Lions, Tarangire National Park Maasai village, Tanzania
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 | O. A. T.’ s Private 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 | O. A. T.’ s Private 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 or similar
DAY 12 • Ngorongoro Highlands & Karatu • GCF visit: Local school • Home-Hosted Lunch
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 a local village, where we’ ll enjoy a Home-Hosted Lunch. We gather for a Farewell Dinner this evening.
Meals: B, L, D | Ngorongoro Farm House 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 or similar
On Day 12, meet the students of a local primary school in the village of Karatu, supported in part by
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50 Safari Serengeti: Tanzania Lodge & Tented Safari