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9 Days Tanzania Wheelchair Accessible Safari

9 Day Tanzania Wheelchair Accessible Safari

 9 DAY TOUR OVERVIEW:

Our 9-day Tanzania wildlife safaris and tours specifically include the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and the world famous Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania. This unforgettable Tanzania safari packages will take you to the Tarangire National Park, which once again features some of the greatest concentration of game in Tanzania – second only to the Ngorongoro Crater – but less crowded and unspoiled – possessing a wild and unkempt beauty.

It will take you to the Lake Eyasi where your culture activities will start by gathering with two hunting tribes-Datoga and Hadzabe the bushmen.

It will take you to the Manyara Masai Boma here you will interact with Maasai tribe for more than 3 activities for whole half day.

It will take you to the Lake Manyara National Park, one of Tanzania’s most dramatically located wildlife areas, consisting of a shallow but huge soda lake, located at the foot of the Great Rift Valley’s western escarpment. The size of the park makes it perfect for a one-day game drive and is notably famous for it’s tree-climbing lions.

This safari will also take you to the Serengeti National Park, a massive wilderness of 14500 square km, where every day brings a new landscape and a new adventure.

Finally it will also take you to the Ngorongoro Crater featuring one of the highest concentrations of game and arguably the densest population of predators and carnivores in Africa

DAY 01: Arrival at Kilimanjaro Airport to Arusha

Distance: 43Km

Welcome to Tanzania.On arrival at Kilimanjaro Airport you’ll meet your safari guide/driver who will transfer you to Arusha city to your allocated accommodation as requested for dinner and overnight. You will get chance for briefing and introduction about your safari before your dinner.

  • Hours:43 Minutes
  • Meals: Dinner and Overnight.
  • Accommodation: Mount Meru Hotel-Luxury Accommodation:Green Mountain Hotel-Semi Luxury Accommodation
  • Guide: Professional English speaking guide.
  • Kids allowed:3+
  • Difficulties: Low

DAY 02: Arusha to Tarangire National Park.

Distance: 130 km
Non – game viewing time: 2 – 3 hrs

After breakfast the tour will departs to Tarangire National Park. First stop is Arusha Town for any last minute purchases before you head off on safari. Afterwards you head towards the Tarangire National Park for a game drive with picnic lunch at the park. Tarangire is well known for its huge elephant population and baobab trees. It forms the center of an annual migratory cycle that includes up to 3000 elephants, 25,000 wildebeest and 30,000 zebras. Late afternoon you’ll drive back to Karatu to your allocated accommodation as requested for Dinner and Overnight.

  • Hours:6
  • Meals: Breakfast. Lunch and Dinner.
  • Accommodation: Tarangire Sopa Lodge-Luxury Accommodation:Ngorongoro Forest Tented Lodge-Semi Luxury Accommodation :Twiga Campsite- Budge Camping Accommodation
  • Guide: Professional English speaking guide..
  • Kids allowed:3+
  • Difficulties: Low

DAY 03: Tarangire to Lake Manyara National Park.

Distance: 50km

Non – game viewing time: 1 hrs

After tasty breakfast from your hotel the tour will departs to Lake Manyara National Park. Lake Manyara National Park offers breathtaking views and a large variety of habitats. Acacia woodlands, water forests, baobab strewn cliffs, algae-streaked hot springs, swamps and the lake itself. And thanks to this the small Park is able to support a large number of animal species and incredible bird life. Manyara has the largest concentration of baboons anywhere in the world, also include Buffalo, Elephant Wildebeest, Zebra, Waterbuck, Warthog, Impala and also Manyara health population lion are famous for their tree-climbing antics.

Lake Manyara National Park has over 300 bird species including Eurasian migrant birds, acacia associated birds, raptors, and 3 endangered Tanzanian species: Rufous-tailed weaver, Ashy starlings and Black-collared Lovebird. The bush clups on the edge of the floodplain is occupied by groups of Long-tailed fiscal, the rare Pangani Long claw. The birds in the Lake Manyara forest are: Silvery-cheeked Hornbill, Narina Trogon, Crowned Hornbill, Schawlow’s Turaco, Emerald Cuckoo, Crowned Eagle and ground dwelling Crested Guinea fowl and many more can also be found in the Lake Manyara National Park. Late afternoon drive back to Karatu to your allocated accommodation as requested for Dinner and Overnight.

