7-day Northern Tanzania "Adventure" Camping Safari

A participatory camping safari into Tanzania's Northern parks of Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Manyara. The Serengeti is host to the annual wildebeest migration - a spectacular sight! Using small vehicles (not trucks!), our safari travels into the best areas of this game-packed region, camping amongst the game with the sounds of the African bush all around. Camping is a perfect way to get close to nature, but with our style of trip you don't miss out on the comforts! And all the tedious daily chores are taken care of by our crew, allowing you maximum time to enjoy the bush. This is an ‘experience' of Africa, never to be forgotten.

Highlights: Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro, Lake Manyara
Group Size: Minimum 2 people
Accommodation: spacious dome tents

Adventure Grade - These are run with a crew of a cook/assistant plus guide, and guests will be required to assist with setting up and dismantling the camp. It is a viable option for those keen to camp, stay in more remote places, or on a slightly tighter budget.

Price:  From USD$1795 per person sharing*

Includes: Pick up from Arusha hotel , Services of driver/guide , Park entrance fees All camping equipment including large walk-in dome tents, mattresses, all cooking and eating utensils Services of a cook / camp assistant Nights are spent inside Parks or conservation areas unless specified

Excludes: Visas if required, hotel night in Arusha before/after safari excluded, shuttle bus services ex Nairobi, airport transfers, Personal travel insurance, drinks & tips.

Day 1 - Arrive in Arusha
Overnight in hotel.

Day 2 - Ngorongoro Conseration Area
Your driver will come to greet you at your hotel at 07h30 in order to meet up with the rest of the group in Arusha town for the 08h30 briefing. After the briefing your crew will assist you in purchasing water, other beverages or items of a personal nature and help you, if necessary, to exchange money at a bureau de change. We depart Arusha around 10h00 and passing by Lake Manyara, weave our way upwards into the densely forest slopes of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, pausing to admire the splendid view of the crater floor 600 m below at Heroes Point, before driving on to our campsite on the rim of the Ngorongoro caldera.

Day 3 - Serengeti National Park
Today we will descend the steep walls of the crater to admire the microcosms of life within it. We will have a picnic lunch on the floor of the crater at a pleasant lakeside location where we can stretch our legs and soak up the magnificent scenery.

Day 4 - Serengeti National Park
Today we break camp and embark on a game drive into the great Serengeti plains. Before crossing from the Ngorongoro Conservation Area into the Serengeti National Park we should take the opportunity to visit the Olduvai Gorge Museum where we may attend a short talk on the archaeological importance of Olduvai and the work of Mary and Louis Leakey in excavating the area and discovering some of Africa's most important hominid fossils. Overnight Serengeti, Seronera (central) zone.

Day 5 - Serengeti National Park
Morning and afternoon game-drives in the central Seronera zone of Serengeti National Park. Africa's most famous game reserve covers an area of almost 15,000km2 and is world-renowned for its dense predator population and the annual wildebeest migration. The park is part of the much larger Serengeti eco-system, which includes Kenya's Masai Mara Game Reserve, and encompasses more than double this area.

Day 6 - Lake Manyara
We enjoy a final early morning game drive in the Serengeti before departing back towards the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. We need to get up very early and start breaking camp in order to make good time for the long drive back to the Manyara region.

Day 7 - Arusha
This morning we depart for an early morning game drive in Lake Manyara National Park, returning to the camp for a light brunch before heading back to Arusha.