Day 1 – Arrive Arusha, Tanzania Tour departs: Kilimanjaro International Airport. A transfer from the airport to Arumeru River Lodge is included upon your arrival; your African lodge is located on the grounds of an old coffee farm.
Day 2 – See who lives in Kilimanjaro & Arusha National Parks Your safari* begins at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro where you’ll walk up the Merengu trail, then visit a woman of the Chagga tribe in her home. Or, you can choose to go on a full-day game drive in Arusha National Park. Everyone meets back at the lodge for a welcome dinner. Meals BLD
Day 3 – Get an inside look at “the place where life began” Head for Tarangire National Park, home to the world’s second-largest concentration of big game. Look for elephants cooling off and big cats lounging under baobab trees on an afternoon game drive. After dinner, meet members of a local Maasai tribe, who share their customs and teach you and your family some Swahili around the campfire! Meals BLD
Day 4 – Share age-old traditions with the Maasai tribe Start your day with a morning game drive, then learn what it takes to make colorful beadwork – and how to throw a spear and shoot a bow and arrow – from local Maasai tribe members. This evening, visit “The Viewpoint,” and return to camp for a barbecue dinner. Have fun watching – and joining in – some popular Maasai dances! Meals BLD
Day 5 – Visit a village school & see colorful birds in Lake Manyara En route to Lake Manyara, meet the students and teacher of a primary school that Tauck helps support. Go on a game drive in Lake Manyara National Park, where pink-tinged flamingoes abound, and make tracks for your lodge overlooking a coffee plantation. Meals BLD
Day 6 – Explore Africa’s two-million-year-old “Garden of Eden” Hop aboard an open-top safari vehicle for game drives and a picnic lunch in two-million-year-old Ngorongoro Crater, a wondrous place to spy Africa’s “Big Five” – buffalo, elephant, lion, leopard and the rare black rhinoceros. Dinner tonight is back at your wilderness lodge. Meals BLD
“We were so pleased with what we called Tauck
touches and standards. Your guide taught us about the animals, area and culture. His ability to make the group of children and parents come together and give them
the time of their lives was done so smoothly. Thanks for all you do in creating a world experience for all.
” — Gene Iwamoto, MD
Day 7 – Fossils of Olduvai Gorge & a tented camp in the Serengeti Pack your own box lunch before setting off for Serengeti National Park. On the way, visit Olduvai Gorge, where fossilized remains of some of the earliest humans were found by Louis and Mary Leakey. Arrive at your tented camp in Serengeti National Park and experience a game drive this afternoon for a closer look at where the wild things are. Meals BLD
Day 8 – Private game drives in the Serengeti = fun Early morning game drives may mean early rising... but beginning at dawn, the early morning rituals of the wildlife as they start their day in the grasslands is priceless. After lunch, you’ll be on the lookout for zebras, hyenas, leopards, elephants and more on an afternoon game drive with a local guide who knows the best places to find these amazing animals that make their homes here. Meals BLD
Sharing your knowledge and a book with local schoolchildren in a Maasai village is life-changing... as are your up-close encounters with the wilder residents of Tanzania on safari game drives
Call your travel agent or Tauck Bridges at 866-636-6500
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