Tanzania Camping Adventure

<h3><span class="day-number">Day 1: </span><span class="location">Arusha</span></h3> <div class="summary"> <p>Arrive at any time.</p> </div> <div class="details"> <p>There are no planned activities until an evening welcome meeting.</p> <div class="components"> <div class="component activity administrative ACTIVITY__YOUR_WELCOME_MOMENT"> <div class="c-icon"> </div> <div class="c-title"> <h5><span class="branded">Your Welcome Moment: </span>Welcome Moment - Meet Your CEO and Group</h5> <div class="meta">Your opportunity to meet your CEO and fellow travellers, and learn more about your tour. Opt to join the group for a local meal afterwards. Don't forget to see the notice in the lobby (or ask reception) for the official time and place to meet up with the group.</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="components"> <h4>Accommodation:</h4> <p class="alert alert-info">Below is an example of the hotel we may use in this city. For the actual hotel your specific departure will be using, please check your voucher.</p> <div class="accommodation clearfix"> <div class="c-icon">Outpost Lodge (<span class="accommodation-note">or similar</span>)</div> </div> </div> </div>

<h3><span class="day-number">Day 2: </span><span class="location">Arusha/Mto wa Mbu</span></h3> <div class="summary"> <p>Experience the Mto wa Mbu village with a guided cultural walk and traditional lunch with a local family. Take a wildlife safari drive in Lake Manyara NP.</p> </div> <div class="details"> <p>Travel to Mto wa Mbu village and take part in a cultural walk to learn about village life in the area. Meet the women who run the village tours and enjoy a delicious home made traditional lunch.</p> <p>Spend the afternoon viewing wildlife along the main road that winds through a lush cool forests of Lake Manyara National Park, overgrown with ficus trees and covered with bromeliads.</p> <p>This area is truly stunning, as the western wall of the Rift Valley escarpment provides a gorgeous backdrop. Search for the phenomenal birdlife, tree-climbing lions, elephants, giraffes, and hippos.</p> <div class="components"> <div class="component transport automobile"> <div class="c-icon">7-Seat 4x4 Safari Vehicle</div> <div class="c-title"> <div class="meta"><span class="location">Arusha – Mto wa Mbu</span><span class="duration">2h-3h</span><span class="distance">130km</span></div> <div class="summary"> <p>Get a better view and take better snapshots aboard this off-road ride with a pop-up top.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="component activity people ACTIVITY__G_ADVENTURES_FOR_GOOD"> <div class="c-icon"> </div> <div class="c-title"> <h5><span class="branded">Your G for Good Moment: </span>Mto wa Mbu Village Visit and Lunch</h5> <div class="meta"> </div> <div class="summary"> <p>Take part in a cultural walk to learn about life in this East African town. Mto wa Mbu has attracted some 18,000 residents from 120 different tribes. During the two-hour tour, visit the village's local market, go right to the farmer's fields, see how huts are constructed, and meet artisans in their shops.</p> <p>Afterwards, sit down with our new friends and enjoy a traditional lunch of meat and plantains.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="component activity nature"> <div class="c-icon">Lake Manyara National Park Safari</div> <div class="c-title"> <div class="meta"><span class="location">Lake Manyara National Park   - </span><span class="time-period">Afternoon</span></div> <div class="summary"> <p>This western wall of the Rift Valley escarpment is truly stunning. It provides a backdrop for your search for the park's phenomenal bird life (including raptors), tree-climbing lions, elephants, zebras, hippos, baboons, and buffalos. Look up and see some of the more than 400 species of birds, including pink flamingos, pelicans, cormorants, and storks.</p> <p>Beyond wildlife, Lake Manyara NP is home to giant fig trees, acacia woodlands, mahogany trees, and grassy flood plains. The contrasts of this area are simply breathtaking; the open plains, huge escarpment, central alkaline lake, dense woodlands, and distant volcanic peaks coming together in an area best described by Ernest Hemingway as “the loveliest I have seen in Africa.”</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="components"> <h4>Accommodation</h4> <div class="accommodation clearfix"> <div class="c-icon">Twiga Campsite (<span class="accommodation-note">or similar</span>)  - Campground</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="day-inclusions meals" title="Meals included"> <h4>Meals included:  Breakfast | Lunch</h4> </div>

