Company : Green Light Ventures
Location : Tanzania
Duration: 1 week to 2 weeks
Approx Costs: 1500 to 1750 £ Pound (UK)
Exploring the best of Tanzania, in the most sustainable way! 12-day, once in a life time experince exploring Tanzania's Adventure, Culture and Wildlife.
Join a fun, small group of likeminded travellers on an expertly guided trip. Get off the-beaten-track to experience a broad range of exciting sustainable adventures. This trip is packed full of adventure, cultural and wildlife experiences you’ll get nowhere else and never forget.
Our activities are designed to ignite and inspire new ways to travel, to experience in-depth different cultures, give back to the community, and explore the incredible country of Tanzania. Game drives through Tarangire National Park, swimming in natural hot springs, and learning bushcraft and cooking skills from the Maasai tribe are just the tip of the iceberg of this adventure.
Itinerary - Trip Highlights
Day 1 - Arusha - Town and market trips, coffee and banana plantation sustainability tours
Day 2 - Travel to the Great Rift Valley, wildlife spotting and valley escarpment walk.
Day 3 - Mto Wa Mbu - Cultural and sustainability town tour, learn about rural Tanzania and local food and drink businesses. A chance to taste and sample local produce at source.
Day 4 - Rift Valley - Hike up the Great Rift Valley Escarpment spotting wildlife on the way to the waterfalls.
Day 5 - Kigongoni - Maasai market experience joining in with local festiviities, meeting the locals and a great opportunity to buy local produce and try maasai food and drink in a way you have never done before.
Day 6 - Tarangire National Park - Game drive Safari to Elaphant paradise. An amazing National park full of animal life including; Elephants, Lions, Leopards, Giraffe, Zebra, Buffalo, wildebeast and so much more mammal, bird and reptile species. Beautiful scenary and landcapes covered in baobab trees.
Day 7 - Mto Wa Mbu - Offering free time to explore on your own or with our local Guide. Time also to relax around the infinity pool with a cold drink and awesome view or lake Manyara.
Day 8 - Deep in the Maasai Savannahs - Bushcraft and survival skills experience with Maasai tribe learning about their sustainable ways of living. Learn how to light fires using natural resources and how to be a maasai warrior.
Day 9 - Mto Wa Mbu village - Tanzanian cooking lessons and chill out in the Infinity pool over the Great Rift Valley.
Day 10 - Manyara - Planting trees with Maasai Women in a valuable wildlife corridor.
Day 11 - Manyara - Cyle ride through rural villages and then woodlands spotting wildlife on way out to Lake Manyara with amazing views of the Lakes, salt plains and Rift Valley Escarpment. here you can spot Hippos, Flamingos zebra, gazzel and many other animals.
Day 12 - Moshi - Swimming in the crystal clear, hot springs Oasis with BBQ and a cold soda or beer.
This is a taste of the many things you'll do and see, read on to find link to our full itinerary.
Accommodation
The duration of your trip you will stay in three very different but equally charming accommodations. 2 nights will be spent, 1 at the beginning and 1 at the end of your trip in Banana Farm Eco hostel in the Meru Mountains outside Arusha. With beautiful surroundings, modern Eco vibes, attractive bedrooms with private bathrooms you will fall in love with this place. You might share a room usually 2 to 4 per room.
For the remaining days of the trip, you will be staying in Mto Wa Mbu split between Sunbright camp and Migombani camp for a broad experience. Both contain a swimming pool with lush grounds, Migombani boasts an infinity pool with unbeatable views of Lake Manyara and the Great Rift Valley Escarpment. At Sunbright you will have a private or twin bed in a bush camp style permanent tent, just to give that all Safari African feel. At Migombani camp you will camp in style with our large comfortable tents.
All accommodations are safe, attractive. They provide hot showers and Wi-Fi, and contain bars, lounges and restaurant areas for full comfort and enjoyment.
25th July - 5th Aug 2023
3rd October - 14th 2023
22nd January - 2nd Feb 2024
23rd September - 4th Oct 2024
More dates coming soon!
£1725
Includes all In-country costs:
Expert Leader and Guide, Accommodation, 3 delicious local meals a day, all in-country travel, all Safari and trip cost and fees included, donations to local community projects and tree planting costs.
The most amazing 12 days exploring Tanzania! Met a wonderful group of like-minded travellers who wanted to experience an authentic travel experience. I loved the sustainable aspects of the trip, including learning from the Maasai tribe. Tanzania is a beautiful country with incredible people and amazing wildlife. You'll feel like you're in the lion king! At first I wasn't sure whether the safari would be for me but I'm already planning to visit again. Thanks Green Light Ventures for organising an amazing adventure!
It was truly the adventure of a lifetime! I enjoyed how diverse the trip was, one day I was getting up close and personal with Tanzania's most impressive wildlife and the next I was spending an evening under the stars with the Maasai.
