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9 days hiking in a wonderful environment
Day 1 DEPARTING FOR IRINGA
In the early morning we'll pick you up at your hotel in Arusha and depart for Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Our first goal is the famous crater. Let's descend into this Garden of Eden. There's rich pasture, swamps, forest and permanent water on the crater floor. That's why the population of wildlife is so big. Up to larger 25000 animals live here. We'll have a wonderul morning inside Ngorongoro crater and after lunch proceed to Nainokanoka the village where we'll stay overnight. In the afternoon we'll take a walk at rim of the Olmoti crater and visit the Munge waterfalls before returning to our place for dinner and overnight.
Day 2 KAMNANA . EMBULBUL DEPRESSION
After breakfast we'll go for a full day hike. Departing from Kamnana, a village, we'll wander through the Embulbul depression following the Maasais' cattle trails, passing through forest and grassland. We'll be back for dinner to Kamnana Camp set in the bush at some distance from the village.
Day 3 EMPAKAAI CRATER
After an early breakfast we'll get ready for walking. Our path leads through open grassland, bushland and forests. Gaining height gradually we'll approach the rim of Empakaai Crater. where we'll camp tonight. Buffalo, reedbuck, waterbuck and different species of birds are easy to observe during a walk around the volcanic lake - you'll be very close to them. We'll be back to the campsite for dinner.
Day 4 NAIYOBI . EMPAKAII CRATER
After breakfast we'll go for a full day hike. Departing from the village Naiyobi we'll first circle the crater rim and then descend.
It will be an exciting day and we'll return rater late for dinner and overnight.
Day 5 MUOWONGONI MAASAI VILLAGE
Departing after breakfast, we'll follow the path down the crater highlands to Muowongoni, a Maasai village. There
's a campsite at the edge of the village where We'll stay for dinner and overnight.
Day 6 AROUND MT OLDONYO LENGAI
We'll leave early in the morning before it gets too hot to follow the path through a volcanic area with lava soil. Our aim is to round famous Mount Oldonyo Lengai, meaning Home of God in Maasai language.
We'll cross Ngaresero River to get to our campsite for tonight.
A bath in the river will be very refreshing and can be taken without any health risk.
Day 7 SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
Let's have late breakfast for a change and then proceed to Serengeti National Park. Serengeti means Endless Plains, and is the most famous park in the world. The most fantastic natural spactacle on the planet takes place here - the annual wildbeest migration.
Our chances to see predators chasing their pray and enjoying their kill are very high. For dinner and overnight we'll be at Seronera, a campsite in the middle of Serengeti.
Day 8 SERENGETI . NGORONGORO
Day 8 Serengeti NP - Ngorongoro
After breakfast we'll tour the northern part of Serengeti on a full day game drive. We'll have a wonderful day and a maginfient sunset, then drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area where we will have dinner and stay overnight at Simba Campsite at the rim of the Ngorongoro crater.
Day 9 NGORONGORO CRATER . DEPARTURE
Our last day will be very rewarding. Early in the morning we'll descend into Ngorongoro Crater for a full day tour. The resident wildlife here is so rich, we'll have a very real chance of seeing the Big Five in a single day. We'll stay as long as possible and return quite late to Arusha, to your hotel.
You will have had an adventurous time in the Ngorongoro Highlands and return home with lots of precious memories and photos.
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