10 Days, Wild Bivouac
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Experience a unique adventure. Alone in the world in the middle of the bush in a wild bivouac. You’ll be in Maasai land, and warrior will look after your camp at night.                       Â
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Itinerary
- Welcome to Tanzania! The ideal destination for safari lovers. Tanzania is home to a vast array of wildlife that populates is savannah parks and green forests. On this itinerary, you’ll discover three of the main national parks in the north.
- Welcome by our guide on arrival at Kilimanjaro Airport and transfer to your hotel.
- Dinner and overnight in a Lodge at Arusha.
- After breakfast with your private multilingual driver guide! In a private 4x4 vehicle, drive directly to Tarangire River, for your first day game drive. Picnic lunch inside the park.
- Tarangire National park is created in 1970, Tarangire National Park is now considered as one of the country’s finest wildlife sanctuaries. The Tarangire River, from which it takes its name, never dries up completely and attracts large number of animals in the dry season. You are sure to see many African elephants here during dry season.
- Overnight in Tarangire camping site.
- Early morning departure for Ngorongoro Crater and 4x4 safari in the crater. Picnic lunch in the crater. Late afternoon drive to simba camping site situated at the crater rim for overnight stay.
- The crater is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is not really a crater, but a caldera, i.e. the explosion of the cone of volcano. It contains fresh and salt water, savannah and forest, and is home to around 100 animals per km2.
- Overnight at Simba camping site situated at the crater rim.
- After breakfast drive to Serengeti National Park for afternoon game drive, late evening drive to Pimbi Camping site for dinner and overnight stay
- This day will be devoted to the discovery of the famous endless plains of the Serengeti. You can set off early in the morning, with breakfast to hand, to watch the savannah awaken.
- The Serengeti is one of Africa’s largest parks. It was declared a National Park in 1951. It is home to a wealth of wildlife in all seasons. Some 3,000 lions can be seen almost everywhere.
- Second night in a charming tented camp in the central region of the park.
- Early morning departure for the Gols Mountains region in Maasai land. Game drive en route to the eastern exit of the Serengeti.
- Then 5 hours on a chaotic track to reach the outskirts of the village of Piyaya. Lunch break en route in the small town Wasso.
- This is a long day, but a must if you want to get to the remote region off the conventional tourist routes. There are no roads in this region. We set up camp in the hills not far from the maasai village.
- Overnight in a wilderness bivouac in a tent.
- A day’s walking in the Gols Mountains between Piyaya and Sanjani.
- Your Driver-guide leaves with the car and you make the journey on foot with a second guide and a Maasai ranger.
- You will pass through the village of piyaya and then climb the massif. You will come across the maasai and their herds. At the summit, you’ll enjoy a beautiful view over the treeless Sanjani plain. Picnic lunch then descent to Sanjani camp, depending on your level.
- This is an 8-kilometre trek with an altitude difference of 478-931metres.
- Overnight in a wilderness bivouac in tents at Sanjani.
- In the morning, walk through the olkarien gorge and observe the Rupelle vultures that takes refuge here. A small stream has cut a deep fault in the rock. All year round, Maasai come to fetch water for their herds. The walk lasts around 3 hours.
- Lunch followed by 4x4 drive to Lake Natron. On arrival walk to the waterfall and swim in the desert oasis!
- Overnight camping in tents at Lake Natron. This is a real campsite with showers and toilets. Beautiful views of oldonyo Lengai from the campsite.
- Morning walk near Lake Natron in the company of a local Maasai guide.
- Lake Natron is a salty, highly alkaline lake. Its water contains large qualities of salt, including bicarbonate of soda, and its pH os over 10. Its temperature can rise to 600C. Only a few species can withstand this phenomenon, in particular the Lesser Flamingo, which comes to breed on the shores of the lake. Their population can reach 2.5 million flamingos.
- In the afternoon, return by car to Lake Manyara.
- Overnight at Manyara secret Lodge on full-board basis, with swimming pool to round off the trip in style!
- Depart the lodge in the morning for Arusha town or Kilimanjaro airport.
- It is possible to continue this trip with an internal flight to the island of Zanzibar.
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