Zawadi: 9-day Safari to Ngorongoro, Serengeti
Tour Information
Location
, Tanzania
Duration
1 - 9 Days
Group Size
10+ for 10.00% off
Starting From
$2,900.00 per adult
Safari Zawadi is typical because it merges cultural tourism with wildlife tourism. Apart from spotting animals you will have the opportunity to visit a primitive tribe known as hadzabe whose people still practice hunting and gathering. You will go hunting together with them in isolated places occupied by desert shrubs. You will also learn how they live and ran their day-to-day activities.
Tour Itinerary
Arusha (Day 1)
Once you land at the airport, you will be met by our staff, who will accompany you to Arusha
Lake Manyara national park (Day 2)
The park is located along the route to the Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti National Park, and is the second oldest national park in Tanzania by date of founding, which took place in 1960. Its main attractions are the beautiful birds and lions, which you will also find lying on top of the tree branches. Many tourists visit the lake to see the African lions climbing on the acacia and fig trees. Another characteristic of the lake is the presence of numerous flamingos, which when observed from a certain distance, provides for various shades of pink. You will certainly find elephants, zebras, wildebeests, warthogs, antelopes and giraffes. This park covers an area of only 330 square kilometres, of which 230 square kilometres are occupied by the lake. It is also possible to encounter five different ecosystems here. The park is also inhabited by over 380 bird species.
Packed Lunch. Dinner and overnight accommodation at the lodge.
Ngorongoro crater (Day 3)
Ngorongoro crater located in the heart of Ngorongoro conservation area boasts it's different varieties of ecosystems that coexist in it: savannah, acacia forests, lakes, swamps and salt marshes. For this reason, the concentration of fauna is amazing, consisting of herds of zebras and wildebeests, numerous colonies of flamingos, countless species of birds as well as lions, elephants and hyenas.
After having done a six hours game drive at the floor of the Ngorongoro crater, you will proceed to Serengeti National park
Serengeti national park (Day 4 and 5)
Here in the Serengeti thousands and thousands of animals, driven by the instinctive rhythms of survival, constantly move in search of green pastures. The most numerous are the wildebeests; they are estimated at over a million specimens, and their migration makes for the main feature of the Serengeti Park.
With over 15000 square kilometres, the Serengeti national park is famous for its predators, especially the lion, but also cheetahs, gazelles, hyenas, jackals, leopards and many others. The park also boast about 200,000 zebras, herds of elephants, antelopes, impalas, and warthogs. The concentration of these wild animals is higher from December to June, and relatively lower from July to October. The Serengeti is however deserving of a year round visit.
Packed lunch.
Dinner and overnight accommodation at a tented camp in Serengeti.
Serengeti to karatu (Day 6)
After a brief safari game drive in Serengeti National, you will exit both the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro conservation area and head towards Karatu where your lodge is located
Lake Eyasi (Day 7)
After Breakfast your driver will take you to Lake Eyasi and it’s environs.
Lake Eyasi is situated at the southwestern end of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area between Great Rift Valley’s Eyasi escarpment and Kidero mountains, just 133 km (95 miles) west of Lake Manyara. Lake Eyasi covers an area of about 1,050 square km (400 square miles).
You will visit two tribes i.e Hadzabe tribe and Datoga tribe
The Hadzabe live in caves and they don't wear any kind of clothes but rather skin to cover the private parts. Their community is endangered, because most of their land has been taken away from them for commercial production and they are forced to join the civilization.
Datoga Tribe: Known as the Mang’ati in Swahili, the Datoga people are an agro-pastoral nomadic Nilotic-speaking tribe, residing in the vicinity of Lake Eyasi in northern Tanzania in the Rift Valley and in the Manyara and Singida regions of north-central Tanzania near Mt. Hanang and Lake Basotu. They are skilled farmers and craftsmen with well over 10 subtribes. Its best subtribe is the pastoral Barabaig, who also reside mainly in the northern volcanic highlands encompassed by Mt. Hanang, which is a sacred mountain to the Barabaig.
After this captivating cultural Tourism you will drive back to Karatu.
Tarangire day 8 and 9
After breakfast you will drive from Karatu to Tarangire National Park where you will spend two days one night.
The national park is not only famous for the bigger number of elephants and baobab trees but also it's unique landscapes. The topography is breathtaking and nothing beats the feeling of having a hot meal lunch while viewing the scenic landscapes