Classic Tanzania Safari

Trip Description

Accomodation

Stay program

• day 1

  Arrival in Tanzania

  Arrival at Kilimanjaro airport. Welcome and transfer by private car to the Silver Palm Hotel for dinner and accommodation.

• day 2

  Arusha – Momella Gate: 1h transfer – trek to Miriakamba Hut at 2700 m and 5h walk.

  After breakfast, transfer to the park entrance and head to Momella Gate to collect your park entry permit. After some administrative formalities at the park entrance, the walk begins towards the first Miriakamba hut. You walk through Arusha National Park, accompanied by an armed ranger who will protect you if necessary from herds of buffalo. Picnic en route, then dinner and overnight at Miriakamba Hut.

• day 3

  Trek – Miriakamba Hut – Saddle Hut at 3500 m, 4 h walk.

  Breakfast. Saddle Hut is about 3 to 4 hours of hiking from Miriakamba Hut. The path will take you through a pleasant undergrowth to Mgongo wa Tembo (the elephant ridge), where you will have a clear view of the Meru crater as well as the cliffs below the summit. You will continue through a passage between the slopes of Meru and the summit of Little Meru to reach Saddle Hut. Optional: 1 hour to 1h30 round-trip hike to the summit of Little Meru, starting from Saddle Hut.

• day 4

  Saddle Hut – Summit of Mt. Meru 4,600 m, 6 h walk – Miriakamba Hut, 5 h descent.

  You will be woken up around 1 a.m. to have a light breakfast and start the ascent around 1:30 a.m. A hike of about 4 to 5 hours, along a narrow ridge between the cliffs and the outer wall, will take you to the summit where you will arrive at sunrise. After reaching the summit, you will head back to Saddle Hut to rest a bit and have breakfast. Then, descend to the Miriakamba ridge to rest there for the night.

• day 5

  Trek Miriakamba – Momella Gate – Safari in the park and transfer to Lake Eyasi.

  Breakfast, then continue through the meadows and wooded mountains towards the Momella gate, where you will be welcomed by your driver to begin the photo safari in Arusha National Park. You will be able to see Lake Momella, the Ngurdoto crater, then transfer to Lake Eyasi for dinner and accommodation at Lac Eyasi Lodge or in bivouac camping.

• day 6

  Visit the Hadzabe and Datoga tribe.

  Early in the morning, leave the hotel to go into the bush with a Tindiga guide. Activities with the Bushmen include hunting. Return to the lodge for breakfast, then depart again to visit the Datoga tribe village. Lunch at the lodge, then departure for Karatu for dinner and check-in at Bougainvillea Safari Lodge or at a bivouac campsite.

• day 7

  Karatu – Serengeti

  Early in the morning, departure for the safari in the crater with a picnic breakfast. In the Ngorongoro Crater, you will find many animals, including the rare black rhinos if you are lucky. In the afternoon, around 2 p.m., you leave the crater for the Serengeti, where you will have dinner and spend the night at Ikoma Bush Camping/bivouac.

• day 8

  Serengeti National Park

  Safari all day in the Serengeti. The Serengeti Park is very rich in animals; predators are abundant. All meals and accommodation are at Ikoma Bush Tented Camp/Camping bivouac.

• day 9

  Serengeti National Park

  Breakfast, then departure for the safari in Serengeti Park. Lunch at Maladeta Tented Lodge. In the afternoon, safari in Serengeti Park: discover the secret of beauty in the west of the Serengeti, the crocodiles of the Grumeti River, and the amazing landscapes. Dinner and accommodation at Mbalageti Camping/bivouac.

• day 10

  Serengeti Park – Arusha - Return

  After breakfast, departure for Seronera airport for your Seronera – Arusha flight. After lunch at the restaurant, transfer to Kilimanjaro airport for the Kilimanjaro – Europe flight.