  • Hours:6
  • Meals: Breakfast. Lunch and Dinner.
  • Accommodation: Lake Manyara Serena Lodge-Luxury Accommodation: Ngorongoro Forest Tented Lodge-Semi Luxury Accommodation: Twiga Campsite- Budge Camping Accommodation
  • Guide: Professional English speaking guide.
  • Kids allowed:3+
  • Difficulties: Low

DAY 04: Lake Manyara to Lake Eyasi.

Distance: 110 km
Non – game viewing time: 2 -3 hrs

Walking Tour

After breakfast you will heard to Lake Eyasi is a very scenic soda lake found on the southern border of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. This less visited lake lies at the base of the Eyasi escarpment on the western rift valley wall. This afternoon you will be introduced to the extraordinary people who belong to an indigenous tribe known as the ‘Hadzabe’ (hunter-gatherer Bushmen). The tribe inhabits the shores of Lake Eyasi as do the Nilotic-speaking Datoga tribe. You will visit these tribes, which will include a visit to their homesteads, learn about their way of life, animal tracking, medicinal plants, and much more. Some wildlife and a wide range of bird species can be viewed during walks around the lake, which can be arranged. During late afternoon you’ll return back to your allocated accommodation as requested for Dinner and Overnight at 

Activities during Lake Eyasi

Hadzabe & Datoga Tribes Culture Learning

Hunting with Hadzabe (optional) and prepared their foods

How they produce fire by local methods.

Walking around the Lake shore (Birds Tour)

  • Hours:7
  • Meals: Breakfast. Lunch and Dinner.
  • Accommodation: Ngorongoro Oldean Lodge-Luxury Accommodation: Ngorongoro Forest Tented Lodge-Semi Luxury Accommodation: Twiga Campsite- Budge Camping Accommodation
  • Guide: Professional English speaking guide.
  • Kids allowed:3+
  • Difficulties: Low

DAY 05: Lake Eyasi to Serengeti National Park.

Distance: 145 km
Non – game viewing time: 3 – 4 hrs

After breakfast, the tour will depart for Serengeti National Park, via the beautiful high lying farmland of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Leaving the highlands behind, you descend into the heart of wild Africa – the Serengeti National Park – with its endless plains, rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see. Then heard to the central park area, known as the Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park, featuring the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species. Arrive in time for lunch and enjoy an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti national park.During early evening you’ll drive back to your allocated accommodation as requested for Dinner and Overnight.

  • Hours:6
  • Meals: Breakfast. Lunch and Dinner.
  • Accommodation: Serengeti Sopa Lodge-Luxury Accommodation: Mbugani Tented Camp-Semi Luxury Accommodation :Serengeti Seronera Campsite- Budge Camping Accommodation
  • Guide: Professional English speaking guide.
  • Difficulties: Low

DAY 06: Full Day Game Drive in Serengeti National Park.

Full day game drive in Serengeti after breakfast game viewing drive along the Seronera River Circuit, which loops into the plains south of the Seronera River, and which is good for possible lion, Thomson gazelle, topic, ostrich and cheetah sightings. The visitor’s center not far from the Serengeti Seronera Lodge and public campsites is well worth a visit after the morning’s game drive. This nicely designed center, offers some interesting wildlife displays as well as a gift shop selling information leaflets and maps of the area. The center also has a shop where cold drinks and snacks can be purchased, as well as a picnic area and information trail up and around a nearby kopje. You will enjoy a relaxed picnic lunch at the center in the shade of the giant acacia trees then proceed with game drive, until early evening driving back to your allocated accommodation as requested for your Dinner and Overnight.

  • Hours:10
  • Meals: Breakfast. Lunch and Dinner.
  • Accommodation: Serengeti Sopa Lodge-Luxury Accommodation:Mbugani Tented Camp-Semi Luxury Accommodation :Serengeti Seronera Campsite- Budge Camping Accommodation
  • Guide: Professional English speaking guide.
  • Kids allowed:3+
  • Difficulties: Low

DAY 07: Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

Distance: 145 km
Non – game viewing time: 3 – 4 hrs

Early in the morning game drive and after you’ll depart to Ngorongoro Conservation area. You’ll stopover at Olduvai Gorge, boasting with a history dating back to the dawn of time. It was here, that the anthropologists Drs. Lois and Mary Leakey discovered the skulls of ‘Nutcracker Man’ and ‘Handy Man’, both very significant links in the chain of human evolution . Later afternoon proceed to Ngorongoro Conservation Area  to your allocated accommodation as requested where you will have your Dinner and Overnight.

