Ayalable Primary School , Karatu Tarangire National Park
DAY 9 • Optional Sunrise Safari & Hot Air Balloon tour • Conversation about Serengeti poaching • Game-viewing drives
You can rise early for an optional Sunrise Safari & Hot Air Balloon Ride tour , and then meet up with the rest of the group during our daily game-viewing excursions . We ’ ll also hear about poaching in the Serengeti and how it impacts surrounding “ buffer zone ” communities .
Meals : B , L , D | Serengeti Tented Camp
ADVENTURE HIGHLIGHT
DAY 10 • Serengeti game-viewing drives Serengeti means “ endless plain ” in the Maasai language and — as you ’ ll discover when we journey across this vast land during morning and afternoon drives , we ’ ll see everything from lion , cheetah , and giraffe to zebra , topi , and eland .
Meals : B , L , D | Serengeti Tented Camp
DAY 11 • Serengeti • Ngorongoro Crater Set off for Ngorongoro Crater , the largest unflooded caldera in the world . There ’ s considerable movement of animals in this area , and the landscape is surprisingly green and lush . We ’ ll enjoy a game-viewing drive and lunch in the crater before transferring to our lodge in Karatu .
Meals : B , L , D | Ngorongoro Farm House Valley Lodge or similar
DAY 12 • Ngorongoro Highlands & Karatu • GCF visit : Local school • Village home visit
Spend time with the children and teachers of a local primary school — supported in part by Grand Circle Foundation — and learn more about education in Tanzania . Then , visit an Iraqw village , where we ’ ll be welcomed into the home of a tribe member . We gather for a Farewell Dinner this evening .
Meals : B , L , D | Ngorongoro Farm House Valley Lodge or similar
DAY 13 • Arusha • Conversation about Tanzania ’ s disabled population • Return to U . S .
Learn about the treatment of Tanzanians with physical disabilities during a conversation at Shanga House — a crafts workshop largely run by locals with physical handicaps . Then , you ’ ll have a day room available until we transfer to the airport for our flights to the U . S . or to begin The Spice Island of Zanzibar post-trip extension .
Meals : B , L | Moivaro Lodge ( day room ) or similar
On Days 7-10 , spend four nights in O . A . T .’ s private tented camp in the heart of the Serengeti , and sleep under a star-filled African sky .
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54 Safari Serengeti : Tanzania Lodge & Tented Safari