6 Days Discover The Tanzania on Foot Safari
Program Highlights
6 Days Discover The Tanzania on Foot Safari, Begin your adventure with a walking safari in Arusha National Park, just 30 minutes from Arusha city. Here you’ll spot giraffes, buffaloes, zebras, and black-and-white colobus monkeys.
The next morning, join the Hadzabe—the last hunter-gatherers of East Africa. Learn ancient skills such as fire-making with sticks, using bows and arrows, and gathering roots, tubers, and fruits. You may also follow the men on a morning hunt or, in the rainy season, witness honey gathering.
Itinerary Description.
Day 1: Walking Safari Arusha National Park.
Enjoy a full-day walking tour in Arusha National Park. Just 30 minutes’ drive from Arusha city, you’ll begin spotting wildlife such as giraffes, buffaloes, zebras, and black-and-white colobus monkeys.
The park boasts an incredible variety of flora and fauna that never fails to impress. Hollywood even chose this region as the filming location for the movie Hatari, starring Hardy Krüger alongside the legendary John Wayne.
Your day trip includes a visit to the Ngurdoto Crater, where buffaloes, waterbucks, giraffes, warthogs, zebras, and baboons can be seen year-round, along with many bird species. At the Momella Gate, an armed ranger will join you for the walking safari, giving you the rare chance to experience wildlife up close—an opportunity offered by only a few national parks in Tanzania.
Lunch will be enjoyed at a picnic site, and in the afternoon, you’ll continue exploring the park by safari vehicle. After ample time to observe the wildlife, we return to Arusha for your overnight accommodation.
Dinner and Overnight at Maasailand Safari Lodge: Bed and breakfast.
Day 2: Game Drive Tarangire National Park.
Today we drive to Tarangire National Park, for excellent game viewing. Tarangire is a small park that offers some excellent sights. Generally, in the dry seasons, Tarangire comes alive as wildlife and birdlife congregate on the Tarangire River, which is a permanent source of water. We spend the night in our lodge beautifully set outside the park with stunning views and a unique atmosphere later evening drive to Eileen’s Tree Inn at Karatu.
Dinner and Overnight at Eileen’s Trees Inn Lodge: Bed, Dinner, Breakfast, and Lunch.
Day 3: Cultural Tour Hadzabe and Datoga Tribes.
Start early with your bushman guide to meet the Hadzabe, the last hunter-gatherers of East Africa. Walk into the bush to learn traditional skills such as hunting, tracking, fire-making, and honey gathering (seasonal). Your guide, a member of the tribe, will introduce you to his people and share insights into their customs and way of life.
In the afternoon, visit the Maasai market for vibrant cultural encounters and spectacular photo opportunities. In the evening, return to Karatu for dinner and overnight at Eileen’s Tree Inn Lodge (full board).
Day 4: Ngorongoro Crater Tour.
After breakfast, we drive to the Ngorongoro gate to visit the world’s largest intact volcanic crater. At over 2,000 feet deep and 12 miles wide, the Ngorongoro Crater hosts around 30,000 animals, making it one of Africa’s best places to spot the Big Five—lion, elephant, rhino, buffalo, and leopard. We enjoy a game drive and picnic lunch in this spectacular setting, often called the 8th Wonder of the World.
In the afternoon, we continue to Lake Manyara. Dinner and overnight at Nsya Tented Camp (full board).
Day 5: Lake Manyara National Park
Depart from your lodge at Mto wa Mbu and head to Lake Manyara National Park. Though small, the park is incredibly diverse, with groundwater forests, open grasslands, hot springs, and the Soda Lake set against the Great Rift Valley wall.
Enjoy a picnic lunch while spotting wildlife such as buffaloes, giraffes, zebras, baboons, and over 350 bird species. The park is also famous for its elusive tree-climbing lions. In the afternoon, drive back to Arusha.
Dinner and overnight at Masailand Safari Lodge (half board).
Day 6: Departure.
Depending on your flight schedule and departure point you will be transferred to the airport to connect your flight for further travel.
6 Days Discover The Tanzania on Foot Safari Includes.
1. Full board accommodation whilst on safari.
2. Private safari guide
3. Bushmen and Datoga tribes tour in Lake Eyasi
4. Maasai Experience tour
5. Army Ranger Arusha National Park
6. Private 4 x 4 safari jeep with pop up roof for game viewing
7. Transfers in both directions between the International Airport
8. All Park fees,
9. All Crater fees
10. All meals while on safari
11. Unlimited game drives
12. On safari – Vehicles equipped with ice chest with mineral water, wildlife guidebooks
13. Government taxes.
6 Days Discover The Tanzania on Foot Safari Excludes.
1. Tanzania Visa:
2. Personal Expenses (e.g. laundry, telephone, beverages, etc.)
3. Meals not listed above
4. Tips and any items of personal nature.