  • Hours:6
  • Meals: Breakfast. Lunch and Dinner.
  • Accommodation: Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge-Luxury Accommodation: Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge-Semi Luxury Accommodation : Ngorongoro Simba Campsite- Budge Camping Accommodation
  • Guide: Professional English speaking guide.
  • Kids allowed:3+
  • Difficulties: Low

DAY 08: Ngorongoro Crater to Karatu .

Distance: 51 Km
Non – game viewing time: 1 hrs

After an early breakfast, you will descend over 600 meters into the crater to view wildlife. Supported by a year round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro conservation Area supports a vast variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo and giant African elephants. Another big draw card to this picturesque national park, is it’s dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard, which sometimes requires a trained eye to spot. You’ll visit Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the southwestern corner, which is one of the main features of the crater. A large number of flamingos, hippos and other water birds can usually been seen here. Late afternoon you will drive back to Karatu to your allocated accommodation as requested for Dinner and Overnight.

  • Hours:6
  • Meals: Breakfast. Lunch and Dinner.
  • Accommodation: Ngorongoro Oldean Lodge -Luxury Accommodation: Ngorongoro Forest Tented Lodge-Semi Luxury Accommodation : Twiga Campsite- Budge Camping Accommodation
  • Guide: Professional English speaking guide.
  • Kids allowed:3+
  • Difficulties: Low

DAY 09: Karatu to Manyara Masai Boma to Arusha.

Distance: 27 km
Non – game viewing time: 25 Minutes

After breakfast to your Hotel the tour will depart to Manyara Masai Boma. This is one of our most popular Culture tours in the Masai tribe, which is based around a traditional Masai Boma (dwelling). This tour is led by Masai local guide and you will be told about tribal customs and the methods in which they build their dwellings. The village you visit still preserve the traditional Masai way of life and you’ll be enthralled by the truly wonderful and inspiring tales that these people will tell you about their history and way of life. You’ll also get a chance to learn how the Masai women make their beautifully colored and intricate jeweler. The money raised from the sale of their traditional jeweler goes directly back into the local community. In addition, when you join our Masai Boma trip you’ll be able to watch a traditional welcome dance – something truly special that is sure to become a lifelong memory. Being up close and personal with nature while walking with a Masai guide along the deeply spiritual trails their predecessors have trodden for hundreds and hundreds of years is an experience that will surely become the highlight of your visit to this magnificent country. During early afternoon you’ll start your safari head to Arusha City to your hotel or drop off to air port.

Ending of our 9 Days Tanzania Wildlife Safari and Culture Tour.

Activities at Manyara Masai Boma

Learning how the Masai Women Milking in the morning

Enjoy having Masai Dancing and Traditional Songs

Enjoy how Masai slaughter animals and drinking fresh blood

Learn How to make Masai Jewelry

Distribution of Work according to age (Ngayon-Moran-Laibon-Leigwanan)

Enjoying knowing how they sleep

Tour includes:

  • Accommodation before and during Safari.
  • Transportation in 4×4 safari vehicle
  • Professional, English speaking guide
  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
  • Mineral water
  • Assistant
  • Overnight Accommodation as requested.
  • Airport Transfer
  • All national park fees

Items not included:

  • Alcoholic and soft drinks
  • Visa fees
  • Tips to Driver/Guide $20/group/Day
  • Personal spending monies for souvenirs etc.
  • Travel insurance

NOTE:

Equipment Provided: Off- road wheelchair if needed

Meeting Point: Kilimanjaro Airport 45Km 43 Minutes drives to Arusha City.

Price: Price is for per person sharing for the accommodation.

Tour is for Accessible wheelchair and Senior Citizens.

All accommodation provided are Wheelchair Accessible

Children Rates: Discounted rates will apply for children under 14 years

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