Day-by-day itinerary

What the operator has planned, day by day, across 5 days.

1. Day 1

   Arrival in Arusha

   Transfer from Kilimanjaro International Airport to a hotel in Arusha for the night.

2. Day 2

   Exploring Maasai Village and Ngorongoro Conservation Area

   Out of Arusha to a Maasai village for the traditions, dances, a school visit and an explanation of the cattle-herding way of life. On to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, where wildlife and the Maasai share the land, for dinner and the night at a lodge inside the conservation area.

3. Day 3

   Discovering Ngorongoro Crater

   A game drive down into the crater, which Insight say holds over 25,000 animals including the Big Five, with a picnic lunch by the hippo pool. In the afternoon, a local crafts workshop where artisans demonstrate beadwork. Second night at the Ngorongoro lodge.

4. Day 4

   Ngorongoro to Lake Eyasi

   To Lake Eyasi to visit the Hadzabe, one of the few remaining hunter-gatherer societies, and take part in traditional hunting and gathering, and the Datoga, known as blacksmiths, who demonstrate toolmaking and jewellery. Overnight at a lodge near the lake.

5. Day 5

   Lake Eyasi to Arusha and Departure

   Breakfast, then the drive back to Arusha with time for the city or souvenir shopping before the transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport.