This 8 Days Kenya and Tanzania Cultural Safari is the ideal combined safari package that gives you the opportunity to explore wildlife destinations in Kenya and Tanzania; as well as dive into the diverse cultural heritage in both countries. This safari package is great for visitors traveling as a family and with children as it will give them the ‘out of class experience.’
Highlights for 8 Days Kenya and Tanzania Cultural Safari
Day 1: Airport pick up and transfer to Nairobi city
Day 2: Full day Masai Bomas cultural experience
Day 3: Transfer to Cross to Tanzania – transfer to Olpopongi Masai Village
Day 4: Olpopongi Masai Village cultural tour
Day 5: Lake Eyasi – cultural interaction
Day 6: Hunting experience – Transfer to Ngorongoro conservation area
Day 7: Masai Village visit – Olduvai Gorge
Day 8: Mto Wa Mbu – transfer back to Arusha – Departure
Detailed Safari Itinerary for 8 Days Kenya and Tanzania Cultural Safari
Day 1: Airport pick up and transfer to Nairobi city
Upon arrival, connect to Nairobi city, check-in at your booked hotel for relaxation dinner and overnight stay.
Day 2: Full day Masai Bomas cultural experience
After breakfast at the hotel, you shall have visit the Bomas of Kenya to explore the 23 major tribes of Kenya, and their homesteads. You shall visit their homesteads, and get to see tribes of Kenya like the Kikuyu, Luhya, Taita, Maasai, Kamba, among others. Return to the hotel for dinner and an overnight stay.
Day 3: Transfer to Cross to Tanzania – transfer to Olpopongi Masai Village
After breakfast, transfer to cross to Tanzania via Namanga border. Connect to the Olpopongi in the West Kilimanjaro region, through the beautiful outback of West Kilimanjaro. Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.
Day 4: Olpopongi Masai Village cultural tour
After breakfast, we go on a walking safari where your guide will explain the past and contemporary life of the Tanzania Maasai. Get more information about the culinary culture of the Maasai while sampling a traditional tea (chai) prepared on the wood fire. A tasty lunch with a variety of local food highlights will end the activities inside the village.
Maasai warriors will guide you along their paths and explain typical medicinal plants, extraordinary trees, tracks and the local wildlife. Also learn to use local tools, hunting techniques and fire preparation as part your bush excursion. Walking safari in the Masai territory, Hunting, and Museum tour
At sunset, a group of Maasai men and women will gather around for a traditional song & dance performance. A great BBQ-Buffet at the camp fire will provide you an unforgettable evening under the starry sky. Overnight at a private Maasai house with traditional beds (Shared bathrooms).
Day 5: Lake Eyasi – cultural interaction
After breakfast, we traverse the rough road to lake Eyasi, another soda lake in the rift valley. We arrive in afternoon for a cultural interaction with the Datoga tribe (a very interesting tribe). Our Datoga guide at the village will lead the tour. You will explore the dry and rugged landscape area on foot, which is still inhabited by a small group of bushmen: the Hadzabe or Watindiga. These tribes still live in bands, hunting with bows and arrows; gathering roots, tubers and wild fruits, just as how humans did to survive 10,000 years ago. Another interesting tribe in this area is the Datoga (also called the Barabaig or Mang’ati). Initially, they were exercising a lot of rivalry over grazing land with the Maasai tribe. Dinner and overnight at your selected lodge.
Day 6: Hunting experience – Transfer to Ngorongoro conservation area
We start early in the morning for a hunting tour with the bushmen then back to the lodge for breakfast. Afterwards, we depart for Ngorongoro highlands. Upon arrival, check-in at booked lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight stay.
Day 7: Masai Village visit – Olduvai Gorge
Drive to the Masai village for a cultural experience and also visit the Olduvai Gorge – a famous historical site for a visit. A resident anthropologist will give a lecture about human evolution and life at this place 20milion years ago. Overnight at lodge as above
Day 8: Mto Wa Mbu – transfer back to Arusha – Departure
After breakfast, drive to Mto wa Mbu for a cultural tour. Mto Wa Mbu Village has a very active cultural programme that seeks to show visitors the traditional way of life of the villagers through various activities and also a range of community projects that are in place. You can visit top spots in the area, taste Tanzanian foods and experience authentic cultural interaction. There are a number of excellent walking, hiking and biking tours offered in the village ranging in length from a couple of hours to a full day. In the afternoon, drive back to Arusha.
End of 8 Days Kenya and Tanzania Cultural Safari
