Private camping in Tanzania featuring the Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Trekking…
Tanzania Private Camping and Lake Natron Trek Trip Details:
Includes a total of 10 days in Tanzania, including:
- Three nights in the Serengeti for game viewing. Accommodation in private mobile tented camp.
- One night at the Ngorongoro Crater Lodge, at the edge of the Ngorongoro Crater.
- Four nights lightweight camping during trek from Nasera Rock to Lake Natron in Northern Tanzania. Enjoy the Gol Mountains and Lake Natron’s flamingos.
- One night at the Eunoto Lodge to relax at the end of the trek.
Rates are per person, double occupancy, based on eight pax per group. Departures available year-round, price varies with number of pax and date of departure.
This Northern Tanzania safari is for the outdoor-loving person who wants to get off the classic safari route and appreciate the beauty of landscape and wildlife as well as cultural interaction with different tribes in this area. Discovering the Ngorongoro and the Serengeti National Parks then walking the Gol mountains, the Salei plains, and down the Rift Valley escarpment to Lake Natron with traditional Masai guides makes this safari a complete African experience.
Price inclusive of:
- Guide, Drivers and Cook while on Safari
- Transport in 4x4 vehicles (5 pax max per vehicle)
- Food and Beverage during safari except in Arusha
- Private mobile tented camp inclusive of standing room tent, bedding, tables, chairs, long-drop toilet, shows, mess tent (light model during trek)
- Drinks (beer, soda and wine), mineral water during mobile tented camping and treated water during lightweight camping
- Internal Flights
Price exclusive of:
- Meals and accommodation in Nairobi/Arusha/KIA
- International airfare, Visas and other items of personal nature
- Tips ($70 - $100 per person), Laundry, Travel Insurance (mandatory)
- 5% fee when paid with credit card
Note: African Latitude reserves the right to change itineraries based on weather or other considerations as necessary.
Days 1, 2 & 3 ARUSHA -SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
After your flight from Arusha to Serengeti National park, enjoy game driving in one of the most famous game reserves in Africa. Full days spent game driving in the Serengeti.
Day 4 NGORONGORO CRATER
Drive to Ngorongoro Conservations Area, afternoon game-drive in the crater. Photographers will appreciate the contrast of the cloudy skies and the brilliant golden sunlight illuminating the vegetation on the crater floor, and the white soda lake where pink flamingos search for food.
Day 5 NGORONGORO CRATER / NASERA ROCK
After breakfast we descend into the crater for a morning game drive. Here we camp in a private concession in Masai country.
Day 6 LERAI
The Gol Mountains form the escarpment of the western wall of the Rift Valley and this is the starting point of our trek. We depart with traditional Masai guides on foot, crossing the wide open plains bordering the Serengeti.
Day 7 SANJAN CANYON
Accompanied by our Masai guides, with lunch and water for the day’s journey, we set off to cross this small chain of mountains.
Day 8 LAKE NATRON
We follow an important foot trail used by the Masai from Lake Natron during the dry season when they herd their cattle up onto the highlands for grazing. We have a spectacular view over Natron and the surrounding volcanoes and escarpment.
Day 9 RIFT VALLEY
After last early morning views & walk along the edge of the pink and white expanse of Lake Natron soda pans, we climb back into our vehicles and follow the floor of the Rift valley towards Lake Manyara. Overnight at Enuoto Lodge.
Day 10 LAKE MANYARA – ARUSHA / JRO AIRPORT
We head towards Lake Manyara National Park for a morning game drive. Heading back to Arusha we pass through the village of Mto wa Mbu, an eclectic market town where several tribes converge to form a linguistic mix that is the richest in Africa.
