 590 per person)
- Maasai Visit (USD 60 per Vehicle)
- Ngorongoro Crater Rim walk (USD 40 per person)
- Visit the Olduvai Gorge (USD 50 per person)
Note: Don’t be limited with this sample itinerary as you can still craft a plan depends on the number of days you would love to explore in Africa by combining either Kilimanjaro or Meru climbing, Cultural, historical or Zanzibar tour if not lengthen the number of safari experience.
