Experience

Day 1: Arrive in Tanzania.

You will be picked up with Francoline Adventure Safari Guide from the Kilimanjaro airport and taken to your hotel in Arusha, Safari Guide will come to the hotel for a pre- safari briefing.

Day 2:Materuni Waterfall and Coffee Plantations

A tour to Materuni Village and Waterfalls is a great way to spend a day away from the bustle of town life. The walk to Materuni Waterfall offers a glimpse into the nature of Tanzania allowing you either to prepare your body for the forthcoming climb to Kilimanjaro or ease your muscles after the climb.

The tour starts with a walk to Materuni Waterfall. It is an opportunity to see how local fruit like avocados, mangos, lemons, and bananas grow, as well as learn some of the local history, traditions, village economy, agricultural and cultural life. When you get to the waterfall, you can refresh yourself in the natural pool, so swimsuits will come in handy!

The tour will continue with a visit to the local village lying in the coffee plantations. The villagers will demonstrate the process of coffee farming and guide you through the preparation of coffee from a bean to a cup. Sing and dance along with the Chaga people as they are grinding, roasting and boiling the coffee and drinking.

ACTIVITIES TO MATERUNI

• You pass through coffee and banana plantation.
• Chance of meeting a variety of primates including Black and white Colobus monkeys.
• Explanation about local people/life and tradition of Chagga people
• Enjoying the nature of the slopes of mount Kilimanjaro
• Explanation of different flowers
• Visit the waterfalls, get explanation and enjoy swimming if you like to.
• You will learn how to make local coffee and drink your own made coffee
• The best view point for the snow peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro if not covered by clouds

Day 3:Arusha to Tarangire

This is our first day of the trip where will visit the Tarangire National Park which is famous for Elephants, Big Baobao trees, and the famous River Tarangire which is feeding all the park; full day game drive and have your packed lunch at the picnic site in the bush and dinner and overnight at Tarangire

Day 4: Serengeti Plains.

After breakfast, we head towards the Serengeti National Park, via the beautiful high lying farmland of Manyara and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Leaving the highlands behind, we 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. We head 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. We arrive in time for lunch and enjoy an afternoon game drive in the Serengeti national park.

Day 5: full Serengeti National Park.

After breakfast game viewing drives along the Sogore River Circuit, which loops into the plains south of the Seronera River, and which is good for possible Lion, Thomson gazelle, topi, ostrich and cheetah sightings. The Visitor Center close to 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. We will enjoy a relaxed picnic lunch at the center in the shade of the giant acacia trees after lunch continues with a game drive until evening.

Day 6:end Ngorongoro Crater – Arusha.

A visit to the Ngorongoro Crater is an experience of a lifetime. There are few places that have wildlife densities and variety on this level. It is not unusual to see the Big Five in one day – and all this in the most amazing setting with a backdrop of the 600m/1,968ft-high crater wall. Afterwards you will drive back to the hotel/Airport depends on the available routine.