<h3><span class="day-number">Day 3: </span><span class="location">Mto wa Mbu/Serengeti National Park</span></h3> <div class="summary"> <p>Enjoy a wildlife safari drive en route to the central Serengeti.</p> </div> <div class="details"> <p>Drive through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and on to Serengeti National Park. En route marvel at the sheer vastness of this territory, and spot the multitude of animal and birdlife while cruising through this acacia-accented savanna.</p> <div class="components"> <div class="component transport automobile"> <div class="c-icon"><strong>7-Seat 4x4 Safari Vehicle</strong></div> <div class="c-title"> <div class="meta"><span class="location">Mto wa Mbu – Serengeti National Park</span><span class="duration">8h-9h</span><span class="distance">190km</span></div> <div class="summary"> <p>Get a better view and take better snapshots aboard this off-road ride with a pop-up top.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="component activity nature"> <div class="c-icon"> </div> <div class="c-title"> <h5>Serengeti National Park Safari</h5> <div class="meta">This is the reason you came to Africa. Charge your camera, grab your binoculars, and set out on safari. Your eagle-eyed driver will keep an eye out for wildlife – buffaloes, elephants, lions, wildebeests, zebras, and more. Tanzania’s Serengeti tends to be less crowded than some of Kenya’s reserves, so enjoy the scenery, the vast expanse of the grasslands, the play of light and shadow, and the up-close look at wild Africa.</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="components"> <h4>Accommodation</h4> <div class="accommodation clearfix"> <div class="c-icon">Seronera Campsite (<span class="accommodation-note">or similar</span>)  - Campground</div> <div class="c-title"> <div class="meta"><strong>Meals included: </strong> Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner</div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

<h3><span class="day-number">Day 4: </span><span class="location">Serengeti National Park</span></h3> <div class="summary"> <p>Rise early for a full-day wildlife safari drive in the Serengeti. Enjoy a picnic lunch in the bush and continue the search for the "big five" while taking in the vastness of the Serengeti plains.</p> <p><strong>Accommodation:</strong> Seronera Campsite (<span class="accommodation-note">or similar</span>)</p> <div class="details"> <div class="components"> <div class="accommodation clearfix"> <div class="c-title"> <div class="meta"><strong>Meals included:</strong>   Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

<h3><span class="day-number">Day 5: </span><span class="location">Serengeti National Park/Ngorongoro</span></h3> <div class="summary"> <p>Take a morning wildlife safari drive as you depart the Serengeti, then continue wildlife viewing in the Ngorongoro Crater, before getting a spectacular view of the crater from your campsite on its rim.</p> </div> <div class="details"> <p>The rich pasture and permanent water of the Crater floor supports a resident population of more than 20,000 to 25,000 large mammals.</p> </div> <div class="details"> <div class="components"> <h4>Accommodation</h4> <div class="accommodation clearfix"> <div class="c-icon">Simba Campsite (<span class="accommodation-note">or similar</span>)</div> <div class="c-title"> <div class="meta"><strong>Meals included: </strong> Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner</div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

<h3><span class="day-number">Day 6: </span><span class="location">Ngorongoro/Arusha</span></h3> <div class="summary"> <p>Visit an authentic Maasai village and the G Adventures-supported Clean Cookstove Project, then return to Arusha where the tour ends on arrival. Onward flights can be booked from 6pm, or extend your stay in Arusha by a night, or two.</p> </div> <div class="details"> <div class="components"> <div class="component activity planeterra ACTIVITY__G_ADVENTURES_FOR_GOOD"> <div class="c-title"> <h5><span class="branded">Your G for Good Moment: </span>Clean Cookstove Project Visit</h5> <div class="meta"> </div> <div class="summary"> <p>Visit a Maasai village in the Monduli District and witness the benefits of the G Adventures-supported Clean Cookstove Project. In Tanzania, 95% of people rely on cooking with wood and coal. Women and girls spend hours walking to collect wood every day (making them vulnerable to assault and unable to use their time to go to school). Indoor smoke from open-fire stoves causes cancer, emphysema, pneumonia, blindness, and burns. Take a guided tour of these villages and meet the women that have been trained as stove engineers, visit bomas (traditional homes), and observe (or get your hands dirty) by helping the Stove Team build a stove in a home. See the beneficial impact of the clean-burning stoves on the health and daily lives of the Maasai villagers, especially the women.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="component activity administrative"> <div class="c-icon"><strong>Departure Day</strong></div> <div class="c-title"> <div class="meta">Not ready to leave? Your CEO can help with travel arrangements to extend your adventure.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="day-inclusions meals" title="Meals included"> <h4>Meals included:  Breakfast | Lunch</h4> </div>