3-Day Lake Eyasi & Ngorongoro Crater Luxury Safari

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Duration

3 Days / 2 Nights

Difficult Level

Medium

Minimum Age

6 Years

Best time

All year round

Tour Overview

This 3-day Tanzanian itinerary offers a unique blend of deep cultural immersion and world-class wildlife viewing. After arrival and an overnight in Arusha, Day Two is dedicated to an authentic cultural experience at Lake Eyasi. Here, you will join the Hadzabe tribe for a traditional hunting excursion and visit the Datoga tribe to learn about their customs and fire-starting techniques, providing rare insight into indigenous ways of life.

The journey culminates on Day Three with a full-day game drive in the iconic Ngorongoro Crater. Within this UNESCO World Heritage Site, you will search for the Big Five, including the rare black rhino, and observe flamingos on Lake Makat. The trip concludes with a direct transfer from the crater to Kilimanjaro Airport for your onward flight, making for a compact yet profoundly rich experience of Northern Tanzania’s cultural and natural heritage.

Itinerary details

Day 1

Arusha

Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport.

Met and transferred to your hotel in Arusha.

Dinner and overnight at your hotel in Arusha.

Day 2

Lake Eyasi

With boxed picnics, leave for Lake Eyasi where you will be joined by a local guide for the cultural tour of Lake Eyasi

You will participate early morning hunting with the Hadzabe tribe whose food source mainly depend on hunting, collecting fruits and honey. These are also blacksmith as the tool for hunting are also produced by themselves. You will also have an opportunity to visit the Datoga Tribe who also live harmoniously in the same region. You will receive an informative lecture on how they conduct their traditional ceremonies including their famous technique of starting fire.

Later, drive to Karatu small town head to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 3

Ngorongoro Crater

Early breakfast at your lodge.

With picnics, drive to Ngorongoro Crater game drives.

The Ngorongoro Crater floor holds good number of animals such as buffalos, elephants, black backed jackals, hyena and the rare rhinos. Lake Makat which is fed by the Munge River, is preferred by pink flamingos due to its alkaline water that favors the growth of algae.

Later, ascend out of the crater drive back to Arusha and onto the airport for your onward flight.

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Price includes

All meals and accommodations during the entire safari
A very high quality safari land cruiser with pop-up roof
A professional English speaking safari guide
Unlimited mineral water during the entire safari
Kilimanjaro tea/coffee during game drive
All park fees for all the national parks
Unlimited game drives
All transfers
Flight from Arusha to Zanzibar
Zanzibar activities as in the itinerary
Mto wa mbu cultural walk
Flying doctors rescue cover

Price excludes

Visas
International flights
Lodge and Guides Tips
Drinks at the lodges
All personal related