DAY 1. Arrive at Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.

Welcome to Tanzania! Arrive at Kilimanjaro airport. Maasai pick you up and transfer to a safari lodge in Arusha. Dinner at the lodge. Rest and get ready for the adventure! (D). 
 

DAY 2. Tarangire National Park.
After an early breakfast, we head to the Tarangire National Park. Tarangire National Park has the largest elephant population in Tanzania and the second-largest elephant population in Africa. It is a real gem in Tanzania’s northern safari circuit. Here you may see herds of up to 300 elephants roaming between huge Baobab trees. And good news from Tarangire; they have one of the highest elephant population growth rates and the lowest poaching rates in Africa. You may also wildebeest, zebra, giraffe, buffalo, Thompson's gazelle, kudu, eland, leopard, and cheetah. We enjoy a  picnic lunch in the park. In the afternoon,  we continue our journey to a Maasai boma (village) in Mto Wa Mbu. You are welcomed by the Maasai with a lot of singing and dancing. Enjoy your first bush dinner under the African sky full of stars. Tonight we sleep in a Maasai village where we set up our tents.

(B, picnic L, D). 

DAY 3. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

Enjoy your bush breakfast with stunning views over the Great Rift Valley. We continue our journey towards the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, which is also a Unesco Heritage Site. Apart from the main caldera, Ngorongoro also has two other volcanic craters: Olmoti and Empakai. Olmoti is famous for its stunning waterfalls, and Empakai is known for a deep lake and lush, green walls. We arrive in our Maasai village around lunchtime. We continue to explore the area on foot and we do bush walk with the Maasai warriors in the afternoon. You can encounter many wild animals like zebras, wildebeest, and gnu. The Maasai warriors tell about local flora and fauna.  We spend the evening and sleep overnight in the Maasai warriors bush camp. The warriors camp is in secret location deeply in the bush with incredible views over Serengeti plains. This may take your breath away. Dinner is a famous Maasai bush barbecue. We set up our tents in the wild while Maasai warriors guard the camp at all times. (B, L, D). 

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DAY 4.  The Ngorongoro Crater

Wake up in the most stunning location in the African bush and enjoy your bush breakfast. Today we spend a whole day in the Ngorongoro Crater viewing the wild game. The Ngorongoro Crater is the world's largest inactive, intact and unfilled volcanic caldera. The crater was formed when a large volcano erupted and collapsed on itself. Ngorongoro Crater is called “Eden of Africa” because of the stunning landscape combined with its spectacular concentration of wildlife. Without a doubt, it is one of the greatest natural wonders of the planet.  In the afternoon, we return to the Maasai warriors bush camp for dinner and overnight. (B, picnic L, D).  
 

DAY 5. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area

After a bush breakfast,  we say goodbye to our Maasai warriors as we leave their camp. We head to a Maasai village where we have a true privilege to meet the Maasai spiritual leader and medicine man, laiboni. Laiboni tells us about traditional Maasai wisdom, beliefs, and traditional healing. We learn how Maasai wisdom can help us transform our personal life. You will venture into the world of the Maasai and learn how their change strategy is relevant to our lives in modern times. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet Maasai the spiritual leader and share information and natural wisdom.  After lunch, you have free time in the Maasai village or you can join the Maasai women to fetch firewood and water. That is a real rural African experience. In the evening the Maasai sing and we gather around a campfire to hear ancestral Maasai stories. We have our bush dinner and we stay overnight in the Maasai village. (B, L, D).  

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DAY 6. Lake Manyara National Park.

Enjoy your last bush breakfast before we head to the Lake Manyara National Park. Lake Manyara national park offers breathtaking scenic views of the splendid freshwater soda lake. Ernest Hemingway called this lake loveliest lake he had seen throughout all his travel in Africa. Lake Manyara National Park boasts an incredible diversity of plant and animal species. The park is also home to hippos, baboons, giraffes, zebra, wildebeest, and is particularly good for bird watching, with over 380 species having been recorded. If you are lucky, you may see tree-climbing lions as well. We enjoy a picnic lunch in the park. In the afternoon we arrive back to Arusha and you stay overnight in a lodge. (B, picnic L, D). .

DAY 7. Return to Arusha

After breakfast, we drive you back to Kilimanjaro airport when your flight departures or you can book an extra night in a lodge (for an extra cost). (B).