12 Days Tanzania safaris From The roof of Africa to Rock City

After your arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will meet your guide waiting to transfer you to Arusha where you may relax at your accommodation or you may experience a town tour and start discovering Tanzania.

Dinner &Overnight at Kaliwa Lodge

After breakfast we will visit the Kilimanjaro National Park, tour will be organized a trek to the Mandaras Hut. You will depart from the gate at 1,830 meters in proximity of Marangu village, a typical local village surrounded by plantations of bananas and coffee. We will proceed toward the Mandaras Huts (2,700 meters) always accompanied by a professional Mountain guide. Once we reach the destination, you can decide whether to continue to Maundi Crater or simply come back to your accommodation.

Dinner &Overnight at Kaliwa lodge

Maji Moto, known locally as Kikuletwa Hotsprings, is paradisiac oasis among the Tanzanian savannah, offers captivating, Bounty-styled views, crystal-clean water and dense vegetation around.– Chemka Hot Springs is the best place to visit after a Kilimanjaro hike, Meru Hike  or a safari adventure.

Chemka oasis is a unique phenomenon – it is the only place in Tanzania (and most likely in the whole East Africa), where the groundwater actively interacted with geothermal sources, forming a number of small lakes with warm, never-stagnating water.After unlimited enjoyment at Chemka hotspring in Tanzania then the Journey back to our hotel for relaxtion,dinner and overnight will start.

Dinner &Overnight at  Four Points by Sheraton

After breakfast safari will continue to Tarangire National Park. The park consists of natural vegetation mainly of Acacia woodland and giant African Baobab trees, with huge swamp areas in the south. Both the river and the swamps act like a magnet for wild animals, during Tanzania’s dry season. The Tarangire National Park is reputed to contain some of the largest elephant herds in Africa.

Other animals might be seen including Zebra, Wildebeest, Giraffes, dik dik, Impala, Eland, Grant Gazelles, olive baboon and some predators including lions, caracal and African Wild dog.

This African National Park is also home to three rare species of animals – the Greater Kudu, the Fringed-eared Oryx, as well as a few Ashy Starlings.

We will have a picnic lunch inside Tarangire National Park then continue enjoying the wildlife diversity.

Dinner &Overnight at The Retreat at Ngorongoro

After breakfast we will descend to ngorongoro crater.  You will explore the Ngorongoro Crater and the surrounding area. This is of one of the most suggestive landscapes in the world where we can admire the dormant volcano and the nature that surrounds it. In the Conservation area you will enjoy great wildlife diversity and also it will be possible to see the “Big Five:” elephants, buffalos, lions, leopards, and rhinos.

We will enjoy our lunch down the crater having a lot refreshment then continjue with animals watching in Tanzania till evening and start a journey back to our hotel for relaxation, dinner and overnight .

Dinner &Overnight at The Retreat at Ngorongoro

Oldoinyo Lengai” means “The Mountain of God” in the Maasai language. The summit of this strato-volcano is 2,962 metres above sea level, and affords direct views into the caldera of Tanzania’s only officially-certified active volcano, and the world’s only carbonatite volcano; records of eruptions have been maintained since 1883, the largest of which deposited ash 100 kilometres away in Loliondo on the Kenyan border to the north west.

It is located in northern Tanzania lying just south of Lake Natron in the Rift Valley, in the heart of Maasai country, and locally regarded as a sacred mountain. Looking north from it’s summit crater, the hot barren salt flats of Lake Natron stretch into the distance. To the south stretch the crater Highlands and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area . The eastern horizons dominated by Kilimanjaro and to the west the forested escarpments and hills comprising the western slopes of the Rift Valley..

After a delicious breakfast drive to Lake Natron will start, an alkaline lake that serves as the principal breeding site for three-quarters of the world’s population of Lesser Flamingos.

Upon arrival we will go to our hotel for check inn having lunch, having little refreshment then start a journey to Waterfall to swim in Natural pool till evening then go to Lake Natron for flamingo watching and walking safaris around the lake.

