7-Day Tararangire National Park Empakai Crater Olmoti Crater, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro
Private safari tour takes you off the beaten track walking at Ngorongoro Crater Highlands from Nainonoka Maasai village to Olmoti Crater and visit waterfalls, then proceed to Bulati Maasai school, then proceed to Empakai Crater, walking at Tarangire National Park and night game drives, also game drive inside Ngorongoro crater floor and Serengeti National Park.
Day 1: TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK- walking, game drives and Night game drives
Meet your experienced English speaking guide at your Hotel in Arusha at 8:30am, drive with picnic lunch to Tarangire National Park.
When you arrive your meet Armed ranger and have a walking safari in the morning around the Park, during a walking safari in Tarangire National Park you feast your eyes on gigantic baobab trees, acacia woodlands and outgrown termite mounds. Don’t be suprised if you also come across migrating herds of cape buffalos, wildebeests, and zebras, or have a rendezvous with olive baboons, giraffes, impalas, and gazelles etc
After lunch proceed with game drive and have opportunities to see Zebras, Wildebeests, Buffaloes, Elephants, Maasai Giraffes, Fringe-eared Oryx’s (gemsbok), Predators include Lions, Cheetah and Leopards.
After sunset drive to Tarangire public campsite for early dinner.
Night game drives.
After dinner leave the camp at 20:00 and proceed with night game drives until 23:00 drive back to the Tarangire Public campsite for overnight.
All meals included
Non-alcoholic drinks
Day 2: Tarangire National Park game drives
Early morning at 05:45am take your breakfast box and proceed for a sunrise game drive, and continue with game drives till afternoon drive back to the camp for hot lunch.
After lunch proceed with game drives till late evening drive to Migombani campsite for dinner and overnight.
All meals included
Non-alcoholic drinks
Day 3: Serengeti National Park game drive
After breakfast, have a full day game drive en route to Pimbi Campsite at Central Serengeti. Hot lunch on the way.
Pass through Ngongoro Conservation Area where you will view different wildlife on the way to Serengeti.
A million wildebeest, each one driven by the same ancient rhythm, fulfilling its instinctive role in the inescapable cycle of life: a frenzied three-week bout of territorial conquests and mating; survival of the fittest as 40km (25 mile) long columns plunge through crocodile-infested waters on the annual exodus north; replenishing the species in a brief population explosion that produces more than 8,000 calves daily before the 1,000 km (600 mile) pilgrimage begins again.
Dinner and overnight at Pimbi Campsite.
All meals included
Non-alcoholic drinks
Day 4: Serengeti National park game drive
Early at 05:30 am take your breakfast box and proceed for Sunrise game drive until 08:30am drive back to the camp, take your luggage and hamper box and proceed for a full day drive in this wonderful National Park. Hot lunch somewhere in the bush.
Our guides will choose the best spotting locations for the time of year with picnic lunch, we can spend time at the Hippo pool watching these majestic animals laze about in the cool water happily living alongside the crocodiles, watch a big pride of Lions, be in the middle of the Migration, sometimes surrounded by Wildebeests, Zebras, which travel with the Wildebeests.
This diverse and interesting landscape will provide you with the ultimate in game viewing, you will hopefully see all of the plain games; elephants, Giraffes, Zebras, Wildebeests, Lions and if you are lucky you will see the elusive Leopards and Cheetahs, as well as huge amounts of interesting bird life.
After sunset drive to Pimbi campsite for dinner and overnight.
All meals included
Non-alcoholic drinks
Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater game drive
After early breakfast drive to Ngorongoro, Descend 610 meters into Ngorongoro Crater floor for 6 hours game viewing . Spot the endangered black Rhinos, Lions, Elephants, Zebras, Buffaloes and wildebeest and other wild animals. Hot lunch inside the crater floor
Also, in Ngorongoro Crater Soda Lake you will see many species of birds including Flamingos. All these animals in turn support large predators such as Lions and Leopards, and scavengers such as Hyenas and Jackals.
Late evening drive to Simba campsite for dinner and overnight.
All meals included
Non-alcoholic drinks
Day 6: Visit olmoti Crater-waterfalls and walk to Empakai crater rim
After breakfast drive to Olmoti crater, walk around the crater rim for one hour, visit waterfalls.
Then drive to Bulati Maasai local primary school and have a lunch near the school.
After lunch trek to Empakai. The walk offers spectacular views of both recent and ancient volcanic mountains, including Kilimanjaro, Meru, and Olmoti Crater, The Empakaai Crater is 300m deep with almost half the floor covered by a soda lake. Bushbuck, Buffalo, and blue monkey can be seen on the rim, which on a clear day boasts superb views of mount Ol Doinyo Lengai, Mount Kilimanjaro, and Lake Natron. During the night you may hear flamingo sounds as they return from their breeding ground at Lake Manyara and Lake Natron, Hot lunch on the way.
Approximate trekking time 4 hours covering a distance of 9kms. Tonight, you will sleep at an elevation of 3100m at Empakai crater rim campsite.
All meals included
Non-alcoholic drinks
Day 7: Descend down in to Empakai Crater
After breakfast, you will walk pole pole (slowly -slowly)about 6 hours up and down through the beautifully scenery, viewing the magnificent Maasai plains, and Maasai mountain of God, to the rim of Empakai Crater, have a lunch in the crater floor just at the edge of the Lake.
Buffalos, water buck, reed buck, Zebras, Wildebeests, buffaloes and different species of birds can be seen at the close range, during the walk around the lake. After lunch ascend to the rim and then drive back to Arusha.
Price includes:
- Flying doctors Insurance
- All Park fees, camping fees
- Armed ranger for walking
- Night game drives
- Crater service fees
- 4WD safari vehicle with popup roof, radio call, cooler box/fridge, electric power to charge your phone/laptop
- Unlimited kilometers during game drives
- Experienced English-speaking driver guide
- Waterproof tent, chairs, table, mattresses, sleeping bags
- cook
- Mineral water 1.5 liters per person per day
Price not Includes:
- Tips for your driver guide and cook
