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Adventure Camping Northern Eastern of Serengeti

Tropical Trails... Adventure Camping Safaris!

There is truly no better way to experience the magic of the bush than when you are nestled right there in it! Classic camping allows you to get close to nature at your own pace in a very personal, very classic way. You will camp in wilderness campsites with shared facilities. Our tents are comfortable and clean, our guides are friendly and accommodating and our bush cooks superb! Wildlife is free to roam in and out of these camps, and often does- up close and personal! Don't forget a flashlight!
The Main Features of These Itineraries include:

All park/camping fees and taxes

High roof dome tents, mattresses & sleeping bags (upon request)

Mess tent, dining table & chairs, full catering;

Overnight in public camp sites, mainly within the parks with shower/toilet facilities

4x4 Toyota Land Cruiser safari-equipped vehicles with English speaking driver/guide and game-viewing roofs

Optional Arusha lodge/hotel accommodation pre/post safari and airport transfers.

7 Days - Adventure Camping Northern Eastern of Serengeti - Sample Itinerary

(A visit to Lake Natron & the Active Mountain of God)

Day 1

Drive from Arusha to Tarangire National Park for game drive. Drive through the parks’ varied landscape, which is scattered with huge knotted baobab trees and home to herds of elephants. Stay overnight at Kigongoni Campsite - just outside the park

Day 2

Drive from Tarangire Lake Manyara for game drive, a great opportunity to see its marvelous concentration of game, including 350 species of birds, not to mention the glistening soda lake itself where you’ll catch glimpses of grazing pink flamingoes. Afternoon drive to Lake Natron - via the villages of Mto Wa Mbu, Engaruka to Lake Natron one of the soda alkaline lakes that jewel the East African Rift, where there is an array of water birds including hordes of resident flamingos. Stay overnight at Lake Natron Campsite

Day 3

Full day at Lake Natron, there is also the opportunity to walk up a gorge carved into the Rift Escarpment to a waterfall, optional visit The Masai Mountain of God (Oldonyo Lengai)

Stay the second night at Lake Natron Campsite

Day 4

Drive from Natron to Serengeti National park - via Loliondo controlled area, Loliondo forms an important part of the semi-annual migratory route of millions of wildebeests and other ungulates northward into the Maasai Mara Game Reserve and Amboseli National Park in Kenya between April and June, and returning southward later in the year. The survival of the Ngorongoro-Serengeti-Maasai Mara ecosystem and the wildlife it supports is inextricably linked to the existence and health of Loliondo and other surrounding communal Maasai lands in Tanzania and Kenya, the land to the Maasai is the foundation for their spirituality and the base for personal and collective identity- Arrive to Serengeti late in a day, stay overnight at Lobo Campsite

Day 5

Full day in Serengeti National Park game driving - Not only will you be treated to a vast array of wildlife in its natural habitat, but sweeping panoramas of the African savannah, dotted with lush rocky outcrops (known as kopjes stay overnight at Seronera Campsite

Day 6

Morning game drive in the Serengeti. In the afternoon drive to the lush Ngorongoro Conservation Area (visiting Olduvai Gorge enroute. Made famous by the anthropological Leakey family, this anthropologist’s dream is where the

origins of man are said to have emerged) to your camp to behold the spectacular view. Stay overnight at Simba Camp overlooking the Crater.

Day 7

Descend into the Ngorongoro Crater for a crater tour.

This 100 square mile natural amphitheatre is host to an astonishing array of wildlife and you may see everything from elephant to lion, and if you’re lucky, the near-extinct black rhino, all amongst large herds of zebra and wildebeest. A picnic lunch will be taken in the crater - afternoon drive back to Arusha. Stay overnight at Karama Lodge

Trek of Oldonyo Lengai

An optional climb of Ol Donyo Lengai (2878m), an active carbonated volcano with spiritual significance to the Masai, is offered. This is a very demanding trek, that starts around 3 am in the morning so as to avoid the fierce midday heat. There is no shade on the mountain, and the terrain underfoot consists of tough scree, lava and volcanic ash, with steep furrows and gullies to negotiate. At the summit, there are two craters (one of which is still active) which can be explored, with due care, and the views across the Rift and towards Lake Natron are breathtaking. This trek is recommended for serious trekkers in good physical condition. A large water intake and a sunhat are strongly advised. This trek can be added onto our Rift Valley Trek, for the ultimate wilderness trek across some of the most primeval, spectacular, unvisited landscapes on Earth

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