CULTURE AND CAMPING

2 weeks

Day 1 Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) in the evening. A representative from the Kia Lodge will be there to collect you and transfer you a short distance to the lodge for overnight.
Overnight Kia Lodge

Day 2   Cultural tours around Mt. Meru.  
Overnight Ilboru Safari Lodge.

Day 3  Drive to Tarangire National Park. Game view on your way to the lodge for lunch.  Game drive at about 4pm until sunset. 
Overnight Tarangire camping

Day 4 Early sunrise game drive and then return to camp for breakfast. Then following breakfast go back out to game view until lunch. Again after lunch there is a siesta time to relax until the 4pm late afternoon game drive.
Overnight Tarangire camping

Day 5 Early breakfast then drive to Lake Manyara National Park. Game viewing and picnic in the park. Then drive to Lake Eyasi arriving late afternoon to camp.
Overnight Kisima Ngeda camp.

Day 6 Cultural experiences with the indigenous people of this area.
Overnight camping at Kisima Ngeda 

Day 7 After breakfast drive up to the rim of Ngorongoro Crater. Here you will skirt around the rim and then head to Empakai Crater. Hiking in the forest and crater.
Overnight camp at Empakai.

Day 8 Drive back to Ngorongoro Crater and  descend 2,000 ft to the floor of the Crater for a day of game and picnic lunch.  Return to camp on the rim in the late afternoon.
Overnight camping.

Day 9 Drive down to the Serengeti plains. Stop at Oldupai Gorge and drive to Lake Ndutu for a late lunch. Game drive from about 4pm to sunset  
Overnight Ndutu Safari Lodge 

Day 10 During the months of mid-December through May, the famous migration of wildebeest will be in the southern end of the Serengeti around Lake Ndutu. Game drives.
Overnight Ndutu Safari Lodge 

Day 11 Drive north into the Serengeti National Park and spend the day game viewing with picnic lunch. Arrive at the lodge in the late afternoon.
Overnight Seronera Wildlife Lodge

Day 12 Visit the Serengeti Tourist Center before heading further north.  Arrive at the lodge in time for lunch. Late afternoon game drive. 
Overnight Lobo Wildlife Lodge.

Day 13 Drive down the Rift Valley escarpment to Lake Natron. Take along a picnic lunch.  Camp is by the Ngare Sero River and nearby Oldoinyo Lengai (the Maasai people call it the Mountain of God).
Overnight Lake Natron Camp 

Day 14 For those of you who wish to climb the mountain (very rugged), you will have to start the climb, with a guide, at around midnight or 1am. Summit at sunrise. You should be back at camp by around 11am. Those who do not climb the mountain can take a hike up the river gorge.
Overnight Lake Natron Camp

Day 15 After breakfast drive back to Arusha.