Also we will Walk to hominid footprints within conservation area. Researchers have catalogued this spectacularly rare find of well-preserved human footprints left in the mud between 5,000 and 19,000 years ago

As a tip: The ground around the lake is slippery and muddy, so make sure to pay attention to your footing and wear appropriate shoes.

After all activities we will back to our hotel for relaxation, dinner and overnight and get ready for midnight climb

At approximately 11pm, you will be woken up with tea or coffee and a light snack before meeting your Mountain Guide and beginning your trek into the night.

Escorted by an experienced Maasai  local guide, your climb will take 5 to 6 hours whereby you will reach the summit in time to witness the amazing sunrise as it illuminates the Great Rift Valley. After exploring the peak you will head back down the mountain to the base where your driver will be waiting for you to take you back to the camp in time much needed rest.

WHAT TO WEAR WHEN CLIMBING MOUNT OL DOINYO LENGAI

Sun hat

sunglasses

head torch

buff or lightweight neck gaiter (for keeping out dust)

rain shell

light fleece

long sleeve t shirt x 2

hiking trousers (zip off style are recommended so you have shorts too)waterproof trousers

socks x 3 pairs

hiking shoes preferably with some decent ankle support

teva or flip flops for in camp

walking poles

gaiters for those that have low cut hiking shoes

water bottles x 3 enough to hold 3 Liters

Dinner &Overnight at Lake Natron Camp-Ngare sero

After exploring the peak, you will head back down the mountain to the base where your driver will be waiting for you to take you back to the camp in time much needed rest.

Dinner &Overnight at Lake Natron Camp-Ngare sero

After having a delicious breakfast, a journey to Endless will start around Northern Part of Serengeti to Central Serengeti, home of big cats includes lions and leopards.

Upon arrival we will check inn to our hotel having lunch little refreshment then continue with animal watching till evening and back to our Hotel for relaxation, dinner and overnight.

Dinner &Overnight at Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge

After a breakfast we will start a fully day game drive at Serengeti National Park and park is the most famous park in Tanzania which is known all over the world. It is renowned for its boundless lowlands with great wildlife diversity including the migration of the wildebeests, the pride of lions and the other raiders, such as hyenas, cheetahs, leopards, jackals and crocodiles.

If you like to watch wildlife from another perspective, we recommend you to go on a balloon safari (with additional cost after request). It is an amazing experience to drift silently above the plains with herds of wildlife.

We will back to our accommodation during lunch time for hot lunch having little refreshment and then continue with animal watching till sunset game drive.

Dinner &Overnight at Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge

After breakfast, we will leave the Serengeti Park towards to Mwanza.

On the way we will explore the Western corridor zone, observing masses of residents in their natural Habitats. Get chance to pass at Grumeti River and Retima Hippo pool where Hippos and giant Nile crocodiles can be found in abundance.

We will stop on Ndabaka gate before checkout and having our picnic site lunch, having little refreshments then checkout at Serengeti National Park and continue with our safaris to Mwanza and upon Mwanza we will go direct to our hotel for relaxtion,dinner and overnight.

Dinner &Overnight at Malaika Beach Resort

After a breakfast a journey to Saa Nane  Island National Park will start and upon arrival we will  start different activities out of animals watching including Walking safaris and sport fishing (if you are interested) and we will enjoy our lunch to park then continue to activities till you will be satisfied and start our journey back to Hotel

National Park comprises of only three small islets and its surrounding environment which cover roughly 2.18 sq km. Thus, it is the smallest national park both in Tanzania and East Africa.

Its has nice hiking trails and allows for close encounter with live animals such as Velvet Monkeys,Impala,Zebra and variety of birds ,lizard and reptiles including crocodiles,Monitor lizard and Agama Lizard and also sanakes particulary phython.

The aquatic part of the park inhabit a variety of fisheries life mainly Tilapia and Nile Perch

Dinner &Overnight at Malaika Beach Resort

This is the last day of safari! It will be organized to allow to you to have a trip around the city (time: depend on flying time). After that, you will be transferred to Mwanza Airport and fly to Kilimanjaro International Airport to connect with your International Flight and return home or fly to Zanzibar and continue with vacation on Zanzibar Island.