Lake Eyasi Olmoti and Walking Safari Excursions

Itinerary Description

Day 0: Arrival, Tour Briefing and Resting

• You will be picked up from the airport in Moshi (Kilimanjaro International Airport) and be transferred to the booked hotel in Arusha
• Get the safari general briefing from the prepared safari consultant/guide
• Dinner and overnight at the booked hotel in Arusha

Day 1: Lake Eyasi Hadza Culture Tour

• After breakfast early in the morning pickup from the hotel in Arusha
• Drive to Lake Eyasi on a very rough trail for around 4 hours
• The road circumnavigates the Ngorongoro crater and head south west to Mongola Village
• Have a contact to local tribesmen and impression of Barabaig /Hadza/San tribes
• Have dinner and overnight stay in the campsite at Lake Eyasi area

Day 2: Walking with Hadza in Lake Eyasi Bush

• After breakfast early in the morning (0545am) you’ll drive to the dwellings of the famous Hadzabe tribe in the bush for cultural interaction
• These are the same group as the South African Bushmen
• Have an opportunity to walk with them and watch the way they hunt or collect honey and insects
• Return late afternoon for dinner and overnight at campsite at Lake Eyasi area

Day 3: Culture Tour/Walking to Olmoti Crater in the Ngorongoro

• After breakfast early in the morning drive to the Maasai Village in the Ngorongoro highlands (Nainokanoka) for culture tour and walking excursions to the Olmoti Crater
• Break for a while to have picnic lunch in the area
• After lunch continue with afternoon culture and walking tour until evening
• Have dinner and overnight stay at campsite in this area

Day 4: Drive to Empakai Crater for a Walking tour

• Have an early morning breakfast then afterwards drive to Empakai Crater and start walking towards the crater floor
• On your way downwards to the lake you might see buffaloes or bushbucks, blue monkeys, many birds (like sunbirds and Turacos)
• At the shore of the lake are often waterbucks and elands
• Late afternoon drive back to your booked hotel/lodge for dinner and overnight stay there

Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater Tour

• After breakfast early in the morning embark to the Ngorongoro Crater for game drive
• Descend to the crater floor for game viewing whereby at Ngorongoro is the place where you will be able to see all Big Five
• Break for a while in the afternoon to have picnic lunch in the crater
• After lunch in the late afternoon ascend upward to the crater rim
• Drive to your booked hotel/lodge in Ngorongoro for dinner and overnight stay

Day 6: Drive to Lake Manyara for half day game drive then to Arusha

• After breakfast early in the morning drive for a half day game drive to explore Manyara National Park
• Continue with a game drive until afternoon
• Break for a while in the afternoon to have picnic lunch at the park
• After lunch in the late afternoon drive back to Arusha City
• Arrive in Arusha for a good time for dinner
• Have dinner and overnight stay at your booked hotel in Arusha